RE: EC= avoidYour characterization of EC as a "falling knife" is wrong. While the past few years have been disappointing, remember the reasons: The year and a half mining halt called by the government of Ecuador, while at the same time we fought endless litigation with our JV partner (Tocantins) effectively halting all work in Brazil. These are behind us. The new CEO has moved quickly to reduce expenses, sell non core assets, and refined an aggressive exploration program in Rio Zarza. I hold EC precisely because of this exploration potential. The geological promise of our holdings has not changed. Our ability to explore them has. It has moved forward. That is the situation that I choose to focus on. Not the legal and governmental problems of the past