"Rules - One valid point that everyone seemed to agree to was that it seems ludicrous to treat early stage resource companies in the exact same way as more mature big board players. Reporting requirements and legal costs are far more easily absorbed by big multi nationals than venture companies. Or consider “shorting” – while an institution deciding to short a massive gold company may have some legitimate

value in a healthy market, the crowd seemed unanimous that being allowed to short start up exploration companies is crazy. “Kill the uptick rule”, was definitely a takeaway on the day".