"...Could it be the environmental concerns in the Imataca Forest Reserve is just a smoke screen or a stall tactic to give Rusoro more time to get all their duck's in a row before they gain control of other Properties such as Las Brisas and Las Cristinas?"

That is at the top of my list of fears as to what might really be going on. If this is the case, a deal would need to be worked between the Russians and KRY (to achieve transfer in the short term) or Hugo would need to pass a decree making mining in the Imataca illegal....wait a couple of years for KRY to die financially....then pass a new decree making mining in the Imataca legal again.

When was the last time Canada sold Venezuela a submarine? If Venezuela is declared a terrorist state...who does Hugo want mining his gold? Hugo knows gold is a strategic asset with the global fiat economy teetering and a local inflation rate of 30%.