NOT's offer is based on a stock ratio swap as it stands now aroung 3.5:1. Assuming any offer from a major to mid-tier company would be a cash offer, this amount would be fixed in terms of what FWR has to accept. Whereas NOT's has a fluctuating value that to this point has yet to woo the FWR based on the current SP. Let's say Company A offered $1.00/share of FWR that's around a 60-70% premiuim. Or does FWR accept NOT it may look unappealing now but let's say NOT goes back to $2.80/share. It would not take much to shift this arguement one way or the other. With NOT working on the secound 43-101 estimate for a secound mineral, and having joined an international chromite group, I believe the legwork has been layed for this next piece of the puzzle.
Regards Jay