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SKYPE INTERVIEW: Paul Gill Discusses Pending 43-101 On New Graphite Project

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 3:52 PM on Thursday, February 16th, 2012

As you know, AGORACOM conducts Beyond the Press Release Interviews for the purpose of speaking with small cap executives about recent news and events. Yesterday Lomiko Metals announced their intention to complete a 43-101 Report on Previous Drilling at the Quatre Milles Graphite Property.

LOCATION: The Quatre Milles Property is road accessible and is located approximately 175 km northwest of Montreal and 17 km due north of the village of Sainte-Veronique, Quebec. The property consists of 28 contiguous claims totaling approximately 1,600 hectares.

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS:

-Graphicor completed reconnaissance mapping and prospecting as well as ground geophysics and a 26 hole diamond drill program totaling 1,625 metres.

-The work identified several conductive trends in the central portion of the property and at least three, relatively flat lying graphitic beds.

-Three surface samples were collected and analyzed returning results of 14.16% Cgf, 18.06% Cgf and 20.35% Cgf.

-23 of the initial 26 drill holes intersected graphite concentrations with graphite concentration in range of 4.69% in hole Q90-1 to a highlight of 8.07% Cgf over 28.60 metres in hole Q90-7.

-The highest individual assay was reported in hole Q90-10 reporting 15.48% Cgf over 0.50 metres.

Graphite Facts

-Natural graphite comes in several forms: flake, amorphous and lump.

-Southwestern Quebec is host to some of the most favorable geological terrain for graphite exploration in Canada and is known to host graphite resources, including the nearby Lac Des Iles mine operated by Timcal.

-Graphite has many important new applications such as lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and nuclear and solar power that have the potential to create significant incremental demand growth.

-There is roughly 20-30 times more graphite by weight need to produce a lithium-ion battery than there is lithium.

-Of the 1.2 million tonnes of graphite produced annually, approximately 40 per cent is of the most desirable flake type.

-High-growth, high-value graphite applications require large-flake and high-purity graphite which is the prime exploration and development target at the Quatre Milles Property.

Paul Gill, Chief Executive Officer of Lomiko Metals joins us to discuss the company’s exploration initiatives.

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Lomiko Metals is a sponsor of our recently launched GraphiteStocksBlog.com . As always, assume we are horribly conflicted when speaking with sponsors and do your own due diligence.

Lomiko Hub / Corporate Profile / Graphite blog

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INTERVIEW: David Patterson Discusses Bracemac-McLeod Mine Development

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:45 PM on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

As you know, AGORACOM conducts Beyond the Press Release Interviews for the purpose of speaking with small cap executives about recent news and events. Last month Donner Metals reported that the Bracemac-McLeod Mine development continues to track on budget and on time.

LOCATION: The Matagami Project covers the Matagami Mining Camp, a world-class mining district, with 18 known Volcanogenic Massive Sulphides (VMS) deposits including 10 past producers of varying sizes, including the giant Matagami Lake Deposit (25.64 million tonnes of 8.2% zinc, 0.56% copper, 20.91g/t silver and 0.41g/t gold) discovered in 1957 and mined from 1963 to 1988.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION: The area is host to historical production of 8,600 million pounds of zinc and 853 million pounds of copper. The Matagami area is well serviced by established infrastructure including the town of Matagami, power, a permitted tailings facility, railway, airport and well-developed road and highway networks

David Patterson, Chairman of Donner Metals sat down with George to discuss the progress of mine development at Bracemac-McLeod. David goes on to say how proud he is of the development team for keeping the project on budget and on schedule and how having Xstrata as a partner in this project has ensured cost control and has reduced risk for donner. The Bracemac-McLeod Mine is scheduled to be ready for production in early 2013.

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BNN Zinc Feature and Donner Mention:

The largest glut of zinc in nearly two decades has been putting some pressure on prices, but Stefan Ioannou, Mining Analyst, Haywood Securities suggests that this glut isn’t all its cracked up to be.

