locking up esg scrip, page-15

It will be at least 2-3 months from operation and then 1 month for the certifiers to do their work. August is most likely, although note I haven't given a year! Their approach to the whole reserves upgrade has been unprofessional and discouraging to say the least. I certainly hope it's not delayed any further than that, but who can commit to that assertion with any confidence?

TR - thanks for the Cate Faehrmann article. It's my very strong belief that the best outcome for all stakeholders is to work as closey together as possible to negotiate and influence outcomes, rather than throwing grenades from the sidelines at each other for little or no effect. It really is about time the Greens came off the economic fringes and engaged in some robust debate to influence outcomes rather than just running the 'It's development and we hate it' line. There is some mutual benefit between what both groups are trying to achieve, particularly with the way ESG extracts its gas.

JT