Sounds wonderful, but it is what it is. The stock is at 12.5 cents, and the volume is at a fraction of what it traded at in years past.

As far as volume spikes go, the stock has had several volume spikes over the past few years, but in the grand scheme of things, these volume spikes have proved to be meaningless. They are what they are, and nothing more.

And the rise from 30 cents to $2.75 was nice, but that was a long time ago. And at a time when investor sentiment was through the roof as people firmly believed the economy and corresponding markers were having a 'V's shaped recovery after the housing/banking collapse in early 2009. And then the cold water splash of reality hit investors hard, especially here in Canada.

And I disagree when you say it won't take much of a change in macro picture and metals prices to change investor sentiment. Investors are a lot more cautious jumping aboard now than they were 5 years ago. A lot more cautious. A lot of these investors are likely still sitting on losses from investments they jumped into several years back. You can bet they are not going to deploy a significant amount of new money until the macro picture and metals prices improve considerably. Just like the producers themselves are not going to deploy a significant amount of capital until these things change considerably.