O/T & FYI: ...the Longs own more than 60% of the float.
Apparently a hair-splitting definition; the Longs I was referring to are those whom are actually known to each other and the company, are longterm (..non-flipping..) holders, and usually communicate with each other on iHub, RB, StockHouse, here on SI, or privately via email. Many of these folks participated in the recent by-invitation-only Stat investor's conference call.
i have a cousin
Gazprom is similar in size to many of the majors here in the USA I understand. With the recent Yukos meltdown, they may also be busy shuffling people to assimilate the new pieces of the old Yukos pie that they've acquired. It would not be unlikely for your 'cousin' to be unaware of some negotiations (..unless he is the CEO..) where perhaps an introductory party is bring Strat to the table. There is a Russian attorney and several other people (..whose names I don't know..) that are working with Strat on the relationship with Gazprom and other O&G companies in Russia.
If you would please be kind enough to PM me your cousin's name, I will forward that privately to H. Sam Hyams, CEO, Chaim Flatt and Joe Frasko so they can either say 'hello' to your relative for you while they are there - or perhaps determine if he has or doesn't have a "..need to know..". If you'd rather do that yourself, please call the Park Avenue office and leave Joe Frasko a voicemail. Although they are all in Russia in meetings, he is pretty good a returning calls.
no mention of Gazprom anywhere on Strat's website.
H. Sam Hyams is an Orthodox Jew and a very conservative business man, to the best of my knowledge. It would be very unlikely that he would mention or illude to Gazprom as a specific entity on the Strat company website until such time as a contract was in hand, and Gazaprom provided permission to do so. Here is a previous 'SPRU' press release mentioning Gazprom: tigerboard.com With the SPRU-SPRL symbol change, you may have to read the SPRL Board from the beginning to see the older PRs: Subject 55071
The purpose of my original post was to provide a new O&G entity for you folks to consider, as there appears to be an opportunity for some substantial gains. It is clearly a "..Pinksheet-listed 'Mafia Stock'.." at this juncture, making the standard DYODD(X2) and 'Caveat Emptor' by-words for the self-directed investor. The extremely positive perfromance of the company to date, however, may indicate that the risks are much lower than one would normally have expected.
If you don't particularly like SPRL, then simply don't buy any. I purposely didn't post about it here post-r/s when it was only $0.03 as someone would probably have gone ape-dungy and predicted an "..imminent crash.." (..which clearly hasn't happened..). Strat [SPRL] is now a 5-Bagger(+) at $0.1575. The recent State-of-the-State PR was relatively fluffy, but it certainly had a positive effect. And, it will be followed by some real meat next week and going forward from what we understand. The HQ Crew should be back from Russia on or about the 16th.
John :-)
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