RE: "Minerals in the vault""equals tens and tens of millions of shares owned and never sold by insiders, family and friends"
I guess that they couldn't sell those shares without seriously jeopardizing the company's shaky share price as it is, has nothing to do with it.
IMO they are holding them ONLY because they have lost so much, that their only chance to recoup their investment or even a portion of it, is to hold and hope AZG does pull a freakin' rabbit out of the hat and the share price rebounds somewhat.