TRAFFIC HIGHLIGHTS

• Analytics are for the period November 5 – 19
• 2,054 investors visited the site
• They spent an average of 5:39 on the site
• They came from 49 different countries
• Top 10 countries in order of top to bottom …. Canada, United States, India, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Colombia, Switzerland, Argentina
• Visitors from the top 10 countries represent the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America

A BRAND NEW AUDIENCE OF INVESTORS

I am especially pleased with the depth of international visits, which I cited as a primary reason for taking conferences online.  For the first time ever, investors from anywhere in the world will be able to fully participate in a conference that is not reserved for investors that live close to a “conference city” or can afford to travel to one (New York, San Fran, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Vancouver, New Orleans, Las Vegas).

Specifically, for the first time ever, international investors can now watch company presentations and listen to valuable insights from keynote speakers at the same time as everybody else.  International investors will no longer feel alienated and out of the loop.  By opening our doors to them and welcoming them on an equal footing, we open up the lines of communication that will flow for as long as we have the web.

As I say this, I also don’t want to forget the massive audience of North American investors that simply don’t have the time to fly to conferences due to work and family obligations.  Think about it, how many people have the luxury of taking 3 days off to fly to different conferences?

Ultimately, this level of engagement with a brand new audience – both local and international – will lead to tremendous benefits for the entire industry.  The important thing to remember is that we will need to continue these efforts from here on out.  Companies that embrace the concept of a borderless online investor community will be the biggest winners in the next decade.

Regards,
George

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As always, assume I am horribly conflicted by the fact AGORACOM Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGORACOM Investor Relations, has been retained by Candente Gold Corp. to assist them with their capital raising efforts.

We choose to make this opportunity available to our AGORACOM member and friends for the following reasons:

1. As of the time of this blog post, the Gold Spot Price was $1,118.50.00

2. Our own Chief commentator and Gold Bull, Peter Grandich, has been pounding the table on Gold for some time

3. Candente Gold Corp. provides a unique opportunity for investors in Mexico and Peru

Some Highlights of the Candente Gold Corp. story include:

* Near term focus is on The El Oro Gold-Silver Property Mexico, which is considered one of Mexico’s significant historic gold producers with past production of 8 M oz Au equivalent from two veins .

* Most Exploration and Development was conducted in only 2 veins of the 20 veins known to date in the Historic Area

* The Majority of Exploration & Development at El Oro was completed prior to the mid 1900’s – without modern vein concepts

For those of you interested in learning more about this private placement opportunity with Candente Gold Corp. visit our Private Placement Opportunities.

I strongly encourage anyone interested in this private placement opportunity to conduct thorough due diligence on the company to ensure that it meets with your investment goals.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Announces Online Gold and Commodities Conference – December 3 – 4, 2009

Investors From Over 20 Countries Expected To Attend Inaugural Online Conference That Includes Keynote Speakers Peter Grandich, Barry Ritholtz, Paul Kedrosky, Eric Coffin, and Gregor Macdonald.

TORONTO, November 12, 2009 – AGORACOM, a leading online financial community focusing on the small-cap and mid-cap markets, today announced the launch of its online investor conference initiative that will begin with the AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference on December 3^rd and 4^th, 2009.

The online nature of the conference will allow investors, both retail and institutional, to connect with small and mid-cap resource companies faster, better and cheaper than traditional investor conferences thanks to the elimination of all expenses related to travel, lodging, materials and time away from work.

GLOBAL INVESTORS PARTICIPATING FROM THEIR OFFICES AND HOMES

Using the AGORACOM Conference platform, presenting companies, attending investors and keynote speakers will all participate from the comfort of their offices and homes.  As a result, the conference will be comprised of a global audience vs. a local audience, which is expected to draw investors from more than 20 countries.

AGORACOM Founder, George Tsiolis, stated “Having already pioneered online investor relations, it just made complete sense to pioneer online investment conferences for the small and mid-cap space.  Our survey data clearly shows that investors use the web as their primary tool to research and find new investments.  What is really exciting is the fact that investors living outside of the established but small group of North American conference cities will finally have an opportunity to participate and benefit from a Tier-1 investor conference.  With gold trading at all-time highs and other commodities enjoying a bullish market, I expect to have investors from more than 20 countries participating in our inaugural event”.

PRESENTING COMPANIES

The conference will focus on emerging small and mid-cap resource companies who are required to have demonstrated excellence through a combination of one or more of the following:

• Experienced management
• Proven reserves via 43-101
• Strong prospective projects via publicly announced drill results
• Balance sheet strength
• Imminent or actual production.

