George,
Best of luck, however as I wrote: "Bottom line, this is a highly speculative bet if there ever was one ..."
If as I (except for my 1999 initial 500 shares ... now 5) , you did "speculate" you cannot say Veltex was a "mistake". It may end up having been a bad risk but we will not know for sure before the whole story is out.
However if you tought you were "investing" (much smaller risk based on a lot more accessible information) I accept your qualifier "Mistake".