When clients want to know about an exploration or mining project, their Due Diligence Guy puts on his trusty boots and heads out into the field to kick rocks. Rain or shine, Lobo Tiggre, The Independent Speculator, and his team fan out across the world to verify—or debunk—the stories we're told in glossy corporate presentations. This time, that included hiking up to elevations where it's hard to breathe... and it cost Lobo yet another pair of worn-out boots. Check it out.

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