Cautionary Note To U.S. Investors

The Unites States Securites and Exchange Commission limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms on this web site, such as "reserves," "resources," "geologic resources," "proven," Probable," "measured," "indicated," or "inferred," which may not be consistent with the reserved defnitions established by the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the discolsure in our Form 10-KSB, File No. 000-31184. You can review and obtain copies of these filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shmtl.