They must know we're obviously onto something, otherwise they wouldn't bother with the extension?
Also, this (again) from Randgold's website:
"Randgold’s focus remains on the identification of new world class gold districts within Africa, specifically around the West African and Congo/Tanzanian Cratons with the potential to meet our investment criteria of a 20% return at a $1 000/oz gold price with a minimum deposit size of 3Moz. Our four principal target areas are the Mako Belt in eastern Senegal, the SMSZ in western Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and NE DRC, with further research being conducted across Cameroon, South Sudan and Tanzania".
http://www.randgoldresources.com/exploration
I reckon this deposit is all but sold, Klaus just has to come through with the goods. Randgold is just distancing themselves in case anything goes awry, i.e. deposits aren't what they expected. Won't harm their shareprice if that's the case.
I'm guessing they really
are in cahoots - and I like it!
Like I said, guessing. Don't mind me...