RE: We're in controlBernie: Never forget the damage done last year when, during the market melt down, we realized that it was two Hedge Funds who owned a great deal of EC shares, dumping everything as they liquidated their operations. They realized the value of our properties in Ecuador and Brazil, but their selling was related to their fund liquidations, not our prospects. Combine that with the pain we experienced when the Correa government halted all mining operations in the country pending creation of new laws and regulations. Throw in the litigation surrounding our JV partner in Brazil, and you have the low prices we reached. Now, hopefully, we are merely back to that point, 18 months ago, that we thought we were at with EC company operations in Ecuador