McWhirter had inside info ....
McWhirter is pretty much the only BNN analyst who covers PYR. He is a very well researched analysis when discussing any stock on BNN. Kinda freaky really.
I believe that he had talks with Peter and was given the OK to say what he said. The stock price was reflecting huge torch sales and that narrative needed to be disputed.
Remember he said twice " now this is just a guess " but i don't think McWhirter goes on BNN to guess. He made a point of saying that to distance himself from Peter.
He said 1 to 2 torches in 3 months and Peter in the rebuttal ...1 to 2 deals in under 3 months.
So, you see, they can both be right. Peter gets to manage the stock price indirectly based the the feed back he was getting from Vale etc.
Very well orchestrated. Shareholders are left to be the yo-yo with Peter holding the string.