AGORACOM is limiting the total number of presenting companies to 50.  Currently, over 25 companies have committed to the conference, leaving approximately 25 spots available.  Presenting companies will be active in industries that include precious metals, base metals, rare metals, oil & gas and clean energy technologies.

REASONS TO PRESENT YOUR PUBLIC COMPANY

1.   A built in audience.  Last year, AGORACOM attracted over 1.3 million investors, 7.9 million visits and generated just under 100 million page views. (Full Story).

2.  AGORACOM content partners include GlobeInvestor, AOL Money Canada, Yahoo Finance Canada and every Blackberry device on the planet.  (Full Details).

3.  Conference presentations will have a shelf-life far beyond the end of the conference due to posting and tagging on the web’s biggest finance and social media sites that will reach new audiences indefinitely.

4.  Significantly reduced hard costs related to travel and materials, as well as, soft costs related to time management.

5.  An AGORACOM survey revealed that 59.4% of investors no longer find traditional conferences valuable and obtain all of their information from the web.

6.  An IR Magazine Think Tank of Canada’s 40 leading IRO’s recently met and concluded that Twitter and Blogs are now the primary information source for analysts and institutional investors.

REASONS FOR INVESTORS TO ATTEND

1.   Participate in a high-quality conference in which you get to watch presentations, interact with CEO’s & IRO’s in near real-time and discover new potential investments.

2.  Watch presentations from a line-up of highly-acclaimed keynote speakers.

3.  It’s free and investors can participate from anywhere in the world.  Register Here (form is on the right hand side)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Keynote presenters at the conference include some of the most accomplished industry speakers and financial bloggers in the world

• Peter Grandich              Chief Commentator, AGORACOM.com
• Eric Coffin                    Co-Producer of The Hard Rock Analyst
• Barry Ritholtz                Author Of The Big Picture, Rated The Web’s #1 Financial Blog
• Paul Kedrosky              Author Of Infectious Greed, Rated The Web’s #2 Financial Blog
• Gregor Macdonald         The Top Ranked Energy Analyst On StockTwits Blog Network

This press release was distributed by MarketWire, the official news wire of AGORACOM.com and the AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.

About AGORACOM – Online Investor Relations Community For Small and Mid-Cap Companies

AGORACOM is North America’s largest online investor relations community for small-cap and mid-cap companies. We have partnered with the world’s biggest Internet companies to deliver content that connects public companies and investors, including Globe Investor, Yahoo, AOL and Blackberry. Over 250 public companies have used AGORACOM to conduct online investor relations.

More than just lip service, AGORACOM attracted 1.31 million investors that visited 7.9 million times and read just under 100 million pages of information last year.

CONTACT INFORMATION

George Tsiolis, LL.B

Founder

AGORACOM

AGORACOM.com

AGORACOM Contact Us

AGORACOM Conference Home

• 131,549 investors visited AGORACOM
• They visited just over 775,000 times
• They read 7.9 million pages

What is especially noteworthy is the fact that this audience is 100% dedicated to small and mid-cap companies.  We don’t talk about general market news and mega cap stocks.  100% small and mid cap, so this represents one sizable set of “niche” investors.  Consequently, this bodes well for our upcoming Online Gold & Commodities Conference which is dedicated to emerging resource companies.  Moreover, it opens the door to conferences for other industries such as tech and China in 2010.

Thanks to everyone for their continued support and participation on AGORACOM.

Regards,
George

Earlier today, we proudly announced the launch of our online conference initiative.  We’re starting off that initiative with a bang via our first ever official online conference – The AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference.  Given the price of gold, oil and other commodities, our timing could not be better.

PRESENTING COMPANIES

The conference will focus on emerging small and mid-cap resource companies who will present by invitation only and are required to have demonstrated excellence through a combination of one or more of the following:

• Experienced management
• Proven reserves via 43-101
• Strong prospective projects via publicly announced drill results
• Balance sheet strength
• Imminent or actual production.

We are limiting the total number of presenting companies to 50.  Currently, over 25 companies have committed to the conference, leaving approximately 25 spots available.  Presenting companies will be active in industries that include precious metals, base metals, rare metals, oil & gas and clean energy technologies.

REASONS TO PRESENT

1.   A built in audience.  Last year, AGORACOM attracted over 1.3 million investors, 7.9 million visits and generated just under 100 million page views. (Full Story).

