Word reaches this desk that Van Eck has made a strategic decision to stop investing in exploration stage junior mining companies (i.e. if it’s not a producer, no more Van Eck) and as a result, has been quietly liquidating its positions. So if you happen to be holding a junior that’s been under pressure of an apparent bottomless seller (we know that Van Eck positions tend to be big ones), you might want to find out if those guys were ever buyers or holders of the stock.