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Bozi, the DC situation is interesting. He claimed that he was merely carry out the wishes of the Board and that he was sacked when the Board changed its mind and this appears to have merit.

If I'm right about the release of the contingent liabilities in the last accounts, it's cost us £2m to get rid of DC and to my mind, the blame lies squarely with Mather and Twigger. This is not to say I thought he was any good - I didn't - and getting rid of him opened the way towards what most of us want.

Eloro, Doubting Thomas was killed with a spear, so if we take your analogy further, in your case the spear will be an RNS which strikes you through the heart. And bear in mind Jesus presented the evidence and told him to stop doubting and to believe...which is exactly what Caldwell's doing.

I wrote it for you, Eloro. I know how much you respect him.

Do you really believe we'll get to December without anything happening? The writing's on the wall in big capital letters and even those with a guide dog can read it.

You're absolutely right there, Orthern. I would have a minimum age requirement for politicians of 40 and at leats 15 years work experience with absolutely no connection to politics. I'd also get rid of all those children who are described as Spads. They wield a huge level of influence and yet can barely tie their own shoelaces.

Ha! Good one, Eloro. Personally, I'd liken Johnson to Mather. All over the place with no clear strategy and a habit of upsetting people. This contrasts with Caldwell, who has a crystal clear strategy and an iron-willed determination to deliver it.

Sadly, this is what happens when you have such low grade individuals who, through a combination of vanity, narcissism and blind ambition, decide they want to become politicians. There have always been bad politicians, but never before have we had some many of them - and this extends to those at local level. This is not just a UK problem, but extends throughout the Western world - America being the most egregious example.

We are very poorly served by our ruling elites and I'm afraid there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

Eloro, I wasn't referring to you. My comment was directed at the moron.

I fully understand your view, even if I do think it's misguided.

Eloro,

My Para 1 . Fact.

Para 2. Many people assumed Cascabel was saleable without the licenses etc. So that statement was also fact.

Para 3. The fact a bid didn't emerge tends to suggest this statement is also true.

Nal. Never have I claimed to have either spoken or even emailed Scott. If you believe I'm lying, prove it, otherwise shut the feck up.

Would this be the poor leadership which has delivered the renewal of the project concession, the exploitation agreement, PFS 3 on time, the MOU for the hydro/solar provision and the new IPA? Oh, and the technical report which demonstrated the availability of capital.

I think the problem you have with SC is that you didn't fully appreciate the situation he inherited and what needed to be done. There was an assumption the Cascabel was attractive and the investment case so compelling that the mining community would be falling over themselves to buy it - this turned out not to be the case.

Undoubtedly the interest is there, but those interested parties needed the whole thing to be as de-risked as possible and it's this process which has taken so long. How else do you imagine we could sell it? Did you expect a buyer simply to take a punt on it without knowing whether or not the government would give it the go ahead? Of course they wouldn't.

Finally, what would you have done if you'd been CEO? How would you have tackled a situation where you knew you had a tremendous asset, but no one wanted to buy it without a greater degree certainty? It would be great to hear if you have a better idea.

Caldwell has taken the right approach - in fact, he's taken the ONLY approach and he's is the process of delivering.

Eloro, you're allowing your obsession with the sp to cloud the bigger picture , which has changed significantly. Are you over exposed? Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer and then we can all sit back and enjoy your admission that Caldwell's a genius.

Tesla, it's so kind of you to care. We're all very grateful that you're still looking after our interests, particularly as you don't own any shares in the company. Your selfless charity is much appreciated.

Eloro, how lovely! You've got a friend! Mind you, they say you can judge someone by the friends he keeps, so I'd be a bit careful if I were you. And I'm sorry I'm optimistic, but that's the problem with being able to read the various recent announcements and actually understanding them.

I think we can all recall your statement that you were going to enjoy coming on here when everything went t!ts up and rubbing our noses in it. Hmmm. If I were you I'd start preparing your defences, as I think it's fair to say some less charitable folk may enjoy turning the tables on you. Obviously, I won't be one of them...much.

I'm getting a bit distressed by all this positivity. Anyone would think we've had some good news recently. Even most of the doom-mongers have disappeared and those who still post have toned it down a bit, although there are some honourable exceptions who are fighting a desperate rearguard action as they attempt to spin and deflect their way away from the bleedin' obvious.

This has been a good few weeks and the icing on the cake would be an England victory this evening. If they maintain last weeks form they should manage it.

Fort, that's correct, but my point stands. He was pictured with Nobby. He isn't simply an 'ops guy', he's running the show.

Sorry, should have said 'execute'.

We have a workable PFS, we have a revised IPA (or will have shortly), we have offers of finance and we have certain of the key licences. And we know the government is giving us their full support.

When we get the exploitation licence, is there anything else which may delay some action? I know there are things relating to the environment and water and various planning hurdles, but it would seem to me that they should be formalities.

Fort, when have you ever known an 'ops man' sign something with a President? And the fact we don't have any operations rather suggests you're barking up the wrong tree.

Erm, Scott gone missing? He was at PDAC last week. Mind you, I agree that he must be very busy.

Eloro, I met my missus on 29th Feb 48 years ago. Thankfully, being a leap year we only celebrate once every four years. We don't bother celebrating our actual wedding day.

'84, easy. I've got 14 Latvian beauties living in the shed.

Fort, the critical thing is that BHP and Newmont cannot block a transaction, particularly as there's no guarantee they'd work together.