It seems from some of the posts here, that Wes has taken on the responsibility of dealing with retail, for now. I say for now, because when we were going thru the takeover with FWR, it seemed retail was in their good books, but once CLF took out FWR, NOT no longer had the time of day for retail. Calls/emails weren't answered in full as they were during the takeover process. All of a sudden there wasn't any time for retail, why, because they didn't need us...they didn't need the FWR shares we had.

So IMHO, I agree, something is up, they need us for something. What?, I'm not quite sure yet. I also feel something is up because we have had more than the normal amount of NOT NR's lately.

Sorry if I'm sounding cynical here, and I hope I'm wrong in questioning Wes' motives right now. But until NOT BOD etc. prove me wrong, I will have my suspicion radar on high alert.

For me, what it all comes down to right now is show me the money Wes, so I can get out of here and move on. There won't be any dividends under the current NOT BOD (maybe the previous executives and BOD), so there's no sense in hanging around for the long term.

Bottom Line...show me some new Ni hits, show me a positive feasibility study, and then show me a buyout. I think this will satisfy the current NOT BOD etc. and myself...at this point that's about all I have in common with them.

All IMHO

Cheers,

MGB