Ann: First International JV Awarded Omani Copper Mining Licence, page-43

bj789, I think you have raised some good perspectives and it's a welcome to have a thread where spectators comment with some integrity. Going back a few years we certainly had a few challenging personalities. Mo is and has been an avid supporter as well as measured critic in the time that I have been fortunate to have shared his posts. He is someone with ethical judgement and many have benefited from his exposure to the stock.

I also left the stock a while back due to lack of development and a stall in negotiations with KSA. One can only take so much frustration and certainly AUQ has been a stock with a lot of anticipation expected. Yet the tyres are constantly deflated by time.

That being said, I am back in again after 2 main things. 1. I regularly talk to senior Omani officials (embassy level) to get a real sense of where the country is going and 2. I see copper as the go-to metal in time. Interestingly KSA is now chasing copper and precious metals as well.

AUQ is worth more than the 2-3 cent range.