I have spent a rare bit of time just now catching up on comments on the other board. For what it's worth, I don't approve of the hostilities, whether pro or con. I personally rather ignore a fool - whether a basher or a pumper - than encourage him. And in fact there is at least one regular contributor to that board that I generally respect, at least when he/she doesn't veer from objectivism. But that's not the reason for this post.

I want to state - unequivocally - that no matter the shape of the veins - thick or thin, surface or at depth, long or short, isolated or contiguous - the FS takes every issue into account when calculating, well, of course, feasibility. So while I agree that 5 or 10 million ounces of resource does not necessarily translate into a profitable mine, if the feasibility study of our 800 or 1000 or 1200 thousand ounces of reserves passes muster, we have a profitable mine candidate. That is true no matter what the "expert" says about hundreds or thousands or millions of mines with boku resource numbers that are worthless.

I cannot predict the results of our FS for sure. But if they prove economical, there is no other issue to harp on other than financing. End of discussion.

Strike