i wouldn't waste a lot of time on the ecaudorian expat. once he has served his purpose, he will disappear from the forum, never to be seen or heard from again.

he doesn't own any aru (although he may own some kinross) but he is trying to warn us out of the goodness of his heart. at least we are getting a better class of basher, but when 20 million ounces of gold are at stake, no strategem is too low.

regardless of whether he is in the pay of kinross or our own beloved board, i think it signals that agoracom is coming of age. with all of the publicity this forum has just received, someone thinks it is worth using a local to place some propaganda here to stampede retail investors into tendering their shares.

i'm in no hurry. thanks to the $71 million the company just raised in that giveaway to kinross, aru has the cash to wait out several government changes in ecuador if it has to. in the meanwhile, i think i'll wait a few weeks for a better offer to come along.