RESERVOIR MINERALS INC V.RMC

Lundin and Freeport both want Timok badly

[psj567]

Based on this morning's conference call, Lundin wants Timok badly. Freeport having structured the deal to keep a majority interest in the porphyry also wants Timok badly. Guess who is sitting in the driver's seat with the right of first refusal?

[psj567]

The keys to Timok go through RMC now. Lundin and Freeport (and every other company that wants to acquire all or part of Timok) know it. With a tight share structure and strong hands owning the stock, an acquiring company will have to pay a substantial premium for RMC.

[rob926]

They both do want it badly. I hope we keep our 25% of the deep zone because we will not get a true value until it has been drilled and a BFS completed. If Reservoir can not get a good price in this market I would think they would make the best deal they can now and move forward towards production or a better price envirement. Chances are there are more high grade deposits waiting to be discovered

[cd673]

Rob you make perhaps the most important point of all and that is that we have to retain the lower zone. When we talk about a present value of a billion and a half to two billion dollars we are talking just the high grade if that alone translates to around $30 a share if reservoir owned it all (less the cost of getting the money). And yet they could buy it for a fraction of that. That is a once in