Now that sounds like the Alas I want to know-haha!! It has definitely been a rough ride but I keep reminding myself, although no parallels to the mining industry, it took Mel Fisher 16 long years of searching, many investors disgruntled and otherwise, many disbelievers, but the ones that hung with him shared in the spoils of his discovery of the fabled Spanish Galleon "Atocha" and subsequently Mel uncovered vast amounts of treasure off the coast of FL. Mel followed a debris trail for years, searching and searching, looking for that galleon, he never wavered in his belief that he would find it, always saying, "Today's the day". Paul has been on the trail of of a successful gold mine and I truly believe he's on the cusp of proving it out. He has found the gold, he has produced gold, and now we all await the sharing of the mother lode. Perhaps we will have a similar story as Mel's but I darn sure hope it's not 8 more years-lol-!! Good luck my man. GGB