"and for every thousand acorn seeds only a single sturdy tree...

"and for every thousand acorn seeds only a single sturdy tree grows,...."
(not sure that your claim is botanically correct but I'll let that pass at the moment)

Well Ctindale. That is the beautiful thing about nature. It is so prolific. And yes the right mix of conditions is required to achieve that fine tree.
That is one of the things you hope is going to apply when you plant that acorn.

So too when I am prepared to speculate on a company like RAU.
It is not up to you to say that I cannot do it.

I have been a shareholder in RAU long enough now to gain enough information to satisfy me that it is worth the risk.
There are no guarantees when you are prepared to speculate on a junior mining company

So whether RAU becomes just a shoot that withers and dies through lack of water, or whether it becomes a sapling that gets snapped off by something bigger overwhelming it, or whether it has the chance to grow and become a mature tree is really a story for the future.

I am prepared to allow things, like nature, take their course.