Member Info for Rubey

I bought in on Monday. Very impressed by the fact the BoD seem to have been loading up recently, and the SP doesn't seem to reflect this, the assets or the gold price.
Never invested in gold before (unless you can count Stellar Resources - STG, a few years ago). But I was very impressed by an IG interview of Dan Popescu recently. Having read this board over the last few days I know there are some pretty clued up posters here. Was I right to be impressed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HwzWG1gCk8

I have only recently bought GFM shares. When doing dummy trades I am quoted 44.98 to buy, and 44.1 to sell. However, there seem to be a steady flow of decent sized trades around 44.5 and 44.6. If I didn't know better I'd say these are trades at 'mates rates'. Anybody know why they are getting better quotes than me? Not that I am intending to trade - I'm an investor, but I like to monitor what's happening.
Also, do investors here find that the Chinese state interfere with the running of GFM very much?
Thank you if you find the time to give me any ideas.