Freedom:

Very sage comments.

Just one other comment: I will be very disappointed in Gary Nash if he has not had a contingency plan in his back pocket all along. I know that the bad economy, the credit crisis and the plummeting price of nickel are beyond his control, but good management involves doing a "what if" analysis, looking at a worst case scenario, as well as other cases. To run a business on pure hope and based on a plan that depends on most variables going well is, in my opinion, very bad management.

All this seemed to happen so suddenly --- from the promise of a new financing a few weeks ago (taking us to a point of ramped-up production), to all kinds of negative prospects, including bankruptcy. Very disappointing, and COSTLY!

-- R.