Do not doubt... Consider this.When the stock was halted on Wednesday at 1:33pm the stock was rising like crazy. There must have been a leak of information from someone close to the testing site which spurred on the massive buying. The completion of the testing may have not occurred at the time of the halt and therefore ASR was not ready to provide an accurate press release. Hence the delay in the news release. Do not worry it will prove positive.
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https://www.state.nd.us/ndgs/resources/wbpetroleum_h.htm