Editorial Playing the game

But when it comes to winning a game, that’s another story.

Those who participated in a game devised as a promotional scheme by The Financial Post, a Toronto-based daily, have found that the only way to go is to back a high flier. And what flies higher than a mining stock?

The game calls for players to pick a portfolio of at least five TSE-listed stocks with $100,000 of make-believe money. The portfolio fares best wins $25,000 of real money.

The game isn’t over yet, but it seems that those who are out in front have been reading The Northern Miner. How else can one explain how the front runners all put their eggs into one basket — Aur Resources.

Aur is the key company involved in a massive sulphide mineral discovery near Val d’Or and its stock value has tripled in the past few months.

We only hope those contestants did as well with their real money as they did with their fictional portfolios.

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