John,
Give it a rest! It is also true when success is met, you’ll be the 1st to say you were rooting for MC to succeed all along!
EZ
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And no, I am NOT an expert … I’m just a retail investor ….. with common sense.
At least I called it right. For years, in the face of criticism from folks who said MDMN could not go it on their own, there is now construction and equipment on the mountain. “Di-yam, they’re still going at it.” People who are supposedly experts said this could not happen and were WRONG. Period.
Not sure of the timing of dividends, but I AM sure that they are moving in that direction - reality and the economics of the situation demand it. Stuff happens which reasonable people cannot control, things get delayed. More will happen, things will get delayed again most likely, nothing is perfect. MC might even decide to use ALL profits to pay back his debt first. No problem, it’s his baby. But, you have to be mental asylum material to believe MC doesn’t want to make out with dividends here - and he is posturing himself one step at a time to do so. MC = the Godfather of MDMN, and we should be forever grateful.
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I did not realize that Chile is having a national election on Sunday, November 16… (from the Christian Science Monitor)
– madmen
In Chile’s presidential vote Sunday, far-right candidate leads pack
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By Howard LaFranchi, Staff Writer
Nov. 14, 2025
SANTIAGO, CHILE
Crime and immigration. These two issues are pushing an estimated 60% of Chileans to vote for the right wing in this weekend’s presidential election, after four years of leftist rule.
If the country does turn to the right, Chile will join a wave that is building strength across Latin America – including in adjacent Argentina and most recently in northern neighbor Bolivia.
On Nov. 16, Chileans will choose among eight candidates. Polls suggest that the conservative José Antonio Kast – who lost to leftist President Gabriel Boric four years ago – will emerge to face left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara in a two-candidate runoff on Dec. 14.
While Ms. Jara, a former labor minister under Mr. Boric, might garner the most votes on Sunday as the result of the crowded field, analysts say her membership in the Communist Party will limit her broader appeal in the runoff.
Chile’s rightward shift, analysts say, appears to be driven by worries about weakening national identity and a belief that crime and immigration are behind that deterioration. In a recent poll conducted by the University of Chile, more than half of Chileans said “excess” immigration is eroding national identity.
Supporters of left-wing Chilean presidential candidate Jeannette Jara march through central Santiago, Chile, Oct. 30, 2025. [PHOTO: Howard LaFranchi / Christian Science Monitor ]
“The crimes that people are so worried about really are new to Chile,” says Rossana Castiglioni, a professor of political science at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago.
“People see the drug gang slayings, the murders by hitmen, the kidnappings and other crimes that were unheard of a decade ago, and they say, ‘This is not who we are,’” she says. “And it’s the right that has really focused on drawing the link between these new crimes and immigration.”
Immigrants make up about 9% of Chile’s population of 20 million, up from 2% in 2005. Most of that increase took place over the past decade, with immigration up by about 290% since 2013. Though the number of crimes such as kidnappings and robberies has gone up, Chile’s murder rate has slightly decreased in recent years. Violent-crime rates in Chile remain relatively low compared with other South American countries such as Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
A Chilean soldier questions a migrant to help identify a potential human trafficker. Crime and immigration are at the forefront of debate in the run up to presidential elections. [PHOTO: Pablo Sanhueza / Reuters ]
Prosperity marred by inequalities
It was just six years ago that this traditionally calm Andean nation exploded in protest against mounting economic and social inequalities.
Three decades of stability and political accord around a free-trade-driven economic model had delivered many out of poverty and transformed Chile, at least statistically, into a middle-income country. But the years of impressive economic growth left Chile with one of the deepest divides between the wealthy and the struggling in Latin America, a region second only to Africa for sharp income inequalities.
The “estallido” or social explosion of 2019 was a revolt against the country’s elites and the closed economic, social, and educational systems that bolster inequalities.
In the view of some analysts, the underlying issue of inequality will also play an important role in the Nov. 16 vote.
