Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (fka PTQMF)

[mjkiii]

Exactly on point!

A good month I had only one slide. A bad month I had several slides, a terrible month I had a bunch of slides.

A company has no influence on the share price all they need to do is deliver the fundamentals.

Having been in a similar position in a Fortune 100 company in Latin America, I can certainly relate! Especially if one is in a line and not staff position, trying to explain to those pencil pushers that it takes two weeks to get a part and not two hours!! Just at crunch time spend 50% of your time with stupid reports!

I too am speculating and have no input from the company. The four
points you make seem to be correct:

1. Something big that will change the character of the company is very close.

2. It would be difficult to jump to January 31st as year end with a 19 month FY 2013.

3. There is a discount by having audits at slack time.

4. Realigning to a standard quarter, especially at half time in the calendar year makes perfect sense for all concerned.

Reading the 'tea leaves'...FY 2013 will look very strong and most little guys will not dig deeper than the P&L. The alignment fits the weather season in Panama and the traditional 'shut down' for maintenance better than a December 31st year end. FY Q3 was always down. Moving just one month to 'line up' with a standard quarter does not require as much approval from various jurisdictions and makes audited results much easier to supply. A thirty day delay is a slam dunk.

I view this as very positive news from every direction.