I’d appreciate some advice on which shares to buy which would give me exposure to gold / silver. I’ve traded shares for many a year, but I am particularly naïve in this area - really not a type of share I'd considered before - so would be grateful more pointers to research and then perhaps buy.

Cheers, Vinny.

there are so many...
SILVER RELATED
A start:
The TOP ones IMHO:

SLW- Silver Wheaton
PAAS Pan American Silver
SSRI Silver Standard
(more, like: Apex, Coeur D'Alene)

Smaller, Mexican based producers and explorers


Stock Comparison
Symb. Company======= Price Shs.OS C$MktCap
----- Mexgold....... $
KBR.t Kimber Resour. $1.55 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
FR.v- First Majestic $2.06 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
EDR.v Endeavour Silv $2.20 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
SPM.v Scorpio Mining $0.55 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
MAG.v MAG Silver.... $0.79 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
SRY.v Stingray...... $0.59 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
GGC.v Genco Res..... $0.79 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
MMG.v McMillan Gold. $0.25 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
TM.v- Tumi Resources $0.43 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
CNU.v Continuum Res. $0.23 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn
GPR.v Great Panther. $0.48 xxx.xM $ xx.xMn

= =

The GOLD Related list would be far longer

You need to visit sites like:

http://www.Goldstock.co.uk (for charts & more links)
http://www.FinancialSense.com
http://www.Kitco.com
http://www.Silver-Investor.com

Thanks Dr Bubb, will wade through the info.

EDIT RE: answered my own, stupid question - so removed it re: really stupid.