RE: Why suddenly....
The bottom line is that this stock has underperformed due lack of production delivery over the last two years-to get the big money involved, SMF must show that they can CONSISTENTLY hit their production/cost targets. Once Q1 comes out and they exceed expectations this stock will be close to, or over $2, if you read between the lines on their last press release you can see that they have cash flow of around $14M, and we know their G and A is around $5-$6M per quarter, leaving a positive cash flow of $8-$9M, if read between the lines for Q2, WITH 37000 OZS, AND ASSUME A SIMILAR OPERATING MARGIN YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A CASH FLOW OF $12-$13M-this is not very far off-this would likely take the stock price up to $3.00 and start to attract some outside interest, (takeover). People buying in these ranges will make a lot of money if these targets are met-it's not all that tough to "read between the lines"