Consider -
1. PRB proves up 7M ounces by late in the year and PRB is taken out - BUT--
2. BC was spun off to shareholders and is now sold for $130M - now DP can buy several new gold properties, pay small div and do plenty of drilling - PRB shareholders get a double jackpot, where before, we might be giving away BC in a hostile takeover.
THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO THIS SCENARIO
WB