LTL, [your legs are definitely made for endurance :)To further...

LTL, [your legs are definitely made for endurance :)

To further your comments...

Einstein said if you can't explain it simply-you don't
understand it well enough :)

Jon Hykaway [InvestorIntel]

A senior guy from GM said that if you asked him to make
a hybrid car without using REE-no problem.It would be
bigger,heavier,less efficient,more expensive,more prone
to failure,noisier and generally not just as good.Maybe
no one would want it. But doing it was no problem.
[simple accurate words]

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Agribusiness 13 April/14 [abb]

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has proposed a 100 year
Agricultural partnership between China and Australia to
Chinese PM Li Keqiang that he says would 'lift' Australian
farm sector off its knees and allay China's food supply
problems.

Mr Forrest who was in China for the Boao Forum/Australia
Week,met Mr Li in Beijing to propose the deal,which would
involve China committing to paying 10/15% more for Aussie
agriculture.

"The problem with food in China-is there is not enough of
it at any cost"..said Mr Forrest.

"That premium of 10/15% will be easily overtaken by supply
chain efficiencies and the Chinese consumer will have a
source of food they can rely on for the next 100 years
and lower the net cost of food.And the Aust/Ag industry
will experience a return to prosperity."

[One hundred years terminology seems to have special
significance of late :)

Mr Forrest founder and chairman of Australia's third
largest iron ore miner said that the Chinese Premier had
been 'taken by' the concept,which he describes as a 100
year Sino Australia Agricultural Partnership.

"The early discussions we've had with Chinese importers,
who recognize there's a protein deficiency in the country,
say they are around 100,000 head of cattle-short."

'We have never we seen in the history of Aust/AG,orders
this big.This is what could change the Aust/AG industry.
This is what could change the Australian economy.'

Mr Forrest who founded the China Australia Senior Business
Leaders Forum,said it is imperative for Australia to get
the right policy and relationship setting with China to
enjoy the benefits of China's economic strength.

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Well,the Chinese Premier was certainly 'taken by' the 100
year Sino/Aust/AG/ partnership deal.On the 28/April/14
[two weeks later] the Chinese Agricultural Bank opened in
Sydney.

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Ag Bank Invests In Us... Agribusiness May 1/2014

Giant rural lender the Agricultural Bank of China has
opened its first 'southern hemisphere' branch in Sydney,
a clear indicator of China's future trade investment
ambitions in Australia.

Although government-controlled the bank is publicly listed
in Shanghai and Hong Kong after what was the worlds biggest
ever initial public offering at the time in 2010,worth 22B.

With headquarters in 'Hong Kong' and 24,000 branches in
mainland China,plus offices in London,Tokyo,NY, Frankfurt,
Seoul and Singapore.It rates as among the top 10 global
banks with 320M retail customers and 2.7M corporate clients.

AgBank's initial focus in Australia will be to offer
wholesale banking services to lenders/investors/corporate
lending and other services.

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia,growth of Asian
owned bank activity in recent years reflected an increasing
appetite to 'expand existing Australian operations' as well
as establish new 'footholds.'

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A short distance from our property the Chinese have bought
all but one of the Macadamia farms on the tail end of the
red soil belt.They inspect initially by helicopter. Won't
be long before they drop leaflets :)

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How does all this resonate with Northern Minerals?...

It is not beyond the realm of possibilities that Northern
could do a listing in Hong Kong for further funding.In
doing so it would achieve unimaginable results-especially
when reflecting on "Jacks" simple,unmistakable words...

'China's HRE clays are a strategic and critical resource
for Chinese economic and military security and are to be
conserved. And further comment being endless 'blather.'

[there is your battlefront Laostodd :)

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Learn from the mistakes of others.You will never live long
enough to make them all yourself. [Author unknown]

HM