For those who do not follow such things, today was a very GREEN letter day for metals, and metals stocks. The ^HUI, an index of major gold producers, was up 8 percent. NUGT, a leveraged ETF, was up 21 percent on very heavy volume.

As to LBSR, it looks to have recovered based on news late last week that the "tour" is delayed only slightly, and seemingly only to better accommodate additional prospective investors. [Hmmm, would be very nice to see a bidding war for that first agreement with LBSR on anything related to HMSP.]

Having said that, I would expect a better "kick" in SP sooner than anything related to the "tour" based on finalization of the agreement regarding NPSP. ..could come at any time.

VP