Yes, it makes it hard to get the share price up when directors start selling.
As you say, you would think it was a dangerous time for directors and employees of AOP to be trading. If the next round of drill results come in very poorly then people may want to know more about exactly what he did know at the time of selling.
As you say, we have had the half year accounts but no decent update on how the drilling is progressing but we do know that it has been going on for some weeks now. The company is on the record in past announcements as as saying gold mineralisation at this Rebbecca Project is visually correlatable to sulphide content.
disclaimer; the above post is placed in the spirit of the forum where small holders swap their opinions despite probably being wrong so do your own research.
AOP Price at posting:
24.0¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held