Just an observation.

This year's questions will be much more penetrating than last year's. For one they have to answer to the "dome of silence" that management has hide themselves under more or less since January this year and in complete disppearance since April 18 - the "melt down" date.

I find it shameful that we, the shareholders of ARU, have to go to other companies' website to get information on what's going on in Ecuador and post them here.

Other than complaining, I would demand (and I say demand) that management provide a list of what is going to happen and by when in Ecuador, and the potential impact of those events and the various outcomes on ARU as an investment. They should be able to do that without offending anyone in the government. If that's what prohibiting them to speak up in the past. After all that is just a list of potential scenarios.

Also if they dare, they could share their view of how the mining law would interact with the constitution on property rights (the 3 concession rule) and potential of the national mining company sharing FDN in various forms.

My bet is they would not touch these with a 10 foot pole, but I feel better getting that out of my chest.