Book Description
An easy-to-read introduction to the resource sector as it gears up to take off for the first time in over two decades. Readers will learn how to invest in natural resources stocks, including diamonds, gold, base metals, oil and gas.

About the Author
Malvin Spooner is a veteran fund manager and president and CEO of one of the fastest growing mutual fund companies in North America, Mavrix Funds. He closely tracks the resource sector, frequently traveling across the country to personally assess the viability of mining companies. This hands-on managerial style has paid off: Spooner’s resource-based mutual fund posted a one-year return of 100% in 2003, just twelve months after it was launched. Malvin Spooner lives in Toronto, Ontario. Pamela Clarke is a former correspondent for The Economist Intelligence Unit in Europe. Her work has been published in a variety of international magazines and periodicals including the International Herald Tribune, Maclean’s, Financial Post and CA Magazine. She lives in Vancouver, B.C.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Resources Rock is an easy-to-read introduction to the resource sector as it gears up to take off for the first time in over two decades. Readers will learn how to invest in natural resource stocks, including diamonds, gold, base metals, oil and gas, forestry and fertilizer companies. For years, the average prices of shares in resource sector stocks, for everything from gold to diamonds to forest products, have been at record low levels. But it's not going to stay that way forever. North American and European economies are showing signs of making a long-awaited rebound in 2004, so manufacturers will have to start buying raw resources as fast as they can in order to meet the needs of their customers.