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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH @ 8:30 AM EST.

Please find enclosed the opening keynote presentation on the 2nd day of The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Jean Francois (“JF”) Tardif , the retired superstar Hedge Fund Manager goes in-depth in an interview with me to discuss The Upcoming Multi-Year Cycle Of Inflation vs. Deflation. JF believes the next 5 years are going to be extremely profitable for traders but a losing game for buy and hold investors.

Tardif, as always, applies arguments and facts that helped him deliver some of the best and consistent hedge-fund results on the continent over the past decade, including a blistering average annual return of 21 per cent for the five year period ended April 30, 2009.

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PROFILE

Prior to his retirement in June 2009, Jean-François Tardif was the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Sprott Opportunities Hedge Fund LP, Sprott Opportunities RSP Fund and Sprott Opportunities Offshore Fund with combined assets over US$450 million.

In 2007, Mr. Tardif was recognized at the HFM Week’s US Performance Awards Ceremony as the Best Canada-Based Hedge Fund Manager and was nominated for the Best Long/Short Hedge Fund Manager award. In addition, Barron’s ranked his Sprott Opportunities Fund as the #18 Hedge Fund on the planet.

In 2007 and 2008, he won Globe Investor’s My One and Only stock-picking contest in both 2007 and 2008.

For the five year ended April 30, 2009, his Sprott Opportunities Hedge Fund posted a blistering average annual return of 21 per cent

Mr. Tardif has been frequently interviewed and quoted on the AGORACOM Blog where many investors benefited from heeding his advice concerning the effects of deleveraging. We are very pleased to have him back for our conference.

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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 4:30 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our second of two workshop presentations for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Victor Goncalvez is a gold bull that is calling for $1,250 gold before the end of the year and is actually pegging an official price of $1,273.00.  After his September call that gold juniors would rally, he continues to believe juniors have their best days in front of them.  That’s music to my ears and the ears of many investors that have been patiently waiting their turn.

Victor also gives 5 of his best picks for 2010.

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PROFILE

Victor is a Newsletter writer, consultant and speaker that focuses on the green and resource sectors. He is the Editor of The GreenDollarReport.com, whose basic thesis is that green technologies will lead the charge in a new industrial revolution.

Over his past 7 years in the financial markets Victor has developed a keen eye for the resource markets and the green space. Some of his research areas have included the Uranium and Coal Markets, the Oil Industry and OPEC, and Macro Economic Indicators. Victor currently writes for various magazines and websites including Barrons Magazine, Kitco, CIM and Western Standard. He has been featured on BNN, Mining Industry TV and various other TV programs and is invited to speak at many leading industry events and conferences.

You can follow his free public commentary via his blog, Twitter or Website

Regards,
George

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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 4:30 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our first of two workshop presentations for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference.  Jim Letourneau is the founder and editor of The Big Picture Speculator and is presenting his ideas on the entire concept of “peak oil”.  He simply believes we have more than enough oil and there will be plenty of money to be made from the oil industry – to the tune of 6 – 10 Trillion barrels of oil.  Given the fact we’ve only used 1.2 trillion barrels in the entire human existence, Jim thinks we’re sooner to get priced out of oil than to run out of it.

This is an awesome presentation.  Jim has an excellent delivery, is extremely confident when making his points and backs it up with some great data.

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UPDATE 5:12 PM EST: Our apologies to Jim and people tuning in to hear his presentation.  We used the wrong link.  It’s now been repaired.  Thanks.

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PROFILE

Jim Letourneau, P.Geol. is an inspiring speaker, geologist, investment newsletter editor and communications specialist living in Calgary, Alberta.  He has created a powerful social media web that integrates the power of Facebook, Twitter, a 5200 person email list, and his blog. He routinely makes the Facebook and Twitter Elite lists.

Jim frequently conducts property visits as part of his due diligence and he has toured mining and exploration projects in many parts of the world. He regularly meets with oil and gas executives in Calgary, Canada.

