Let us agree on what the discussion is about .It is not about trusting Dave or anyone else . It is about the analyst who upgraded his comments EXCEPT for the .50 cent price target. ITrade traded over 315- 100 share trades out of a total of 350 trades they did yesterday. These probably are High Frequency Trades using computer algorithmic trading. If his comments were upgraded except for his target price what is his objective for trading this stock in this way?

The normal way for a company to complete negotiations is to simply put a halt on the stock until the news is released . This gives a equal playing field for everyone Why did this company not do this?

Giant Mines Yellowknife !! In those days you would have to ship the news out by dog team or York boat. Most of the news got out in the old Stope beer parlour in the Yellowknife Hotel which was open 24 hours a day.