afr: 25% stake to sell for $250-300m?

Hi holders. Today's AFR has a snippet on PDN in another article. The link to the Street Talk article is here, but I will paste the entire bit on PDN, as fair use from a much longer article. Link for members or take a free AFR trial:

http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/floats_dominate_banking_pipeline_6dyMobRslSskE91vqAipAO

"Elsewhere, uranium producer Paladin Energy is understood to be approaching familiar territory and in late stage talks with a potential buyer for a stake in its Langer Heinrich mine.

"Paladin was close to a deal with Japan’s Itochu Corporation in August, but pulled the talks and raised equity after Itochu tried to screw the vendor down on price.

"Paladin has since re-signed chief executive John Borshoff and its shares have headed south.

"But it is understood a deal is again close to being signed, with sources suggesting the 25 per cent stake could be sold for $250 million to $300 million before Christmas. Although investors will probably wait until pen hits paper before believing the rhetoric this time around.
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Sounds good, but the market is saying, "show me the money!"