RE: 10 to 14they must mean 10 to 14 years between the first sampleing, and the actual opening of an underground mine. in this case, I think that the first dor drill samples on the leadbetter were done in 02, or around that, and an open pit mine has hardley any preperation to start up, so we fall into the 7 to 8 year spread, somewhere around 2009 2010. o yes one more thing that will speed this mine up, the rarety of diamonds , the world inventory of ruff diamonds, and diamond mines .... dont worry fellow longs, once this sampling is done, even with only partial results, I expect a buyout.