I'm guessing the loss of confidence by Canadian banks has something to do with

financing junior debt under another banner, and the tendency for juniors to use their shareholders as a meal ticket, (depite there being only anecdotal connections between ordinary shareholders and ownership of the said company. (Basically you don't).

Never mind, we will have our day; at some point (I hope) Aum will be dishing out dividends and as pm prices rise to unexpected levels, that's going to garner a lot of interest.

AP