....was the cheap power. I wonder what the implications are for the development of Las Cristinas going forward, given the rolling industrial sector blackouts that have been instituted by El D-bag. Add this to the currency exchange situation, mandated gold sales to the central bank, etc. and you have to hope that we get taken out by the Russians\Chinese and are not granted a permit. Ironically....we're better off not producing any gold at this point. Look at Rusoro....digging the gold out of the ground at a loss. What an absolute joke. This is Venezuela's idea of "jump starting" the mining sector.