“The one thing that Chileans across the board agree on is their discontent with the elites,” says Patricio Navia, a Chilean political scientist and adjunct professor at New York University’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. “It’s going to be this question of the elites that determines who comes out on top on the right and ultimately wins.”
The eight candidates contesting Chile’s presidential elections on Nov. 16th, on stage at a debate ahead of the vote. [ Esteban Felix / AP ]
Mr. Kast benefits from the fact that he ran against former conservative President Sebastián Piñera when he was the preferred candidate of the ruling classes in the 2017 elections, Dr. Navia says. “That has left Kast with an image of something of an outsider challenging the elites.”
While Mr. Kast has abandoned some of the issues that made him unpalatable to a significant slice of Chilean society during his earlier campaigns – a strict anti-abortion stance, fiery opposition to women’s and LGTBQ rights – he has embraced tough positions on immigration and crime that play well with the broader electorate.
"Kast realized that his focus on culture-war issues in the campaign against Boric was a losing proposition,” says Jorge Heine, a former Chilean diplomat and non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington.
Mr. Kast’s expected victory will be “labeled a triumph of the far-right in Chile, but he’ll win by positioning himself back toward the center,” he says.
Chileans who would prefer another left-wing president say they see Mr. Kast’s likely triumph as a normal swing of Chile’s political pendulum.
“There’s a lot of frustration over what didn’t change under the left, says Vicente Lizama, a first-year political science major at Universidad Diego Portales. “So, now, people are saying it’s time for the right to have a chance.”
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You nailed it.
I agree that the past is no longer relevant but nobody is buying that the decision to pursue a “go it alone” strategy hasn’t resulted in decades of failed/false starts, immeasurable financial losses and opportunity cost. This isn’t debatable, it’s a historical fact that everyone here has lived through (or pased along the way). If JJ had allocated even a small sum to drilling the odds of some folk alive or dead making a respectable return would have been exponentially higher.
The Clock in the Shaft
Twenty-five winters, the ticker lay dead,
a broken clock bolted to the mine’s cold head.
Old men in suspenders clutched yellowed slips,
their pulses syncing with the drill’s faint drips.
They swore the vein was there—just deeper, dear—
past every “next quarter,” past every dry year.
The stock split, cracked, and split again,
a fossil ledger in a ledger’s den.
Wives became widows; sons sold the shares
to pay for college, weddings, hospital stairs.
The mine stayed mute, a rusted iron jaw,
chewing decades, spitting nothing but law—
permits, delays, lawsuits, and rain,
a liturgy of loss in the mountain’s vein.
Yet every dawn the remnant few would stand,
gray ghosts with graphs in trembling hands.
“Look,” they’d whisper, “the hoist is turning now!”
as if the gears forgave the broken vow.
The cage descends; a single lamp swings free—
a spark in the dark, a late apology.
Ore on the belt, the first dull gleam of gold,
proving the clock, though cracked, was never sold.
They nod, vindicated, their breath a thin mist:
“See? We were right.” The mountain does not resist.
Even a stopped clock, twice a day, is true—
and the dead keep time when the living come through.
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10/23/2025 BALD EAGLE STATEMENT:
“No, I don’t expect investors to EVER receive a dividend ….. “
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John,
Please identify the author of this poem. These lines are very haunting:
“The mine stayed mute, a rusted iron jaw,
chewing decades, spitting nothing but law—
permits, delays, lawsuits, and rain,
a liturgy of loss in the mountain’s vein.”
It is customary and good practice to prevent potential infringement claims for violating copyright laws. Otherwise, some may mistakenly think you are the author of this poem! 
EZ
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With a pen’s flair, the real author cleverly omitted specific failures that caused the line: The mine stayed mute, a rusted iron jaw … at any point in time.
Now comparing this ode with the real Auryn claims, neither related, and its words placing no blame. The real author’s ballad has now revealed, comparing the two is rendered lame.
