About the Author
Brent Cook
Brent Cook brings more than 25 years of experience to his role as a geologist, consultant and investment adviser. Cook's weekly Exploration Insights newsletter focuses on early-discovery, high-reward opportunities primarily among junior mining and exploration companies.
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By Brent Cook |
August 22, 2012
The junior market is, on the whole, a capital destructive business in which participants clutch their precious certificates like bettors at the racetrack, hoping their horse comes in.
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By Brent Cook |
October 12, 2011
Wild-ass guessing may work in a super bull junior market, but my sense is that the high risk flying turkey trade is off for now and investors had better apply economic parameters to anything they consider.
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By Brent Cook |
May 18, 2011
The fictional dream of an easy discovery and instant riches - sold to an overzealous audience - far outweighs the reality that the actual odds of discovery on any exploration property are about 1 in 1,000.
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By Brent Cook |
April 21, 2011
Knowing when to sell a junior exploration stock is as important, if not more so, than knowing when to actually buy one. Selling intelligently requires an edge over your competitors-the thousands of other speculators in the junior mining sector.
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By Brent Cook |
September 5, 2006
The NI 43-101 resource and reserve classifications do not guarantee economic viability, nor do they eliminate the possibility of scams within the industry.