I totally understand, and agree that there's too much blind...

I totally understand, and agree that there's too much blind belief in stocks in general, and miners in particular.
This is speculative, no doubt, but if you are going to play for a five bagger, better to do it on one with a low market cap, relatively simple development, close to getting funding and backed by motivated managers and owners.
Could all drag on for years, and I might get surprised by the degree of dilution, but you need to roll the dice with any investment, and better to do it where the variables are easier to monitor.