Announcing the Great Panther Silver “Miners Challenge”
Written by Jeff Nielson Friday, 02 September 2011 12:56
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It is with great pleasure that Bullion Bulls Canada announces the official commencement of our second, annual miners’ contest: the 2011-12 Great Panther Silver Miners Challenge.
We were already anticipating a bigger-and-better contest second time around, as the growing size of our audience and their growing interest in these mining companies suggests that the competition will be even fiercer this time. However, what has made us doubly excited about this year’s contest is that it is being sponsored by last year’s winner: Great Panther Silver – and they have brought some of their very own silver with them to offer as contest prizes.
In last year’s contest (which was generously sponsored by SilverGoldBull.com), Great Panther soared to victory with a percentage gain of 333% over the six-month period of the contest – beating out several other worthy contenders, all of them other silver miners. With Great Panther’s share price having retreated from its previous high (like many other silver miners), I suspect that part of the Company’s motivation in sponsoring this year’s contest is its belief that it can defend its “crown”. However, there are obviously many other silver miners ready-and-willing to try to dethrone our champion.
Unlike last year, we should certainly expect some of the gold-mining companies to also contend for this title. With gold’s impressive move higher over the past few weeks (while many of the miners were getting little “traction” in markets), this would appear to set up many of these gold miners for their own, spectacular runs this contest season.
Contest Rules:
The 2011-12 Great Panther Silver Miners Challenge will run from October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012. All contest entries must therefore be received prior to midnight, September 30th.
The contest is open to any/all registered members of our site (registration is free), subject to the following exclusions. No employees/officers of Bullion Bulls Canada are eligible to participate in this contest, nor are their families, or anyone directly affiliated with one of our advertising sponsors.
The winner of the contest is the contestant who picks the (North American-listed) precious metals mining company who achieves the highest percentage gain over the six-month contest period. Should any miner “cease to exist” as a result of some “take-over” or related activity, the miner will be deemed to have finished the contest at the share price recorded at the end of its last day of trading. Should any miner entered in the contest engage in a share “split” or consolidation during the contest period, such an event will be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the commencement of the contest – so that the share price remains legitimately comparable to its original price level. Should two miners both entered into the contest engage in a merger, the company which retains its name after the combination shall be deemed the “surviving entity” (for contest purposes), while the company which was absorbed will be considered to have been taken over.
Contest Prizes:
1st prize – 20 ounces of silver
2nd prize – 10 ounces of silver
3rd prize – 5 ounces of silver
Halfway-winner – 5 ounces of silver
The precise composition of the prizes (with illustrations) will be provided when we announce our final list of contestants and the contest officially commences at the beginning of October. No contestant is eligible to win more than one prize, and all prizes will be awarded after the expiration of the contest on March 31, 2012.
Registered members to our site can enter simply by sending an e-mail or “personal message” which clearly identifies both the name of the miner and the username of the contest entrant to either Chad (chad@bullionbullscanada.com) or myself (jnielson@bullionbullscanada.com).Contest results will be posted regularly on our forum, while we will publish several contest updates on our “front page” over the course of the contest period.
Best of luck to all of our contest entrants, and may the best miner win !!
Picks so far:
Contestant Name Company Name
CLINT009 Lion One Metals 9/2/2011
JJ9 Trelawney Mining and Exploration 9/2/2011
BAER3 Aurcana Corp 9/2/2011
MATHNERD Wildcat Silver 9/2/2011
MERTIS Great Panther Silver 9/2/2011
SCOBES9999 Silver Predator Corp 9/2/2011
EARL Colossus Minerals 9/2/2011
RED911 Gryphon Gold Corp 9/2/2011
Pitbul13 Premium Exploration 9/2/2011
KaeJennifer Endeavour Silver 9/2/2011
Dan Grajczyk LexamVG Gold Inc 9/3/2011
TONY_BBC Silver Standard Resources 9/5/2011
