"I won't be comfortable until I see the Pershing shares in my account."
You have nothing to worry about. CRGC currently owns 76 million shares of PGLC. Those shares (8 PGLC shares owned for every 10 CRGC shares outstanding) are in CRGC's treasury. The shareholders of CRGC own CRGC. Therefore, the shareholders of CRGC own 76 million shares of PGLC.
It is impossible for the shareholders of CRGC not to benefit from the shares of PGLC that CRGC owns, either through distribution or sale.