"The deal offers a 27% premium on Freewest shares as of Nov. 20, and effectively puts the kibosh on a hostile, all-share bid by camp neighbour Noront Resources, launched in mid-October. We’ll see if Noront wants to come back with an improved bid, perhaps with a cash sweetener to make up for the junior’s obvious weaknesses compared to a big NYSE-listed American miner."

Who writes the editorial for this rag? Someone from Cliffs? This sounds like an advertisment, full of warm feel-good vibes... definitely not written in a neutral, factual manner.