RE: FN should buy DROOYblack56, it would be a very , very , cold day in hell before franco would even think of buying drooy. first drooy is high cost producer , second its hedged , and also very small (inmrk cap ). the reason franco would merge with a south africian miner is cause they strongly believe (and probably know ) that gold mining in south africa is a very safe bet. franco if nothing are great investors (the warren buffet of gold mining ) every thing they touch turns to gold (ie aber goldstrike stillwater kensyder and even incovbn oilgas and much more).franco wanted to merge with gold fields for a few reasons. goldfields breakeven costs are the lowest in the world , they have the second largest reserves in the world (70 mil at 285 gold ) . gold fields has a clean balance sheet . second with gold prodution (4.4 mil oz ) and great management . Now drooy dosent even come close . franco will never take a chance with drooy but as gold investors and drooy at lows (.70 cents us) might not be a bad gamble.