— MDMNJaded (… got no rhythm, but here’s the rhyme.) 
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Who else would have written a poem about a 25 year old dead ticker??
To prevent smoke coming out of Jaded ears as she attempts to write a cohesive rebuttal (ode??) the poem is in reference to the insane statement: “at least I called it right.” The level of denial, whether conscious or not, embedded in that proclaimation is so rich, it deserved a poem. Yes, even broken clocks are right twice a day. I may sound like a broken clock on this board when it comes to referencing “history” but keep in mind, I’m simply refuting that revisionist history that is posted here.
But its fascinating to think, that folks like BB and Bubba still cling on to this notion that a “go it alone strategy” didn’t come with disastorous results. One stock is halted, the other has been diluted by 97% through reverse mergers and cramdowns. Decades of opportunity cost and disappointing false starts. Claims of imminent dividends, let alone production, dozens (hundreds?) of times.
Never, ever, acknowledgement of being wrong. Despite the pain and evaporation of wealth, 1000’s of false predictions, an adamant defense of Les, awkward thxgiving dinners with Aunt Peggy who took their advice to buy shares, its still “see, the go it alone strategy was the right way to go.” See, “AUMC only has 70 million shares outstanding” because they went it alone." Just pretend that there wasn’t a 100 for 1 stock split (7B shares in reality) because that doesn’t fit the narrative. Nor does MDMN, who went it alone, but still ended up with billions of legal and illegally issued shares.
Would things have been a bit different with a few more shares issued AND a resource in hand?
There is no doubt that AUMC is finally, no really finally knocking on the door of small scale production and this should be celebrated. Not celebrated to the extent of forecasting dividends (again) but more along the lines of hope for viability and an opportunity to generate profits over time and maybe even an ROI for shareholders (if they doubled and tripled down over the past couple years). Not celebrated to the extent that anyone of sane mind would claim to “be right” in the face of the actual journey (reality) to get to this point.
That was the point of the poem. I’m 51 years old and feel like I’ve been following this “story” for two lifetimes. I just hope that those, older than me, have a little bit of time to celebrate “being right.” Higher share price, lower share price, doesn’t really matter at this point. Anyone who’s been stuck in this saga deserves to see some actual production!!
Imagine writing the book on MDMN (literally), knowing more than anyone about the geography, topography, mettallurgy, and history of these properties and having to wait 30+ years for the fun part (mining). No, this has no semblance to the “normal” mining timeline which involves actual exploration, feasability studies and a production decision. Yes, I think BB will be way off on a lot of his predictions related to grades and costs BUT nobody deserves a bit of production more than him.
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I would buy MDMN and or AUMC just because of a certain negative nelly if I did not already own them.
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No smoke & mirrors here, and the definition of ‘ode’ is pretty clear. (…definitely not a plagiarized poem.)
So often I find comic relief from things posted here.
With only 70M shares outstanding and MC’s loan w/o finance charges, Auryn’s “boot strapping” method will greatly benefit those who managed to hang on. I’m thankful I wasn’t so easily shaken to sell it all, as many others were. Everyone takes responsibility for the risks going in. Multiple claims with an FF plant & lab to boot, I’m not worried. Dilution with a billion shares would’ve been the wrong path, imo. Too late for that now, anyway - fussin’ about it is pointless.
A new era of the mountain began with MC & AUMC. What happened prior to that is old news. Since then, multiple high-ranking professionals in the mining industry have also shared valuable input after spending time on the mtn. Some are members of the board.
Everything previously documented by EZ, BB, Wizard, CHG, cabezon, Mike, mrbubba (+ others) and Auryn itself spells it out upright, never intentionally slanted. Albeit the company appears to be hiding specific info for now. Still, MC is clearly trustworthy and with his own blood in the game. Nobody claims it’s a perfect mining company in a perfect world, not even MC. Nobody has ever denied previous flaws & delays with the industry’s ups & downs.
