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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 14/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 14th, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 14th and we’ve found 4 great press releases and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

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Why Is Gold Going Higher? Straight From Barrick’s Mouth

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:54 PM on Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Earlier this week, Barrick Gold announced plans to eliminate their gold hedges.  Why? They think gold is going higher, just look at the last two paragraphs of my excerpt from the full press release:

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Barrick On Gold

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I like gold, Barrick likes gold ….  do you like gold?  If so, be sure to read my Gold $1,000 blog posts.

Regards,
George

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Benton Resources Joins AGORACOM 100 With $15 Million In Cash And Great Canadian Metals Projects

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:40 PM on Friday, September 11th, 2009

I’m happy to announce that Benton Resources Corp (BTC:TSXV)  was added to the AGORACOM 100 today . The Company’s diverse property portfolio includes Canadian projects which are highly prospective for Gold, Uranium, Platinum, Palladium, Nickel and Copper.  I also like the fact that Benton’s coffers come armed with more than $15,000,000 in cash.

The AGORACOM 100 is meant to be a filter that provides investors with an ability to separate the wheat from the chafe – and Benton Resources is most definitely AGORACOM 100 material. The fact that Benton has chosen to make itself fully accessible via online investor relations and an electronic shareholder forum (all links below) tells you a lot about the company’s confidence.  You just don’t open yourself up to the public unless you believe in your story.  As such, I’m looking forward to sharing the company’s developments with you over the next 12 months and beyond.

Now, as a client of AGORACOM, assume I am horribly conflicted about the prospects for Benton Resources and do your own due diligence.  To that end, I’ve provided you with a running start below.

Highlights Include:

  • $15.2 Million in Cash
  • 34% ownership Coro Mining Corp (COP.TSX)
  • Ownership in Marathon PGM Corp (MAR.TSX)
  • Currently drilling second phase diamond drill program on the Copper Hill Block A Property

Recent News:

Benton Resources Joins the “AGORACOM 100” and Launches Online IR and Marketing Program

11/09/2009

Benton Reports That Coro Mining Corp. Announces Positive Conclusions From Independent Review of San Jorge Project by Mendoza University

10/09/2009

Benton Starts Phase II Drilling on High Grade Zones at Golden Harp Block a Option

09/09/2009

Benton Resources: Profile

Benton Resources: Hub

Benton Resources: Shareholder Forum

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9/11 – The Real Tragedy Remains. Please Help First Responders

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:56 AM on Friday, September 11th, 2009

Our Chief Commentator, Peter Grandich, posted the following story on his blog.  I’d ask that you take a minute to visit http://www.fealgoodfoundation.com/ to understand what tens of thousands of first responders are going through and – if you can spare a couple of bucks – help contribute to the cause.  At the very least, if this story moves you, please share it with your networks via e-mail, Twitter, blog or any other means you have.

Thanks and God Bless,
George

We can’t all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Will Rogers

To many, September 11, 2001, was an American tragedy because of the life that was lost that day. I fully agree. But a far greater tragedy just began that day and eight years later has become America’s greatest tragedy IMHO.

40,000+ brave men and women went to Ground Zero when people like myself stayed far away as possible. Our government not only told them it was safe but encouraged their assistance. Now 70% of these folks have major illnesses, are dying or already have died. It won’t be too many more 911 anniversaries before more of these people will have died from illnesses from the recovery effort than died in the attack.

While the families of those killed were justifiably compensated for their loss, 911 First Responders haven’t received any real support that was so boldly promised in the days, weeks and months after the attack.

I’m truly ashamed of my government and felt powerless to help until I met my ultimate hero, John Feal. This one man, and some super human fellow 911 First Responders, have fought a 21st century David versus Goliath battle for these 40,000+ heroes.

I have so much I want to say to each and every one of them, starting with a most heart felt apology on behalf of my government for tragically failing them. I so much want to shake each and every hand and hug them all in the hopes of the smallest way that they know someone is forever grateful for their good deeds.

