Thanks, Sum for a thoughtful reply.

In the end, nothing about Noront is clear and never will be.We are not told anything. We will all see a nice return from this stock price level when the Hedge Funds desire to make some decent money, and only then. This stock is pathetically manipulated, and anything is possible at any time.

I did not mean to suggest that Richard had lost $20 million...only that he had 3 million shares of NOT stock when it was valued at over $7.00 a share, and it is now $.72 a share. Yes, I know he has other interests today, but still, that's a huge chunk of value to disappear from one's portfolio.

I think WES and management are controlled by the Hedgies and us poor shareholders will be the last to know anything.It's been that way ever since Richard waas tossed overboard.

"Flying uner the Radar" has not proved beneficial to Wes or shareholders. I just hope that NOT has discovered something really exciting in recent drilling, and we're let in on the secret soon.

Jacki