You have posted what I have come to believe when you said, "Patience my friend. 3 to 5 years of patience." Two to three years would probably be a minimum in my opinion and it may be twice that. The forum was way too overly optimistic on their timeline when I came on board last June as history has now shown.
Actually, I have very recently come to peace with this long time line and barring something dramatically bad coming to light I have just figuratively speaking put the shares in a drawer and shut it. I am no longer in daily turmoil. I watch the news and check the forum out for it is the wise thing to do but it is not the first thing on my agenda. I am holding and have no intention at all of selling. Who can say but what we may be far better off by a longer timeline than a shorter one. The price of gold may be far higher and new discoveries made that a shorter timeline might not allow.