It's true that the pps has gone down considerable in the past few months, but it also went up a lot after Briscoe left. We were at 0.0002 back then so things were not great when they took over.
I too would like to know "why" the big companies removed themselves. Is it fixable? What reasons did they give, if any.
LBSR has a Facebook page where discussions with the President could take place if he is willing.