Safe,

You are right Captain!

Most of the small retail share holders have been so scared that they have abandoned the "Aurelian" for calmer waters!

Only the long term "battle hardened" hands are left on the retail ship. The Institutions have picked up the shares that have been thrown overboard...and I feel they are very unlikely to give them back to any retail fools who gave them up out of fear (unless the price is right...at a very swollen price)

The "sailors" still left onboard may be tricking themselves because we all believe in the ARU story so much, but I don't think that we are "fools"...we have just been through all of this "skulduggery" too many times! We know the "treasure is where it always has been...on our property!

Now with the news of the change in the oil negotiations, Correa has shown the Government's weaknesses in their position, and the need to keep the oil production up to levels that will generate the needed revenues for the State....This can only translate into a real need to get the mining laws in place quickly for those wanted revenues also!

Those of us left here on the "Aurelian" just aren't ready to give up the battle...it has been too long in the making, and the prize is much too large to swim away from! If we go down with the "ship", then so be it...but it was the one big chance to strike it solidly rich, and might be the only chance in a lifetime to participate in this greatest of Investments....

Keep the Faith, Crew....prime the cannons, sharpen the cutlasses, and man the rails for the coming week's engagements...I'm climbing back out of the cold, dark Bilges of the bottom of the "Aurelian" and will be topside to see the sun after the storm next week...

The situations have switched to our side recently, and the "waters are flattening"....

Long and Strong on the good ship Aurelian!

Long for Cash