Took your advice Dawg & called WDGThe shares from last years private placement were never held in escrow. They were given out to the buyers as money was received, but the money was held in escrow. Most of the shares have been released into the market already over the last few months, so there is no threat of the share price being affected on February 28th.
I first contacted them via e-mail and their reply included, "some of the monies were used towards a down payment towards an acquisition". I was told this again during my phone call, and that a news release regarding the acquisition is to be expected next week. This is most likely the reason for the sudden "uptic" yesterday, as I'm sure the word was out on this.
Sure to be more gains over the coming days.
GLTA, ll lll ll lll