We have seen major developments in the silver mining sector (SIL) which shows that the majors are hungry for the juniors.  Coeur D’Alene (CDE) has made some strategic investments in some juniors silver explorers in British Columbia and Mexico, Hecla (HL) made a bid for U.S. Silver and Silver Wheaton (SLW) has signed its first major royalty deal in years.  This signals that the smart money believes we are near a bottom and we may just be at the beginning of a major move in the junior silver miners.  The majors are hungry for new deposits in mining friendly jurisdictions. [More...]