You bring up a good point. The merger without a doubt has to go through or ECU will sink. And it will. We have the goods and those of us who waited and got frustrated may get our due rewards. I shouldn't say maybe because ECU has been smart enough to play with anyone. Will AUM fold on us I doubt it. Look at the projections. The resources are right in front of our noses and can't be reputed.

On the other hand we have a hedge fund who expects results. No matter if ECU or AUM want to play Sentient will not allow it. Remember one thing they have cash. Although that doesn't put it all in prospective why would a hedge fund put up the capitol if they weren't sure they got the goods. Will price reflect that is a different answer altogether. But you have to consider the alterniative. Can either company survive in this environment without working together. Let's look at the facts. ECU would rather accumalate mine fields. AUM would rather have a strong mill that will force everyone to put up or shutup. Then you have Sentient. You think the investors want to see some kind of reward. Of course they do. One final thing I would like to add. If you have looked up Aum and future projections from anaylist you will see the projected target for AUM is 76.00 a share.