Hello Goldenboy, here's some numbers for your question:

Shorts as of April 15, 2011 = 122,294

Shorts as of Mar 31, 2011 = 45,100

So we gained 77,194 shorts

Bottom Line, as of today not sure how many of these have been covered, or how many, if any, of the naked shorts that we can't see.

But, come Monday AM, I'll bet there is some quick covering taking place!! If they can!

Also, Sculpin, excellent post on the Aurellian Story. For new people to this board, that is worth the 4 minutes to watch the video! We have talked many times, as Sculpin & Hog continually post, the possible value of this stock, and how critical it is to do proper DD, before you let your investment slip away.

Obviously none of us know what the news will be, but this story is starting to unfold as many of us thought, just slightly delayed. With the slight delay, brings prices of commodities that are only helping us all out continually.

Looking forward to the Market Open Monday!!