When I was at the resources show and spoke with Eastmain Resources, they told me that they had been speaking with First Solar about a tellurium off take agreement.....Eastmain would be much closer to home than Australia...and Eastmain has gold

First Solar has been looking for suppliers who would focus on mining tellurium. Capital Mining in Australia announced in May 2008 that First Solar was sending a geologist to check out a newly discovered tellurium deposit.

"There's a limited amount of tellurium in the world and First Solar needs a significant portion of it. It would make sense for them to try to lock up supply and increase their security, said National Bank Financial analyst Rupert Merer in the Reuters article.