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Lang Hancock has been dead for 30 years. I’m not saying I am in agreement with his historical views and comments but that clearly given that he passed in 1992 he does not have an opportunity to apologise or correct those statements. I personally would not want to be defined by the previously expressed view of a parent. Given when Lang Hancock passed it would be difficult for him to have a direct impact on the current views and practices of Hancock prospecting. Of course indirectly they may but he isn’t driving current company culture. For very obvious reasons.
Rather than saying there were cleaner and better options on the table I would like those options to actually be expressed. Hancock Prospecting have provided a sponsorship. They haven’t bought and do not control anything. A PE bid is far from altruistic and it has been quite naively glorified.