Welcome to the board, WurthLess.

It's interesting that you have SFMI as your only mining company without a 43-101. Any reason? I presume you placed a lot of importance on the historical data?

As far as "padding" our ratings, it seems to be part of a game that we are forced to play. I recently found out that you are required to maintain a rating above a certain level in order to be a hub leader when mine fell below the minimum and I was removed. Admin will make exceptions, though, and they did restore me. Presumably what happened was that in taking on a few bashers I had gotten enough zero ratings to drag mine down. Doesn't take a lot. I also noticed the most recent basher (since banned) had reported numerous posts for minor or nonexistent violations. These are the games they play. And if you check around, you'll find that often the best posters have relatively low ratings. Why? Because they have often controversial points of view that they defend vigorously (and civilly), and some people don't like that. A rating or recommendation should be based on the content and value of a contribution, not on whether you agree with it.

But enough of that. Again, welcome to the board, and we look forward to your contributions.