a closer look with mark bristow to get a sense of the gold business and his company prospects. ad money." >> hey, jim. nice to speak to you. >> all right. i have to tell you, mark, i'm hearing about a mine in the congo with some of the lowest finding costs and greatest amount of production and it's all yours. isn't it? >> well, we've got 45%. government has 10%. we're the operators. we run the show there. >> and it looks to me that even though that this is going to be the mine that will get you well on the way to a million ounces, producing 550,000 ounces this mine? >> yes, jim. if everything works out as we plan it will do over 600,000 ounces for the next 13 years. at under $600 an ounce. >> that's because you're going to not just have one hole in the ground but five and it's a very deep mine like south africa? >> we've got the underground mine at the moment goes to about 850 meters, so about 2500 foot. and then we've got five pits as you. >> i it seems to me your industry is in chaos away from you. i was listening to one of your conference calls and you're saying that 40 to 50

say we are joined in the studio by mark bristow. mark thank you for coming in. top line on your numbers. it seems as if you have managed to meet your eps higher, and your profits higher in the first quarter. what is moving around underneath all that? >> we have had a fun last six months in the group. last friday, we delivered on our mine and we had the official opening. it made a big contribution to our numbers. i think the take away for this quarter is first quarter, if you look at our run rate, we are well-positioned to break that production mark for the year which is an important step or milestone in our company's evolution. >> did you finally deliver the bottle of wine? the start of production -- for those who do not know, there was a bietween the ceo and mark, the bet was if you start production by the end of last year in kaballi, he will buy a nice bottle of red? >> it is from an estate in south africa called windfall, and it is called cabal -- kabali. and he has received the invoice and he assured me this last week that he will send the check. >> one of t