Thanks for your kind words Brian. I obviously and vigorously share your sentiments in your 2nd paragraph. Del Steiner has expressed great optimism recently, to me as well as others, about what he believes we will accomplish. It is good, and always reassuring, to see such optimism growing among PEM's staff as time goes by. Naturaly, Del Steiner would know far more than we do at the moment. I know of no hard reason to worry, yet I worry anyway. We should soon begin to see a series of news releases. Once 2 additional drill rigs are deployed perhaps the news releases will become more plentiful or, if not, they will contain twice as much information than previous ones. Naturally, I am hoping that all of us who have "held on" will be rewarded for our patience and conviction. In the interim, knowing that everyone at PEM is extremely busy, I hope we all can avoid the "pall" that occassionally accompanies the old military axion of "hurry up and wait." Hurrying keeps us all busy. The waiting is where our thoughts begin to wonder and our "idle minds become the devil's play ground."

marwal