the delay in getting an auditor to signing off on bogus valuations isnt surprising. USGAAP only allows the value paid to the BLM to be booked This case from PCAOB files regarding bogus mining claim valuations through the sale of properties to related third parties. http://pcaobus.org/Enforcement/Decisions/Documents/06-12_Webster.pdf if the FFGO auditor places any value higher than what was paaid to the BLM for the annual claim renewal then a complaint will immediately be sent against that auditor to the PCAOB