AZ,

Why do you think we will be bought out? I think that if that were in the works then they wouldn't bother with the effort of working to list on the Canadian and Brazilian exchanges. Besides, it's way too early for a buyout- unless it's a very large number (multiple dollars at least). There's just too much potential not just hinted at, but screamed out by the historical records and recent surveys and assays. I can't see selling out at less than a ridiculous price until some work has been done to better define the resources. There's the potential of maybe 10M oz of Au eq. A buyout would certainly have to be on the order of $100 or more per oz of in ground Au- that's $1B, or $5 per share. Do your thoughts of a possible buyout include numbers in that range?

spiny