This could be by his choice.....what I mean is that in my industry, consultants have a higher pay rate, and more freedom to jump from ship to ship.

If I was Dr. Mungall - I just got a nice pile of NOT options that will some day be worth a load of cash - but mostly I am thrilled to be building an understanding of the deposits in the entire ring -

If NOT is truely "going it alone" wouldn't someone like Dr. Mungall be more inclined to want the freedom to follow the minerals across company land claims?

Besides from an investment point of view I sure would want to get as many options from as many companies in the ROF that I could!

Just something to ponder as we await the pending news......

Hoov - I would be really interested in your thoughts on this

SD