I agree with you aitakahashi on all counts, but wouldn't we still be sitting on a dead selling price since, as we now know, the government clowns are still holding things up ? For myself, with the Kinross shares, I've already more than doubled my original dollars spent on Aurelian. Who knows what the future holds in Equador but Kinross does have alot of irons in the fire to keep us (and them) prosperous in the meantime. I look upon Equador as money in the bank to be for us later on. We are also getting closer to the magic $30 figure which is what I recall is the strike price at which are options become meaningful. (hope I've got this option part right)