I agree 100% that the price of copper should not be a major factor in mining claims that will not even be mined for 5 to 7 years (?). But it occurred to me just now that maybe a specific potential investor is holding off for this reason. if that's the case, this seems pretty shortsighted of this person or entity. Someone could wait until copper prices are higher and then when the mine is ready to open, copper price is low. Puzzling.