niu - if any westerner is in anyway proppy about exotic foods then my advice for them is to stay away from Shenyang, the old capital of what used to be Manchuria. I was always happy to have a crack at most Chinese cuisines but a buffet meal in Shenyang was a bit of a challenge. Along with begger's chicken, hairy crabs are another delicacy from around the Shanghai region I used to go for.
Re the timing, the only hope I have is that in his most recent teleconference Richard Seville commented that he had previously said that a decision on phase 2 would be made in mid 2018 and that it was already mid 2018 and then went on to note that the process of securing the debt was largely procedural. My impression was that he was suggesting that the time had come when a final decision would be made (could be just wishful thinking by me: I have hung in with Orocobre for over 2 years now waiting for them to go ahead with phase 2).
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