hello all, I'm over in the land of a thousand malts and trying to work my way through a few of the brands, though Macallan 30 year old has yet to be beaten.

I've been reading the latest posts by Franz, Glorieux etc and offer the following comments. Franz had a great post and I totally support his comments. Glorieux you are right on re supporters of NOT, those of us who are long take great umbrage when posters who question NOT appear to be bashing the company. However I have great empathy for shareholders who purchased a large quantity of shares at the 5 to 7 dollar range, maybe using borrowed funds , expecting a fast increase in value. The share value for NOT has been depressed for a number of months, due in part to the lack of support by institutional managers but also because of the lack of assay results and the long awaited 43-01. Once the 43-01 is proven we will see a bounce , as for the assays I wouldn't be overly optimistic that DE2 is going to be as good as we were led to believe. If it does prove spectacular, great, if not, what changes?. They have already found the ore they need to do more drilling to prove the extent and all it takes is for a few more hits and this will rocket. Patience is a virtue and we all need it, Richard hasn't sold any of his shares neither has Harvey or Novak. They know what they have we need to allow them the latitude to continue to prove the ore and to give them all the support we can.

The beauty of the board is that we do allow freedom of speech, if someone is concerned they have to be allowed to voice their opinion without fear of reprisals or being called a basher. There is however a fine line between concern and bashing and it behoves all of us to ensure that the line isn't crossed, and to voice our own concerns if someone moves over it.

Now I'm going to relax and sample a 25year old springbank

cheers and GLTA

Long on NOT

Joe