I, too, believe the number of Pierre's family members working for SFMI is ridiculous and adverse to the company, even assuming all of them are competent and hardworking. As many of you know, most institutional investors would take one look at our Proxy Statement and the number of family members and immediately disqualify SFMI as an investment out of concern for such persuasive nepotism. Ultimately, this company will need institutional stockholder support to validate its business plan and resource plan.
As this company matures, and, presumably, achieves substantial progress, Pierre is going to have to run this more like a real public company rather than a private company. Despite my concerns, I must admit that the fact that Pierre has his 2 children and wife all employed by the company, effectively abandoning any other careers, conveys the message to me that this family is "all in" with SFMI. If it fails, it's a real loss to the entire family. In turn, a real financial loss for me.
Separately, Spiny I agree with all of your questions or concerns that should be addressed at the ASM. I attended last year, and Im still fuming over the fraudulent throughput numbers that were contained in prior press releases, in addition to the amount of gold content in the ore.