Thanks, Clavis! Firstly, I'm going to try Scotia McLeod Direct Investing again. This subject is coming more and more to the foreground and it is some time since I had that go round with them.

You are right. I wil also email the Mineset web site. They do say they are inundated with enquiries, though, and are now unable to provide individual responses.

It is one thing to describe the avenues for protecting shares held in trust and another to go through effective mechanics for so doing. Apparently, what applies in the USA does not hold for Canada, and I suppose UK may be different again. Most mining companies I read about are domiciled in Canada.