To: hugh thorne who wrote (837 ) 7/15/2008 1:54:05 PM From: chester_what? Respond to I follow a lot of zinc plays, and am wondering which ones you feel have better potential and management. Or, that have had such better drilling programs over the last year. To be honest, I think you have to call the organization of this drilling program and the first couple of holes a wash, and here is why. Firstly, Lithic is a relatively unknown company that had difficulty in lining up a contractor, and when they did, had difficulty lighting a fire under their ass initially. Sure, this can be attributed to some inexperience as a CEO on Chris's behalf, but he did what he had to to rectify the problem - camp built on site to reduce travel time, got the contractor to get a second drill on site, and did what he could to expedite cores to the labs. So, yes, the timing wasn't great for drill results and there were some f'ups early. But what really is your complaint regarding management in 2008 - if you chose to retain resentment for 2006 and 2007, by all means, but I have been impressed with Chris, who is basically acting as the lead geologist, fiscal steward, and CEO. But, I don't get caught up in the past with management if they have demonstrated significant improvement.
