This is plenty of time imo. Keep in mind Goldcorp, Newmont, Barrick, RIO or whoever have done their due diligence long ago on Aurelian. They know it inside out and have likely had numerous discussions with senior government officials as well. Aurelian has really been in play for well over a year.....the offers haven't come due to the perceived or real political risk. Kinross has just proven that risk is either minimal or nil. Do you not think that Kinross had legal representation when they made this deal? If Ecuador starts to go wacky they will just sue. For those of you with a short memory remember a couple months ago when the oil companies all sued over the WFT, how quick did the governement backtrack then...pretty darn quick. They don't want a repeat of that.

My guess is that a company the size of Newmont would have an offer waiting in their vault before this Kinross stuff even started. Now they just have to change the dates, meet with their lawyers, change the amount and terms if necessary and away they go.

What a colossal embarrassment it would be for these numerous seniors not to make a bid for the best gold find of a generation and at a bargain basement price to boot.