Mali losing french soldiers increases odds of mine event Main reason bto sp has been dragging with such a low pe ratio than its peers is instability in the country that 3/4 of its gold comes from.Attacks are ramping up against govt from rebels and Muslim terrorists on top of the closed border due to army not returning country back to democracy for 5 years.Gold mine seizures by govt or rebels or attacks would cause Bto to go back to 1 dollar. I sold today and made some nice bucks for holding last 4 months.If price falls back I may get back in .I may buy a more geo political friendly gold stock or hope for a pullback.Good luck everyone.My loss if this baby takes off and no problems arise due to what's looking like a probable event in mali