Many people and analysts believe that KRY will never get the permit and if we do Hugo will take everything when the mine is built.

I'm of the opinion that while there is definate political risk in VZ it isn't nearly as bad as the press in the US makes it out to be. The talking heads on both MSBC and BNN want us to believe that Chavez won't play by the rules. Chavez has shown he will pay for the assets he wants. The price might not be what is asked for but how many deals do. Look at Microsoft-Yahoo!