Excuse me for being irreverent GWR, but where the hell has the prescient and successful Pierrre Lassonde been all these years while investors in the ABX's and Newmonts of the world have been screwed by either their complicity in, or "ignorance" of, the suppression of the price of gold and the shares of explorers/developers/miners? When have the likes of Mr. Lassonde ever spoken out against the duplicitous and fraudulent designs of the US led gold Cartel... now so glaringly obvous to all? Why have they cut their shareholders adrift while they have been very well compensated for their questionable ethics for so many years? How can anyone be so transparent as Mr. Lassonde, never mind his peers such as Peter Monk, and feign to reperesent his shareholders? He is not alone in lacking courage and profiting in one of the biggest shareholder rip-offs of all time. And we are expected to respect this opportunist who has become wealthy while shareholders have been raped?

Mr. Lassonde wrote a book in 1996 called "The Gold Book", "The complete investment guide to precious metals." I could go on forever here but what is the point? Here is a quote form the book: "The value of gold equities climbs higher and falls lower than bullion... By properly using gold equities, you can increase the performance and decrease the volatility of your gold portfolio". I could elaborate on many other quotes from the book which contradict the eminent Mr. Lassonde's contemporary philosophy.

The sham continues.