"do you think they have the lease permits now as they have...

"do you think they have the lease permits now as they have agreed with the angolans on this deal, and now it is just time to wait for the ink to dry?"

It certainly sounds like this may have been one of the final parts of negotiations...

And the fact Smyth is talking about Angolan's owning some of CVI shows he is presenting a win-win situation for CVI and its Angolan partners. They sign the bits of paper we need signed, we will give them a slice of the pie and bring in the $ (from Dubai, Germany, China/Hong Kong, USA...).