Romancing Rock: Mexico, Colombia

This is so, so neither time nor place to examine a 3,000-year-old human practice of “talking your own book.” Ownership rhetoric is as useful as this: 談您自己的書 when you speak no Mandarin, xie-xie very much. (This conflicted and confounded practice of only exposing the virtues of “your own book” is the sole shortcoming (in my book) of Bloomberg News’ reporting practice of letting fund managers and shareholders reveal merits of an investment story.)

Here are five mining prospects I do not own and of which I have first-hand knowledge. Each of them is poised to pile on sizeable percentage gains in coming days and weeks. Q-factored:

For now, nos vemos el viernes, muchachas y muchachos.

TC on TT™

Ticker Trax ™ and Thom Calandrathis week and next are profiling Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp (above in photo with Mel Herdrich) across thousands of hectares of found-money interest at Pediment Gold’s San Antonio project in Baja, California. Questions for me or Mickey? Just attach them to the comment area beneath this article.

(Please see: Thom Calandra’s Stockhouse articles. Thom Calandra owns no shares of Mexico’s Pediment Gold. He owns zero shares of Houston Lake Mining. He owns zero shares of Paramount Gold. He owns no shares of Caerus Resource. He owns none of Colombia Mines. Thom does own each of the 11 Planetary Prospects in subscriber-supported Ticker Trax.) Ticker Trax™ Please see tickertrax.com to learn more about this wealth service and its 11 Planetary Prospects. Also, please see its breakout feature examinations of two Ghana gold prospectors, one Guyana prospector and gold producer and one molybdenum company proceeding toward its own metals factory. Subscribers, please click here for password-secure Ticker Trax.

HOLDINGS: Thom’s stock holdings are listed for all Stockhouse members on www.Stockhouse.com under the “portfolio setting” for user TCALANDRA. It is public and free to view. He also owns recently minted gold and silver coins and shares of two private companies. Thom does not do private placements or accept payment in return for coverage. But you can buy him a cold beer in Cabo or a double Grey Goose in Toronto. Thom participates in select company-sponsored and company-paid tours of mining sites. He is headed in two weeks to Colombia and Peru. THOM CALANDRA of Ticker Trax helps his audience find value in a quagmire of investment choices. Thom co-founded CBS MarketWatch and MarketWatch.com. As the voice of Thom Calandra's StockWatch and The Calandra Report, Thom pegged $300-ounce gold as a long-term hold and dyed his hair blonde multiple times as gold surpassed $400, $500 and $600.

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