Mark,

Thanks for posting your e-mail to Eric M. and the summary of his reply...which looks quite reasonably factual.

Yes, SGS is overloaded with requests hence you would need to wait for your turn which may be bumped if someone came in with a rush order (and willing to pay nice premium). Tweaking the process flowsheet is nothing unusual. It can be done before or after the PEA. The company may even switch to an entirely different method and have the new process flowsheet tested by (SGS or another company) if the new method can significantly improve the economics of the project.

CLF: I understand that its holding is now below the radar, hence its transactions would not have to be reported, but block trades to dispose of the rest will appear on the trading activity and we can make a guess. My take of the situation is that CLF will sell all non-core assets, including, graphite, chromite and perhaps the Fe in Quebec, because of it own clear and present trouble (aka Casablanca).

goldhunter