rob, actually, I think it's too early to tell if the PPS is artificially low at these levels. THAT determination will be made once the next quarterly earnings report comes out, which is due sometime within the next month.
In that report we'll learn what dilution has taken place, how much money the company is earning or losing, and whether or not the company is truly making headway on the business plans it has ALREADY unveiled in 10Qs and PRs -- three crucial details.
If the report contains a bunch of seemingly new plans yet glosses over progress or lack of progress made on initiaitives that the company has already told investors about (the old moving-the-goal posts technique) then we'll really know if your "veins of gold" analogy is accurate or not.