Hi, (1) I was against the Amer deal because they wanted a...

Hi,

(1) I was against the Amer deal because they wanted a controlling stake at a very low price. Negotiating with Chinese investors is also a fraught business. Better we raise the money and go it alone - oh wait, we did.

(2) Not sure what you're getting at here - if NTL wanted to import Chinese junk machinery that breaks down every ten seconds than it is perfectly able to do so without a Chinese investor to ruin the company from the inside out, all for a steal of a price.

(3) NTL actually employs a mining engineer (now general manager) who is not on the board. If you had been keeping an eye on the job advertisements and you might notice some other roles going lately too.

It's a shame you sold out because of your perception of delay and that it ultimately it didn't work out for you.