few more tests to come, page-18

For those interested i gave martin blakeman a call at nru to ask a few questions re the delay in the wash results.From what was explained to me,basically,once coal has been frozen when it is crushed for the wash tests,the coal turns to powder instead of the larger size particles that it would normally crush into.This causes a problem in the flotation circuit of the wash plant as the powdered coal from the frozen core sample does not float the way the larger particals would have from coal that had not been frozen.Hence the need for a new sample when the ground thaws out a little.MB indicated that in hindsight maybe they had been a little hasty in starting the phase 2 drilling during the winter,but they where very very happy with what they had found in the phase 1 drilling that they were very keen to press ahead.I also asked about possible other mongolian coal aquisitions and was told that many projects are currently under consideration and disscussions are underway.Interesting times ahead.WT