"How can anyone be happy with them to date until they actually...

"How can anyone be happy with them to date until they actually deliver .Is in a timely manner too much to ask for???"

I think you are mistaking share price appreciation with actual project delivery.
They can't control Mali's politics any more than they can control the Gold or Li outlook.

On the Gold side they are on track with the plan laid out in the LOMP
On the Lithium side they are well ahead of the schedule.

As you can see the FID wasn't even meant to be made until next Q.
The project is underway, FID made on January 4th, with construction commenced early February.
I call that "delivering"

It's the progress made in the 2 projects that is management's primary concern.
If management looks after the projects, the SP will eventually look after itself.
I might also add, snaring Simon Hay to run Leo, was a real management feat.