Do you want to invest in silver or silver mining? Have you ever heard of junior silver miners? It is a company that is backed by an investment firm that generally is an exploration company. It is a company that is in search of land that has a high chance of containing large mineral deposits. Unlike silver miners, junior silver miners do not have their own mining operation. They rely on investment funds to find the land and pay for the mining operations.

It is important to be able to tell the difference between a legitimate company and a fly-by-night operation. If you are able to invest in a junior silver miner before it hits the mother load you can be handsomely rewarded. Junior silver miners are considered growth stocks. Many of the companies are penny stocks, and have the risks of other penny stocks including a lack of history and liquidity.

It is always important to know the value of your investment; however, due to the speculative nature of the junior mining business model, junior companies can be very difficult to value. The most upside (and by far the greatest risk) comes from buying a junior when they are in the exploration stage. Great drill results can send a juniors share price skyrocketing but the reverse can also be true.

Another way to invest and profit from junior silver miners is to invest in an Electronic Traded Fund (EFT) or index fund that tracks and invests in in junior silver miners. This approach can limit your overall exposure as compared to investing in a single company. Remember that any investment in junior silver miners will generally follow the overall price of silver in the commodities market.

As always you can use search engines like Google or Bing to find both junior silver miners and EFT and index funds that track them.