Cheers very much for the link to the article. A couple of...

Cheers very much for the link to the article. A couple of paragraphs in there of particular interest to us.

"Sartain says Xstrata still has plans to get into Africa, particularly in the Zambian copper belt that runs through the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"Our approach at the moment is to continue to monitor merger and acquisition activity that's going on in Africa and at the same time look at possible entry points at earlier stage projects," he says."

I've been a shareholder in AVM for a few years now. Bought some at over $10 and a lot more around the $2 mark. Things looked quite grim there during all the reviews but I think now its still worth your investment dollar.