Once Again, I had the pleasure of speaking with Rick Rule,President and CEO of Sprott US Holdings Inc. He is one of my favorite people tointerview, as his wit and intellect are only exceeded by his experience andknowledge of natural resource investment strategies. Rick is a highlyexperienced investor and speculator, focusing on public and private issuers innatural resource industries. He has personally structured, led and participatedin hundreds of privately placed debt and equity issuances for resourcecompanies operating globally, and domiciled in Australia, Canada, Chile, GreatBritain, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Rick has overthirty years of experience in metals, mining and the natural resource sector ingeneral, and is a presenter at hundreds of resource and investment conferences.