HudBay has essentially abandoned their initial (Rosemont) project after discovering nearby THREE adjoining richer deposits - cheaper to mine, too, and coming without the political overhang of the deposit they bought from Augusta Resources.  I'm sure they have more to do there than they can handle, so I doubt they will gamble on a blind target 40-50 miles away.

But perhaps one of their executives or advisors could be enticed to join LBSR in some mutually beneficial capacity.