News CheckI looked at two other Colombia operators Soma Gold and Parex Resources stocks. Neither had a late day sell off. So my conclusion is there isn't a Colombia specific negative event that caused the sell off out there (so far). A search for other news out there came up empty.
The stock was only off $0.03 to $3.07 for most of the day, outperforming the HUI. Then off $0.10 3.00 at 3:54 PM. The big dump of shares occured in the final six minutes of the day. The ARIS A series warrants finished up 5%.
We could have witnessed margin call selling that triggered stops and created the avalanche.
I emailed Aris and suggested they put out a press release before people get spooked for no reason. Afterall, it is Halloween.