You never answered the question and it matters not... not that I or anyone else would expect you to. The 'game' of stealing other people's money via crooked markets is a very old, old one. ( in politics it's called 'socialism or collectivism, the very kind that is now gaining serious momentum in the western world). Basically it's about taking someone else's legal rights/freedom/property/individual choice by stealth or power with impunity, without fear of the law or authority.

It's really not about how clever you are, (although this type perceives themselves to be quite clever) it's about greed, dishonesty, bluff, bullying, whatever. It is called 'survival' by the con men and they think if you can't figure that out you deserve to lose your hard earned money. There's a chump born every minute especially when the cops don't care and the system is corrupt. High fives all around and tons of jocularity at the evening poker table. What kind of cigars do these poeppl soke tooday..

PQ has been screwed by others because they set him up I suspect, made him think he was clever... but hey, he will and has made some nice money anyway. He and his fmily will inevitably have to settle for a lot lot less ... and the shareholders? Oh yes, he works hard but he has made a ton of mistakes. He has to protect himself and his family and he is stiill trying to 'do a deal' for financiing this project now that he is backed into a corner... but the opportunists keep squirming and wanting more. They hold the big stick now. The plan has always been to seperate him from the treasure beckoning in War Eagle mountain. It is working to perfection. Once a junior is under 10 cents financing is almost impossible from large funders... unless grand larceny is acceptable. And there is a lot of opportunity for that.

So Carmine, whatever the fruits of your labour with respect to SFMI over many years (you're not alone of course), one can only imagine. Just my opinion of course. Maybe Carmine is really here to save us all.

With todays' criminal trashing of gold and silver once again, we have other things to worry about.