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In Celebration Of Gold $1,000, 15 Great Gold Juniors For You To Choose From

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:31 AM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

As soon as gold crossed over $1,000 yesterday, the lines lit up on CNBC, Bloomberg, BNN and online.  For example, world-renowned small-cap trader and “stock guru to the little people”Timothy Sykes – immediately posted the following to Twitter at 7:30 AM:

TimothySykes Gold Request

I anticipated requests like this would come in from all over the web, so we’ve put together a quick snapshot of 15 gold stocks / AGORACOM Clients.  Yes, assume I am horribly conflicted and do your homework.

I’ve listed the companies alphabetically to avoid any appearance of preferential treatment.  You have some grass roots companies, as well as, some cash generating producers in here, so be sure to look through the entire list and find the one that best suits your investment needs.

What is really great about these junior gold companies is they are completely accessible to questions from online investors.  You post questions to their HUB and get an answer in less than 24 hours – and usually the same day.  That should give you an early indication as to the confidence of these companies.  I’ve provided a link to each company’s HUB and electronic shareholder forum.

If you have already committed to making gold stocks a part of your longer-term investing plan (longer than the end of this week), then you’ll also want to utilize the following helpful resources that I have set up:

Gold Prices Page – Consolidated view of everything from spot prices to 1-year charts.

Gold $1,000 Blog Posts – Anytime I post something about gold, I add it to this category for ease of use.  You will note that we have been calling for $1,000 gold for a couple of years now.  Our Chief Commentator, Peter Grandich, has been interviewed in WSJ, CNBC, Fox, BNN, Marketwatch and almost every other major media source for his uncanny gold calls over the past 3 years.

I hope you will find this list helpful and I look forward to any comments you may have.

Regards,
George

(AGX: TSX-V)

Anomalous Gold Values Confirmed in Drilling and Surface Sampling over a distance of 500m at the Loveland Project.

The Loveland property is located in one of the largest gold camps in the world with total combined production exceeding 68 million ounces. Amador recently discovered high grade gold at surface in addition to their existing historical base metal resource.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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NI 43-101 Resource Estimate on the 257 Level on its Kenville Gold Mine of 250,845 ounces of gold measured indicated and inferred

The Kenville Gold Mine has 6 levels with the main production levels known as the 257 Level and the 275 Level. The 257 Level has a NI 43-101 report under review with a resource of 590,518 tonnes and 250,845 ounces of gold. Work is underway on the 275 Level to expand the known gold resource within the Kenville Gold Mine footprint. The Kenville Gold Mine property is ranked the 26th largest gold producer in BritishColumbia history.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(DAN: TSX-V)

Recent grab sample of 30.2 g/t Au on its Opinaca gold project in James Bay, Quebec

The Opinaca property is located 380 km north of Matagami, Québec, in the James Bay areain the Eastmain Greenstone Belt, which hosts two known gold deposits: The Reservoir deposit (10 Mt at 0.65 g/t Au and 0.12% Cu) and The Eau Claire deposit (inferred and indicated resources of 990,000 ounces of gold). Recent exploration work on the property returned up to 31.44 g/t Au over 2.6 m including 55.94 g/t Au over 1.45 m.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(CSG: TSX-V)

Operates 2 producing gold mines in the Americas.

Annualized gold production at the flagship El Castillo mine totaled 31,548 ounces of gold. Castle Gold is working towards expanding gold production at the El Castillo mine to 50,000 oz of gold by H2-2009. Metal revenues for the second quarter of 2009 totalled $7,542,379 compared to $847,250 in the prior year period. The El Castillo mine is located in the Durango district of Mexico and hosts 750,000 ounces of proven and probable Reserves within a 1.2 million ounce measured and indicated resource.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(CZS: TSX-V)

Junior Explorer Active In Gold: High Grade & High Tonnage Properties

The 100% owned Prospect Valley Propertyis located in the center of the Spences Bridge Gold Belt, 35kms west of Merritt, British Columbia. Prospect Valley is a large gold open pit and vein type target that is comprised of a contiguous block of claims covering 10,796 hectares

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(EVG: TSX-V)

Evolving Gold Intersects 67.1 Meters at 10.8 gpt Au at Rattlesnake Hills

Evolving Gold Corp. is focused on finding multi-million ounce gold deposits in proven gold producing areas in Western USA. Their geoscience team has over 200 years of collective experience. Evolving Gold Corp. currently has $19 Million in the treasury.

Bulk tonnage gold deposit. Alkalic system with potential for multi-million oz Au in a structurally controlled environment

• Phase 1 drill program: 6,524 meters, 15 holes

  • Defined a zone of gold mineralization at the North Stock target approximately 450 meters long, 200 meters wide, and extending from surface to at least 550 meters deep where it remains open (see press release dated April 14, 2009).

