In January this year I nade a post from a gold mine in Western Australia. At the time the external temperature was 53 degrees C - warm by any standards.

Well. here I am months later, half a world away geographically speaking and even further than that in many other ways.

I am at another gold mine, but this time it's minus 20 degrees C outside in the sunshine and everything is dazzling white instead of red. I'm in Mongolia, about 250km south of the Russian border, north of the capital Ulan Baatar.

This message is a brief hi after a long absence from the Board. I intend to follow up with a more detailed list of impressions as time permits over the next week or so because there are many, many things I have seen and learned that I would like to share with you.

All I'll say in the meantime is that this is a fantastic place with fantastic people - both will forever be a part of me even after I leave this weekend.

Look forward to getting in touch again soon,

stales