Most of the compensation to PQ et al. was in the form of shares. Too many, but at least shares are not a cash outlay. I think the "cost" of PRs probably comes in having to run it by an attorney and the concurrent 8K filing with the SEC documenting the PR. I'm not sure how much this costs, but any expense is cash, not stock. I'm not defending the lack of PRs by any means (see almost any of my previous posts), but I did think this needed to be pointed out. I'd also like to point out that any "saving" from not putting out PRs is a false economy, because the lack of honest information is the primary cause of the low share price. The low share price in turn greatly increases the cost of raising money.