Hello Altitude,

I don't think shorting is driving the sp, as of Feb.28 there was only 7950 shares shorted, we shall see what the short positions are Mar.31. Traders like this stock due to volume and price swings.

HAT has a few irons in the fire, outside of their Midwest NE project I like their jv with NCR ( Northern Contential). HAT has a 40% interest in the Russell Lake property and is the current operator of the project. Last year HAT tried a failed hostile takeover of NCR, I will leave you to draw your own conclusions here.

The Eskay Creek property looks very interesting, but grab samples are only an indication. Chris Brown says he is looking forward to the 2009 drill results, I think most Hatters will agree with his statement.

bc