Did anyone from MAK get an overseas trip to be at the showcase...

Did anyone from MAK get an overseas trip to be at the showcase presentation? If they didn't it was a lost opportunity for a jolly, on the pretence MAK were actually interested in getting the show on the road.
The times I bothered to look up how MAK are doing, well meaning posters write about the possible reasons for the various delays into getting things moving and being a miner are similar, however time rolls on and it seems we are no closer than many years ago to the solution of digging the ground up in a meaningful way. I have held for !!! years, it's been so long now I can't recall and seldom bother with MAK, as I know the suits are on a good thing, and why spoil things by getting things underway, just collect the usual pay-packet and be happy.