It started with the rumour posted on Stockhouse bullboards late last week aboutPro-edge IR clientPremium Exploration(TSX.V: PEM) titledWilf Struck kidnapped by Sasquatchon January 9th. Excerpt: “Against advice from colleagues, Wilf Struck ventured onto the PEM Friday Petsite property early this morning. He was travelling on a snowmobile. His machine was found with a note from the 3 Sasquatch holdouts. According to the note, his safety is assured. It is not clear yet what if any demands will be made by the Sasquatch.”
Had we known that a client’s stock could potentially react so positively to such inane rumours, I would have hired Fred to wear a fuzzy costume a long time ago...feedback from friends received included -- “Fred would look good as a sasquatch.”
This week, our IR client Premium Exploration (TSX.V: PEM) is up over 35%. For the record, it is our perception that the market is reacting positively to the news released on December 29thPremium Completes Successful Deep Drilling at Friday-Petsite Gold Project.
In another and separate email, the CEO Wilf Struck has sent me the following humorous reply to these rumours: “Hopefully I get released before the conference.” We responded with "We hope that you do too Wilf as we need Premium management in Vancouver this weekend at theCambridge House event at Booth P#48". With this said, we were unsure how to react when one of the three sasquatches emailed me this morning with a promise that he would participate at the booth if I needed him. Claiming he now had an interest in becoming a shareholder after hearing Wilf speak enthusiastically about our most recent round of drilling, I have asked Fred to manage this situation as I do n-o-t utilize excessively hairy and smelly IR professionals to work events!
For the record, since founding Pro-edge in 2001, this is the first and only client ever held captive by anything! We would like to thank this illustrious creative writer for giving us quite a chuckle – whoever you may be. For anyone who cares, since the stock is quite active again today – apparently Wilf has been released and today’s posting is titledSasquatch Wins State Lottery.
In today’s bullboard, the following resolution occurs: "That was my ticket. The hairy apes took it from me.", says Wilf Struck, president of PEM. "The sons of beeotches took it out of my wallet." Meanwhile one of the Sasquatch that allegedly kidnapped Wilf, has contacted the lottery commission in order to make a valid claim of the winnings, over 7 million dollars.
Wilf remains in a hospital under a doctors care, after returning from the wilderness around Elk City, covered with urine and axle grease. "This man was saturated with urine and some sort of sticky black grease." said Matt Coverly, a doctor at the Grangeville medical facility. "He smelled like a wart hog that had been bathing in his own urine."
For the record, no one at Pro-edge contributes or writes on bullboards as a matter of policy...;-)