• Phase 2 drill program: began in June, three diamond core rigs to drill up to 25,000 meters (30-35 Holes)

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(HMI: TSX-V)

Ballarat property located approximately 15km to the south of the Golden Saddle zone in the Yukon, where Underworld Resources Inc. reported notable gold values in drill intersections:

May 26, 2009 Underworld Intersects 104.0 meters of 3.4 g/t Au at Golden Saddle Zone, White Gold Property, Yukon

Hinterland Metals Inc. is focused on precious metal exploration in the Yukon, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(KNB: TSX-V)

EL VALLE /CARLES RESOURCES: 2,237,000 Oz Gold Measured Indicated & Inferred.

TAKEOVER BID: Kinbauri Directors Recommend that Shareholders ACCEPT Orvana’s Increased Offer at $0.75 per Share. Aug 18, 09 press release

Kinbauri Gold Corp. is a junior mining company based in Ottawa, Ontario. The Company’s El Valle and Carlés Mines are located within the Rio Narcea Gold Belt in northwestern Spain. N.I. 43-101 updated on March 9, 2009

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(LMA: TSX)

La Mancha produces record quarterly gold production of 27,755 ounces at an average cash cost of US $484 per ounce, resulting in net earnings of $6.1 million.

La Mancha has strategically distributed production between Africa and Australia. The company has recently increased its resources to1.8 Million Ounces with an increased 2009 production target of 100,000 ounces.

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(LAT: TSX-V)

The Company’s Paso Yobai property is an emerging gold camp located in eastern Paraguay

The Company has completed an extensive exploration program and has significantly enhanced the value of the property by diamond drilling returning up to 26.6 gpt gold over 6.5 metres and by outlining a possible mineral deposit containing between 3.5 and 9.0 million tonnes averaging between 4gpt and 7gpt gold; furthermore, management believes the entire Paso Yobai Gold Tend, which has been continuously traced along strike for 8 kilometres, could host a potential mineral deposit ranging between 3,500,000 and 7,000,000 tonnes of similar grade.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(ND: TSX)

A junior gold producer.

July 2009 Highlights

• Gold production of 1,016 ounce
• Gold sales totaled US$1,037,000

Q3 Financial Highlights

• 2,931 ounces of gold produced
• US$3.67M Working Capital as of June 30, 2009
• US$2.87 million in revenue from the sale of 3,122 oz of gold
• US 2.5 cents per share income before non-cash items

NI 43-101 report of 959,900 oz of gold resource grading between 3.8 – 6.1 g/t, with inferred mineral resources of 347,600 ounces of gold grading 5.16 – 5.91 g/t.

Reserves and resources are based upon a 2.45 g/t cut-off and US$875/oz gold price at the Turk and Angelus Mines.



Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(ONT: TSX)

THE BROOKBANK GOLD DEPOSIT

Largest NI 43-101 resource estimate in the Beardmore – Geraldton region of Northern Ontario

Indicated: 1.8 million tonnes grading 7.3 g/t gold containing 432,300 oz.

Inferred: 2.7 million tonnes grading 4.9 g/t gold containing 421,400 oz.

Known gold mineralization over strike length of 7 Km.

Large land package (688 claims); surrounded by Kodiak Resources and in proximity to Premier Gold / Roxmark’s Geraldton Project

Located in historical mining camp which has produced over 4 million oz gold

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(SGX: TSX-V)

Recent sampling results of 351.58 g Au/T over 1.28 metres at King Solomon’s Pillars

Nine gold bearing veins were discovered on the Golden Extension in Northwestern Ontario. The Golden Extension reported channel results of up to 136.5 g/t gold and is believed to be the northwest extension of Kodiak’s Golden Mile. The prolific Beardmore Geraldton Gold Belt has produced over four million ounces of gold at grades that are comparable to the Red Lake gold mining camp in north western Ontario.

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(SMH: TSX-V)

Black Banana Returns Assays Up to 281.7 g/t Au (8.2 oz/t)

Confirmed the presence of multiple high grade veins and widespread gold mineralized areas on its Black Banana Project in Guyana. The Black Banana Project consists of ten (10) medium scale prospecting licenses, covering approximately 10,000 acres. Shoreham also recently acquired a Five Star Gold property of approximately 13,000 acres near Matthew’s Ridge in northwestern Guyana with reported grades ranging from trace to a high of 80.2 g/t Au.

Link to Hub / Link to Profile / Link to Forum

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(QAU: TSX-V)

Five historic gold mines are located within the area, two of which were producing gold mines.

Q-Gold Resources Ltd. is mainly focused on exploring and reactivating the historic (1890’s) Mine Centre Gold Camp in the Kenora Mining Division of Northwestern Ontario, where the Company holds over 32,000 acres of mining claims

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 9/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, September 9th, 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 9th 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.

Investor Relations Fail: SEC Charges Two Canadians

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:48 AM on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Image Courtesy Of FeedTheBull.com

Image Courtesy Of FeedTheBull.com

If Jay Budd of Toronto and John Briner of Surrey, British Columbia were readers of this blog, they would realize that pump and dump and other short-term investor relations schemes are pretty much futile.  Instead both have been charged with fraud in connection with the company, Golden Apple Oil & Gas Inc.

