In the interim, certainly this week, they are being paid and we're meeting with the employees over the weekend to draw up longer-term plans. We're going to do our very level best to take care of our people.

Presently there are no plans to retrench any employees [in South Africa].

Increasingly, employees across all life stages - but especially Singles and Young Families - are viewing the workplace as the site of choice for purchasing investment and protection products. As this trend continues, expect employers to recognize that the 'one-size-fits-most' approach may no longer be an effective way to communicate to their employees.

We believe the high number of violations is attributable to a significant increase in enforcement standards by the MSHA inspectors that examined this mine virtually every day.

We pounded on the drill steel and received no response. We'll do same.

While we're very disappointed by the information we have received thus far, we remain determined to continue the search so long as there is hope, and hope remains.