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Question: Christopher Domenic Mancini - G. Research, LLC - Analyst
: And congratulations on Grasberg. It really is, as you've been saying, Richard, all along, having followed the company for a long time.
Just the amount of tonnes that you're moving there every day, along with building a mine, along with dealing with COVID and
everything. It's really fantastic what you've done there. You have a ways to go, but congratulations, it really is a great job.
Question: Christopher Domenic Mancini - G. Research, LLC - Analyst
: Yes, you have. And you -- like you say you're starting to inflect here and it's impressive what you've been able to do. So I just wanted
to say that quickly.
And just another quick question, I don't want to put you too much on the spot, but relative to Lucas' question about acquisitions,
and you're saying that you're not really seeing a lot of value in potentially buying something. How do you feel -- how would you feel
about conceptually a merger of equals with another mining company? And just -- given what we've seen in the space about, like
you say, kind of value destruction in the natural resources space in terms of deals that have been done at premiums, what do you
think conceptually about merger of equal -- potential merger of equals or just conceptually in the space?
Question: Christopher Domenic Mancini - G. Research, LLC - Analyst
: Right. Okay. Yes, that makes sense. I mean, given where you are now. And I mean, so do you think that once Grasberg is fully ramped,
you would have a different view potentially?
Question: Christopher Domenic Mancini - G. Research, LLC - Analyst
: Congrats to the team for doing a great job at Grasberg so far and the rest of the operations.
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