Donner Hub / Corporate Website

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SKYPE Video Interview: Strike Graphite Discusses Importance Of Wagon Graphite Property Acquisition

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:15 AM on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

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As you know, we launched AGORACOM Via Satellite for the express purpose of speaking with Small-Cap companies as soon as possible following important news. Yesterday, Strike Graphite announced the acquisition of the Wagon Graphite Property in Southwestern Quebec. All other things considered, property acquisitions in the junior resources space are par for the course but this acquisition warranted an interview for the following reasons:

LOCATION: The property is approx. 15 km east of Timcal’s Lac des Iles Graphite Mine, 150 km northwest of Montreal. Lac des Iles is the largest of two Canadian graphite producers. It has been in production for over twenty years.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION: The Wagon Property was originally explored by Graphicor Resources Inc. (“Graphicor”) in 1989 based on the results of a helicopter-borne EM survey. Ground exploration followed in 1990.

ZIMTU CAPITAL CORP: Zimtu is a great project generator and is responsible for finding many of the quality graphite properties acquired by juniors recently.

To drill down on the importance of this acquisition, I sat down with Damien Lowry, Head of Corporate Development at Strike Graphite and one of the company’s key people involved in the decision and process to enter the graphite market. Strike Graphite is a sponsor of our recently launched GraphiteStocksBlog.com . As always, assume we are horribly conflicted when speaking with sponsors and do your own due diligence.

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Regards,

George

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SKYPE INTERVIEW: Eric Sprott Comments on UC Resources Investment INTO Sprott Physical Silver Trust + $100 Silver

Posted by AGORACOM Admin at 4:47 PM on Friday, February 10th, 2012

Having a large fund invest millions of dollars into a junior resource company is par for the course … but how often do you hear about a junior resource company investing $1,500,000 of its own cash INTO one of the world’s largest funds? Well, it happened this week when UC Resources announced it had recently acquired for investment purposes $1,500,000 of the Sprott Physical Silver Trust* (NYSE Arca:PSLV) representing a portion of its available free cash. Yes, UC Resources is an AGORACOM client and you can assume we are horribly conflicted, right before you also concede that you haven’t heard of such a thing in …. ever?

The board of directors approved this investment for the following reasons:

Enhance return on present cash, since presently holding cash vehicles provides negative returns when inflation adjusted;
Investing in the industry the company is involved in and seeks to grow in from both a production and exploration perspective;
Good liquidity;
Enhance shareholder value from further increases in the price of silver;
Our way of responding to the call to action of Eric Sprott for precious metal companies to retain some production as savings.
It was felt the best course of action for UC was to invest in a true physical silver vehicle and the Sprott silver trust was selected.

Reason #5 is what caught our eye, so we decided to put a call into Sprott Asset Management to try and get the thoughts of Eric Sprott himself. Before we knew it, we scheduled a full-blown Skype interview for 8:30 AM this morning. Discussion included:

The UC Resources Investment and Its Implications
Other Companies Responding To Sprott’s Call To Action
Why Many More Silver Companies Still Need To Do More
$100 Silver

CONCLUSION: Many, many thanks to Eric Sprott for carving out time in his incredibly schedule to speak with us. This is a very worthwhile listen for junior resource investors everywhere.

UC Resources IR Hub / UC Resources Discussion Forum

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Small-Cap Weekend Reading: Sprott Metals Forecast; Platinum As Gold Alternative; Silver Set To Beat All?

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:14 PM on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

AGORACOM WIRE – WEEKEND UPDATE

$1.8 BILLION SMELTER FOR RING OF FIRE? Cliff’s Natural Resources Proposes $3B Investment To Mine Chromite FULL STORY

SPROTT BEARISH ON BASE METALS, BULLISH GOLD / OIL FULL STORY

SILVER SET TO SOAR AGAINST EVERYTHING? FULL STORY

PLATINUM UPSIDE POTENTIAL AS GOLD ALTERNATIVE FULL STORY

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AGORACOM WIRE – Skype Interviews With Newsmakers McLaren & UC Resources; Silver To $70 Says Embry

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:25 PM on Saturday, November 12th, 2011

