Yet throughout heaps of operational issues, building a new...

Yet throughout heaps of operational issues, building a new shaft, typhoons etc, MML still has the same number of shares it had 4 years ago and produces free cashflow each quarter. BDR has done raising after raising and still loses money each quarter (I do not rely on their AISC as a means of judging costs).

Very low liquidity means the shares of MML can rise faster when investors want to buy them (which is now). That's why protecting from dilution is so important.