Stone says:
“We’re in negotiations right now with several parties who are interested in buying our coal,” Stone said. “We don’t know yet when the mine will reopen. It could take days, weeks or months, and it all depends on how things go with the negotiations. The most important thing is that we now have our liquidity restored.”
Stone works for Bates, he will say what ever Bates wants him to say. No one believes Bates anymore, why believe Stone?