| As TheSlowLane has passed the torch to me, I will use the theme from the 2015 stock picking contest. 
 "Hope Springs Eternal"
 
 The 2016  contest is dedicated to that irrepressible optimist in each of us who  continues to insist on these contests in complete disregard of the  previous outcomes of all such prior initiatives.
 
 
 Rules
 - Picks can be submitted until January 4, 2016.
 -  Picks must by submitted with full company name and ticker symbol, with  exchange e.g. "Chesapeake Gold CKG.V" and posted on this board.
 - Picks must trade on TSX, TSX.V or any US exchange
 - Picks must be in the mining/energy sectors.
 - Picks must not trade under .10 per share at the start of trading in 2016
 
 Results from previous SI stock picking contests (2005-09 sponsored by SI member goldsheet):
 
 
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 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |  | 1st | JoJoK | rack15 | CusterInvestor | Claude Cormier | Anchan | hubris33 | killick | slan | kidl |  | 2nd | northerner3 | cmg | Magpie | No Mo Mo | GC | marci58 | ogi | 1 3/4 | Condor |  | 3rd | cmg | gravityz | Eva | brit2 | Patrick Slevin | Botox4U2 | Pianoman1997 | newfoundland1 | Larry Newman |  | 4th | LoneClone 
 | Mario :-) | No Mo Mo | ayeyou | marcos | tooearly | pocotrader | rustico | brit2 |  | 5th | Calaboca 
 | CrashJPMorgan | TheSlowLane | CashWhore | jacotx | rootwad | Herb Duncan | yields | jrhana (R.I.P.) | 
 Click on column heading (year) to view spreadsheet.
 
 Link to 2016 contest spreadsheet.
 
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