Wow, Crazy, did you actually read my post, or are just trying to live up to your handle? Short I am not, have never been. My post is actually quite positive, and let me ask, if NOT announced a JV with Xstrata on Monday , giving up 50% of the resource in return for Xtrata paying all the bills, do you not think the sp of NOT would skyrocket on Tuesday ? Of course it would, and for you to suggest my post is somehow negative demonstrates that your instinct may be more to gamble/speculate than to invest. NOT may be highly investible, it is management that either has cards up its sleeve that it is not sharing with retail, or is trying to promote a very risky approach to increasing shareholder value. I'll only increase my holding once we see the cards, or a major interest appears. Lots of folk who buy sizzle never get to see any steak. The notion that a lack of transparency should be rewarded with optimistic assumptions has not been earned in this case. We should critique as investors, not as fanboys.

BTW, my comments regarding reliance on Ontario are simply realistic. Ontario should do everything to be a low cost mining jurisdiction, thats all the help we need. Those who have to feed off of moosepasture should not get milked quite so often.