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IMO - Mining has a better chance to provide real value growth than most other forms of enterprise investments. Here's a ten year chart comparing the value growth of some primary metals compared to a few stock indexes:
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$GOLD&p=M&yr=10&mn=0&dy=0&id=p75573695889

Now, the jump in VALUE of metals causes more exploration and then the value growth supports more extraction (which is a 6 to 10 year lag from the metal price)... SO -- mining profits should very soon start climbing faster if metal keeps or gains more value.