Centaurus Diamond Tech. Inc. (fka CTDT)

[bizops12]

"There is essentially no gold in coal ash." Your words not mine. You even emphasize it by using the word "essentially". Either that or you use it to "protect" a weak position by saying that there is no gold unless maybe there is gold. You can't have it both ways - either there is gold in coal ash or there is not.

1. adverb
You use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality.

2. adverb
You use essentially to indicate that what you are saying is mainly true, although some parts of it are wrong or more complicated than has been stated.

I simple gave you several references from reputable sources - including a document listed by Harvard that says there is.