Never owned MAT but Paul Poli and Frank Sibbel (also Directors of BNR) had a hand in the in speci deal with PNR many years back
MAT are still a major shareholder of BNR ( Recently sold down from 27% to 20% of the Co.)
Paul and Co. swung a pretty good deal for we BNR shareholders back then so no complaints about that
With that said, I'm really glad the original deal with MAT taking over the Nicholson tenements from BNR did not eventuate
They seem to take a long time getting things to the home plate for some reason
On the flip side:
The current SP looks to be about as low as it should get
Only about 270 million SOI
Top 20 S/H's own approx. 55%
Realistically, it should not take a lot to get it moving.