i applaud your very well reasoned stand to all the hot heads on here who the bulk of, more than likely, haven't even looked at the model that has been proposed
amuses me no ends that people with their darling 'investments' could be getting a little touch up from the govt - are they expected to be exempt from risk?
oh yeah, the old chestnut about mum and dad investors - lol - are the funds that pathetic that they can't move their funds into other areas if miners are bad news? - jeez, i could just plonk some money on BHP & RIO and just let it sit - or better still, let's plonk our money on bankers - no wait, didn't they get hammered yesterday?
what these companies are digging up is not intellectual property and it is finite
how about a less hysterical view from someone industry related - former head of minerals council of australia, david buckingham
