Hi cockerel1. It's very easy to move a stock which is cash poor, which is mining at a loss, and which has shown over and over again how to mismanage a miner.

Above all, it's easy to move penney stocks with low volume. Once a company gets backed against a corner, the feeding begins. Banks love a sinking ship as long as it's not their own. Hedge funds also enjoy feeding off the crippled. And maybe the Chinese want to keep AUMN within reach for future resource. My crystal ball hasn't worked for a long time!

The new pres can make a difference but, without a higher silver price, he's got a heavy anchor tied to his shoes.

The few penney miners I own have all moved in the same direction every day and usually moved opposite to SLW on a given trading day. All are down but they traded off each other on the way down.

Best to all