RE: VERSIMILITUDE - mmwdafellow give it up already. If you have proof, go to the RCMP. They have a commercial crime division that deals specifically with market manipulations - heck you dont even have to be a Canadian to complain.
To continually spout your views is counterproductive to any meaningful dialogue. I also suspect that you are somewhat biased to any real world explanation as to what is going on. For example:
1. no, CCU is not unhedged - ie., the hedges are still fully in. Call the president and check for yourself;
2. I checked and they did experience a much colder than normal weather in March. Its a bit of a lame excuse, but nonetheless the mine site was colder than normal;
3. Price of CCU has as much to do with the price of CCU as does the price of chopsticks have to do with the price of rice. CCU is such a tiny player as to have a round-off error production when compared to world output;
4. Price drops have everything to do with credibility of the company and how its being run.
Having said all of this I do not share your views of a major conspiracy. Will the stock be taken private - perhaps, but it would regardless of what you say.
just my views.