Wait a second...
"now try raising funds for anything ... they would just watch MNO dither away and then they get it for nothing."
Isn't there any money coming in from 70,000 tons of Manganese production?
If there was no tin... and no plowback into exploration and production ramped up to 100,000 tons (all perfectly doable, no?)... Isn't that like $30 million per year? Give or take?
Is this a power play or a hostage taking? I ain't but a simple man, but this stuff is depressing.