Crowlee: Apart from the Shareholder Rights Plan being removed and the FS having begun, the conditions that had led to Puplava shedding his shares were still in place on August 25th: DW and drilling. Plus he would have some powerful competitors for shares and control of the Board in B and S at that time. Why would he reconsider his sale of shares? I am not sure of your point.

My basic point is that DW was clearly an impediment to production and was spending shareholders money on things (like drilling in high risk areas and giving away management perks) that were leading to a sinkhole. JP - like B and S - recognized this and got out because he did not have enough clout or time to do something about it. B and S do have the clout, the skills and the time, and have done what JP wanted to do but couldn't.

Ike