Matt...thanks for the information. I guess if we accept the firing of Merly as fact...then her "everything is in compliance" statement is now worth dog poop, in which case we definately commence the legal route come the first of November. This whole fandango also puts to rest, once and for all, any question whether Merly's "conformance statement" had any real legal foundation in the first place (versus a formal Minamb response specifically stating that they WILL allow mining in the Imataca and that they had been in error).