2.  AGORACOM content partners include GlobeInvestor, AOL, Yahoo Finance and every Blackberry device on the planet.  (Full Details).

3.  Conference presentations will be posted and tagged on the biggest finance and social media sites on the web.

4.  Present to a global audience, not a local audience.

5.  Our keynote speaker lineup is a killer.  See below.

6.  The price.  Contact Us. You will love it.

7.  Your investment.  No travel, hotels and other hard expenses.

8.  Your time.  No time away from work or home.

9.  Your online strategy.  You need an online strategy that extends beyond a basic web page. (Top 10 Reasons Online IR Will Surpass Traditional IR)

10.  Fill in the blank.  I am sure you have at least one great reason.

REASONS TO ATTEND

1.   Participate in a high-quality conference in which you get to watch presentations, interact with CEO’s / IRO’s and listen to great keynote speakers from home.

2.  That’s it ….

3.  … and it’s free  (Register here)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

A conference is not complete without investors having an opportunity to hear the views of great keynote speakers.  I can tell you that I am simply blown away by the quality of our speakers and so proud they have elected to speak without any form of compensation.  They Our line-up of speakers already includes:

• Peter Grandich – Chief Commentator, AGORACOM.com
• Eric Coffin – Co-Producer of The Hard Rock Analyst
• Barry Ritholtz (Ranked #1 Financial Blogger In The World)
• Paul Kedrosky (Ranked #2 Financial Blogger In The World)
• Gregor Macdonald – A Rising Energy Analyst And Investor

For complete bio’s and links to their work, please visit our keynote speakers page.

That’s all for now folks.  Look for a lot more information over the next 30 days.  Otherwise, save the date and see you there!

Take Me To The Conference Home Page

Regards,
George

Good afternoon to you all.   I am proud to announce that AGORACOM is once again pioneering the online small and mid-cap space by launching online investor conferences.  Moreover, we’re launching the initiative with the AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference on December 3rd and 4th. 

WHY ONLINE CONFERENCES?

The Logical Unstoppable Trend

The fact that the web delivers information faster, better, more conveniently and more cost-efficiently than traditional vehicles is clear to all of us.  For example, traditional powerhouse media companies (cable and print) that used to generate ridiculous revenues and profits have watched their businesses nearly evaporate over the last 24 months as consumers turn to the web for news, information and entertainment.  AGORACOM itself has caused a massive paradigm shift in Investor Relations by creating a 100% pure online investor relations firm.  Looking forward, you can bet the farm this shift to the web will continue unabated for any medium that is built on delivering information.

As such, it makes perfect sense to create online conferences that eliminate all hurdles to participation.  Now, both retail and institutional investors from anywhere in the world can fully participate by watching presentations and interacting with CEO’s / IRO’s.  Geography, time, travel and money are no longer an issue.  Public companies, on the other hand, can now present their stories to a global audience vs. a local audience – while saving tens of thousands of dollars in hard costs, time and energy.

Best of all, company presentations now have a shelf life that can be measured in months, not days by being hosted on the web.  Search engines will also make sure those presentations continue to reach targeted audiences long after the online conference is complete.

The Irrefutable Data – Retail Investors

Is all this just self-serving lip service?  First, consider the fact that AGORACOM attracted 1.31 million visitors, 7.9 million visits and generated 96 million page views last year.  Small and mid-cap investors are clearly getting their information online.

Second, an AGORACOM survey of investors revealed the following:

• 59.4% of investors do not find conferences to be valuable and get all of their information from the web.
  • 62% of this group stated they get all of their information from the web, as their primary reason
  • 24% of this group stated they would not take time away from work or family as their primary reason
    
• 52% of investors believe there will be fewer (but better) conferences.

In another AGORACOM survey in which over 1,000 investors participated, we found that 78.3% of research into new small-cap investments comes from the web.

The Irrefutable Data – Institutional Investors

An IR Magazine Think Tank of Canada’s 40 leading IRO’s recently met and concluded that Twitter and Blogs are now the primary information source for analysts and institutional investors.

Conclusion

The time has come for an online conference provider to service the needs of the small-cap and mid-cap industry.  AGORACOM is proud to pioneer it and we look forward to having all of you participate.

Regards,
George

The Cambridge Conference is taking place this weekend and it will be as good as any given the state of commodity markets.  The line-up of speakers is the best you’ll find at any conference in Canada and you’ll get a chance to meet with a number of great companies face-to-face.

Cambridge House will now be charging $20 entry fee at the door (not a gimmick, this is real) - BUT click on this link or the banner below and use our code (AGT9) to get in for free.

