Radio Silence26 May 2026 07:44
The lack of info about anything can only mean that the farm-out is still being worked through. I cannot see any other explanation that fits. If the talks had ended without a deal we would have heard already and the company would've been able to issue an operational update as it has done regularly even through winter. The lack of anything, radio silence as I put it, clearly points to only certain possible conclusions therefore. Imo it either means that other bidders came in late in the game, or a sell-off is being worked through or, most likely, that the war starting in February absolutely changed the dynamics of everything and gave Buck more chips to play with. He may well have put the price up. Moreover, these things always take a great deal of time and one suspects it's all complicated by having to deal with the Mongolian authorities who have proved themselves to be floundering on occasions.
I reiterate my main point, which I believe is incontrovertible; the lack of any news about anything at all can only really be credibly explained by the ongoing nature of negotiations which, actually, is what the company has said repeatedly in response to requests for info from various interlocutors. In short, the lack of news can only realistically point to one conclusion.