I’ve been casually following the Minera IRL (MIRL.L) (IRL.to) saga on IKN and at this point there are 2 thoughts I just must share:

1) IT NEEDS A LOVE TRIANGLE!!!

Seriously, if there was a love triangle in this story I would never need to watch another soap opera again (*). The Minera IRL (MIRL.L) (IRL.to) saga has intrigue, deceit, money, power struggle, exotic (sort of) location… everything a soap opera needs except the love triangle. Come on, somebody please get on with it on the romantic slopes of the Andes.

2) IE9?? Seriously?? That lawyer outfit uses IE9? What freaking year they think this is?

In all seriousness this saga isn’t funny, it affects real people, real lives, real investments. There’s no way the Minera IRL (MIRL.L) (IRL.to) board has any choice other than to clean house, start over and fix the community relations at Ollachea – fast. This far up in the Andes mountains the Peruvian gov’t has very little practical say, the local community leaders call all the shots. Lose the support of the community and you’re screwed for a long time.

(*) I don’t, really.

Not too far from Ollachea. In these parts the locals live a hard life. Treat them with respect.