I agree with your thesis about gold for the longer term, but if EU starts QE in any significant way, it will affect precious metals (again) internationally, as will the continued apparent inability of governments to stabilize matters in crises.
I cannot answer here in brief what benefit i could see in someone stepping in and taking up over half the authorized shares, but common shareholders are supposed to have 1 vote per share in this company. In the very least, it might lead to enough influence to prevent the reverse split that some predict, and which all know to be a sure-fire formula for (further) disaster. My own feeling is that the company's officers should settle the majority of the debt arising from interpersonal conflicts with their own personal funds, and stop punishing small investors.
