I have to concurr with a lot of the frustration being presented on this board recently, despite being in the midst of summer doldrums. Lack of communication is obviously driving this frustration, however, I do believe that this is the only concern I have right now, albeit a big one. Ultimately, I feel very strongly that ISM has the goods, and now hopefully the resources to capitalize on them. The parallels drawn with Red Hawk might be a little unfair. I have absolutely no knowledge of this company, however, no 2 exploration companies are alike. No 2 projects are ever exactly the same. Although the point was well made, I believe the approval of the water permit was not a good comparison. As tantallon referred to in his MD&A review, it is quite possible that a dewatering permit from ISM's perspective would be a waste of money and resources. Of course, this should have been clarified and here we come back to a lack of communication again. My big question is, Is there a rational to this "code of silence"? Is there a reason why the corporation holds back info and keeps its shareholders at arms length? Some might say the corporation is acting in an arrogant manner, having no regards for its investors. I have a different take on it, and this is just conjecture on my part. I wonder if for a small company that has an enormous potential asset and no debt, whether it would be wise to advertise that fact prior to the asset being ready for sale. Playing the devils advocate here, if I were President of such a company and knew the asset in question would easily bring the SP up to $30/share at time of delivery (a number I pulled out of my behind), I would probably keep my mouth shut, and institute an share buyback program if the shares continue to remain under $1. If I were the president in that scenario, and I had instituted a buyback, I would hope that in the short term the price of the stock would remain under $1. JMHO Whaler just posted a summary of one of our newest members on the BOD. Now I ask, why would an accomplished mining professional with 49 years of experience in the exploration and development of numerous successful projects, who probably now has the ability to cherry pick whatever project he wishes to work on, join up with ISM? Do you think he would bother with this project if they only had a a few tons of mineable ore, or just another basic exploration company?

Yup, I'm still frustrated with the development of this company, I've wanted this thing done yesterday - three years ago. But I feel confident that first of all we got the goods, and secondly, that substantial progress is being made (as noted in the most recent MD&A). Lets get on with it. IMHO