30+ million people did not log on and sell shares...30 million shares were sold, but that does not equate to 1 share per person....and how many of those sold shares got bought back up just as quickly??
With all due respect ErOck...you must have blinders on not to see how the MMs handled this. No, they didn't do it all (PR was responsible) but they did exagerate the speed and size of the drop by not providing a better enviorment to support the buying or selling. If you don't think MMs have accumulated and covered positions the last few days, you must be wearing rose colored glasses. They didn't force the people to see, but they sure created the atmosphere to sell by not providing the enviorment.
On top of that, one must keep in mind this is after we already did one round of drilling on our best gold property and didn't find much of anything on that one either. Id have to disagree again there we did hit gold on every hole... hole 12 very well could land us a JV partner time will tell, but Ive seen majors JV less than stellar numbers than hole 12 had on HC...