"We suspect it has not been lost on the USA-Canada Critical Minerals Task Force that China's pre-emptive right to acquire Noront assets, or production from them, was recently relinquished by Baosteel, one of the PRC's most important State-Owned Enterprises.

When did this happen?  They still have a board member...

Bo Liu
Board Member

Bo Liu was appointed to the Board of Directors on April 7, 2017. Mr. Liu has held the position of Senior Manager of Global Resources Development with Baosteel Resources International Co. Ltd. since November 2010. Previously, Mr. Liu held several positions within Baosteel Resources Co. Ltd., including Senior Manager of Resources Planning and Developing Department (August 2008-October 2010) and Senior Manager of Alloys Trading and Developing (Aug 2006-July 2008). Mr. Liu graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai, China with a Master Degree of Business Management.