I agree WRT to it all being worthwhile once these acquisitions are finalised and yes, I get the feeling that things do move slowly in China.
I think flow testing is generally also a quite lengthy procedure as well, and no doubt that is part of the reason that this is taking forever as well.
I've also been keeping an eye on SEH. SEH's market cap. is now back up to $238.5 M.
With TNP's shares on issue post the drill payment issue, that equates to a TNP share price of 13 cents assuming no further dilution, which is perhaps an unrealistic assumption.
TNP Price at posting:
1.4¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held