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The A2A, there are a lot of discussions about about that, and that's getting closer and closer. The other phase, there will be work to be done, but can you imagine the opportunities for mining and even get trucks, heavy trucks carrying ore off the roads to get lower cost goods and products to Alaska? Even in rural Alaska, we'd be able to provide things to rural villages, and what that would do for the city of Nome, This is the next step, and this is where Alaska needs to look. It's very, very critical that we have hope about what's coming down the road. You know, I was thinking of the phrase, "Alaska has been the end of the road, now Alaska will be the door to the globe." And that's really what this is about.

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