azalea, it doesn't matter to me at all if they sell out, in fact personally it would be preferable. In your sentence " what the city wants to see is a shipment of ore on a carrier within 6 months" that brings me back to my original question (1690) if all the infrastructure is in place to actually mine and transport the materials. After all I dont think its a case of marching the seven dwarfs up a mountain singing hi ho, hi ho with a couple of picks and a wheelbarrow. It would be nice to have confirmation this is all in place along with the workforce. At the last count didn't the company only have one employee and a couple of part time directors. Please advise.