No surprises here.
Collective chicanery doesn't make it any more palatable. (Ie, the argument that everybody is "forced" to participate, chicanery or not!
Possibly one reason why the jr golds haven't participated in gold's upward price spiral! Ie, too many devious operators squirreling away shareholder rewards without consideration for anyone but themselves!
Their only reason for existance is to drive SP upward and onward by any and all legal means possible!
RUF