Dear Chillam, I have just purchased a few NEN today (as a pure 100% punt) for I have bet on 20+ spec wells in the past and lost heaps on every one. I can however assure you that Gold is always going to be more valuable than a bus ticket as like the US "all their gold is pure paper gold" (no physical) and like the US $ (paper money) it will soon be like the used bus ticket, worthless.