Making It In Mining - Page 2 of 3

Due to the cyclical nature of metals, combined with mega-mergers at the top, this might be the absolute time for small investment groups to take up the role of what used to be called "juniors." I say "used to be" as the independent exploration companies that used to provide the risk dollars to prove/disprove a mining project, have almost disappeared, or if they are still about, so manipulated by those again that are most interested in playing the market, for the market itself, as many of the shell companies listed on the traditional mining exchanges.

Take a good prospect to these and the claimholder stands a good chance in ending up with lettered stock, not tradable for a certain length of time, that in a few years might be folded into yet another reverse takeover for the tax write off benefits.

The real crime in all the manipulations is that many good prospects are lost forever in that they are not proven/disproven, being that all the corporate funds were spent elsewhere on fancy addresses in Vancouver, B.C., or elsewhere. There was an old miners adage that went, "Spend you money underground. Not on top."

So, given the current situation, is there opportunity for a non-mining savvy investment company to find success following this age-old discipline? Absolutely yes. Find a prospect that has valid outside professional reports (or even a absolutely non-biased governmental study) calling for a core drill program to prove the surface values could continue to depth. A good example of an opportunity wide open, is the Alaskan silver drill project listed in this site.