i called sage labs yesterday and i spoke whit chris at ontario location (this cie have more than 45 labs around the world)
he told me that they just opened a new lab 1 month ago in north vancouver and the samples are shiped there .
this new lab will in the near futur bring the delay down drasticly
he said that gold assays should be return as fast as 7 not more than 10 days
for ni, and cu it should go between 12 and 20 days maximum
he confirmed me that they still have some assays result late from december he didnt confirm me november thus
so i think this is positive , whit all the results we will have in q1 and q2 knowing that they will be back that fast
have a good day