"Fear makes the best of men do things they otherwise wouldnt..."

First of all, your original post was an excellent synopsis of what I experienced as a shareholder. However, it was not so much fear but sheer frustration that I felt. Frustration that the share price was continuing to fall well below my purchase point, frustration that the nickel news dried up, frustration that chrome was a nonentity, frustration that our corporate structure was in upheaval. The real fear for me was and is the state of our global economy because that event is bringing everything I own down to a fraction of it's original value. All things combined with nothing newsworthy or constructive to talk about provided the forum with idle bitter minds in a climate of diminishing hope. This climate can only change with news and leadership from our BOD. I think the BOD is a credible group but it has to provide some positive vibes that reassures the retail shareholders as well as the large and institutional. There has to be some positive motivation and it has to be strategically released. And it has to be soon or I will be a small retail shareholder who will be IN an institution!!!!