newcrest sweetens takeover bid for lihir , page-7

I would have to agree goldmick, the way I read the announcement,it seemed to me that NCM were a tad worried that they may not get the same access to any data that is released by LGL to others? I took that to mean they are concerned and are worried what other miners may think and make of the data, they can say it's the last offer all they like,I will bet if one of the others ups the anti, NCM will have to change their mind on what it considers a final offer really means? thats if they are fair dinkum? LGL were smart about putting out their estimate of $4.50, it benchmarks it for any other player who want to run a slide rule over the operations and they have eight months and a few weeks to decide, in which time gold could go either way, but my guess is up!