I found the chronology interesting too, but, alas, these are different times these days. Still I would not be surprised that a major hasn't bought shares on the open market. Perhaps more than one. We'll never know until they aquire a 10% interest, and then they must declare it. A lot of interesting events are going to happen with Noront in the not too distant future. R.N. has suggested that more than once. Once these markets settle down everyone will calm down and things will return to a more normal pace.