The answer to your question along with enormous amounts of other shareholders of other precious metal related companies is realtively simple, world financial interests are out to perpetuate their system of irredeemable currencies at any expense.

When the populace grasps what's going on with their money they attempt to protect themselves. When the people assert themselves with the purchase of precious metals and the related companies these big money interests defend themselves by concocting up all different ways to preserve the status quo. They do this by forcing losses on the people and disillusioning them.

These big interests give the orders to effect market psychology in the media, direct exchanges to increase margin requirements, sell central bank gold hoards, threaten to sell more, lease it out for sale and who knows what else. Recently, these interests are employing some of their buddies at hedge funds and investment banks to sell the hell out of all precious metal related companies with naked short sales.

This illegal scheme has significantly provided these entities a blank check to unload as many shares as they want in one of the most obscene market manipulations in history. Forget about the regulators, they are involved along with clearing houses who it is speculated never report the true amount of naked short sales, phantom sales.

Outspoken gold advocates have had a price to pay, too. If they are directly involved with ownership of a metals related stock or are recommending one, the criminal element in the market goes after them first with methodical bogus sales.

A defense for the common shareholders in this sector is emerging in the likes of two patriots, Mr. Jim Puplava from financialsense.com and Mr. Jim Sinclair from jsmineset.com. They have recently been offering advice concerning what you can do to protect yourself and your company from these unbridled miscreants.

Jim Puplava has already consulted attorneys and is continuing to work for us. He does a live Internet address each Saturday. Check with financialsense.com for details. Mr. Jim Sinclair has offered $50,000 reward in gold for the identification of hedge fund managers who depress the share prices of junior golds with naked short sales. In addition, Mr. Sinclair in suggesting that people band together and form a Chamber of Mines and go after these criminals in force.