Buying Vancouver exchange stocks around 1985 was like rolling the dice as personal computers wer'nt around yet ,so all the info was allready weeks old before you got it.The Northern Miner was like the bible.

One scam was that shell companies were opening up with a piece of moose pasture near Hemlo(eg) raise around $1 million,drill 1 hole and then get de-listed by not complying anything else.And that was rampant during the bull peak.I lost lots of money with a company called Canbec resources at the time.

That is why it is nice to invest in companies working before a boom as they will have the prime locations held,and still do your dd.