Todd is a pretty great young exec, he has been a good communicator with me, he was in the meeting I had with the team on Feb 23rd, been on all the phone calls and all but two emails, is it material that he did not say the same story to every body, well no, is he lying, I don't think so, I think he is new to the "start a company up" game and has not had the coaching and counseling that I have seen other young guys get.
I was just joking about the "rat bastard" thing, a good example of how statements can get misconstrued via the internet. Thats what the "lol" part was in there right after the "rat bastard" statement. I dont ever consider a man to be a liar unless I have some certainty to that effect.
So far as remote locations I'd be a big fan of 1. Researching and examining the tailing piles and estimating worth. 2. Calculating approximate revenues and building a fresh plant (as opposed to tearing down an old one and relocating) with the additional possibility of making said plant with an easily convertable secondary purpose so that when the tailings were all processed it would still hold a saleable value, then move on to the next project although having multiple facilities working at the same time. This all equals increased employement and revenues.