According to the SEC’s complaint, from the fall of 2004 through May 2006 the defendants illegally sold stock and issued false and misleading press releases about Golden Apple’s success, first as a seller of home warranties and then as an oil and gas exploration company.

When will these guys learn?

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 8/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, September 8th, 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 8th and we’ve found 3 great press releases and 1 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.

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:35 AM on Monday, September 7th, 2009

Though I always wish summer could continue for just a few more weeks, I have to admit to a great level of excitement when Labor Day comes because it marks the beginning of trading season. As an investor relations professional, this is what I live for.

Officially, I believe trading season begins on the Monday following Labor Day (September 14th) as investment professionals get settled back in and parents prepare their kids for school re-entry. As such, this week serves more as a countdown to the beginning of the race. (Conversely, it ends on June 30th as North Americans mark July 1st and 4th holidays).

If you’re the CEO of a small to mid-cap public company, you  should both be taking your place on the track and preparing to execute your strategy.  If you’re unprepared, you need to start moving quickly.  If you need help preparing, then make sure to contact AGORACOM to begin a complete program that can be up and running in just 2 weeks.

I wish you all both a great Labor Day and a great trading season.

Regards,
George

George and Grandich Debate The Markets Every Friday

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:05 PM on Friday, September 4th, 2009

George Head Shot VS.                    Peter Head Shot

You’ve been sitting by your PC all day, ignoring your dog, not responding to mom’s voice mail, starving from not having eaten and hitting refresh every 10 seconds to get your fix of our [as yet unnamed] show.  Well, kiss your dog, call your mother back and grab a sandwich because here it is baby! :-)  Response to last week’s show was so good that we decided to go at it again.  In fact, we’ve turned it up a couple of notches after being accused last week of – and I quote – “acting like two wwf wrestlers pretending to beat each other up, knowing you’ll be going fishing together tomorrow” (here’s a link to it).

I also want to thank all of you that contributed great comments.  Yes, we will be podcasting these shows (as soon as we finalize the name, see below).  No, we won’t change Fridays.  To this end, we want you to continue with your great participation on this blog and challenge either one of us.  If there’s one thing I’ve learned about running an online financial community, it is that all of you have significant untapped knowledge that I often benefit from.

With respect to all the suggested names for the show, look for a survey of the Top 10 suggestions that you can all vote on.

For those of you who are only seeing this for the first time and don’t know what I’m talking about, here is what we announced last week:

Peter and I have decided to produce a weekly audio show that will be aired on Friday afternoons.  For those of you who have heard us before, we can go at it pretty good.  This won’t be a weekly love-in where we are patting each other on the back and agreeing with each other.  Rather, despite Peter’s uncanny track record for calling macro markets and commodities, I’m going to challenge him based on the fact that past performance does not guarantee future performance.  We’re going to argue both sides of the ball and make sure you have the best information possible to make your most informed investment decisions possible.

In the meantime, here’s episode #2 and see you next week!  If you want to look at prior episodes, we’ve created their own category here on the blog.  Friday Night Specials


(For those whose Flash Player isn’t up to date, you can catch the mp3 here.

Best,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 3/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Thursday, September 3rd, 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 3rd and we’ve found 2 great press releases and 1 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.

  • Colossus Minerals – TSX:CSI $3.80
  • Metanor Resources – TSX-V:MTO $0.43
  • Lionsgate Metals Inc. – TSX-V:LGM Stock Halted Pending News

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 2/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, September 2nd, 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 2nd and we’ve found 5 great press releases and 3 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.

  • China Advanced Construction Materials – OTC.BB:CADC $4.70
  • Kratos Defense and Security Solutions – NASDAQ:KTOS $0.82
  • SIGA Technologies Inc – NASDAQ:SIGA $6.56
  • Global Axcess Corp. – OTC.BB:GAXC $0.935
  • Selkirk Metals Corp. – TSX-V:SLK $0.14
  • Yukon Gold Corporation – TSX:YK Stock Halted (Pending Delisting)
  • WCB Capital Ltd. – TSX-V:WCB-P Stock Halted (Pending News)
  • Bling Capital Corp – TSX-V:BLI-P Stock Halted (Pending News)

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (September 1/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, September 1st, 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 1st and we’ve found 5 great press releases and 1 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.

  • Skygold Ventures – TSX-V:SKV $0.175
  • Romarco Minerals – TSX-V:R $1.05
  • Rockgate Capital Corp. – TSX-V:RGT $0.65
  • NF Energy Savings Corporation of America – OTC.BB:NFEC $5.50
  • Ae Biofuels Inc. – OTC.BB:AEBF $0.15
  • Chapleau Resources Ltd. – TSX-V:CHI Stock Halted Pending Delisting