what are we witnessing here

I often wonder if this is a calculated effort from TSV's joint venture partners. Neither has public listing so they couldn't care less about the average investor. What they could care less about is the share price. In the event of huge commercial success (which is more and more likely) a bid to take over the company would have to be evaluated on the current share price. Keep it low and then make a move at a discount price. There is no logic to the lack of movement here. At the day Alcoa got involved the share price touched 4.7c. Now they are involved we can't get past 3c on what is a defining announcement. Somebody has a keen interest in this stock staying low. Who and what are their motives?