AGORACOM WIRE – WEEKEND EDITION

SKYPE INTERVIEW WITH UC RESOURCES, GARY MONAGHAN: UC Announces Sales Of Its McFaulds Lake Interest For $CDN 6,000,000 To Cliffs Natural Resources Subsidiary Watch Video

SKYPE INTERVIEW WITH MCLAREN RESOURCES – Options Interest In 2nd Past Producing Gold Mine In Timmins Watch Video

EMBRY SAYS SILVER TO $70 WITHIN MONTHS … Full Story

AGORACOM WELCOMES Mistango River Resources

Omega Gold Property Is A Past Producer
4 miles west of the former producing Kerr Addison mine
Lies on the Larder Lake Cadillac fault system, which has produced over 40 million oz/gold See Overview

TAKE A MOMENT TO DISCOVER OUR SPONSORS – THEY ARE GREAT!

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SKYPE Interview: UC Resources Sells McFaulds Lake Interest For $CDN 6,000,000

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:19 PM on Friday, November 11th, 2011

UC Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:UC) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Freewest Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. , for Freewest to acquire 100% of the UC owned 55% Joint Venture Interest in the McFaulds Lake area property , subject to and in accordance with the Joint Venture Agreement dated as of July 26, 2011 between KWG Resources Inc. , Spider Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cliffs, and UC.

The purchase price payable to UC by Freewest is $6,000,000 CDN, payable by deposit of $850,000 on the signing date followed by the balance on the closing date.

UC Resources Ltd.’s CEO, Gary Monaghan states, “We are pleased with the outcome of this transaction, and believe that McFaulds Lake represents what could be an exceptional play for companies of certain size and ability to fund, drill and exploit this long term resource. The Company values our shareholders and believes, as far as UC is concerned, our focus is best directed in Mexico. Full time concentration on the leveraging of the Company’s major assets in Mexico will be the best possible course of action for the Company to take in these markets.”

IR Hub / Discussion Forum

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VIDEO – Small-Cap Skype Interview: McLaren Acquires Interest In Former Gold Producer Adjacent To 2 Goldcorp Mines

Posted by AGORACOM Admin at 4:51 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

McLaren announced it has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Timginn Exploration Limited to earn a 60 percent interest in a past producing gold property located in the heart of the Timmins Gold Camp and adjacent to Goldcorp’s Hollinger and McIntyre mines which have combined production of over 30 million ounces of gold to date. The property contains the favorable gold mineralized horizon which was a source of production at both the Hollinger and McIntyre mines. Exploration drilling will initially focus on targets between surface and 300 metres deep on the favorable gold mineralized horizon that trends along portions of the property. Drilling is planned to commence in 30 days.

Key Terms of Property Option Agreement

McLaren can earn a 50 percent interest in the property by incurring $2 million dollars of exploration expenditure by April 30, 2015 and then McLaren can earn an additional 10 percent interest by incurring an additional $2 million in exploration expenditure by April 30, 2016 to earn a total 60 percent interest for $4 million in total expenditure. See additional details of the terms in this news release.

About The Timginn Property

The Timginn property consists of 9 mining claims covering 238 hectares (588 acres) in the Tisdale Township in Central Timmins which hosts the favourable gold mineralized horizon known as the 95/63 contact which trends onto the adjacent Hollinger Mine (19.3 million oz), McIntyre Mine (10.7 million oz) and Moneta Mine (150,000 oz) please see map below. There was brief production on the property during the 1920′s by the Consolidated Gilles Lake Gold Mine which produced 15,000 ounces of gold and was an extension of the Hollinger ore zone. A two compartment shaft was sunk on the property to a depth of 940 feet.

