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Gold/Mining/Energy : Stillwater Mining , SWC (former PGMS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bob Howarth who wrote (1081)	2/5/2000 5:08:00 PM
From: Bob Howarth	Respond to of 1336

Curious omission in Ballard Power secondary filing about platinum dependency. While it mentions potential scarcity of metal, does not (or at least I did not see it, if there I apologize) mention the location of metal and potential problems of ACCESS to metal. Just imagine, the auto industry of 2020 will depend on South Africa (and Russia)instead of OPEC! Wonder if South Africans have figured this out yet. Wonder if SA will keep platinum prices low for now so as not to scare away the potential victim. Wonder if real estate in South Africa ...... What a world!