Roos - interesting, controversial and mysterious post:

"i met somebody who was and is quite knowledgeable about the mcfaulds and he stated noront's position in those days as follows, 'they are chasing their one tail right now'.....

after their deII hit, noront has been drilling for quite some time without any considerable results. the way they thought they should read and use previous info, investigation and research about where, what and how to drill their claims, turned out to be not successful. geologial assumtions all of a sudden seemed not fully valid anymore.

but i guess without most of you noticing, we have been going through some rough and critical times, clearly reflected in the share price by the way, which had probably less to do with naked shorting and visious market makers than we all might have liked."

It's like a big poker game, with certain players showing their cards, others playing it close to the vest. The guy you met, who is very knowledgeable, could be right or wrong - in this business, nobody is right more, I'd guess, 2/3 of the time, regardless how knowledgeable.

And, Roos, really, don't you know by now that any time and every time NOT stock drops, by even a penny, it's as the result of vicarious shorting and naked market makers! (Did I get that right, I am continually confused by all this "shorting," "longing" and "naked" talk, but it clearly should be outlawed, I'm sure the Catholic Church has already forbidden it!)

Seriously, I enjoyed your post, Roos, just having a bit of fun - that's what we're all here for, right?