To state the obvious, AE has not diluted his shareholder so that he could pay himself more money. He has not sold even 1 share since the company went public almost 5 years ago. He has not diverted cash to a number of other projects some of which in some cases insiders might own (this seems to be pretty common for junior miners). He also has brought real talent on board to the development of a strategic metal deposit, which is typically sold via opaque contracts.

From my perspective there are a lot of things that set AE apart from many junior CEOs and to boot, he is doing a good job developing a unique deposit, where pretty much every thing he or his team does needs to be invented or innovated.