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Here is Brad's tweet from yesterday, in case anyone missed it. He sounds a happy man, which I entirely understand.

"Finally!! Much much longer than we hoped or planned, but got there in the end. Still a few compliance boxes to tick with completion etc, but we hope only procedural. Back in the drivers seat and can hopefully at last take charge of our own destiny for the first time in 6 years. We wont take credit for the healthy gold price, but it helps."

I think we will look back on this, and see it as a turning point. Some of us kept the faith; and some of us (including myself) did not.

But obstinacy saved me from the error of selling any.

Hi, TJ

This is a minor point; but on the authorship of the OMI twitter posts, I think you are mistaken. The prose style is the same as that in Brad's emails to me; and as that in all the interviews I have seen.

Best wishes

Hi, John@10.18

Brad lives in Australia (Perth), so summer is beginning for him, not winter.

Hi, Dr

Thanks for this. As mentioned, I was simply wrong in my fears that the deal would fall through.

As you know, I have never used personal insults; and although some of bhargav's posts have been intelligent and amusing (e.g. on maiseymoo), I absolutely deplore his habit of insulting others. Politeness may not be the first of virtues; but it certainly decides whether I wish to know someone, or not.

Hi, Dr

You have earned your right to say, "I told you so."

Best wishes

The Duke of Wellington said, "never apologise, never explain." As it happens, I agree with him (though I am not an Irish landowner, nor a general on the battlefield).

But on this occasion, I shall make an exception, and publicly declare, that I was quite mistaken, when I said that Newmont and/or Agnico intended to destroy OMI. Mea culpa, to everyone concerned.

I have sent an email to Brad, as below.

Dear Brad

Well done with this. Congrats to Louis, also.

It's been a long, hard slog; and fiendishly complex. I hope now the company can move on to better times and simpler things, i.e. drilling results.

Best wishes

Hi, Time

He may be on holiday. He has always replied quickly to the (four) messages that I have sent him.

@ Jackbal

Don't apologise. I didn't take it as an insult, at all.

Hi, Jackbal

Thanks for this. I'm cheerful by nature; but the shareholders are being put to the torture, in the same way that Guy Fawkes was in 1605; but we have committed no crime. Unless credulity is a crime, which perhaps it should be.

A lot of ingenuity has been devoted to covering up the fact, that we have nothing to talk about (except personal quarrels, which are always entertaining; where would we be without them?).

At some point this must end, for everything does. But the ending which seems most likely to me is the bankruptcy of OMI (though not of its CEO). If Agnico and/or Newmont wish to destroy us, they can do it; in the same way I killed a fly that was annoying me this morning. Happy thoughts, indeed.

Hi, bhargav

I never thought the day would come, when I approve of one of your posts. But there's a first time for everything; and what you wrote in para 1 at 14.16 today, hits the button.

Best wishes

Hi, Dr

Interesting lexicon. To the best of my knowledge, to call someone "mate" and "sir" in one paragraph is unprecedented. "Mate," as you must know, implies a desire for sexual union (animals mate at certain times, etc); and "sir" derives from the French "sieur," meaning master or lord.

Putting these two together leads to thoughts, which I would prefer not to contemplate. But it's nice to know that you wish to afford John the dominant position.

Hi, John

Don't accept the hugs and kisses. Emotion is always to be mistrusted, because it is so swiftly reversible.

Hi, John

Moo has been around for longer than the date attached to the name; for he correctly identified me as of pension age, which would either mean wading through my 1596 posts, or remembering something I mentioned a year ago.

The thought had crossed my mind that it could be bhargav, arguing against himself, in order to dominate the chatboard, which is his chief objective; but of course, I must be wrong about this.

Best wishes

Hi, Nookie

Just to say how much I enjoyed reading your post of 8.02 this morning. Laugh out loud, I did.

Hi, Jackbal

Just to back you up on para 4; Warren Buffett's advice applies to companies which have a steady and reliable income (Coca-Cola, Walmart, Tesco, etc); not those which have none.

Best wishes

No shares will be either bought or sold tomorrow (26th August) on the London market, for the simple reason that it is a bank holiday, and the market is closed.

Hi, John

I'm not sure this counts as a message of support; but anyone who uses an emoji, immediately sinks in my esteem.

Best wishes