To: TheBusDriver who wrote (59982 ) 6/12/2008 1:17:38 PM From: marcos Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 78416 dmm.to - hundreds of workers looking forward to jobs at that mine, through the multiplier effect there will be many thousands who benefit from its development, they're citizens of the country too, you'd think they might have some small degree of say in the matter ... interesting that Chiriboga made the point that the regions of resources should get something out of their development, that's been a major problem in many places over the years - all the royalties and taxes etc go straight to national capitals and get sucked down bottomless black holes, the locals get left with holes in the ground and barely enough to live on, if that ... from everything i've read so far, it seems like Ecuador is headed more or less in the right directions on these questions, if they get it half fair overall then among many other effects, Dynasty is hugely undervalued epm.to - just vultures in suits, that bunch, imho, some damage to the company no doubt but they should be able to keep it moderate, won't mean much in the end - provided that Varvar is throwing off cash, which it should be doing soon, if it isn't already gwg.v - thinking more about Great Western, could be a big deal over coming years ... it's been such a snoozer, no significant activity apparent for months and months, but as it turns out they have been busy behind the scenes, certainly got Lifton enthused, he was in Saskatoon talking them up this week ... so anyway, changed my outlook on them to much more long-term, instead of taking a fat profit on .22s and .205s bought recently, i've been adding bits in the .30s, got a few more today