You just made my point. Dilution is not the issue. Getting gold out of the ground is. If we get 50% of what we would get before dilution, it would still be a great return. Unfortunately you can't snap your fingers and have a gold mine in an area that's snowed in, and where additional assays have to be conducted before finalizing the shaft location. The "small miner" regulations permit a very limited number of acres. Locate the mine in the wrong area and we're shafted (no pun intended).