I see no reason why Mr Guntner's brother can't buy some shares and join in himself. If he doesn't want to do so, he's part of the problem.
But our biggest miner, BHP has mines all over the world. They manage this by buying out, mainly via SHARE SWAPS, companies worldwide, the biggest of which was Billiton listed in London. Of bloody course they have a lot of O/S shareholders! How could an Australian company hope to own some of the biggest and best mines in the world if they restricted their registry? Santos cried like stuck pigs when their registry was restricted by law. They couldn't raise capital. BHP is currently buying back the London listed shares.
