Brent Cook Emx Royalty EMX-X PAST TOP PICK Sep 25, 2009

(A Top Pick March 6/12. Down 22.22%.) $30 million in cash and securities so they don’t have to worry about solvency issues. They develop exploration projects and get other people to fund them. Extremely well run.

(A Top Pick March 7/12. Down 24.01%.) One of the best prospect generators. $15 million in the bank, gets $5 million annually in a royalty and are doing great work. Scattered among 5 countries globally. Top quality people working for them.

One of the better companies that follows the prospect generator model. They generate the ideas and then bring other people in to spend the big bucks. Have been successful in attracting partners and have found a few things in Turkey. They own a piece of a company that owns 51% of a billion ton deposit of copper, grading .5%, located in Eastern Russia. If they can manage to sell that off to another group, it could be a huge win. He personally would not put money into Russia.

Probably the best collection of intellectual capital in the company of its market cap in the mining space. They are prospect generators, meaning that they use their technical and commercial acumen to stake big exploration ideas, and then bring in joint venture partners to develop them. There are over 200 properties in the portfolio, plus a royalty income that keeps the cash burn down. High quality people. The stock has sold off way, way too much.

In the same business as Altius, but much smaller. Does a lot of exploration around the world. Generates about $5 million yearly in royalty income. This could a good year for them because they have an asset in Siberia that hasn't been valued at all and he suspects they will sell it to Russian interests to EMX's current market cap.

Wonderful prospect generator. He added today on news that EMX has reached settlement with Chinese company on Serbian royalties. Substantial free cashflow in Nevada and Chile. Buys, but also creates, royalties. High regard for management. No dividend.