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Gold/Mining/Energy : REX DIAMOND MINING TSE:RXD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bob Fairchild who wrote (1657)	8/9/1999 5:21:00 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2522

"... when they hired ..." - 'they' being the government, you mean, right? While dmw likely did have site security at Koidu supplied by EO or an affiliate, since at the time Hansard et al had a much larger percentage of dmw than at present, and Buckingham was a director of dmw, it was the government who hired EO to supply the main force which helped to restore it to power, and about which so much is written. Lots of water under the bridge since then. Buckingham is no longer a dmw director, and control of the company seems to have shifted into what appear to be South African mining hands .. names like Menell, Kebble, JCI come up. Check the current board of directors. You likely know this site - mbendi.co.za .. it's more useful, more searchable, than it was even two months ago ... speaking of searches, i'm just totally impressed by this one - alltheweb.com - more hits faster than altavista or dogpile or google or any other so far imho .. of course each has something the others have missed. May the main thought of your last sentence come true - it's time for a little life-affirming pragmatism, time to stop shooting and planting mines, to stop slicing off the limbs of women and children, and apply a little energy to producing some high-value carats into a booming millennium diamond market, for the benefit of all concerned. What do you think of the idea that Sankoh/RUF gets all or at least a significant portion of the alluvial concessions, where capital cost and expertise requirements are low, while the companies restart the development of kimberlites that was halted by the '97 coup? ... seems logical to me. It makes the pie bigger, for one thing, instead of squishing it into the mud. Also security is easier in concentrated areas such as pipes being mined. [edit] - news out today on dmw - #reply-10878702 .. only a vague reference to Koidu