One of the important criteria for investing in resource and...

One of the important criteria for investing in resource and metal stocks over the coming few years will be geopolitical risk.

Hate to see your gold and silver mines nationalised in either Africa or South America as is more likely to happen in economic crisis and gold being sought be central banks and all.

All my stocks for gold and silver have their mines in Australia, no foreign exposure, so I don't have to keep checking the politics of these worrisome countries.