RE:RE:RE:NCUCopper Spot prices are trending over the 52 week high as copper supply is now being reported as low. YouTube actually has some decent videos on the subject if you search "Copper Price".
NCU is online and producing ore. That ore is now being sold at (or over) these 52 week highs.
The challenge faced at the moment is funding to bring the rest of the mine online and to get the underground crusher online. They have an above-ground crusher up and running so the additional crusher will help increase to mine to full nameplate production.
Funding for the additional work has been reported as needing external / additional funding and the mine operators are seeking that funding. Pala may / may not be open to providing the funds but this has yet to be seen.
If copper spot price should remain high or continue to trend higher as projected then the additional funding may simply come from the partial operation of the mine without the need for external funding. This may take awhile but may also work in conjunction with external funding if the operation can off-set the amount of external funds needed by it's sale of ore.