Rio Alto Mining Limited RIOAF

RIO short interest - May 16

[TruthMachine2]

Previous 12 Months Short Interest: RIO

Data as of 05/16/11

	Date	Ratio	Shares
May	05/16/11	0.60	400,000.00
May	05/02/11	0.40	369,300.00
Apr	04/18/11	0.40	345,000.00

[fleeinggrandich]

Thanks for the short interest report, it's always useful info.I'd have to assume that this 400k short interest is simply someone's hedge against Humala winning in June. RIO's showing too much accumulation, too much newsflow, and too much correlation to the Lima exchange for any other reason to short the thing.