Ok, I don't want to toot my own horn but from a previous post here: http://agoracom.com/ir/Crystallex/me...

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"Sanz keeps telling union officials that the matter is now completely out of his hands and that the only thing to do is to wait for President Hugo Chavez Frias to get around to making policy decisions public, signing off on funding and announcing the final launch of multi-$ million gold mining projects that there is, otherwise, no valid reason for the government to postpone any longer."

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We've heard via the media (reliable?) that some big deals are going down. Hug the Soviets and offer them gifts. So, are these "deals" (I know... just agreements of intent... not binding contracts) the final launch of the multi-$ million gold projects written about above?

I don't think so... I think this is a prelude to the BIG announcement. I think there will be a Day Of Gold comming where the government will OK a TONNE of projects that will pepper the country with a huge new infusion of captial and employment.

Chavez could so easily play both sides of this by lining up joint venture after joint venture. A joint venture mustn't only be with the Soviets... The winds are changing and I expect contract changes to happen.

When all this happens (yes... in one day), the other shoe will have dropped.

(I just hope the shoe, once dropped, does rise up again kicking us out :-o)