*It Is Time Again...But Where Are The Juniors?

DEFINITION OF THE ATTITUDES - 2

"I OWN THE WEST" ATTITUDE

As part of a consequence of the above, for the past 30 years government offices dealing with administrating the Mining Law of 1872, devised all sorts of illegal ways to thwart the interests of small-holdings prospectors and miners. Run the little guy out by charging claim rental, and use the revenue from that to pay for studies that really didn't make much sense, other than to consolidate the power of government "land czars," in the name of preservation.

"YOU ARE ALL CROOKS" ATTITUDE
("I only direct my clients to high tech and energy stocks.")

Underlying all of this was the thought—still existing—that the idea that any sort of mineral investment is the equivalent of buying the Brooklyn Bridge. This has run from pointing fingers at the individual "mining promoters (when did this become such an ugly term?)" clear up to stock manipulation on "market maker" level as the BriEx scandal of geologists salting claims in New Guinea. "You want to interest me in mineral exploration? My mother didn't raise any fools! I prospect for "real" gold mines."