As far as I am aware, none of the publicly listed mining concerns have ever given a dividend. If you take any of them they'll boast about how many Bitcoins they have mined, I've always been under the assumption that:

- A listed company doing well will reward it's shareholders loyalty.

- If the company shares are doing well then many shareholders would rather have a higher share price than a (usually) smaller dividend


If I take a well known European Low Cost airline, namely Ryanair, their CEO Michael O'Leary was adamant that the share price was always going to trump an dividend, and he was right - for his shareholders.

The mining companies don't seem to want to share any of their booty, and all of their shares have taken a tanking since xmas. All of them made a fortune out of their IPOs and they are sitting on tons of cash along with their Bitcoins.

Anyone care to guess when they might want to do the right thing by their shareholders?