"Yes, the disconnect with reality is perplexing.  For instance, LBSR closed up 9 percent.  Based on what?"t

It may be interesting to note that today the disconnect was sustained.  LBSR was down 9 percent, but most miners, particularly the juniors, were strongly higher.  ...not really meaningful and certainly not predictive of anything other than the fact that this issue is hard to figure. 

SRK, one of the best-known mining consulting firms in the world, urges drilling at Hay Mountain.  Yet, while we are in one of the hottest markets for mining in decades, while properties around Hay Mountain are getting drilled, BG can't perform (or so it seems).