RE:Something you don't see too often..
Forrest Kerr was and supposedly still is their flagship property according to the company's website. Forrest Kerr generated a lot of market interest at the time after some very nice drill results, both in high grade and length. That is how I came back to ABEN after having owned it very briefly ages ago. It put the stock back on my radar.
A lot of newsletters published results and spread the news, and also about companies returning to the Golden Triangle, and several analysts wrote about it (many of the articles are sill linked here on Stockhouse), and of course Eric Spott jumped in to provide mllions in funding. I did not buy at 30 cents or anywhere close to it, but waited until it sank to around 6 cents (incorrectly thinking that prior positive Forrest Kerr results would provide enough "support" at that point), which is how I overlooked past share consolidations.
But like you implied, one has to recognize how management acts over time, over any considerations of the merits of their properties. I still think the Forrest Kerr has potential, but the company has not helped to impart any of that potential to shareholders. That has been my main take away here.
The other Golden Triangle stock I own is Pacific Ridge Exploration (Pex). One can clearly see the difference in how mangement there has had drilling successes combined with fund raising that rewards existing shareholders with each successful drill result.