Ann: 30 September 2017 Quarterly Report, page-28

They have plenty of cash.

I think it's good for them to hold gold stocks as they have better contacts than us punters and they would know the area in which these companies are operating and possibly the potential.

BNR owns AUR because a major shareholder of BNR is on the board of AUR.

AUR on cusp of potential major Cu discovery but has been an up and down ride. But then again may not come off. It appears that the AUR Cu deposits are much harder to predict than gold. Had some outstanding drilling, but the mother lode is elusive.