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To: John Vosilla who wrote (90405)	1/12/2008 4:44:09 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 110194

NIce post John, everyone keeps telling me that they are simply lagging but to be honest that explanation has worn a bit thin

To: John Vosilla who wrote (90405)	1/12/2008 9:34:50 PM
From: Archie Meeties	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

one more possibility - the majority of buying interest is coming into the etf's at the expense of everything else. Gold, the new momentum play?

To: John Vosilla who wrote (90405)	1/13/2008 6:00:59 AM
From: Madharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I think that part of the problem is the uncertainty of the mines ever being built partly because of geographical location, partly becuase of costs of production and the time it takes to go from feasiility study to arranging the financing to completing the mine and generating production, as well as the uncertainty of royalty agreements and taxation which has been proven to turn on a dime. also its quite possible that the population of junior mining company investor/speculators has been more affected by the credit crunch than the major gold investors which tend to be funds.