8Barker, you used to have a picture of Michael Doglas from "Wall Street" as your avatar...

The movie was on TV the other night, and that famous meeting with shareholders where he argued that he would make more money for them than the fat board of directors..."Greed is good".

But in this case, any speculation of a buy out or buy in is too early. If there are discussions we don't hear about, that's fine. Nothing can really happen without due process, and even then a competitive process can be created if other parties are interested. We won't wake up with our shares sold. Worst case would be a tendered offer that major shareholders had already communicated they would accept, and then we mice would have to jump on board regardless. But the break point would have to meet the expectations of those major investors (who have greed), and I don't think they want to throw in the towel.

A buy in / joint venture partnership at this stage would be good, as it would provide the financing and experties we'll need, and also leave us holding more valuable shares for a mine that will open sooner.

SKELEG