If you have a trading platform, you can look at the Accumulation/Distribution indicator. There's definitely accumulation and manipulation taking place my friend. 120 Day Chart: March 11, 2016, right before the spike in price the Accumulation/Distribution indicator was at -2.9274 and it has increased ever since and is now sitting at 18.2253.
My theory is that the conference call was meager intentionally. Steipp is a strategist! Of course it could never be proved, but we all know that it would be beneficial to have a "long" investor accumulating Liquidmetal's stock before any kind of major breakout, to maintain stability in the stock price by pushing the weak hands out.
Make it a great weekend!