bhp - australia snubs china again, page-21

are there any other duties regarding carry on a business in the context of a director. To me if you where carrying on the business of developing shareholder wealth return versus risk you would carry on unless the exit strategy was much higher. In fact if necessary let the tenement play dormant while exploring minimally until later if next GFC occurs while keeping the regulators happy. If the directors did not have a short term goal why would one accept this particularly with a capable partner like CRM as support not only with the development of the project but the supply of customers. This is were fundamentally one would like to wonder what was the objective when they assumed the directorship of the company