Ann: Operations Update , page-6

Always possible Huss - thats the nature of investing in these parts.

FYI job ad in last week's West Australian for PIR CEO position so hopefully minimum of a month's handover with incoming CEO.

With ECOWAS closing down Mali's access to the WAEMU monetary zone, things will come to a shuddering halt pretty quickly. This is exactly what happened in neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire whilst there was a political impasse.

Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/africa/ for updates. Third article suggests this could be over (and no further advances south on Bamako) quite soon.

Timbogold