I too have been an investor for nearly a year, and

I too have been an investor for nearly a year, and am pleased with SIRG progress so far. It has gone as slowly as I originally expected, and my timelines are pretty close so far. Many SIRG longs were talking about progress significantly further along than we currently are, way back 6-8 months ago, but I am satisfied with where we are because I was predicting these delays way back then. As for negative comments, I feel the need to be honest, and not worry about how my posts affect progress. I doubt they make the slightest difference anyway. I am not negative, I am realistic, and when we're still talking about this next summer I hope you'll recall these days with fond memories. Rod cannot speed things along. We are at the whim of government bureaucracy, and we will be at the whim of realistic mining logistics once the permits are approved and funding attained. Rod's ineptness comes from lack of experience understanding the permits last year, and his highly optimistic forecasts that continue to fall far short of the mark. My only advice to him is to be smart about predictions....you always set high goals privately, but lower ones publicly, so when you achieve those goals you look like you succeeded. When you publicize the high goals, like he has done, and then fail to meet them every single time, you look bad. He looks bad.