Rip, Operations and any newbies:
Your comments are valid because as you say most of the postings are not directly related to AUM. However I must say that your comments appear to be of newbies to the company and this forum. That does no invalidate your comments but understand - What would this forum be like if most of these postings were absent or at least in the off topic area.

The commentary that you desire has been over time beaten to death. We are not receiving enough info from the company to maintain a steady stream of directly related comments.

More relevant is that this company is sitting on a very substantial resource of the most valuable metals, i.e. that have the potential for best future, particularly silver. That future is heavily dependent on the world economy, politics and manipulation of PM markets. It is this dependence that causes us to comment on what affects our sp.

So while most comments are not directly related, they are pertinent. Also such commentary in times of little info from the company keep most of us here well informed on all the topics surrounding our interest. That is why we keep reading this forum like converts to a new religion, Heh heh.

Hope that illustrated how I feel about the postings here. Consider PMing some of the knowlegable old timers here for any details that you need or where to find them.

Good fortune.