RE:Why do you think.. The biggest problem was with the striking miners and the criminals . This was only resolved very recently and it will take time to heal decade old wounds . Remember , many people involved over the last decade had family killed . That isn`t going away in a few weeks . Hopefully we chug higher over time as the miners get treated fairly and with respect . Gold mining investors are speculators and it takes nothing to send them running for the hills . The majority of shares here are in strong hands but the actual float available is small so you are going to get volitility . Gold goes down less than 1 % but the shares go down 6% or even 10% because speculators scatter like minnows . Before consolidation we had lot of day traders who really threw a screw into things . For this company you need patience . It`s not going out of business anytime soon .