To view the Property geology Map, please visit the following link: .http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/TimminsProperty2.pdf

IR Hub / Corporate Profile / Discussion Forum

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SKYPE INTERVIEW: David Talks Development Schedule, Exploration and Financing

Posted by AGORACOM Admin at 3:07 PM on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

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Donner Metals Ltd. is a Canadian development and exploration company focused on base and precious metal projects in Québec. Donner’s flagship project is a partnership with Xstrata Canada Corporation in the world-class Matagami Mining Camp district, covering both the current development of a new mine and on-going exploration activities. The area is host to historical production of 8.6 billion pounds of zinc and 853 million pounds of copper since 1963. The Matagami project is located in the Abitibi region of central Québec and it is supported by Xstrata’s existing mine infrastructure, a highly experienced workforce and an operating 2,950 tonne per day mill. As well, the area is serviced by highway, power, airport, railway and town site infrastructure. The Bracemac-McLeod deposit is located 6 kilometres from Xstrata’s Matagami mill complex. Mineral concentrates produced in Matagami are processed and refined at Xstrata’s facilities in Rouyn – Noranda and Montreal.

The Bracemac-McLeod ramp is currently passing 2,070 metres and is progressing extremely well with an average advancement rate of 5.7 metres per day (6.45 metres per day since May, 2011) compared to 4.5 metres per day estimated in the feasibility study. Multiple face development of the Bracemac zones and the construction of ventilation raises will commence when the ramp reaches 2,300 metres. Ramping will also continue to the McLeod zone. Construction of access and haulage roads, mine support infrastructure and electrical supply has been mostly completed. Xstrata Zinc has realized a number of efficiencies to date to ensure the project remains within budget and they continue to target other areas of the project to realize further timing and cost efficiencies. Initial production from the mine is scheduled to start in early 2013.

Bracemac-McLeod Mine

35% Donner, 65% Xstrata Zinc
Production scheduled for January 2013
Initial mine life of 4 years on current mining reserve (diluted) of 3.73 million tonnes grading 9.60% zinc, 1.26% copper, and 28.25g/t silver and 0.43g/t gold
Positive ROR at base case = $0.80Zinc, $2.50 Copper

Mine Expansion

+ 2.5 million tonnes in upside highgrade inferred resources identified
Inferred resources are open with high exploration potential
Numerous high-grade intersections outside of current resource envelope

VIEW Bracemac-McLeod Feasibility Report on SEDAR

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VIDEO: Small-Cap Skype Interview – Donner Metals Talks $20M Financing And Zinc / Copper Mine Status

Posted by AGORACOM at 6:48 PM on Thursday, September 1st, 2011

I’m happy to present our latest installment of AGORACOM Via Satellite, a production in which we speak to management of small-cap companies that have just released important news to further discuss their developments for the benefit of shareholders and prospective investors.

The company we are talking with today is Donner Metals (DON:TSXV) ( HUB) ( WEBSITE ) and our guest is Dave Patterson, Chairman of Donner Metals. Given the number of times Patterson has appeared via video on AGORACOM over the last 18 months, It’s hard to argue with the fact that he is amongst the best small-cap executives when it comes to giving his shareholders and prospective investors in-depth corporate updates

DISCUSSING RECENT FINANCING, MINE STATUS, BASE METALS PRICES AND DWINDLING ZINC MINES

This summer has provided extreme macro volatility stemming primarily from sovereign debt issues in both Europe and the USA. As a result, small-cap companies across the board have taken a hit to their share prices as investors fled to safety, including cash. Donner has been no exception but Dave is here to set the record straight and let the market know that a recently completed financing has the company on schedule to be in production by Q1 2013 along with partner, Xstrata Zinc. Patterson believes the timing could not be better, as many major zinc mines will be coming off-line in and around the time Donner / Xstrata commence production.

If you believe in the future of base metals and their inevitable demand out of developing countries, then you should be continually conducting DD to find the next great small-cap base metals company. This Skype interview will go a long way towards beginning your DD on Donner Metals. So whether you’re a shareholder or prospective shareholder, grab your coffee, sit back and hit play.

Finally, as I have said all along, anytime an officer of a small-cap public company is willing to make himself available for a video interview about his company (let alone multiple interviews provided by Patterson), it sends me a strong signal about his confidence and outlook. After all, this is Web 2.0 and Skype interviews posted on blogs, forums and YouTube don’t go away.

* DISCLOSURE - Donner Metals is not a client of AGORACOM; AGORACOM has not received any payment for this interview; Neither AGORACOM nor its principals own shares in Donner Metals … but I am personally considering making long-term purchases.

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