Where the mining stocks are "locked down" with little volume, IMHO, clearly indicates that fundamentals have absolutely no validity whatsoever. AUMN has made another new 52 week low, and the algos are in complete control. If Mr. Clevenger (and other CEO's) can't see that, and admit it, these stocks will continue to drift lower and lower. I called IR at Great Panther yesterday (stock down 10.7%) and asked Rhonda if there was any reason for the unusual stock activity. She exclaimed, we're as frustrated as you. On a 5 year chart, AUMN (in the Spring of 2010; when it first started trading on the NYSE (?), it was trading in the $7 range. Silver was trading @ $16-17 per ounce. Silver has appreciated roughly 70% since then. AUMN has gone down 60%. Fundamentals just do not matter. Positive cash flow, buyback shares etc. don't matter. What is the answer? I wish I knew the answer to that. But until more investors (institutional or retail) take positions and get involved with some of these mining stocks, we're completely at the whims ofthe algorithms.