Hello all

I hav NOT been involved in the investing game very long, but I must thank a good friend from Thunder Bay (my former home until recently) for giving me the bug, so to speak. Just this spring I started following small mining companies (I wish I could say just like NOT, but I too think a company like this is few and far between) and invested in a few I thought had potential. I have followed the SH bullboards regularily (almost obsessed at times) but never had the urge or insight to bother posting. As of the last few weeks, its not even worth posting. Funny who shows up when things start heating up.

I have gained an extraordinary amount of insight into the mining and investing business as a whole, thanks to the posts of many people with more knowledge than I (not too hard since I am a forestry graduate). Many people as of late have also thanked the "regulars", and again, you know who you are. I too must thank the same people.

I hold a relatively small position, but I am confident that my measly investment will bloom into a NOT so measly one. It was hard to justify- to the wife of course- the money I, fortunately, have invested over the summer. She now see's the light.

I was going to take the afternoon off work and go home, but I knew I would be doing the same thing at either place. So why not get paid to sit in front of the computer and drool.

Amazing day, with more to come.

Yeeeehaaaaaaaa