If Sprott was on board then they would've been mentioned in the Press Release but they weren't. Sprott is far to bright to endorse this.

Kinross : Well Aurelian we've spoken to the government and we've gotten assurances of a good mining law and environment to move FDN forward

Aurelian : Thanks Kinross, you can now have this great asset for next to nothing.

Ya, makes sense to me!!!