I have to strongly disagree with your post.

"Our collective wisdom did not help them with a strategy to avoid this problem, did it. All these "they should have known better" posts are garbage. Let's judge them by how they recover from this setback, not by how they got there in the first place."

Management's strategy was second guessed by Res, probably several others. It was suggested several times, "you guys should do more drilling and some caustic fushion before the Bulk sample .

Management should be called out for their incompetence on this blunder. They got off easy on the last boondogle - when the Bulk Sample sat on the beech for more than 2 months before missing the barge.

Where was Alan, our trusted consultant ? Management should be judged on both their actions and the Share Price. Right now neither are looking very good.

JMHO