past performance is no.... well you know the rest :-) i have also been buying ktn.v - could be better then dar. if you like silver porphry (sp?) mind. i sold a few stocks to buy it namely btc, vms and a little of my caa hord. not sure next year is going to be good for resource stocks (base metal) - i see a recession in china coming.... i wish the board sucess in the new year. McB