The other night, I was musing on why this is taking so long. Oh ya, there are the reasons we all have discussed, but it still doesn't make any sense, seeing as how VZ wants to get the gold out of the ground, and so do we. I started to think about who is involved in this whole project, and how many 'Chiefs' there are to satisfy. Then I thought that there are also many 'Indians' out there too, who have to be taken into consideration, by some of their 'Chiefs'. Well you ask, what is he talking about?

Let me see if I can come up with the Chiefs.....Chavez of course, Fung, Sanz, Herrara, the Heads of the Unions, Leaders of Illegal Miners, Bank Presidents, Company Presidents, Country Presidents, the 'Senate', etc., and of course the 'Advisers of all these.

Every one of those Chiefs have to feel 'right' about the outcome of the LC/LB saga. Every one of them has to feel like they WON. Now consider that everyone of those Chiefs is answerable to their many 'Indians'. In some cases, those Indians can cause a great deal of trouble if they are not happy with the resulting decisions. Politically, and monetarily. Those 'Indians' are going to be running and operating things in the end. If they are not happy, if they don't think they've won, then you could see massive demonstrations, ongoing sabatauge, 'Chiefs' thrown out, etc. etc.

So you see what I mean? We are focused on the immediate Chiefs that we see involved, but there are so many factors for all involved to take into concideration for their own reasons, petty, polical, or not.

That's why I think it has, and is, taking so long........to many 'Chiefs', but also too many 'Indians'. That's VZ for ya'.

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