RE:My concern is that open pit miningThere's growing pressure globally against mining and especially open pit mining. Robert Freidland says that it will take $5 copper to get any meaningful new copper projects going. Barring a global recession/depression (which is likely) projects underway (of which there are few) will command a premium and be highly desired. Inflation clearly isn't dead which leaves STAGFLATION as a real possibility which is the perfect environment for gold mines in particular. I think the stars are aligned now for some explosive moves in projects with big production profiles in safe locations with long lives. If they have copper or other metals all the better. TLG has to be the ripest fruit on the tree right now.