Perhaps you guys can provide us with success stories that we can all use as a comparison on how precious metals companies should have been run during this 2 year downturn. I sure as heck can't find one to offer other than royalty concerns.

For comparison sake how about Rob McEwen's company down 80% or Rob Buchan's Allied Nevada down from $40 to $4 in less than a year and what about the great Jim Sinclair's company down over 60%.

Now what do these companies including Golden Minerals have that most precious metals companies lack at this time. Free cash or working capital for at least another 12 months or more.

This will be a huge advantage once the manipulated/ non manipulated gold and silver price correction can no longer be contained and for the record a normal bull market that produced 11 straight years of yearly highs needs a healthy 2-3 years of normal consolidation before resuming it's bull phase. Technically the precious metals are doing exactly what they should be doing. We did not have a high volume blowoff tops during the 2011 top so we have much more to go on the upside.