Rick Rule--Rebirth of the Mining Industry? #3191

What a difference 6 months can make. The gold/silver mining industry was in a major bear market for the past 5 years. Now it appears to be back with a vengeance. At the recent Sprott Resource Conference in Vancouver 50 plus quality mining companies had booths and over 700 people attended. This represented a dramatic turnaround from prior years. The question is will it stick? We'll have to what happens next.