RE: Aurelian Takeover Speculation & PLE.VNice reference on the article in the National Post. I think when you mention Barrick as a potential bidder for a take-over bid, your right on the money. I was in the stock when they picked up Arequipa after drilling barely began. These guys know what they are looking at. You can bet Barrick is all over this one. They might have to act sooner than later, just to stop the takeover price from getting unreasonable. I know it sounds dumb, grabbing something with little confirmed results, but they did it before, with successful results. Barrick just reported excellent numbers, so the timing couldn't be better. The only things, that may stop them, are a ridiculous counter bid, or the fact that they wouldn't believe they could get that lucky again, or some kind of negative Governmental perception, of which I have absolutely no knowledge; We'll leave that for the bashers to play with, until someone has actual facts to support it. I'm putting my money on Barrick, but that's just my opinion. As far as all this speculation having an effect on PLE? You bet cha! If for some reason, one of the big guys doesn't get Aurelian, You know they'll be circling around some other hot prospects in the area. Can you say PLEXMAR ?