...I still believe in the vast potential of the RoF.

However, many legitimate concerns have been raised, and I am receptive to both sides of the argument, although some may have painted me as a perma-bull. One must accept the down side as well as the up-side of their decision.

I, for one, have decided to get rich with Noront or die tryin'. So paint me as a perma-bull in technicolor with rose-colored glasses and whatever other cliche you can come up with.....

The point of my post is this: perhaps Noront HAS to play a little bit coy with details now: they wanted to attract attention with their find, well, they accomplished that with both Windfall and McFauld's.

Who is to say it wasn't the WRONG kind of attention, at a juncture in history when the hedgies had their weapons set to "kill" instead of "stun" because of the desperate situation they got themselves into????

My point is this: Richard, God bless him, is a great promoter, but they silenced him, pretty much. He also waved around the game plan, "The Big Score"....

Ever think that the enemy is literate, as well, and does not want to play, according to script????

This is where a great strategist would foresee this complication as well, and plan for it. I'm hoping this is the case, and I'm not just deluded.

However, I still maintain that while ALL of Noront's assets can be surveyed by a bunch of folks standing above, looking down at the metals still trapped below ground STILL beats a bunch of suits standing around the smoking crater that once was Wall Street...

JMO