"Frustrating"? Really!
Progress? Come on! How many decades has it been so far? I'm not sure how long you have been invested but to say what's been happening is progress is a bit of a stretch.
Sure a lot of the little juniors are now gone, but just because their claims come available doesn't necessarily qualify as progress.
We all know it's all about how much of the pie are my people going to get. Even if your people are hundreds of kilometres away for the ring.
Slowly but surely? I do admire your optimism however optimism will not make this project come to light.
GLTA! Trade carefully.