"no one knows who the SOE is"...
First, who cares... and why... ?
Then, it's also pretty obviously untrue...
The SOE clearly knows who the SOE is...
And, the S knows who the OE is... or we'd not be having the conversation.
The company clearly must know who the SOE's they're talking to are...
And, investors know at least "some" of that too, given there's clearly not been very much interest apparent or much effort made in keeping any of that a secret, from the Chinese side...
At least, investors who've bothered themselves with caring have been able to find out who in China has been talking to who about SRSR, Nemegosenda and niobium.
That doesn't mean investors do know for certain that the photos of company visits occurring with particular companies in particular locations in China, or that the presence of particular persons from those companies in visits to Nemegosenda, provides any solid proof of which SOE or SOE's will be signatories in any deal that is completed...
That's true by definition, and is equally as true of both sides, just as long as there isn't a signed deal... which doesn't make it crazy wild speculation for us to guess that it might be Scott Keevil who signs for SRSR... oops... I mean, Scott Keevil who signs for Niostar ?
The information already available does make it clear enough that the "corner liqueur store" issue is a created and wholly bogus canard.
There is plenty adequate transparency to prove that Scott Keevil didn't travel to China just to meet with "some guy" at the corner liqueur store...
That clearly appears it is another instance of a wholly "manufactured risk" being flogged with the intent of fostering the perception of risk when and where it is not warranted...
I'm not saying there isn't risk...
I am saying THAT risk re "it could be the corner liqueur store"... is very obviously wholly bogus...
Then, it appears that the Canadian federal government granted VISA's to a pile of people over the last while, to facilitate the conduct of the negotiations that have occurred... so, it seems they must already know well enough who those persons were, and etc. ?
We know the government of Ontario has been actively promoting the effort to enable foreign direct investment in early stage projects... and have particularly focused on enabling and encouraging Chinese investment...
That puts them right there along with most others around the globe seeking to win that sort of investment... but, in context, the point is that it suggests the government of Ontario knows what's going on, too ?
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