I am just off to Australia for a while. I will try to expain a few facts as you ask but it is probably a waste of time on you.
Angus and Ross will be producing tantalium as tantalite in Brazil and Australia by mid 2003. This will have ready market with the Cabot Corporation who own 20% of the company. Cabot is worth about 4 billion dollars and is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Ausssies who have common on board are very high profile in Australia. Gavin Thomas the geologist was associated with the discovery and development of the Lihir Gold Mine in the Solomon Islands. One the biggest in the world. He is from the Thomas family of TNT.