gw--Your right about the asset of the mine.Also,he has more control over KRY than he will ever have over Russia. He makes mistakes but he's not dumb.There is no reason to not let the KRY deal work,It's just a matter of when. I think any holdup may,in part,have to do with how close GRZ is to us in so many ways.How can they give us a permit but not give one to GRZ at this point?They need to change the GRZ deal first. That could take time!!!