Agreed. While I would rather have JB at the helm, I dont own the ship. Heck, I dont even own a boat, just a couple of kayaks (which can be very fun and/or relaxing although Id rather have a sailboat and sail the Carribean and Im hoping, just maybe, LBSR can help get me in that position).

Whoever makes a deal wont go by what BG or JB tells them. Even if a man (or woman) came along, who represented LBSR, and understands more about mining and ZTEM's than anyone who ever lived, the prospective partner(s) would still get their own opinion through their own sources. Its just the nature of man and a necessity for a successful business. In business no word should be taken at face value without research. Even with this as common knowledge, there are scams and fraud on-going each and every day. Sometimes even among well known, very sucessful businessmen or billion dollar corporations (Enron). 

I have become a fan of JB and am hoping (for more than the obvious selfish reasons) that his hypothesis of Hay Mountain becomes a history making fact, preferably with LBSR as the catalyst.

But if/when drilling happens and everything JB said is proven, then what? I highly doubt BG or anyone else currently involved with the company will continue to search for new discoveries. So what I see is: the coup that took place was/is an attempt at a (purely) one time money gain. Kind of like people who buy a business or start a business, with the intent to do nothing other than sell it. Nothing wrong with that if its the persons own business but to take over a business that wasnt built with their own back is another story, IMO.

However, I do think this may play out to our advantage as far as time is concerned. My opinion, BG is more likely to get the deal done (though less profitable) because he has less skin in the game, no heart strings, and solely looking to make a deal and put money in his pocket. JB put years and years, sweat, and maybe even a little blood and tears, in to this. So it seems highly likely he wasnt willing to budge much on his expectations. One saying I desperately hate, like nails on a chalkboard,  "It is what it is" can, unfortunately, be inserted here. So lets just get this thing drilled, make some dough, and move on. We can all follow JB in his next venture elsewhere, if he and we so choose.