RE:Neighbours The Queensway property is already so huge it will be explored for centuries to come. Neither NFG, nor, a potential suitor needs more. Instead of consolidation think fragmentation. The Queensway property will be broken up and sold off in pieces like the Abitibi before it.
Personally, I favor them taking aboard a joint venture partner and mining it themselves. If I'm right about 25 million ozs at Appleton North down to 2000 m that is ~25 billion in profit. Why sell it for peanuts?