I think Der Geist's motives from very early on were to shine a torch into the murky corners of what was happening behind the bike sheds in DRC departments/entities, in order to push AVZ into exposing their reality. AVZ's motives for remaining silent, I think, are two-fold. 1. they are on firm legal ground re ownership, but it needed time to let DRC sort the shit out. That appears to be taking longer than they thought. 2. They were/are negotiating for the Cominiere 15%, and the higher share price gives leverage on that mooted 8% of AVZ shares as part of the deal, so they didn't want anything to rock the boat. Unfortunately, a few decided to force their hand, either simply by selling, or shorting, and we ended at 78 before AVZ decided to halt
So one way or another they were flushed out eventually (and I understand some of the bigger shareholders were also pushing for some transparency behind the scenes as well) and made their statement of denials
Boatie mcboatie and Tom tittle tattle is a separate issue entirely, and seems to be a manufactured scheme to short it for his own gains on the day of the first extension. It was so overtly obvious with the timing of his publication, it's hilarious, and Der Geist has done an excellent job in calling them both out. popcorn event.
To my mind, it's very unfortunate that various parties haven't been totally transparent, for various reasons known only to them, and only speculated on by me/us.
IMO, best we stay in suspension for as long as it takes to get right, and I think complete radio silence from AVZ is appropriate. (But, I'll bet they are the ones prompting 3rd parties to push out tid-bits of progressive info)
As Ghost says, don't scratch my face, it's just my honest perspective
I repeat, this is a highly sought after piece of real estate, and outsiders are fighting hard and dirty for it