Actually the mica makes the vanadium easier to extract... The...

Actually the mica makes the vanadium easier to extract... The company has a bad reputation because they failed miserably at understanding the ruby market and had a disastrous ruby auction. The auction was a disaster of epic proportions - and overshadows everything else prior and since. To make things worse, every unsophisticated man and his dog fell in love with the idea of treasure hunting for rubies and decided the company was a golden ticket to overnight wealth in the months proceeding the auction, and jumped on board..... These guys couldn't afford to lose, and are still here crying about it.....So unusual spread of very green investors, who have no understanding of graphite/vanadium (and dont want to) , combined with a bad reputation.