I'd like to see more examples, but point taken.
The way I see it is that if the issues that drove the hostile takeover have not been resolved, then Inmet has no choice but to try other avenues of getting what they want or raise the bid. IMO, their HT attempt came off as desperate, which doesn't usually lead to lower offers. There may still be issues that we're not aware of that make a takeover necessary for Inmet. We eventually got nearly a 100% premium on our previous SP, so trading at $0.50/sh now, I don't think $1/sh is out of the question in a subsequent attempt.
Personally, I'm hoping for a JV and that the rumor mjk posted about Inmet and PTQ settling all their issues comes to pass.
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