Well, it apears that management went to Chile (as reported by...

Well, it apears that management went to Chile (as reported by some), indicating that there must be something over there for them to consider. I had a quick look at the mineral resources of Chile and found this:

"MINERAL RESOURCES
Chile is the world's largest producer of cooper. It has the world's most productive mine at Chuquicamanta (in the northern region). Northern Chile also has rich, high-grade iron-ore deposits, mainly in the Coquimbo area. Most of the ore is exported, and the rest is used by the local iron and steel industry. Chile has the largest deposits of nitrate, in the Atacama Desert in the north. The mining and exporting of nitrate (used for fertilizers and for the production of high explosives) fluorished during the last quarter of the nineteenth and first quarter of the twentieth centuries.

Other minerals produced nowadays include: gold, silver, molybdenum, manganese, zinc, lead, baixite, sulfur, and potash. Uranium, cobalt, antimony, and tungsten are also mined."

http://www.ddg.com/LIS/aurelia/chimin.htm

Knew about the coper. But iron ore was interesting sowas Uranium. Oooooooh Uranium ...... oooooooh. If only that was the reason for the visit.

GC