"I think the real bashers have disappeared long ago now that we trade near 60 cents, they seek those promising new targets with potential to shine,... Ask yourself, can they realistically make money on the downside at this point and not counting the day trading penny flipper institutions?"

You may be right but bashers aren't just there for personal gain flipping pennies. Bashers also serve to keep a stock down and to create and maintain negative sentiment. NOT is only one of many stocks that have received this treatment and others have gone to litigation over it after digging up evidence of naked shorting practices etc.. I think there are many reasons for NOT's present condition but they all serve to facilitate the intentions of those with designs on the company and we know their interest goes way back to the strike in 2007 under R.N.. We know the big fish were lurking then. If indeed this is the next Sudbury, then we know we are talking untold billions of dollars in minerals not even found yet to say nothing of what has been found. So who wants to pay $20 for NOT or what ever if they can easily drag it around for a few years through the mud before they give you $4 or $5 for it if we're lucky. I honestly don't believe we'll see more than that for it but for one exception. That exception is if they've found the elephant and are saving it for the the opening of the circus when there would then be some competition for buying the whole act.