We most certainly have been side tracked with the offer to Freewest, I mean the impression to some lately has become that Noront is a chromite story.

I do not want to belittle the chromite but I see the story as mostly nickel with chromite playing a secondary role.
And in order of economic importance followed by copper, platinum, palladium and somewhere in between the copper and palladium is the near forgotten vanadium.
Vanadium is still the undiscovered territory therefore I will not even hazzard a guess as to where it belongs between the others.
And just to be more complete, do not forget the cameo appearance by Thorium.

Even if chromite should be more valuable in total I believe that the story is nickel because on a dollar spent per resource I see the nickel as being the most profitable and therefore should command the most attention.

Next in attention getting is not the chromite in itself but the sum total of all of these metals that make up Noront's future. So if you think that 2009 was exciting then you have not seen the main course that will most likely be served up this year.

Happy and Prosperous New Year to All connected with this story. Ed G.