That is definately a concern of mine. Last spring when we broke 5....if we had gotten the permit....we could have easily broken 7 or 8. Now I'm not so sure. We've been beaten, kicked and stabbed by Venezuela....and we've been manipulated by big money. It's a long way to 8 from .8. It is difficult to argue with three indesputable facts:

1. With the permit, we're sitting on a world class gold asset that will be coveted by more than one major.

2. We are not alone in being beaten down by the market. Most of the juniors are in the same boat.

3. Gold is about to blast off...a 100 point day is certainly not out of the question from what I understand. The fundamentals are with us in spades. The hedgies may start making a shift from oil to gold.

Personally...(greedy pig that I am)...I've set my sell limit orders high for the permit spike. If they don't fill...I'll sell the minimum shares necessary to pay my bills...and hunker down and wait for them to SHOW ME THE MONEY!

As far as being stolen cheap....if as someone stated...Fung has his game face on, then our enemies have a worthy foe to contend with.