The only way that Xstrata will not do a deal with EXS is if they miss out because someone else does first.
I suggest you get your facts straight about the resource base as well. 31Mt at 0.8%Cu and 0.1 g/t Au is actually less valuable than in pit inventories for the EXS Cloncurry Project!
It is not surprising how hard CDU have been slammed and I have tried to suggest that holders should have sold as soon as CDU came back on board to avoid losing more. But some people are just not prepared to heed the message, made worse by misleading statements by rampers such as yourself.
Meanwhile you might like to check out how the other copper company's share price has done in the past month!
CDU Price at posting:
$1.71 Sentiment: Sell Disclosure: Not Held