I think word is slowly leaking out. The question is when will he release the disappointing 2012 results? He may brush it off like he did last year but a miss is a miss. Maybe he needs a good news story to overshadow the lesser bad news story. He has 8 weeks to do it.
The only reason I can think of George not owning this company is that there is always something material going on which triggers the black out dates. It just doesn't make any sense.
If they didn't meet guidance, it has to be a grade issue which means they are either running more lower grade development ore than anticipated or the grade they were hoping for isn't meeting expectations.