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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Platinum & Gold (GPGI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (10646)	6/7/1999 2:50:00 AM
From: Scott Wheeler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14226

Jack, I do not know if it's ready yet...don't think we've had any more recent word than this from the 5/25 NR: << There have been a number of questions raised since the May 6th press release about the 1,000 lb. shipment. Please re-read item #5 of the May 6th press release. The item read "Continue to produce as much anode slimes as possible with a view to having a 1,000 lb. shipment available for Sabin Metal Corporation upon completion of their refining evaluation." Sabin Metal Corporation physically received the shipment on May 5, 1999. At the time it was estimated that Sabin Metal Corporation would require a minimum of six weeks to complete their evaluation which means that we intended to ship on June 16th. We are very pleased that Sabin completed their evaluation in such a short period of time. >> I infer that this means Sabin completed the evaluation three weeks earlier than anticipated, while Global's pace on the shipment readiness of the 1000 lbs is probably closer to the predicted 6/16 timetable. That's still 9-10 days yet and if we are willing to allow Murphy his (usual) due, I myself would be satisfied to see it transpire within 20 days. Reminds me of the nicest coconut ice cream I ever had. We were studying marine biology in St. John and St. Croix. Three of us must have skipped the diving that afternoon and sneaked into town when we should have been doing tedious reef transects. It was now past midday and hot and humid. We saw a little ice cream shop and were ready for refreshment. No one there. A sign above the coolers advised "Patience is a Virtue". I looked in the back and outside - no shopkeeper anywhere. For reasons I do not now remember, we did not issue the usual impatient tourist "Yoo-hoo" (well, we had been in the Virgins several weeks by then and were just beginning to grok the pace of the place). We sat down and waited. Five minutes later I heard a matron holler at someone in the little house nearby and a chicken squawked, and slowly this rather large, wheezing lady slowly dragged in from the back door and demanded "what'll you have then?" as though she had been waiting for us! "Coconut", we replied. She took her time, maybe three minutes per serving. By the time I finally got my coconut ice cream there was no other thing crowding my mind for attention. I ate that ice cream slowly, as it had been served, and it was, well, full of delight. I think I'll always remember that moment and that crazy sign above the coolers. SW