RE: My viewI didn't say all mining finance died. But just like the stocks, where only the largest companies have held up, only the largest mining companies have been financed, and only for deals involving production.
Exploration companies have been nearly completely closed out, PARTICULARLY in the PM sector no doubt to the horrible price action thanks to our friends in the U.S. gov't, not to mention the horrific proliferation of naked shorting of these small companies.