Over the past several weeks I've been researching financing gold prospects.
Depending on where one lives, publically traded company's "in ground assets" are to be valued per "JOTC" or "43-103" regulations. These are also known as "competent person" reports.
Anyone familiar with real estate can make the obvious comparison with a property appraisal.
Following the Bre-X debacle, Canada, Australia, and New Zeland adopted new regulations regarding who can evaluate in-ground assets.
Bottom Line: I would suggest any potential investor determine the quality of the reports on which any in-ground asset estimate(s) are based.
Good luck to all,
~The Old Bookaroo
Any derivatives and stocks OTC are risky as hell. There is very little SEC regulation over them.