dparge,

I hope you are well. I agree with your comment. I don't think it unreasonable for Venezuela to request some modifications or additions. The price of gold has risen significantly from the original invisioned Las Cristinas mine plan so requesting a top-up would not come as a surprise. I do however think that Crystallex/CREC-CRRC have been negotiating this very aspect with Venezuela for a while now. If an agreement has been reached in this regard and Crystallex/CREC-CRRC are now ready to sign then it is not inconceivable that we receive pending news allowing the project to move forward. I'm told that Bob is in Venezuela this week for that very purpose, to discuss the advancement of the project.

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