All of my reading of late is suggesting comparatively poor performance for copper and base metals in the near- to mid-terms.  Gold and other precious metals are a different story.   While LBSR has a gold target in its stable of claims, the Hay Mountain drilling project is not appropriate for finding and mining gold.     

Given this set of circumstances, what LBSR lacks is talent capable of exploiting a Carlin-type gold target already identified within its holdings, assuming there is any mining talent in their board room anyway. 

IF THERE IS, THEY NEED TO SWITCH GEARS IMMEDIATELY TO FOCUS ON CARLIN-TYPE GOLD instead of whimpering about the price of copper as an excuse for non-performance.  Moreover, finding a Carlin-type gold exploration partner will be easier in the coming months than has proven to be the case for drilling a copper target.  

Or, maybe they could offer-up more of their own time to finding partners for these two different projects at the same time.  If not, why not?  It costs only their time, not money!

...hobbyists playing games on a part-time basis and at shareholder expense is what I see.