RE:RE:RE:RE:CEO no idea, Bidingtime.
Could be a number of causes.
My hunch is the plan is bigger now. With a larger (2nd) strike zone and a whopper asking price once proven.
A revised drill plan to unearth a 2nd intersecting strike. more planning and analysis required to get successful drill results. Can't rush things.
I think this team has been succesful in the past unearthing precious metals. But their success hasn't always coincided with a big cyclical gold upswing. Their hopes (I surmise) is that this time it will and the results will be very sexy.