I have never seen so many scum-bags ...
as on this bullboard. I don't know if any are paid bashers, but it would not surprise me.
I think there are alot of day-trader types in and out of ARU, so as soon as they sell their stock, they want back in at a much lower price, so they promote fear and negativity to try and shake people out of their shares.
The trouble is, it appears it's working.
Speaking of political risk....
One of the worst countries to have a gold stock in, is apparently, CHAVEZ'S Venezuela. However, that did not stop Goldfields(GFI) from buying out Bolivar Gold (BGC) for around 400 million . Bolivar had only approximately 1.6 million ounces inferred and proven !!!! and gold was only worth about 450.00 u.s an ounce!!
Political risk in Ecuador is there but is mild compared to Venezuela.
ARU is worth at least 5 Bolivar Gold's if not 10 because it is all high grade gold.
This political dark cloud exists only in the heads of ARU shareholders and has been fuelled by the likes of some of these low-lifes on this bullboard.(BTW, most of the posters here, are decent people)
That's why I say, let them all sell out their shares and take a hike,or come back and re-buy the stock. There is political risk in every country, even in Canada, where you can get a new tax from government or even start getting protests from the environmentalists.