Well on a down day.................NKL went up 75 cents today.

On Vector Vest tonight.... Gold Stock RIC is top pick of thousands of USA rated stocks.

Coal Stock... SGQ has 14 cents EPS for 2011 and 73 cents for 2012 so that is over 5 times in the next 12 months.

Gold Stock SGR has 4 cents EPS for 2011 and 21 cents for 2012 so that is over 5 times in the next 12 months.

Gold Stock GBG has 9 cents EPS for 2011 and 28 cents for 2012 so that is over 3 times in the next 12 months.

Silver Stock SSO has 74 cents EPS for 2011 and $1.59 for 2012 so that is over 2 times in the next 12 months.

With these aforementioned stocks... at least you know where your going.

Now, I have been playing the Exploration Stocks for over 35 years and..Yes ... NES, ATC, CAN, PPG, MRZ, SBB, CNL, KAM and a host of others look exciting...and I own some... but be advised the wait for many is 8 years or so before they become a producing mine as those mentioned above producing earnings.

I think I read somewhere, in over 2000 Exploration Mining stock plays, about 8 will make it to a producing... profitable mine.

I like the small stocks mentioned as compared to say.... Kinross because you get more bang for your investment dollar. Now, American Barrick is a bit better.

K in 2011 the projected EPS is 73 cents and in 2012 $1.05

ABX in 2011 has EPS of $4.61 and in 2012 $5.11

I have spent countless hours rating hundreds of Mining Stocks and cut the list down to less than 20 that support purchasing based on projected EPS.

This allows me a satisfaction of knowing where most are going.

Today in one news report, I noticed one analyst who downgraded ABX. I shook my head.

You figure.

Good Luck ...........