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To: raydit who wrote (216)	8/9/1998 10:17:00 AM
From: raydit	Respond to of 322

Value Line OTC Special Situations commented in the July 27th issue the feeling that NANX has excellent 3 to 5 year potential, but faces "timing difficulties" over the next several quarters. They repeat the company's line that certain contracts were not finalized in the quarter and that significant licensing agreements were not completed. Value Line has lowered its rating to hold "until the company shows signs of more reliable results". I assume Value Line is saying they may have a better opinion when the liars quit lying to investors. Nothing said about the investor lawsuits and their possible impact.The underwriters(Donalson, Lufkin & Jenrette;Furman Selz and CIBC Oppenheimer) ought to be on the hook for this one too.

To: raydit who wrote (216)	8/12/1998 7:22:00 AM
From: curtis fincher	Respond to of 322

I'm trying to remember. Is NANX located in NM somewhere like maybe near Albq. I am on research staff at DuPont and have been to several of their seminars and work with the people at DuPont that the collaboration is with. In truth they did seem relatively credible technically in terms of the sciencethat they were pursuing. The manufacturing facility does exist. If you really want to call it manufacturing. On a DuPont scale of course the volumes are not even large enough to be called pilot line but it is unique material for very specialized applications. In addition the facility did have some special design considerations so that they can switch around among the various special products that they do make. Realize of course that none of the above statements say anything about how well that they are run as a business or how the resources are managed to produce the best for the long term.

To: raydit who wrote (216)	9/18/1998 11:02:00 AM
From: HVN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 322

Here's the scoop on TiOxide as a sunscreen - it's found to be more effective than ZnOxide as a sunscreen blocker. If memory serves me right, TiOxide is the ONLY FDA approved, non-chemical sunscreen blocker. i.e., ZiO2 is not considered a suitable physical sunscreen blocker. Now, most of the TiO2 used in sunscreen blockers is produced chemically in Europe and Japan/Korea. However, they leave a white color on your skin when sunscreen lotions formulated with these chemicals are applied. Due to NANX's physically produced shperoidal shaped particles, it has been found that in certain formulations it does not leave a white color when applied to the skin. The problem? NANX's product is about 10 times more expensive than the stuff available form overseas. So, as somone else here mentioned, you're not going to find it in coppertone. I believe it's in the Estee Lauder product. And from what I hear, that product is selling well (though I haven't seen EL promote the "colorless' virtues of the product. Go figure! I guess what worries me at this stage is the large amount of selling by Parker (is he leaving/has he left?) who basically invented the way the products are manufactured, and he's been selling at relative rock bottom prices and he holds only 20K more shares. Anyone have any idea how many options he has left?