Retired, IMHO, same ole same ole..
I do not believe Mr. Brown is on the inside of what is happening at the well. There are only a select few who possess that knowledge and it's on an extremely high level of "need to know".
Mr. Brown is a faithful leader who brings no oil discovery or production knowledge to the table and therefore has no need to know. I also think he would not be able to keep himself from talking and therefore is also not on the inside. He's not the sharpest when it comes to public operation of a company as is demonstrated by the first 4 wells and an ongoing SEC Investigation. Look at what his big mouth did to the stock the morning of the annual meeting of Shareholders. We'd be better off if he would just be quiet and let the professionals run things, and that is pretty much what the current management has done
With this all said, we should hear from Zion next Thursday for at least the quarterly report, perhaps more.