regarding the 'merger' (less adversarial language). With the claim holdings mentioned in my last post and the possiblity to increase that with the merger, we could have a very interesting few months ahead.

How about this scenario.... merge FWR and NOT, then split the newly formed company into a development arm and an exploration arm. Mac would be the head of exploration and Wes the CEO and head of development/production. The claim holdings would be larger with many many interesting targets for Mac to prove up. The Ni/Cu/CR/PGE would pay for the development and eventually the exploration. Of course this all assumes that the majors will be sleeping for a while, which may be the case considering the rationalization occuring with a number of them recently...........hmmmmmm

Gee, this speculation stuff can be fun sometimes.

Jeeper