Hi Downanout Unfortunately, I don't believe there is anyway...

Hi Downanout

Unfortunately, I don't believe there is anyway anyone can actually identify who has/hasn't shorted a given stock at any time & therefore I cannot substantiate my suspected shorting of MIN by MQB.

However, consider this ...

The MQB substantial shareholder notice of AGO, lodged on the 17/4 reveals a 5.01% stake or roughly 450 million shares. These were predominantly acquired by MQB (on market) over a 5 day period 9/4 to 13/4 at between 2.6c - 2.9c per share.

Over the same 5 day period, MIN's price decreased from over $17 to mid-low $16's but then resumed to $17+ & even $18 on the 18/4, 19/4. It would appear that MIN shorting occurred over those same 5 days which, in turn, led to a slightly lower entry price of AGO (sub 3c) & provided the window for MQB's buying at that time.

A small table of numbers below to support the theory ...

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
0		AGO Vol(M)	MIN Close	MIN Vol(M)
1	4th Apr		17.24	0.9
2	9th Apr	11.0	16.05	2.9
3	10th Apr[/B]	27.0	16.81	2.2
4	11th Apr[/B]	227.3	16.44	2.1
5	12th Apr[/B]	28.6	16.36	3.5
6	13th Apr[/B]	151.4	16.79	1.7
7	18th Apr		17.04	0.9
8	19th Apr		18.00	1.8

As everyone says "IMO",
Cheers.