A mineral drilling sector is an important element of the precious metals industry. Despite this fact, it is not a widely followed sector on Seeking Alpha - investors prefer classic miners or streaming companies and… mineral drilling companies are generally ignored. I am a bit surprised because the mineral drilling sector performs quite well during a bull market in precious metals. For example, since the beginning of the current bull market (the end of 2015), [[GDX]] and [[GDXJ]], two most popular ETFs replicating the share price action of a basket of precious metals miners, delivered