This time talk will centre on Normiska's public invitation to get a "piece of the peat through shares in the Fort Frances-based horticultural company.

Among those slated to attend the 7 p.m. meeting as Normiska president and CEO David Graham of Toronto, who is hoping to see a healthy turnout of individuals and groups interested in investing in the peat plant now under construction on Melvine Road.

Shares in Normiska are being offered until July 17 through underwriter Jones, Gable and Company which recently purchased all 1.2 million-share units for resale to the public.

Shares are being sold in units of a dollar. There is no minimum but to be practical we don't recommend purchase of under 1,000 units, said Donald Ross, chairman of the Toronto-based firm.

Graham added the offering of shares in Normiska includes one share and one half warrant which entitles the buyer the option to purchase an additional share at the prescribed price of $1.25 by January. 2000.

While Ross indicated shareholders in Normiska would not necessarily have to wait long to see a return on their initial investments he advised holding on to the shares for a year before expecting to see some financial action.

"You obviously used to get (the operation) up and running first (and) once that first shipment of peat product is out, stocks should react to that," He predicted.

Ross said although buying interest in Normiska has been reasonably widespread since the company went public, the number of stocks sold has been slightly less than expected so far Ü a glitch he attributed to the strike by Communications, Energy and Papermakers union locals at the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here.

Normiska Corp. has a deal with Abitibi-Consolidated for delivery of bark from the mill to the plant site. And while Graham is aware the strike is making people cautious stock buyers in his company, he intends to shed some positive light on that issue tomorrow night.

The meeting (is also) to assure people that we are not totally reliant on the bark supply from the mill," he remarked.

Meanwhile, Graham estimated that with the peat plant's foundation completed processing equipment in place and the building about to be erected, operations should start at the site in late July or early August. Normiska stock will be listed on the Toronto stock exchange CDN unlisted market in late July.