Here's a letter today from Mike Wills, MFN Investor Relations, regarding my query on how other miners have solved their protester problems.

Mike's "the jury is still out" attitude begs the question of, " how well have the others done so far?" Which he can avoid answering by insisting that it's too soon to tell.

He's scientifically and logically correct, but not too helpful in providing how the alternative "low road" solutions have so far succeeded.

Cheers,

Baires

"We can't know whether anyone has found a true long-term solution until those mines are done with production. We know that they've found an expensive short-term solution, but not whether matters are resolved for the future. Success for everyone remains in doubt, whether they have found a way to move forward in the short term or not. "