May God Bless each and everyone of them and all their love ones who have had to deal with this now 8 year tragedy.

“Jesus Said, ‘Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.” John 15:13-14

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 11/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Friday, September 11th, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 11th and we’ve found 3 great press releases and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

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AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – September 2009

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:40 AM on Friday, September 11th, 2009

Welcome to all the new CEO’s and IRO’s who are receiving this month’s Small Cap Intelligence Report from AGORACOM Investor Relations.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this an “Intelligence Report” because it provides you with important information, data and trends that impact your business – information that you normally don’t have time to find.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.

In addition, this article gives you a chance to look into our crystal ball and know what AGORACOM is working on months before the general public.  You can’t find these tidbits on our blog, so we call them “Off The Blog” and ask that you keep them confidential.  As you know, we move faster than any IR firm on the planet, so knowing what we’re doing in advance helps both of us coordinate our activities.  This is especially true for what we expect to be an extremely fast moving and exciting year.

In short, greater market intelligence that puts you ahead of all of your peers.

I can’t stress enough my recommendation that you review our monthly newsletter carefully for the purposes of incorporating some of our market intelligence into both your IR and business initiatives.

AGORACOM is now the largest small-cap IR firm and site on the continent thanks to our effective use of web technology.  As such, following us will help you achieve your goals.

This report gives you a quick review of the most important stories we’ve covered on the AGORACOM Blog over the last 30 days that either affect or help those involved in the small-cap market space.

In the future, if you’d like to read these stories as they happen just grab the RSS Feed here, bookmark or subscribe by email.

Enjoy!

George Tsiolis

AGORACOM Launches YouTube Channel + Multi-Site Video Distribution For All Investor Relations Clients

Every AGORACOM client now has their own YouTube Channel and simultaneous video distribution to the world’s biggest video sites. Find out how this is going to drive new investors from all over the world + keep your current shareholders happy. read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson:  Who Watches AGORACOM YouTube Videos? Surprise, Surprise. Investors Aged 45 – 54 Dominate.

AGORACOM demographic data over the last 18 months shows that older, sophisticated investors are researching new stocks and watching AGORACOM videos on YouTube.  If the 45-54 set is as far into the web as online video, you need an online investor relations program. read more…

Labor Day Marks The Beginning Of Trading Season. Is Your Investor Relations Plan Set?

If you’re the CEO of a small to mid-cap public company, you should be taking your place on the track and preparing to execute your strategy.  If you’re unprepared, you need to start moving quickly to take advantage of a robust stock markets that have treated small-caps very well. read more…

Why Aren’t You Talking To Your Shareholders?

You’re the CEO or IRO of a public company.  You can’t stop talking to shareholders at conferences, on conference calls, and other personal settings.  You’re willing to expend tremendous amounts of energy to speak with shareholders one-on-one …. and then repeat those conversations over and over again as you march through your shareholder list but you’re afraid to go the last mile and utilize the efficiencies of the web.

Does that make any sense to anybody? read more…

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Is Search Important To Investor Relations? Yes, Total Searches Hit An All-Time High

You use search engines to find information everyday, but are you using them to be found? read more…

AGORACOM Ranks 57 In Profit 100 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

On June 1st, it was announced that AGORACOM had been added to the PROFIT100, a list of Canada’s fastest growing companies.  We want to thank all of our clients for both believing in the power of online investor relations.  Onward and Upward! read more…

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AGORACOM Launches YouTube Channel + Multi-Site Video Distribution For All Investor Relations Clients

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:49 PM on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

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.  AGORACOM - YouTube Tab
  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

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More Than 1M Ounces Of Gold In 43-101 For AGORACOM Client – La Mancha Resources (LMA:TSX)

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:45 AM on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

First VMS 43-101 Resource Shows More Than 1 Million Ounces of Gold at La Mancha’s Hassai Property

La Mancha is an AGORACOM client, so assume that I am horribly conflicted and do your own due diligence. I personally love to see 43-101 news from anybody, not just AGORACOM clients, because it is a strict guideline for how public companies can disclose scientific and technical information about mineral projects on bourses supervised by the Canadian Securities Administrators.  In short, it makes it near impossible to sprinkle gold on your property and pull of a scam.

