RE:Answers from IRBlue, IR sounds just like a politician. Talk a lot but don't say much. One of the quotes from IR in your post caught my attention
"In an ideal world, we may have waited to put out the PEA until after the larger RE; however, as drill results are received and new zones are discovered"
What new zones would those be? Sounds like management is expecting a big hit at one or more places. Hope that's true because there's nothing to support the SP between now and the PEA in February.