Hi Guys!

I just got home late tonight from a long road trip to visit another Mexico mine, and I drove right past Velardena on the toll road. I did not see much activity at the mil but it was on sunday, and we just made it back to the hotel in time to see the kickoff for the superbowl.

I will ask Agora first before posting the link to the ECU presentation, but I am glad that so many people have already veiwed it. We did want to work with ECU so that they would have the chance to see the video before we posted it.

I believe that ECU will have a lot of assays to report and during my conversation with Altmann after the presentation, he indicated that he wanted to see more regular news flow and updates on the progress of the company.

I am glad to see more of the old SH regulars have now made a home here. The crowd of bashers that have disrupted the discussion there are becoming more irrelevant by the day, and I congratulate the people at Agora for creating an alternative that can allow for intelligent debate without having to put up with any abuse and personal attacks.

Things are pretty difficult right now for all junior mining companies but the pendullum tends to swing to the extreme in both directions. The PM sector is approaching a 2-year correction, even while the metals have been on the rise. It is sad that despite the great results that ECU has achieved, owning the stock is more of an endurance contest these days, but I do remain optimistic about the future.

cheers!

mike