Here are some of the highlights of today’s release, which you should also read in its entirety.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 1,006,000 ounces of gold (402,400 oz attributable to La Mancha)
  • 297,000 tonnes of copper (118,800 tonnes attributable to La Mancha)
  • Confirmation of an enriched supergene zone at the top of the structure
  • Resource remains open at depth
  • La Mancha reaffirms its target of growing its consolidated M&I resources to 4 million ounces of gold within the next few years

ABOUT THE HASSAI MINE

The Hassai mine is located in the Red Sea Hills desert of northeastern Sudan, some 450 km from Khartoum. Inaugurated in 1992, it is Sudan’s first and only gold mine in production. Twelve pits have been mined over the years, generating a cumulative production of more than 2.1 million ounces of gold. La Mancha owns 40% of the mine through a subsidiary and is the mine operator. The Hassai exploration licenses effectively encompass the entire geological district that extends over 24,000 square kilometres. The Hassai mine exploration budget is expected to reach $6.44 million in 2009 ($2.57 million attributable to La Mancha), distributed among several gold targets (quartz, SBR and tailings) and VMS targets.

Click here to view release in its entirety.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

Regards,
George

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Who Watches AGORACOM YouTube Videos? Surprise, Surprise. Investors Aged 45 – 54 Dominate.

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:05 AM on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

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If you’re the CEO / IRO of a small to mid-cap company and (erroneously) think that one good reason for not conducting online investor relations is the age of the target market – think again.  What you are looking at above are the demographics of investors that tune into AGORACOM Small-Cap TV via YouTube and it reveals the following.

  • 80% of viewers range between 35-64.
  • 40% of vieweres range between 45-54
  • 22% of viewers range between 55-64
  • 19% of viewers range between 35-44
  • 21% of viewers are females (Is that my good looks or because they feel sorry for me?) 🙂

(The figures won’t add up to 100% because we are cross-referencing the same age groups, so look at each statistic independantly.)

OLDER INVESTORS ARE PROGRESSIVE – WATCHING YOUTUBE FOR FINANCIAL CONTENT

What is really striking about these stats is the fact we are not talking about visitors to general finance sites.  Afterall, we clearly know that investors of all ages (i.e. my semi-retired Greek immigrant father) utilize AGORACOM, Yahoo Finance, Globe Investor and other finance sites.

Rather, what is striking about these stats is they are telling me (and you) that older investors are using YouTube – the ultimate fun site for young people – to watch serious financial content.   As such, I can only conclude that older, more sophisticated investors are far more progressive when it comes to online research than most of us may have originally thought.

FEMALE INVESTORS ARE MORE ACTIVE ONLINE THAN OFFLINE

What I also find interesting is the fact that female investors make up 21% of the audience.  Now this is anecdotal but I know that female investors do not make up 21% of the audience at offline events such as AGM’s and conferences.  As such, though the data set is far too narrow at this point, it provides another great potential reason for taking your investor relations online.

CONCLUSION

The trend towards online investor relations is unstoppable.  With YouTube video demographics so heavily skewed towards older and more sophisticated investors, it no longer makes sense to continue ignoring online investor relations.  The potential bonus of being better able to reach female investors only further supports the argument.

If you don’t have an IR strategy that incorporates – at the very least – search engine targeting of new investors, electronic shareholder forums for current shareholders and online video to showcase your company beyond text – then it’s time to get one.  Otherwise, you’re only hurting your company and its shareholders.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 10/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s September 10th and we’ve found 4 great press releases and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

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