Thanks for your comments wes. I don't listen to Mr. Puplava and therefore am not making any assumptions about his business style. However if he does control or represent 1.7 million shares as was earlier mentioned then a swing in share price of just $3.00 would mean $5,000,000 to his clients. Now may be the time he SHOULD make some specific comments on a stock.

Jim is restricted by SEC regulation from making recommendations on stocks his fund owns. Journalist's ethics also require the same.

As a journalist, he can make factual statements, report what others are saying, or conduct interviews of company officers, but he cannot make a direct recommendation on a stock his fund owns. If he said, "this Kinross deal stinks and should be rejected" that would constitute a direct recommendation.

Jim also hasn't released his fund's 13F filing for Q2 yet. He still has 12 days left to file, but this is late going by previous filings. Although the news will be dated, it will be interesting to see what his position was in Q2, since this covers the period of the Mining Mandate.

ebear