What??? Are you saying that you trusted Santini to hold your Hunt Gold dividends and then he went and PLEDGED your dividends as collateral on a loan? I do not believe that he has the right to encumber someone else's property held in trust. I believe that there are laws against doing such things. Perhaps a couple of lawyers on the BOD might not be such a bad idea after all. Lawyers are all too familiar with what happens if they violate or use funds held in trust for a client, if they get caught, they can get disbarred.
You got it! There is a back door that allows them to weasel their way out of paying any "dividend" to shareholders and get away with it. I guess they know that by december 31 their gig is up anyways and from looking at the sp it might be sooner.