"and promised my family that I wouldn't risk one more penny on this"

That's the ironic part in all this. We already risked all our pennies. With status quo we could end up with nothing. As I understand the Gowling deal we could do far greater if successful, but I also read in there we could end up handing it all over if things go bad. So, in the end our chances are better with Gowling. Someone correct me as well if I'm wrong!