"It feels like we're twiddling our thumbs . . . but I wouldn't imagine anything happens with international partners prior to them visiting the drill site"

That would be pathetic, if true- but probably you are correct. Rather than sitting around, waiting for a suitor to come forward- even if it is an "interested party"-BG should be out aggressively drumming up potential partners on a DAILY basis. He should be doing this until the ink on a deal is dry. He can do it in print, he can do it virtually- and he can still do it in person- if done correctly. 

I would like to hear about a full court press- especially at a time with metal pricing- GOLD- riding high.