Cornered Rats
Politicians = ???
Takes a rat to fight a rat.
We are talking about nothing except who gets what cut ... and politicians being politicians who shares the commissions and benefits.
LOL thinking of Jean Crouton giving Bayar some lessons on how to terrorize his own caucus, and RF filing his incisors as we get down to the final details. Anybody need some renovations at their hotel property? New prison in their neck of the woods? Cultural grants? Sheila Copps should be sent over as special advisor. New fountain? Golf balls? LOL
I bet on $$$ being an irresistible force. There is everything right and little wrong with RioT being the principal operator. World class and class actors.
They ain't walking from these projected production costs or they will be under the pricing screws of somebody else for 50 years - unless they decide now to ditch the copper biz, and given the China/India expanding economy book of trade coming ... that's not likely either.
Neither the Russians or the Chinese are going to give Mongolia a better deal. The shakedown is almost over as the rats face the sunlight of hard facts and figures.
Not so long now I'm a'guessin'
CG