trade creditors have been supportive in the past for sure but...

trade creditors have been supportive in the past for sure but that was while TRY was in production and had cash flow with some possibility of getting paid.
Time will tell but I very much suspect based on Goldfields experience UG permits are not close.
I think the time it is taking to sort it out is a good indication that this is first and foremost about survival with little to offer and perhaps some funds to development the UG entranceway .
If it was for funding UG and permits were close as you suggest you would have had some upbeat comments from the company leading into it (that's the way kenny works)
Barrick is the interesting twist to the story, going to be fascinating to see what the $1.2m (donation) strategy was about as they were will aware at the time of TRY predicament. Surely kennyboys stories are not that good that Barrick has wasted that money.