hi, ken -- i've heard rumblings about returning to a gold-standard also. china can see where the greenback is heading, and they alone would like to see us proving out 6 or 7 "pebbles" in alaska, to back all that debt.
with NAK's recent strength, and a $71 price target, i really like owning their next door neighbor for bargain basement prices. as you said, 2011 should be a great year for LBSR.