the time has come to bid au revoir!

EXS has been a wonderful story to have been involved with, and I am immensely grateful to Michael Anderson and Geoff Laing for all their efforts.

Whilst it is true that a lot more money could have been made by trading the stock much more actively than I did, I am extremely happy with the result achieved since I first started buying back in 2003.

In the absence of any other offer, SOL have paid a fair price, but not a fantastic price. For those that can recall the time taken to get Xstrata to buy the Cloncurry Copper Project, you would appreciate that the future value that some posters are mentioning that could be made, that it would be a very long time before that value could be realised.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the comradeship on the EXS threads over the last few years and look forward to sharing thoughts on other stocks in the future. I have my list of posters that I know are prepared to do some research and make valuable insights into stocks.

Looking forward to finding the next EXS. I will certainly be looking at the other vehicles that Alasdair Cooke is involved in.