wolf - it is hard to know how the market will respond to anything on any given day. We will just have to take it as it comes and see. We know there is a deposit at RSH, now it is a question of discovering size, shape, grade, metallurgy. EAS put out results at a time when the stock was still overbought, which doesn't help. In EVG's case, the stock has had time to consolidate after the last leg and while not oversold, is well out of overbought territory by now (at least on the daily charts).

There are a couple of catalysts that I can see might have the potential to put the stock over $2. Hole 28 is one, if results support the theory that the high grade wraps around to the north side of the plug. Another one is strong results from Carlin. Another one is Hole 50, if it shows good grades and continuity between AB and RSH.

The stock was relentlessly pounded with 100 share trades over the past week. If I was a suspicious-minded person, I might almost think that somebody was up to something, but I'm sure that our markets are all tidy after last year's mess and those kinds of things don't go on anymore. Cough, cough. Finally, if the metals break out here with conviction, then there will be a mad scramble into the sector and strong stories like EVG are going to run like a pack of scalded dogs. That's the plan, anyway.

tsl