But there is a lot of uncertainty, and of course that is manifest in the share price which has lost about 40 percent of its value over the course of the past six or seven weeks."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

That would be an acknowledgment from the done organization that there was a contribution and a statement that there was either no quid pro quo or its value if there was one.

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As the eager participation of some of the world's leading mining firms attests, there was nothing geologically implausible about there being a rich lode of gold at the Busang site, or its value as implied by the firm's share price.

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Again, if these vest, and the stock price either maintains or grows its value that WILL be a pay increase.

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