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I will take up the offer. On past performance LMG will need every cent of the $6 million to keep the lights on and if they can't there is a real risk that the whole enterprise will founder and we shareholders will lose the lot. For me it is not a big outlay.

I see four hurdles to successful completion of the demonstration plant:

* shortage of tradespeople;
* assay results and the extent of changes necessitated by them;
* inability to achieve an economic efficiency level;
* running out of money.

From what I've seen, the last is by far the biggest and the only one I can do anything about.

We don't need to worry about the competence or commitment of the staff at the plant; we just need a huge leap in performance from head office.