**No, they recognize and learn from it before moving on. So even IF the recently stated old history were entirely true, beating that old dead horse - over and over again - creates little value.
Never forget: There’s a big difference between stating facts, stating predicted outcomes as if a fact, and speculation.
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Apologies John,
My bad …
… “Otherwise, some may mistakenly think you are the author of this poem!”
EZ
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After doing a little research, I believe it has plagiarized quotes from writers like John Steinbeck, phrases from Lord of the Rings and others — plus some adhesive bits of his own imagination to create a mix of his choosing. Then they were cleverly assembled into a rough poem, imho.
A few of the original phrases:
**The second line refers to ‘a broken clock’ bolted to a mine’s cold head. A “broken clock was bolted to …” was added, but how can anything be ‘bolted to a mine’s cold head’ when that refers to mine ventilation and the pressure difference within?
**Also the phrase " The mine stayed mute, a rusted iron jaw, (chewing decades) … is a reference to coal mining. Quoted from John Steinbeck’s famous novel *Grapes of Wrath. How does a ‘mute & rusted iron jaw’ still ‘chew’ anything? That part was injected into the phrase.
Hey, I’m just trying to find truth in it. There’s more to dissect, but I’m not extending anymore effort on trivial matters.
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John,
Unfortunately, I think you have confused “educate” with a a similar sounding word “denigrate”!
The fundamental difference is that “educate” is a constructive process aimed at developing a person’s understanding and skills, while “denigrate” is a destructive act of unfairly criticizing or belittling a person or idea.
Which of these descriptions best describes your posts, John, over the past decade?
Intention: The intent is negative, often stemming from contempt, malice, or a desire to make another person seem lesser or inferior. vs Intention: The intent is positive and supportive, aiming for the growth and improvement of the individual.
Impact: Education brings out the best in a person, fostering self-esteem and providing tools for success. vs Impact: Denigration destroys confidence and self-worth, making the target feel belittled and of less value.
It doesn’t take a genius to distinguish the difference. 
EZ
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Trying to find evidence of a plagiarized poem that even the most anal professor would laugh at (pathetic attempt at Google search) and now a distinction of definitions b/w educate and denigrate referenced from an old post. Hopes of any education left the building along with Elvis.
Asserting that I’ve changed my tune on the probabilities of a dividend because I offered 10 to 1 odds (a bet that wasn’t even taken).
More like one in a million. “Sooo you’re saying there’s a chance”?? Could this get any dumb or dumber?
I deal at RBC Direct with my Medinah shares. They will not accept physical certs and need them converted to digital certs. Anyone in the same situation? Any advice as to where I should go from here? Doc had a post about certificates back in the middle of October, but it seems to have disappeared. Thanks for your help…
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Good question. I remember this same issue came up a few years ago, too. Mine are all digital, but my brother purchased his MDMN certs (upon my my suggestion) directly from a dealer where he lives in Florence, AL. It’s been several years now. The broker was no help at all, so my brother stuffed them in a drawer somewhere.
Recommendations on this forum said to contact Schwab, E-Trade or others to see if they would take the certs. Schwab said they would, but he has to bring them to their headquarters in Memphis, TN to open an accout and get the transfer done. My bro never did, and I’m not sure Schwab would still do it now. (???) I hope he doesn’t lose them all.
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Thanks, MDMNJaded…Darn it, Schwab does not accept clients from Canada. I’d sneak in from the southern border, but Trump even has that blocked now. Still looking for ideas…
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Yeah, it’s a real mess. I think we’ve discussed this years before - you and I. Isn’t there anything like Schwab or E-Trade where you are? People from Canada or Mexico gotta have access to a platform that allows them to trade stocks, and with similar services. If not, that’s really screwed up.
Ha! Just call a billionaire, who’s a trillionaire wannabe. 
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New Picture - adding the conveyor belts!
