RE: will we ever get our money back Hey Bruce,
Buying any stock at any price pre-2008 was a gamble as we soon found out. Rio Tinto lost 85% of it's value at one point and they were the 3rd largest mining company in the world. So we all learned a lesson. Problem was the game changed after that point . What you call high share prices may have been reasonable relative to the other players at that time.
. There is no going back to that time of hyper inflated shareprice based on giddy exuberance. Anyone who didn't sober up after 2008/9 is headed for a repeat disappointment. So the baseline price for this stock is going to be much, much lower than it was during the period leading up to the completed prefeas and feas studies. At some point we can hope for better value but we have to look at how this play compares to our peers . We also have a chitload of shares outstanding . And I hope we don't dilute a lot further but that is looking to be seriously over-optimistic at this point.
The U.S. economy is showing signs of healing and they like their diamonds as well. The increase in demand should bode well for us but you're right , it will take a while . Bring on the completion of the EIS!