"Is deflation a reasonable expectation? If so what happens to the pog and our share price?"

With all due respect, these types of questions are irrelevant until we have clarity in the situation that faces us. We are not driven by the price of gold. We will be driven by some positive,concrete news, nothing else. Even then the trust factor(VZ) will be a very limiting element, until the situation proves otherwise. I'm not talking about just us but VZ as a whole( or should I say "hole").