Bill, very good post. You posted 11pm, its now 12:20am, I will return in about 1 hour to reread you reply and post against it. But first I ask other ipmcf shareholders to read it without prejudice and compartmentalize it (except for Charles, Robert and Paunch who if do too much will experience a burnout and brain will turn into ash). But first my quick comments, or call it a position. My belief that 99% of the ipmcf shareholders are interested in only one thing, and thats to see the value of an existing ipmcf share price go not to zero, but upwards to a value that will let them see the stock back on NASDAQ so that they can escape from this grip now on their investment. I will guess that 90% of IPM shareholders, if given the chance to exchange their ipmcf stock holding today for a return of at least 50 cents on the dollar will do so tomorrow. Sure, if the stock did go up, many people that feel that way at this moment would pause and rethink the move. But my point is, these shareholders are interested in getting back their investment, not trying to go the next step and make money or riches, or to start or join another dirt company. They see a .05 -> .01 -> .00, and if the activity presently being taken can deliever, then sure, put in 10 cent per share for a gamble/speculation that one may reget the $5.00 to $14.00 per share investment. To be blunt, in about 1 week we will have a better knowledge of where things are, and it is very possible, and maby even likely that the risk factor is too high, that the facts saying we will be successful will not be many or sure. In your post you touch on, to me, the biggest one question that to me has to be answered before any person should commit to putting money into this: (my view) I don't care about labs and reports and what people said officially or in the hallway....I want someone like Chuca or Anne Lamb or Eva or Richard or equivalent knowned pro ipm shareholder that been in this dirt stuff more than like me that has only brought the stock...for one of these persons to go to Black Rock and take a shovel and put some desert dirt into a bucket and put on safety glasses and any breathing mask and take to someone that can extract precious metals from it and put it into the hand of this person after it cools or has the toxins removed. Also, as for your mention that even if the dirt is good, what good is restarting IPM if that which caused this mess is still present. Great point, and if true, then if not dealt with, then we waste time and money. So, this has to be understood by the shareholders now, is it real, is there people or group or organization that is out there that will continue to fight our success ??? If so, that all desert dirt companies will end up like us, including any new startups. Is there really something out there, like current big old fashion mining companies that feel threaten, and are "protecting" themselves from the likes of IPM???? Like I posted before, the desert dirts will produce wealth in the future, but who will receive the money??? Off I go. Doug
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