RE:FC we are with you ... !! I agree that Firecracker is by far the best poster on the board. Yes, Firecracker sometimes buys and sometimes sells. What the heck is wrong with that? He is always honest about his buying and selling and he always backs up his reasoning with facts and numbers.
When Firecracker sold last time, he was very clear that he made the decision based on the company filing to announce potential dilution. The company had not been clear about its dilution plans, and Firecracker was the only poster on the board who pointed out the dilution filing. Sure enough, bone headed management printed 243M shares and warrants to dilute investors by 30%.
If the price of zinc had not recovered, there would have been a whole lot more dilution. Firecracker made a very logical decision to sell at the time.
Since the dilution, the company's prospects have completely changed. The price of zinc is way up, and treatment costs are way down.
Firecracker has provided excellent estimates for what will probably be an unimpressive Q1 and for what could be a blowout Q2.