Portee won it fair and square!

True enough, it was a different news release than what we might have anticipated - so onwards to another pool as to the date of the next news release.

I'll stick to my same dates.

I do hope Protobaggins is ok - nobody has heard a tweet from him - maybe he'll deliver Portee's prize on Xmas eve? It won't be a lump of coal anyways.

As to the land acquired, I have a hunch it's a very good piece, and true though it's not cheap, you can imagine they wanted it for a very good reason.

I am sure that acquiring other land says nothing bad about Hercules - the point is, we have a gold camp, not an isolated find. They try to be as geologically and explorationally smart as they can. And suppose we sell of one of our finds - the spinoff company would do well to have others. And if a middle or a major picks us up, they will indeed be looking for a well-put-together land package.

Congrats Portee!