Year 1996...gold at 400.00/ounce....Barrick buys Arequipa for about 1 billion dollars...a 7 million ounce deposit
year 2007...gold at 800.00/ounce....ARU market cap 1.2 billion (700 million in less deflated 1996 dollars)...17 million ounce deposit and counting...Barrick says ARU too expensive...
No manipulation on this stock? Decide for yourselves....