Second, AGORACOM will be meeting with members at our booth (#1006) on both Saturday (1:00) and Sunday (12:00).  We will be drawing for cool prizes on the spot! Be sure to print off your profile page and bring it with you so you can enter the draw!

See you there!

Regards,
George

I’m very happy to announce that AGORACOM has once again pioneered online investor relations for small and mid-cap companies via the distribution of client videos and webcasts throughout the world’s most popular video sites.

We view online videos as a critical component of online investor relations for its ability to convey important messages and images that simply are not possible via text.  This is especially true for small and mid-cap companies that do not enjoy mass brand or product awareness amongst investors.  Further evidence in support of an aggressive online video strategy comes from two recent articles posted to our blog here and here.

As such, as of today, we’re taking a significant step forward by providing our clients with the following:

1. Every client Investor Relations HUB will now include a “YouTube” tab that provides shareholders with immediate access to all multi-media files, including pure video and webcasts.  
2. All recent and future multi-media files will simultaneously be uploaded to some of the web’s biggest video sites including: YouTube, Yahoo Video, Metacafe, DailyMotion and Blip TV.  As a result, our client content will also be available via online video aggregators such as Google Video
3. Every video will contain specific tags and descriptions to make them as search engine friendly as possible.  This will provide AGORACOM clients with the opportunity to be discovered by online investors that are neither familiar with the client, nor AGORACOM – but are searching for companies in a specific space.

We look forward to creating a massive library of globally distributed, content rich, targeted videos that will serve to continuously attract new investors to clients of AGORACOM, while providing current investors with greater access to powerful collateral information.

Regards,
George

New Dawn Mining Corp. 3rd Quarter Results Provide Positive Cash Flow

Highlights: August 12th

New Dawn Mining Corp. (TSX: ND) reported that gold production at New Dawn’s Turk Mine in Zimbabwe during the month of July 2009 increased to 1,016 ounces or 31.6 kg’s compared to 937 ounces or 29.15 kg’s produced in June 2009, an increase of 8.4% month-over-month.
Gold sales for the month of July totalled US$1,037,000 compared to
US$780,000 in June 2009, an increase of 32.9% month-over-month. 100% of New Dawn’s gold sales from the Turk Mine were received and
collected in US dollars.
“Production at the Turk Mine has increased steadily for the past four
months and we are well on our way to realizing our first production target of 1,200 ounces of gold per month by October-November 2009,” commented Ian Saunders, President and CEO. “We are also evaluating opportunities to realize cost efficiencies to reduce overall cash costs where ever possible. New Dawnis well positioned to take advantage of opportunities in Zimbabwe, with ahighly competitive capital and operating cost structure and a team ofprofessionals focused on building shareholder value through internal and external growth.”

• Gold production for July 2009 was 1,016 ounces or 31.6 kg’s vs. 937 ounces or 29.15 kg’s produced in June 2009

• Gold sales of US$1,037,000 in July 2009 vs. $780,000 in June 2009

• 100% of gold sales received and collected in US Dollars

Highlights: August 14th

3rd Quarter Results Provide Positive Cash Flow

HIGHLIGHTS:

• US$0.016 per basic share or US$464,003 of operating income before
  other income/expense and future taxes
• US$0.025 per basic share or US$719,644 of income before non-cashexpenses and future taxes (non-GAAP)
• US$2,865,285 of revenues from the sale of 3,122 ounces of gold at an average sale price of $917 per of2,931 ounces of gold produced during the quarter ended June 30, 2009
• Cash costs of US$503 per ounce during the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (cash costs are a non-GAAP measure)
• 100% of gold sales received and collected in US dollars
• Company re-affirms its first production rate target of 3,600 ounces
  of gold per quarter by Fiscal Q1 2009/2010
• Future production profile of 35,000 to 50,000 ounces of gold per annum at Turk Mine

“As part of our strategic plan over the past couple of years, we elected
to grow our asset base by over-developing the Turk and Angelus Mine complex
relative to our production profile. We installed an upgraded production
infrastructure that is now ready to be put into operation, which will allow us
to mine over 11 years of in place reserves and to progressively increase our
production levels,” commented Ian Saunders, President and CEO. “The Turk Mine is far up the value curve, relative to its current production profile, and we
are geared for sustainable growth. With production at the Turk Mine having
resumed, we are just beginning to see the positive results from these efforts.

