We may be at a turning point in the negative performance in exploration and small mining companies. This article makes some interesting points on the recent shorting. Shorting has of course been covered on this forum in detail, but this article adds something. I believe.

http://www.minyanville.com/articles/...

We are also at the very point where the summer doldrums in gold are ending and based on past seasonal patterns gold will be stronger from now for a few months

http://www.usagold.com/analysis/dold...

With the NR due soon, it would be helpful to have the following wind of some positive sentiment towards PM investment. A big discovery would set the market alight!!!

I can't wait for the NR, actually the long wait has enabled many of us to increase our holding in KXL, I am now 5x my original investment since Feb this year, so I'm not complaining!