I would hope that this stock manipulation / pullback is not much of a suprise to most. The SP ran up 40% in less than a week on hopes the drill permit would be annouced during the blackout and it never happened.

I still have yet to sell a single share and do not regret doing so even at $2.60. However I do regret not having my limit order in place yesterday to take advantage of the "short sale", but that mistake will not be repeated. For many who were scared out of the stock so far it is likely for the best. This is just the tip of the iceberg to the swings in the SP that we will be facing in the next 6 months. I still think the "net swing" will be heavily to the upside once we move closer to drilling. Come on Drill Permits!

As comfortable with management as I am, I do question some of their actions when it comes to disclosing information to shareholders. It seems somewhat strange to announce a blackout the way they did to begin with. Hopefully they handle situations like this differently in the future. To their credit, they are in new territory sitting on what could be one of the biggest gold finds this decade. Hard to already have that on your resume.