Shrotker,
I don't know enough about Matin to know if he cares anything about shareholders.
If he does care, I don't know enough to know his intelligence level.
IF he was clever like a fox, he may have issued press releases to raise share price to bargain better with and came up with a better scheme than he first thought out.
This is a rather optimistic hope. I don't know either whether he needs the mill and KCA both under his belt or which is more important.
The bottom line is events can change which would cause if still relevant the 18 Million figure to be open to change.
It could turn out that the worst case scenarios are the more correct scenarios.
sam