IC,

I respectfully disagree on the illegality of a company withholding or delaying a PEA during a negotiation.Whether it,s the case or not with Zen,companies do it anyway and it should be difficult to prove of intent while they can make multiple claims on reasons of delay..Look at what just happened to Probe mines.They had been delaying their PEA proccess for a very long time while negotiating with land owners in order to secure an entire, potential "gold dictrict" in the Borden Lake area in Ontario.The result was nothing short of being spectacular and the share holders and markets applauded it.As a share holder of Probe myself,it gives me encouragement of good things to come for Zen as well given the fact that both companies have excellent managements.