@Deboss ...I was a part of a conference call with JB at the end...

@Deboss ...I was a part of a conference call with JB at the end of June last year. There were 4 or 5 other investors also on the same call. I took a whole lot of notes from the conversation.
Because there is no 'evidence' of the call it is all hearsay.
You will now notice that @cfp has also admitted the plant closed because they couldn't make a profit on the copper processing. The price of copper on LME late 2016 was around $2.60/lb and rising, but had been lower earlier in the year. Te price of copper was recently back to $2.60/lb, but now higher.