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On who's hook?
Eric, one of the things that has amazed me since first getting involved in MINE, is why none of the bigger money investors, or at least one of the guys with the $$ and the 1MM or more shares has not sent someone like you mention down to check things out.
Why does it take a couple of shcmucks (well one anyway, CIMA is pretty savvy) in Canada to get any sort of trip happening, good, bad, pointless, whatever. At least we did something, and to my mind something is better than nothing but talk, talk, talk, guessing games, second guessing, conjecture, what if's, what if not's.
At worst we have got people and press talking and interested. There's my main motive - get the word out, good, bad or indifferent. People can make their own minds up whether to invest now, later, sell now, sell later, whatever, just as long as everyone knows the name Golden Eagle if/when something good happens and things start to pop. And if that doesn't happen, hey, on to other things, get more of a life back, and keep having fun elsewhere.
Jim |