Risingstar, "I don't know anything about mining negotiations, but at some point, are not both parties in possession of all the information there is? So does it then move to matters of who gets what? Are we to that stage yet? Is it continuing or have we hit some type of impass? same questions about the other 10 or so companies or groups that LBSR has talked to. I'm not so much criticizing as trying to get a feel how long is reasonable. Or if there is some sticking point, what it is."

You/we can not know. An "interested party" never communicates a loss of interest. It's not good business and it's not good politics (if the two can be separated). "Interest" can remain hanging in the air like smoke. Then, even when you can no longer see it or smell it, that does not mean that a raging fire will not soon erupt caching by suprise even those closest to watching over the situation.

Note, too, that preparedness on both sides of a potential deal can be evolving between fully prepared and not prepared (and back again) even as negotiations may be going on. And again, we as shareholder will never know these details.

VP