Hey Geoprof......you are correct in your description of R Freidland, and yes I am aware of the Summittville disaster. In my post I was refering to the Voisey bay scenario where the shareholders did well......my fault for not being clear. And yes all three adjectives apply...tough,ruthless and shrewd.

On the Aurelian angle..... the story of our BOD, has threads that go back thru the 'proxy' battle, Rousseau, Irwin....et al....and with some ties to the ARU story. Some shareholders at ARU were more than unhappy with their BOD over their deal with Kinross.This history has lead some NOT shareholders to not trust our present BOD and their motives.

.....that is of course an extreme condensation of the story.....lol.

ps....I'll pass on going back into these stories.

.......cheers.....sambone