RE: "The minister is unavailable"Sorry I was away for the weekend. Last I heard they were increasing the tax from 3 to 4%. However, as early as June they were discussing a supertax on mining to raise funds. There is a lot of pressure against it but there is still discussion. The last budget from June did not include the tax. If they do implement I still think Ruby will do well but it is still something that people who are investing should be aware of. I did note though that they are trying to get the mining companies to pay corporate income taxes. Resolute mining is already paying the corporate tax of rate of 30% (of course that is on profit after all the tax deductions are figured in) resolute (ticker RSG in Australia) trades at $1.60 with about 50 million shares outstanding.
Again invest where you feel secure and as you already know research anything you invest in.$