All we need is the Permit and the MOC then the gold is considered an asset!

You said it right there. But in the mean time we could be sitting on the biggest reserves in the world and it will be worthless to us. Oh wait we already are... :)

This is a political minefield to date not a gold mine...maybe one day Chavez will figure out how to do bussiness with multinationals and treat foreign investors with some respect. Or maybe he'll just get liquor poisoning and choke on his own vomit and die dreaming of housing the poor on golf courses. $%^$& idiot.