IMO it is not patience being the key but activity. Management should initiate a drill programme or announce cooperation with Hudbay.
Listening to the last interview with Rick Mark I think they want to announce the latter, but the management change at Hudbay must have caused a delay. It is also the only legitimate reason for not drilling I think.
Copper price has risen from 1.40 to +2$ and even that did not cause any upswing in SP.....