Some charts of beaten down juniors are improving:

Ashanti gold, a small gold explorer with 3 properties in West Africa looks like it has turned the corner after a 10 month consolidation:

The chart of Pure Gold, more a development than an explorer story, looks like its improving too. I like it and see it as an alternative now that ICG has been taken out by EGO.

 

 

Leagold mining looks like it stopped its downtrend now that it is trading on the TSX.  I like the story as this could be the next Endeavour mining:

 

 

Acacia mining and Blackham resources on the other hand look less promising with no bottom in sight (yet), although Acacia could be bottoming in the near term as valuation is getting cheap and company issues are country specific and not mining issues. Blackham on the other hand needs to prove it can generate cash flow and mine profitably at current mining rates.