When I decided to get in volved in J.V.stocks, particularly gold exploration companies I looked through a truck load of them for the one with the least down side. I came up with SLI!!! Can anyone show me a J.V. gold stock with less down side than SLI. How else do you select??? The least amount of down side is the least risk, so thats where I put my money. You can search under every rock in the world for the BOOGIE MAN but at the end of the day you pick one and stick with it.