Great post IM,
You are 100 % correct when you say that the end game here is an investor or end user to come in and that is what will be our payoff. My own expectation is that the PEA will put us in a strategicly advantagous position particularly if accompanied or prefaced by an offtake or some other validation of the price. If not, it will still be a catalyst IMO.
That is why I am anxious for the PEA, but if there are expectations that the PEA will be something more, then I think dissapointment will follow and bashers, ect. The cycle would renew. But as pointed out, most retail longs are no longer driven by a few influential investors and have thier own reasons for staying strong and weathering these attacks.
I look forward to news, but whatever happens, I believe we have the real deal and a unique opportunity for wealth.... eventually.
Good luck to all.
PF