With the unique perspective of geologist and investor, his expertise is sought all over the world. Jim has served as an expert witness in front of the Canada’s National Energy Board and he’s frequently quoted and interviewed in national media including CBC, CNBC, Resource World Magazine, Business in Calgary Magazine, The Korelin Economics Report, SeekingAlpha.com, HoweStreet.com, and Minyanville.com

Jim has received several professional awards including:

• Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Link Award – 2005
  • Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Tracks Award – 1995

You can follow his free public commentary via his blog or Twitter

Regards,
George

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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 4:00 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our afternoon keynote presentation for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Gregor Macdonald, an oil analyst and energy sector investor, who also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives, brings us a great change of pace by evaluating whether a shift to renewable energy is actually feasible – OR – as he states whether “the risk of a return to coal is much higher than most anticipate“.

On its face, I think most of us assume we’re on our way to an all renewable world. Gregor shows us 100 trillion reasons why that may not be the case in his excellent presentation titled “Coal World: Will Energy Transition Deliver Us to a World of Green Energy, or Return us to a World of Coal?”.

I don’t think anybody worked harder on their presentation than Gregor, who chose a topic that is not generally discussed at this level of depth within investment or energy circles.  As such, he dug down deep to conduct some great research and then generate extremely thought provoking conclusions.  We’re extremely thankful for his efforts and highly encourage everyone to sit back, grab a coffee and watch some great insights.  After all, if he’s written for the Financial Times of London, cited in the New York Times, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, and the Oil And Gas Journal – you can bet he’s got great things to say.

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PROFILE

Gregor Macdonald is an oil analyst and energy sector investor, who also focuses on the coming transition to alternatives. He has written for the Financial Times of London and been cited in the New York Times, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, and the Oil And Gas Journal.

In addition, he recently appeared on MSNBC in the United States and BNN in Canada.

Gregor produces two newsletters: a big picture take on global energy and economics available from this site, Gregor.us Monthly, and a new global macro and model portfolio service via the StockTwits financial network, Gregor Weekly

You can follow his free public commentary via his blog, Twitter or StockTwits TV

Regards,
George

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THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO LIVE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD @ 1:00 PM EST.

Please find enclosed our lunch hour keynote presentation for The AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference. Eric Coffin, Co-Producer of The Hard Rock Analyst Publications, delivers a fantastic presentation titled “Interest Rates and Currencies Driving Metals Markets”.  During his presentation, Eric efficiently covers the reasons behind our global economic issues but – more importantly – spends most of his time answering the biggest question on all our minds … “so now what?”.

His methodical, detailed yet layman appealing presentation illustrates exactly why Coffin and his brother were awarded the Cambridge House Award for Market Analysis in 2007.

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PROFILE

Responsible for the “financial analysis” side of HRA, Eric has a degree in Corporate and Investment Finance. He has extensive experience in merger and acquisitions and small company financing and promotion. For many years he tracked the financial performance and funding of all exchange listed Canadian mining companies and has helped with the formation of several successful exploration ventures.

Eric Coffin is one of the most respected resource market commentators in the industry. Eric and his brother David produce the Hard Rock Analyst publications, newsletters that focus on metals explorers, developers and producers as well as metals and equity markets in general.

Eric reviews data from hundreds of companies seeking strong management and finance teams in undiscovered companies for HRA’s readers. In 2007, they were awarded the Cambridge House Award for Market Analysis.

Eric has been interviewed on CBC Television’s Business News, as well as, national and local radio throughout North America for his opinions on resource trends. He is a frequent contributor to several third party publications and a number of resource, gold, metals and market related Internet sites.

He regularly speaks at a number of North American gold and resource conferences. He was one of the first analysts to point out the disastrous effects of gold hedging and gold loan capital financing (1997) and to predict the start of the current secular bull market in commodities based on the movement of the US Dollar (2001) and the acceleration of growth in Asia and India.

Regards,
George

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