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If the question was serious, here is my serious response: I am very worried by the recent eruptions at the senior management and board level for, while I believe that Mr Sloan had perhaps done as much as he was capable of doing, I am concerned hat he was not replaced by someone with comparable but enhanced skills and I'm alarmed that the Board now seems effectively to be run from Hong Kong by a lawyer and an accountant. Please tell me I'm wrong in thinking this! I foresee squabbles on the ground between the views of conflicting mining engineers and between the ground and a Board that is far removed from the daily realities of this huge project in the Tanami. Oh, and of course, a Board run by the major shareholder from Hong Kong. Having been in the stock for 15 years or more, I'm worried and despairing that it can get itself out of the mire that has been dug. At the moment, frankly, it is a hold at best. Or am I being too candid?