Necessary evil. Options are usually granted before interesting events are about to unfold and things get going and are an incentive to the various grantees to stick around. A quick double or triple from the current level before drilling starts would quickly become another double or triple if there's anything remotely similar to the Hinge intercepts. SKP has 128 million shares out and a market cap of $51 million. COU isn't even remotely close yet with a MC of $3.5 million and the eastern boundary of the Golden Fairway hasn't even been defined. COU offers 1000% plus blue sky from current levels. I can't say that about any other company on the fairway in the short term, not even close.