Let me, please, throw in a couple of cents here.

I have to agree with Silverbull50 that #1 is NOT a factor. Bill Murphy has done, along with Jim Sinclair, more for the PM community than anyone on earth over these past years. Bill is just as much a victim as we are. In fact, TPTB may have targeted his holding more than others because of the work he performed on our behalf.

I am going with #2 TOTALLY. Was it not the CEO of this company who stated that he did not see any evidence of manipulation of the stock price and if anyone did if they would bring it to his attention he would take action? That is what exactly he said to me the one time I could get through to him by phone. I found him very disingenuous and was highly suspicious from that point on.

How on earth could the CEO of Golden NOT see the manipulation? Anyone so blind should not be a CEO.

As for SAMEX, it suffered from the same issue: crooked management. Jeff Dahl and his compatriots made out like bandits for a period of years with huge bonuses and salaries for total non-performance while the share price went to feces.

The old saying that "a gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar at the top" is unfortunately for us apparently all too true.