Any prospective JV partner would want to express an interest at their earliest opportunity as the price of joining would only go up as results are revealed. Talks will be in progress right now!
They trigger investors STOPs until they buy enough shares at the price they want. Eventually they push them up to a price they want to sell. Hold on for the ride and take advantage where you can!
There's no reason to assume a further dilution would be necessary. It would be of no interest to the company to dilute more than necessary. With the right results there'd be no shortage of lenders.