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Mogo - I absolutely agree. I think having seen his shareholding reduced to a fragment of what it was, he will do everything he can to turn the situation around. I also think he has another huge incentive for doing so. Dutwa was his discovery and the path to the BFS created by him. MP will not want to see the years of effort and resources (not to mention investors money) that he put into the project, go down the toilet. If he believed in the project when he was MD of African Eagle Resources, then I am sure he believes in its potential now. Also, let's not forget, Coburg made their investment after AFE's share price had tumbled, the BFS had been discontinued, AFE had effectively run out of cash, the previous board were disbanding and everything looked in turmoil. Why would they have invested in AFE at such a low point with the prospects appearing so bad, if MP and the rest of the Coburg board did not believe the situation could be turned around? I don't think they would have. What would have been the point of throwing good money after bad if they didn't believe that they could take AFE out of its turmoil and help NC in finding an investor / investors to help take Dutwa forward? There would have been no point. We are clearly not aware of all the facts and because NC's holdings are private, they are not required to disclose information that we might otherwise be made aware of. We are in a major uphill battle. but I was encouraged by Rob McLearon's email. Not because there was anything of great substance in there that made me feel that we are soon going to be turning a corner, but because he, like the rest of the board, are experienced mining / finance professionals, who I don't believe would bother wasting their time with this project, if they didn't feel like something significant could be achieved. And I believe from his email that they are doing everything they can to move AFE forward. There are one or two other significant factors at play. Dutwa was discovered in 2009 when all the financial markets were crashing, raising debt was near impossible and investors were very wary of mining projects, which made it very hard to get Dutwa off the ground. As the BFS progressed the global economy suffered another shock in the form of the European debt crisis. With further uncertainty in the glbal economy. institutional investors lost their appetite for risk and deserted risky mining stocks. Whilst we have not totally moved past this situation, I feel that things have greatly improved and the world economy is far more stable than it was two or three years ago. There are some uncertainties like China, but overall I feel the picture now is stronger and more certain. I feel that the odds are against us, but if NC, AFE, MP etc can turn things around, this share price will fly and our long wait will be rewarded. However, any investor will need the highest level of patience and should not set their expectations too high.