I am not sure what Mason has said. Most of those type of things posted are from people that Mason supposedly speaks with who than post things like that they were going to buy shares and not raise the AS.
Right after of course another billion shares appear.
Why buy back shares when you can issue all you want to yourself having control of the preferred shares?
Makes no sense to buy back shares. You can create whatever position you want by raising the AS and issuing common shares as they have done.