has anyone actually read the announcement, page-5

Mum & Dad investors don't sit at the screen all day. They are busy working.
Instead they will read about it in the media; then discuss it over the dinner table in the full knowledge that BHP is now on board, then start to put their hand deep into their pockets.

Some on here have professed that the actual deal is nothing great as the Heads Of Agreement was already announced.
I beg to differ as probably will many others. To actually HAVE BHP on the register & at a premium to market is a fact that many other Co's would wish for but never achieve. As well as the other important points contained within the Announcement!.

When the market realises the true ramifications of what occurred today, we will really see some action nb1.