http://seekingalpha.com/article/182910-emerging-junior-gold-producers-had-fantastic-2009?source=email
We should stop complaining about the lack of news, TSX listing and 43-101 and reflect on the 237% gain we made in 2009. I am as impatient as anyone for the stock to hit $5.00, and it will this year, but I feel very lucky to have been a long term holder of SGR. I don't know much about the author of this index but I like his index because I own a number of his components including SGR, MFN,TMM and NGD. The following are extracts from the seeking alpha article referenced in the above URL.
"2009 was a fantastic year for emerging junior gold producers and stocks in the Gold Stock Strategist Emerging Junior Gold Producers (GSSX) Index ©. The GSSX Index© outperformed GLD, XAU, HUI, and the TSX Venture Exchange.
The GSSX Index© powered ahead 123 percent, beating the yellow metal, beating the HUI gain of 30%, beating the XAU gain of 36%, and even beating the TSX Venture Exchange of 92%.
The top performer by far for the year in the index was La Mancha Resources, with a whopping 724 percent gain. Other high flyers include San Gold (237%), Gold Resource (221%), Timmins Gold (190%), New Gold (160%) and Jaguar Mining (131%). The average gain for the year was 123 percent."