RE:Not fake call or email yourself All I can say is BIZARRE!
I called the office yesterday and spoke to Ruth. She informed me that she called the EAO and that the EAO confirmed the email response to Burdel.
Many of you are spot on; Why in the world would the EAO respond to Burdel without notifying BKM first? Ruth said she was livid to find this out. It is wrong in so many ways.
Turns out that Burdel did nothing wrong, it was the EAO who let the cat out of the bag. We can only imagine if the EAO would of have informed him of the decision to issue or not issue the permit.
How in the world does the Government expect to develop investor confidence in BC with screwups like this? I can only shake my head.
Ultimately, in this case it makes no difference at all, as we still don't know when or if the permit will be issued and what the issues are, if any.
I'm still confident we'll get the permit for a couple of reasons.
1st- Most importantly, the Gold Commissioner Mark Messmer, issued the lease, which was extraordinary because what would be the point of a lease to build a mine without the permission to dig and extract the ore?
I'm sure he reviewed everything very very closely before issuing the lease, and sticking his neck out for us.
2nd- We won the court case and the Judge said that the Govt "kept moving the goalposts"
3rd- Professor Weaver stood up for us in the legislature and in the process, also stuck his neck out for us.
4th- The EAO conclusion on OCT 1st 2012
5th- The Govt stand to take in $700 million and perhaps a billion just in mineral tax, versus, paying BKM damages that could amount to hundreds of millions. If they can do the meth, this should be a no-brainer.