I've enjoyed all your recent posts, al.  You obviously have some market experience. And you're right, it did appear that the market punished the stock for the "only news" as opposed to "assay results", with more definition needed.

...strato's attempt # 2 of the evening to look smart......

That being said, maybe management didn't make a mistake. Maybe they planned to do it this way. They are surely experienced enough to know what would fly with the market and what wouldn't.

And so, could this also be a smoke screen to trap the shorters so bad, that they can't get up ? Or does I think-ist way too much-ed ? 

 ......maybe I should stop before I reach my third strike........