Rich,
I got that BD last week and watched it immediately. It's not up to something Warner or Criterion might release on BD, but it's good enough for me at that price point. It will hold me over until a better BD release comes along. As you stated it's Region B locked.
I'm excited by your post, but we need to hear more before I would call it confirmed. Hopefully, it will join Stagecoach and be released on Blu-ray from Criterion.
Crawdaddy