rainman, not 'underperformie at this stage of...

rainman, not 'underperformie at this stage of development'
rather, where it's where it should be at this stage.

We are now in (pre)BFS.

About this time onwards, critical step by critical step, things should get interesting.

There are some major mile stones that have to be reached
1 Landowner agreement
2 Application for Mining Lease
3 Completion of BFS
4 Grant of M/Lease
5 Announcement to mine
6 Finance in place
7 Construction
8 Commissioning
9 Production

Add to this new discoveries

Those punters who have sat on an acorn until it grows into a tree will undestand that this process is far faster.