If you were an investor goingTo make a 70/30 JV, spending millions, would you not be accumulating the cheap shares that are available. Would Chuck also not want to accumulate more than the 35% he owns to prevent your potential JV partner from gaining control? Guess we will have to wait and see. If this new JV partner indeed has the intention of proceeding and getting this to legal, I would assume in the next weeks we will see increased volume and an uptick in the price. I know if I was in either of thier positions and a JV was inevitable I would be accumulating all I could. Myself I won't buy another share but I have a wheel barrow full for the taking. Happy trading