Woulfe - I started looking into it but quit digging further when I saw South Korea ... not necessarily a bad thing, but not enough time to try to understand the implications. Guess, I should get back to that one...
I heard on Bloomberg radio an analyst saying that mining in general should be a good longer-term investment, especially once the global economy turns around a bit more (not that I always trust those guys). The analyst was especially bullish on copper and I'm still bullish on my wild card EXMGF ... I mentioned it a couple of times on junior mining board but unfortunatley there were no responses ... it seems completely under the radar at the moment but it would have been interesting to have received an opinion or two from the knowledgeable folks from that board.