Tectonic movement had no borders .In fact , as you all know , the ROF was part of that shifting and anybody , digging a hole there , will find something .
The importance of land mass is crucial because it increases dramatically the chances of finding the mother load and if the small parcels of land have a finding the companies across the border are going to be effected as well.
In the case of FNC it is Noront minerals spreading on their land and therefore it will be in their interest to join or taken over by NOT because their ore could not be sufficient to warranty the building of a mine.
Not BOD knows this and they are waiting for FNC discoveries to be sufficient enough to justify a bid or a JV being aware of the loosing bidding confrontation with CLF.
This is how i see it with due respect to others opinions.