RE:Strange..Yes... shorters. It was engineered. The price of gold did not drop enough to justify the sudden sharp drop in share price, even with the leverage of royalties. It's just the way the world works. This happens with many, many other stocks every day... The only thing that matters is that MTA has a good business model. Most things in life are engineered as we transition into a digital technocracy run by those who control the flow of money.