Ok Boy's and girls it is wild prediction time!!!This is what I think is going to happen. The deal will expire, the Russians don' really have the money for it anyway. The bear has to many irons in the fire and not enough cash or resources to take care of them all. Besides no one in their right mind should deal with a Russian. This whole buy out offer reminds me of selling a car on craig's list, lots of tire kicking and low ball offers. Even if you accept the offer the buyer doesn't have any money and is wasting your time anyway.
Within a few days of the offer expiring the mongols will Issue the mining licence, not directly but basically in exchange for the 51% without debate. We all start talking about digging some holes.
Next will begin the (how we going to pay for the mine) and the (Mongols are not paying for their share that they suppose to) debates. Some of this will eventually be solved by that Japanise letter of intent with (I am not goiing to go look it up right now). They will shower us with cash in exchange for Uranium at a set price. They are too smart to be buying into a situation where they have to deal with a flegling democracy, they will let us do all that heavy lifting, and dig all the holes for discounted uranium. Then the (Mongols aren't paying their share) debate will really heat up.
In the end it is ugly and dirty but it will work out and fortunes will be won and lost.
Go figure it is mining and mining is the ugliest work on the planet.