not sure why you referred to a 6 month old article referencing a...

not sure why you referred to a 6 month old article referencing a 9 month old interview
the latest quarterly says anticipated to be completed in q1.
I don't know what magical world you live in where every company sticks to there exact timeline, especially in covid times anyway
maybe the donkeys who have to haul the demo plant up the mountain got covid and had to take a few extra breathers, not too worried in the slightest
as for your other issues like drilling results delayed , hardly, drilling was underway only a couple months ago (slowly due to covid precautions) and testing facilities are swamped, have been all year
and the delayed nvx results sound like a good thing, they're still discharging and recharging the battery trying to get diminished results out of that high quality lithium, just haven't been able to yet

sorry for doing my own research and making your bs irrelevant