RE: Assays? They only recheck results if gold assays are very high. They recheck so that they won't release a NR that gets people all excited then have to release a correction. So any delay for recheck means some excellent results. I'm 90% sure that is what is happening here.
I'm thinking fridays action may be partly due to people who borrowed in their brokerage accounts to take part in the PP, then when it closed had to sell some shares to cover the shortfall in their accounts. Make sense?