i can't believe the doom and gloom tone of this board. we say "good luck to all" like we were walking off some pirate's plank.

even some of the strong hands here act like they're not sure of what we have. yes, some of the smaller details need to be filled in. but the resource is here in quantity and it's very valuable. add to that a forcast for growing demand of all types of graphite. and ours in particular, and it gets rather silly.

i believe that we'll never have an opportunity like this again in our lives. will there be bigger percentage gainers out there again? sure! but not with the reduced risk we have here. not even close. few investors understand this play and even some so-called 'experts' don't. that's why we're still here around 2 bucks. this ingorance is a blessing or a curse depending on how you look at it. if you need time to build cash to buy more stock, it's a blessing. if you're already all in and twiddling your thumbs, then it's a curse. but this talk of some low buyout is insane. stowe didn't ask to come aboard this play just for kicks and a low payday. he knows what this company is worth. and i believe above all others he knows he'll get a high buyout or he'll convince AE to take it to production with a big mining partner.

do you know the best way to get full value for this stock? take it to production. the bigger the dividend for the shareholders, the higher the stock price will be. with our insane anticipated IRR they should be able to give a fantastic dividend. believe me, nothing else will matter as much as the dividend and the knowledge that they can continue to pay it for years to come. THAT is what would determine the share price. AE could sell all his stock in very short order if he wanted to because there would be many in his place that would want the dividends. he would hardly affect the share price at all if he sold along with all the others. dividends are, in the end, the final say in a stock's value. what about growth stocks? their value is what many people guess their dividends COULD be at some point in the future. possibly the far future.

gold stocks are killing themselves because so few are offering any decent dividends. they aren't as a group taking care of their shareholders, and it's showing.

since i first bought zenyatta i've been anticipating the buyout. but now, i hope stowe takes AE by the arm and tells him if we get crummy offers, let's take it to production and let them all buy retail from us instead. our graphite will always go to the highest bidder and there will be no games. just outline the fantastic profits and give a nice percentage to our shareholders and the stock price will rocket up to reflect it. volume would be huge as it is for most dividend stocks. easy to get in and out of. the divy guys would be wearing out their calculators figuring where they'd be buying and selling each day.

the dividend might be so attractive that many of the present shareholders might decide to hold for some time. not you?? wouldn't it depend on how much you're getting from holding the stock?

i wish someone out there would look at the income of some other stocks and what percentage they pay and then take a guess as to what our divends should be. i'll be you'd be surprised at how much zenyatta could pay out per share. and with that payout, the stock price would be hitched. any guesses as to what that share price would work out to?

ps. sorry for any typos. i didn't check it before posting so there are probably a few.