Hi Poly. You said;

Today I spoke to another Noront investor who hadn't yet 'voted' and his comment scared me. 'If I don't vote then Management automatically gets to vote my shares'

Was that not the case in the somewhat recent SPQ vote? I seem to recall that it was very important to vote or SPQ management would control those that didn't get voted and in that instance the shareholders did not want that to happen. However, there was nothing in the literature received from Noront to suggest that shares not voted would be passed to NOT management to vote with. Too bad, maybe it could have been done that way.