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Rio buying AJM is a much less riskier option than developing Jadar. Even if Jadar resource is much bigger than AJM’s. It will derisk Rio entering a new market:

1) Buying an existing operator is often cheaper than building a project yourself. And quicker. And de-risked as you will have full insight into their data through a data room.

2) Once they have established a foothold in the market through the acquisition, it will give them the corporate IP (intellectual property) in developing a deposit (Jadar) themselves.