"The only milestone we have ahead of us is to finalize the...

"The only milestone we have ahead of us is to finalize the Project financing, for which we are working with Canaccord, our financial advisor. We are evaluating a lot of alternatives. We expect to close that process before year end and immediately afterwards begin construction of this project and become the 3rd producer in Chile after 40 years." says Cristobel right at the end of the above interview.
He could be stalling here, with use of the 'we expect' there is nothing certain about how and exactly when this will happen. To me it looks as if he just wants a lucrative takeover offer.