Hi buckbrush, We here in Drayton Valley, Devon riding basiclly got the same responce from our MLA , Dianna McQueen,who at the time was minister of Mining and Renewable Res., right in her line of work. She promised to help in any way, but after a month, ( after a expensive tour of Europe with Mrs. Redford , and a $14,000 cell ph bill), she refusd to help saying it was a BC company and nothing she could do. Im guessing there are over 150 shareholders in her riding, I hope they all remeber that next election, I know I will bring it up as much as I can. Funny how everyone backs away from this, Like Scup says " This must be big"