RE:RE:RE:Want I80 to go up? DO SOMETHING!! Write them! I see what you're getting at now..
I think EQX did need money, but perhaps only enough to sell about 5% of their stake in IAU, and least for the time being. Just because they sold 5% doesn't mean they need the proceeds from the other 19.97% anytime soon, unless IAU is willing to pay EQX a very large premium to say, the 30-day weighted-average share price of IAU or something along those lines...?.....then it might get interesting. Also, like I stated before, the 19.97% remaining is an interesting number. If memory serves, I believe if an entity drops below the 20% threshold, they are not longer considered an insider and may sell more shares without public disclosure, just llke you can sell your shares without issuing a formal press release or having it appear on SEDI.
As far as your consipracy theory about the banks / other underwriters go, that would be illegal, right? What bank / other underwriter would risk that black mark on their name and the penalties associated with it in order to make a few more bucks that would be a rounding error to their annual revenue....?