I can understand Meta's frustration; although I'm not in the same boat, I may have to unload other shares in order to pay bills if I want to keep all the CUU shares I own. Not a problem - I accept responsibility for my own actions and decisions, as I'm sure Metacomet does.

The question that Meta asks which has also bothered me for a long time is this: does Copper Fox care more about its relationship with Teck than it does about maintaining its fiduciary responsibility towards shareholders? I'm in two minds about that: usually I can persuade myself to relax and let events run their course under the assumption that what's good for Copper Fox and Teck is good for all of us, and if Copper Fox wants to operate as if it were a private company, I can live with that. But there are times when it bothers me that Copper Fox management seems to have decided, after all the missed deadlines, that the best solution is complete radio silence. The fact that the sp continues to be traded in a very tight range is odd and gives my occasional misgivings an extra nudge because I don't understand why.

We all know the story so I won't repeat the obvious except to say: yes, the BFS is one mother of a document and needs an enormous amount of work to complete; on the other hand, we have reports going back months that it is very close to being completed. And it's *supposed* to be released on completion. So, what's going on? I agree with Meta when he says that an NR can be issued which can report on progress without giving away material information. If there's an NDA, say there's an NDA. If legal counsel recommends or demands that silence be maintained, say that in an NR.

I'm waiting until Dec 20. But I'm not interested in class action; as others have stated, anyone who tries that would be wasting time and money. But if there's no news until then, I see no reason to refrain from contacting the OSC and its BC equivalent and, as CUU shares are also traded in the States, copying the SEC.