To be honest, I would prefer them (at the current point) to...

To be honest, I would prefer them (at the current point) to spend the money on speeding up drilling. Maybe get a second rig in - and speeding up the process.

Getting extra land is a good thing IF the company was already a producer and wanted to increase production.

I normally don't criticise management as nothing in nature moves in a straight line but feel there are valid complaints that can be directed at BNL's management over the glacial pace of operations and a seemingly total lack of any sense of urgency being shown.

Board still gets paid while the rest of us go broke.