because Mr Lowenthal as CEO and President of NMGL received the "torch" (preferred As+Bs from the sale of FFGOs properties Bouse and S.Copperstone, cf. FORM D, 2010) to put it into the "vault" of NMGL until a buyer is found. they were to keep separated from the assets of NMGL. they never belonged to NMGL. they can´t disappear. where are these shares??? these shares today have a much higher value than liquid. preference. there should be negotiations with the owners of the remaining shares to sell together with them 100% or these shareholders buy our shares. that´s usual business. don´t forget: the person or company gets 5% for brokering the sale. about 23% of "our" shares belong to Mr. Lowenthal as 23% shareholder of FFGO. last possibility: distribute the prefAs+Bs to the shareholders. but in the actual goldmarket it shouldn´t be difficult to sell the shares.