RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: AGM Brief (reply3)... thanks ark88, it seemed kinda weird that bates didnt say anything during the Q&A (could be pretty dissapointed with the current state of the company).......than again, he's been a director of western coal in the past and been in the coal industry for many years, so he knows all too well about the ups and downs of the met coal industry (jmo)