Norbull Galantas Gold 9/3/2011
Vanfan Mega Precious Metals 9/3/2011
Bullionaire Rubicon Minerals 9/3/2011
Roark Silvercorp Metals 9/3/2011
Tusconjj Tara Minerals 9/3/2011
RyanB11 First Majestic Silver 9/3/2011
Agsilverspoon Coral Gold Resources 9/3/2011
SILVER MAN American Bonanza Gold Corp 9/3/2011
TERENCE Canadian Zinc 9/3/2011
JBOSS Nova Gold 9/3/2011
SAILORTONY Silver Quest Resources 9/3/2011
MANTAN CURRIE ROSE RESOURCES 9/3/2011
GOLDENERA B2Gold Corp 9/3/2011
BUZZARD Lara Exploration 9/4/2011
FISD Golden Goliath Resources 9/4/2011
Beowulfarms Midway Gold Corp 9/4/2011
Dgierl Conquest Resources 9/5/2011
LYNX222 Oremex Resources Inc 9/5/2011
Chilbear Scorpio Mining 9/5/2011
Ragandbone Brigus Gold Corp 9/6/2011
Jeroen Arian Silver 9/6/2011
Salcedo Polar Star Mining 9/6/2011
BringtheGold South American Silver 9/6/2011
Kimmysan Orko Silver 9/6/2011
MetalsMiner Kaminak Gold 9/6/2011
Investorquest Silver Crest Mines 9/7/2011
Scone Sunridge Gold 9/7/2011
BagOfGold Xtierra Inc 9/7/2011
ore collector CMC Metals Ltd. 9/7/2011
Debsyl Lakeshore Gold 9/7/2011
Sockeyesalmon Ecometals Ltd 9/8/2011
L2020 Golden Predator 9/8/2011
Metalman Perseus Mining Ltd 9/8/2011
coach247 Sandstorm Gold 9/8/2011
Willie Sunshine Silver Mines Corp 9/8/2011
Boardwalk Cream Minerals 9/8/2011
Whowells Mansfield Minerals 9/8/2011
Navderek Claude Resources 9/8/2011
BigDad06 Tanzanian Royalty 9/9/2011
Pioneerurban Rye Patch Gold 9/10/2011
Zephyrztxc Golden Minerals 9/10/2011
500ounces Minera Andes 9/10/2011
ppaschal28@cox.net Esperanza Resources 9/10/2011
jschmitt Trade Winds Ventures 9/10/2011
Dingo Silver Grail Resources 9/11/2011
Tiziana Garibaldi Resources 9/11/2011
Kaare Bursell Yamana Gold 9/11/2011
abdel Fortuna Silver Mines 9/12/2011
Tulsa529 Avino Silver and Gold Mines 9/13/2011
Player 19 US Silver Corp 9/14/2011
Spartan Vista Gold Corp 9/14/2011
Paxjds Liberty Star 9/15/2011
Jgfergus Spanish Mountain Gold 9/16/2011
theOutlaw Argentex Mining 9/16/2011
thebebster Silvermex Resources Inc. 9/16/2011
Audi St Andrew Goldfields 9/16/2011
aleksj Boxxer Gold 9/16/2011
Jonintaipei Belo Sun Mining 9/17/2011
Blacknite4 Gold Bullion Development 9/17/2011
Mike97 Golden Hope Mines 9/17/2011
Chuckheyhey Berkerville Gold Mines 9/18/2011
Some_math_guy Tahoe Resources 9/19/2011
Desert Irish FDG Mining 9/19/2011
Woodbridge Huldra Silver 9/20/2011
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written by pokerplayncowboy, September 26, 2011
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written by Jeff Nielson, September 19, 2011
First the contest asks contestants to pick THE "(North American-listed) precious metals mining company". At no point was it ever implied or suggested that anyone could pick more than one company.
With over 6 BILLION people and only about 200 potential miners, obviously ONE PER PERSON.
Secondly, the contest clearly specifies entering by "e-mail or personal message". Nowhere does it indicate that simply writing a comment is a means of entering the contest.
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written by pogrizz, September 19, 2011
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written by pogrizz, September 19, 2011
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written by pogrizz, September 19, 2011
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written by Chad McNamara, September 16, 2011
Please send us an alternative pick.
Thank you,
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written by Jeff Nielson, September 15, 2011
Please use either a "personal message" (via the control panel, upper right), or by e-mail (addresses above).
Thank you for your cooperation!
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written by Audi, September 15, 2011
Please put me down for US Silver (USA.TSX)
Thanks in advance.
Audi.
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written by ppaschal28@cox.net, September 10, 2011
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written by Jeff Nielson, September 10, 2011
Could you all please register via "personal message" or e-mail (as per the contest instructions). The reason for this is that this way we also get a log of the TIME that contestants register.
So if two contestants both chose the same miner on the same day, this allows us to know who was first.
Thanks for your cooperation!
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written by pioneerurban, September 09, 2011
Thank you
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written by Bigdad06, September 09, 2011
Kyle
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You will be added.
Thanks!
P.S I went to added you and you were already on the list, so Jeff must have had you covered