Ben Johnson has been an analyst, stockbroker and money manager specializing in mining and foreign equities for close to 30 years. For the last 20 years, he has been the owner and operator of First Securities Northwest, Inc (http://www.firstsecurities.com) a brokerage and money management firm specializing in resource and global equities. Mr. Johnson has the added experience of running, as Chief Executive Officer, a successful exploration and producing gold mining company that traded on the Toronto and NASDAQ exchanges. During his tenure as a mining executive he established many close contacts in the exploration and mining arenas. Mr. Johnson is recommended frequently as a broker to use by many of the prominent financial newsletter writers and other investment media publications. He is also a speaker at many investment and mining conferences around the world. Mr. Johnson personally handles individual and institutional brokerage, managed accounts and partnerships that invest in mining equities and private placements. Contact Ben at (800) 547-4898, (503) 224-1234 or benJgold@aol.com