this might cheer you up a little, page-9

Firstly, as your well aware V we've drilled THREE holes..

"As part of its technical due diligence on these licences, CEO successfully undertook an exploration drilling program where it intersected three coal seams on the Ovorhangay licences. The FIRST HOLE produced a significant coal seam THICKNESS OF 60 METRES FROM SURFACE and was followed by a SECOND hole located 280m away, which also intersected a significant coal seam 40m THICK commencing at 89m in DEPTH A FURTHER HOLE was drilled approximately 6km NORTHWEST from the SECOND HOLE, which also intersected coal at 38m DEPTH for 12m."

In my endless hours of researching Mark Earley, i just couldn't find any mud that could stick..

Quite the opposite, he is held in VERY HIGH REGARD internationally as one of the more savvy operators going round..!!

Check it out for yourself..

http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=35855379&privcapId=35558863&previousCapId=44489609&previousTitle=BANDANNA%20ENERGY%20LTD

Cheers

Sheeza