A good example of what you say happened
on Sunday when Sam returned the several messages I left for him. He had asked me to do some research for him on a number of seemingly unrelated things. Because he has been so busy I had to leave the information with Tanya and confirmed it by email. He called to thank me for my efforts and that what I found was what he wanted.
I seized the opportunity to ask a couple of questions regarding news releases and the financials. He stated that the news releases are driven by events and it should not be too long before there are more as much progress is being made. Typical Sam, no dates, no hint of content. He follows the fair disclosure rules with a passion. As for the financials he has been in contact with Sherb (as has his US business attorney, not Robert Langer who only handles Russian and other international dealings) and they are getting closer to completion. Sherb will be doing the audit and FY 2005 financials. Sam will use another firm for FY 2006 and on. He does not want to go through the problems he has had with Sherb again. It is quite obvious they have kept Strat at the very bottom of the "pecking order."
Here again, if anything can be construed by his voice and speech inflections he is quite satisfied as to the way progress is being made. A day or two after the 10/25 news release he indicated he would have to go to Russia before the end of the year. When I asked about that he said he still has to go but would not elaborate further.
All in all it was good to speak to him and nice of him to show appreciation but beyond that I did not come away with anything of substance. However, I still feel that this will become an excellent investment and if the volume lately says anything I am not alone in that opinion.
