Was it Penn West, by any chance, Puzzleman? Been hammered today...

Has anyone considered that there may be some "official" involvement in these attempts to crush the junior PM sector? We know they manipulate trading in the metals but do they also short the stocks, or at least give others "the nod" to do so without any adverse consequences? It seems more and more unbelievable to me that rational commercial operators in the market would continue taking positions that it would seem are going to be almost impossible to cover.