As discussed there are Copper explorers with a lot worse...

As discussed there are Copper explorers with a lot worse prospects, worse grades, no real MRE to speak of and certainly no existing infrastructure to take advantage of that have better market caps than The Eagle.

To say without Charles Bass this project wouldn't exist is kind of redundant. Of course it wouldn't exist, this is his baby, he's listed it so he can access capital when it suits. Clearly at the moment it doesn't suit, so he's acting as this is a privately owned business that he has to tip money into to keep alive until it generates a return.

The drill bit is still hitting good grades.
The company is getting creative in their ways to take assay samples (cutting straight off the mine walls)
There's a compelling MRE and geological model that's easy to follow, even for a lay mining geologist such as myself.

This will come good, the herd isn't with us at the moment.