was surprised as well, however it is very much vacation season for the analysts.
I think we don't have as much (if any) interest of the money managers as we're projecting a flat production growth for 2013. We need improving grade with decreasing costs and some exploration success reported. Geez, we're still not a 100k producer after all these years !
Also if we're successful with controlling costs and lucky with a rising gold price we don't need to raise hard cash via a placement, so perhaps no interest by the money sharks. Clearly it sounds like Management does not want any more flow through money and surface drilling "commitments". Time to sell some drill rigs Hugh :)
The 710 bulk sample later this year provides some optimism, but Management always has to throw something out there for us to cling to. How many times did they create hope with pending updates to the 43-101