RE: Almost Free!!franco is free. when franco and euro merged last year they where valued at 2.5 bill us (159 sh times 24cdn1.47) with the current merger with goldfields they are valued at 3 bill us so , goldfeilds in feb of this year was valued at 2.7 bill (6 times 455 shares ) so together they are 3 bill so franco is now worth 300 hundred mill (have what they got in cash ) what a joke franco should be bought and if the market doesnt care about gold stocks (they show that by selling all gold shares ) and franco and goldfields believe in gold (no hedge) then maybe franco should buy itself and go private with a slight premium to us current shareholders.the market players are followers and not leaders buy what they sell , sell what they buy that means franco.