RE:Thoughts for the next Q??
My thoughts: this company's stock is dead meat for approximately half a decade. They should change their name as a first priority. I would recommend one of the great all-time monikers in corporate history: The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Corporation.
Then, I would launch a share for share takeover bid for another troubled name: TMAC Resources.
This would diversify the company away from BF, a locale that'll be toxic for the foreseeable future.
After fixing and expanding TMAC using the cash flow from BF, merge with somebody else such that BF accounts for 15% or less of operations. This will take a few years but eventually patient shareholders will be rewarded. I'm not at all sure that I have the patience required to see such a plan through to its conclusion, but I will be expecting to see some kind of deflection strategy announced by September or so.
If the company wants to carry a Francophone flag, I'm OK with a merger with Iamgold, the worst name in corporate history, providing the terms are right and we keep the Hartford Steam Boiler name.