Golden Minerals breaking out of a technical downtrend which has been artificial and impossible to explain, right on the first trading day of the new year.

Covering of unlimited naked short positions following three new resource updates, sending AUMN back to the merger price and beyond in no time.

Transformation of the stock from an ugly black little duck into one of the most wanted resource plays within the sector.

Turnaround story at Velardena, where mining becomes highly profitable due to higher processing efficiency and improving grades of the mineral input.

Widespread recognition as an investment opportunity that keeps hundreds of millions of silver ounces in the best protected vaults of the world.

Potential resources that increase and surmount a billion silver ounces at the advanced exploration sites by year end (maybe not so credible for 2012, but who knows in 2013).

The initiation of large scale drilling programmes at Zacatecas and in Southern Argentina.

Joint ventures starting at several of the many smaller properties.