Crystallex seeks the restitution by Venezuela of Crystallex's investments, including the MOC, and the issuance of the Permit and compensation for interim losses suffered, or, alternatively full compensation for the value of its investment in an amount in excess of US$3.8 billion.

I wonder if with all the regime change going on in the world right now, Crystallex put this in the release to cover all their bases in case of the possible collapse of the Chavez. In turn, this would allow crystallex to say to any new party or leader,

'Hey, we'll drop the case, all we want is our property & contract back & the permit that we deserve, oh, and a little bit of compensation for our time. If not, well, we'll go to arbitration and, as I'm sure you know, we'll most likely win'.



Probably unrelated, but you never know.

Still wouldn't mind a $1 billion chinese buyout, though i would be ok at a bare minimum $500 million.

FK.