finance, page-11

finance update I got fed up and rang HDR and talked to the press person.

He was not sure where the "signing was only days away" came from, as signing was still about 3 weeks away when the AGM presentations were being done. He said that they expected the signing to be done within the next 2 weeks. Perhaps a (very) late Christmas present for its suffering shareholders.

He also said that a couple of HDR personal had just returned from Guyana where they were having talks with companies.

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