RE: I'm glad you asked, BWi'd agree with your comments - I dont think nanaimo is the emerald cutting center - thailand sure is and 20/20 hindsight is nice now - they should have flown them over and done it that way off the bat. sure there are export papers etc, but these guys over there know exactly how to play with all sorts of stones - good bad or medium stones. hopefully they will expedite this process - its all that is holding the stock back IMO at this pt