No question the Majors will play hard ball after they gain control of the key player in ROF of which Noront is by far the odds on favorite.

While I do own a bit of BMK I fail to see where they, as currently situated will have much to bargain with. Yep, lots of claims but so far no mineralilzation of size or quality to set off any light bulbs. Still lots to explore and maybe if they don't run out of money they'll turn up something.

Same goes for SPQ and the other players except perhaps FNC as they have few shares out and they are hard to get your hands on cheap. FNC doesn't have the kind of bucks to keep drilling deep holes so better find something so they can raise money or ink a great jv (maybe with Noront).