RE: I hope Michelle's Friend Doesn't GiveThe Canadian Prime Minister was also invited. What does that mean for Canadian mining companies. Silly worry, if I may be blunt. Chile has the longest history of a market economy in South America (does Venezuela or Bolivia have a stock exchange? I know Chile does because AUR just listed on it) and AUR is a respected player in that country. If anything, Chilean mining companies should get a premium to others in that region. If you sell a stock on track in 2006 for earnings near $4/share with cashflow close to $6/share and NET CASH around $6/share with growing production and declining costs going forward that it trading at a forward mulitiple to cashflow of about 3 for the reasons you outlined you probably are someone who shouldn't invest in the market and would be better served with the interest you gleen from your chequing account.