New Dawn Mining Profile

New Dawn Mining IR Hub

1. To give you faster access to the great content found on our blog, daily TV show and other content. Many of you limited your experience to specific company HUBS, so it was incumbent on us to give you one click access from those HUBS
   
2. To help you make your user experience even better by providing you with a list of usability tips.
3. To provide you with additional ways of consuming our content.  For example, following us on Twitter, watching our videos on YouTube, etc.
   

To this end, please find enclosed answers to the all important question …

What Changes Were Made To The Site?

• All updates being pulled into Recent Updates Section on Hub’s Home Page

The Recent Updates Box is the box that allows members to quickly view important changes to the HUB.  In the past, we only listed big items such as press releases.  However, given the fact so many members contribute so much more great content (photos, link library, changes to management, etc.) we’ve now upgraded the box to incorporate ANY update made to a HUB.

What you don’t know is this is going to be a very important part of our mobile and Web 2.0 strategy over the next 2-3 months.  Specifically, the more active a group of investors within a HUB, the more information about their company that will be going out to the iPhone, Twitter and other channels that we are building.  More details will be released throughout the summer.

Conclusion – you now have even more ways to get the word out about your HUBS (client and free) and greater incentive to get active on AGORACOM.

• New Algorithm for Vice President, President and Hub Leaders

With our New Upgrade. it is now a requirement that a member holds a minimum rating of 3.0 to attain the rank of Vice President, a minimum rating of 3.3 in order to attain the rank of President, and rating of at least 3.7 to attain the status of Hub Leader within AGORACOM.

We had to implement these changes to make sure the highest ranking members achieved their status from more than just activity points. The rating of fellow members is the ultimate differentiator.

The rank changes are mathematical and objective, and have been applied to AGORACOM retroactively, meaning some of you may have lost a rank. We look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions about your rank.

To this end, you can read the specifics about our rating and ranking system by visiting http://agoracom.com/help-center/ratings-and-ranks.

• Added “Our Sites” Page

The Our sites page allows frequent visitors to our site as well as new ones to discover new ways to interact with the AGORACOM Community through other popular Web 2.0 media. Want to keep up with us on Facebook? Download our daily show into your iPod? Watch our videos on YouTube?

Visit the Our Sites page and connect with us through your secondary Social Media of choice.

Additionally please find links to our other Investor Portals; EuroIR for our many visitors from Europe, and China Securities for those who are looking to invest in fast growing Chinese companies listed on North American exchanges.

• Added “Quick Tips” Page

For your convenience, we have added a page with brief video tutorials about how our site works. We hope this helps new members of AGORACOM familiarize themselves with our sites many functions and features.

Moreover, this should help current AGORACOM members  who may have gotten used to using just a few features of the site and will be happy to discover additional great tools to make their user experience even better.

• Content at the bottom of messages for non-members (not logged in)

For those who visit AGORACOM to simply read material but don’t log in to post information, we have added the following content and hyperlinks at the bottom of each message. Now, you have a plethora of options to consumer our content through various web sites and social media tools.

• AGORACOM Quick Tips box located at the top right hand navigation in all hubs

The Quick Tips box offers members and visitors great insight about our sites features, content within our network,  or even some important albeit quick facts about the AGORACOM 100.  Quick tips rotate with every new page or refresh.

• AGORACOM Daily TV Show box located at the top right hand navigation in all hubs

AGORACOM Small-Cap TV is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we broadcast daily at or before the open of trading. AGORACOM Small-Cap TV strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. Many of you weren’t aware of this again due to the fact that many members confined their activities to particular HUBS.  Now, you have one-click access to it.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page . Or you can watch our show right as it airs at 9:30 by clicking the button in the image below.

• Reformatted Daily TV Show box on front page featuring the networks our show streams from

In addition to watching our show on our homepage, you can now enjoy our daily broadcasts on your favorite video site; or if you are a blogger, embed our shows into your content using any of the networks below our TV player.

Once you use the site for a couple of hours, you’ll see the changes are actually quite small but important from a user experience point of view.

Message read and the Next Message Button

We understand that messages you browse through using the “Next” and/or “Previous” buttons in list view aren’t properly designated. While it is a minor inconvenience at the present time our site developers are still working on a solution. Please continue reporting any issues however minor they could be. If it’s a bug we would very much like to tackle it.

We would like to thank our members who have contacted us over the past few days addressing this issue. Your input has been very important to us.

Thanks again to everyone for their recommendations over the past 3 months and for your help over the past couple of days!

Regards,
George, Paul and The AGORACOM Team