And, on a closing price basis, gold set a new record high price in U.S. fiat yesterday. ($1430) and silver $37.42

Incidently Sculpin I didn't suggest that Lori was interested in building a mill, only that perhaps the Peruvian officials are cognizant that there may be a mill built because of Tesoro, and are looking at the environmental impact more carefully and that this is perhaps the reason for the permit delay. I can't see pumping water up 6000' for a leaching pad, but from Hog's fabulous pictures it would be relatively easy to run a cable up from the Acari river and grind up stuff to economize trucking costs.