You may be right Strat, it may not be by design, but then what does say about Steve and his abilities to run this company? Make a remark that craters the SP in half and does nothing to correct it? Especially when bitty has gone up 25% since he made the remark, along with miners all going up 30-60%?
I could be wrong, but I truly believe this is by design, for some type of benefit for Steve. To hell with us long term holders. His inaction says a whole lot.