Check out the news over @ THO Following Tahoe is likely the very best insight you will gain concerning Guatemalan miners. Looks like they have declared a state of emergency and militarized the region in and around the Escobal project. Suspension of individual liberties to protest BIG mining interests, Perhaps this is the reason for the delay with GDX, the Perez administration cannot afford to have the entire country up in arms against foriegn mining interests, he has already plummeted in support and now appears to be leveraging his power through using the military to quell indigious uprisings. Will GDX ever move forward ? Very, Very risky play....but a million shares @ a penny is chump change for some. Risk = Reward.