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Kitco Launches Contest For Resource Investors Called “So You Think You Can Rant”

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:13 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2009

 

As we all know, AGORACOM is a community of well-informed and knowledgable investors especially when it comes to the topic of Resources & Precious Metals.

Therefore, we thought the following contest might be of interest to some of you would-be market gurus and economic sages-to-be.

Kitco a popular Precious Metals web site, has launched a new contest for commentators called “So You Think You Can Rant.”

Amateur writers are invited to write a commentary about any topic they are passionate about as long as there is a mention of the subject of Precious Metals.  Writers can submit their commentaries at the contest site. 

Kitco judges will study the entered commentaries and select the 10 Best Commentators to take part in the official competition. Every week, the Rant finalists will be given a new topic to write about and their commentaries will be posted on the contest Web Site.

Users will read the entered Rants and vote for their favourite. The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated, the remaining competitors will be given a new topic to Rant about. Their commentaries will be posted and the public will vote again.

The elimination rounds will continue for 9 weeks until the Champion ranter is chosen. The “So You Think You Can Rant” prizes will then be awarded. All finalists will receive silver bars from Kitco and silver coins produced by Endeavour Silver. The Winner will receive a gold bar from Kitco, a gold nugget from NovaGold, a silver bar from First Majestic and they will be flown in from anywhere in North America and given a tour of the San Gold Mine in Manitoba.

The Winner will also receive a subscriber list for their own newsletter, an instant audience for their words of wisdom. They will also be interviewed on the Korelin Economics Report radio program.

Entries are accepted until April 10th.  The official contest with the ten finalists begins on April 17th.

Good luck and make us proud!

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 27/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Friday, March 27th, 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 March 27 and we’ve found 5 great press release and stock halts from both sides of the border 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 Automotive Systems Inc – NASDAQ:CAAS $3.81
  • China Armco Metals Inc – OTC.BB:CNAM $2.25
  • **New Dawn Mining Corp – TSX:ND $0.55
  • Gamma Pharmaceuticals Inc – OTC.BB:GMPM $0.14
  • Petaquilla Mineral Company – TSX:PTQ $0.37

Banro Joins AGORACOM 100 With 6.72 Million Ounces of Resources

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:23 PM on Thursday, March 26th, 2009

I am proud to announce that on Tuesday March 17th 2009, Banro Corporation (BAA: NYSE Alternext; BAA: TSX) was added to the AGORACOM 100. The AGORACOM 100 is an exclusive group of great small-cap companies that provides investors with their first point of research when looking for their next great small-cap investment.

Investors will find Banro to be a worthy of inclusion in the AGORACOM 100  as the company is active in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) exploring and developing its gold properties. To date, the Company has  identified 6.72 million ounces of Measured and Indicated Resources, plus Inferred Resources of 4.46 million ounces.

Highlights include:

  • The Company recently completed a full feasibility study of its flag-ship Twangiza project.
  • 6.72 million ounces of Measured and Indicated Resources
  • Completed a $14 Million Dollar financing in February 2009.
  • Inferred Resources of 4.46 million ounces.

Recent News:

Banro Announces Updated Independent Mineral Resource for the Namoya Gold Project of 1.124 Million Ounces of Measured and Indicated Resources and 407,700 Ounces of Inferred Resources –

9:00 AM ET, March 11, 2009

Banro files NI 43-101 Technical Report on Twangiza Feasibility Study and announces executive appointment

9:00 AM ET, March 2, 2009

Banro Corporation: Full Profile

Banro Corporation HUB

Banro Corporation Shareholder Forum

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Surveys Online Research Habits of Investors at 2009 Toronto PDAC Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:16 AM on Thursday, March 26th, 2009

AGORACOM is pleased to announce the results of the Small Cap Resource Investor Survey from the Toronto PDAC Conference held on March 1-4, 2009.

The results of this survey could be invaluable to small-cap metals and mining companies across North America.  Given the global economic situation, as well as, the speed at which the Internet impacts investor relations, we continue to survey investors at conferences in order to better understand their online habits and preferences.

One trend that stands out, when comparing the results to the survey we did one year ago at the 2008 PDAC, is that online stock research, collaboration, and discussions continues to increase.

The results clearly point to an overwhelming need for a “pro-active” and “integrated” online IR strategy that goes well beyond your basic “text” website.

2009 Toronto PDAC Conference Survey Results

With approximately 100+ small cap resource investors surveyed at the 2009 Toronto PDAC Conference, we were able to extract some extremely valuable information that will be of great importance to all of us.

The information will have different implications for each one of you, depending on your primary metal/mineral, market capitalization and online strategy. As such, though I’ve provided some tertiary comments following each of the results below, the final analysis will be your own.

To this end, we’re happy to provide you with the following results:

AGORACOM Survey Highlights

  • 50% of investors were most Bullish on Gold compared to other minerals and metals.
  • 75% of investors prefer Small-Cap Resource Companies over Large-Cap.
  • 75% of investors conduct 75%+ of their stock research online.
  • 55% of investors conduct 90%+ of their stock research online.
  • 54% of investors use discussion forums for information and/or research.

QUESTION #1 – Which Metal/Mineral Are You Most Bullish On?

Gold (50%)

Silver (15%)

Uranium (12%)

Nickel (9%)

Copper (5%)

Diamonds (5%)

Chromite (1%)

Moly (1%)

March ’08 Results – 54% were bullish on Gold.

QUESTION #2 – Do You Prefer Small or Large-Cap Resource Companies?

Small (75%)

Large (18%)

March ’08 Results – 79 over 21

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 26/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Thursday, March 26th, 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 March 26 and we’ve found 4 great press release and stock halts from both sides of the border 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.

Arianne Resources Announces 43-101 Resource Estimate of 304 Million Tons of Phosphorus

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:20 AM on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Fantastic news from our client, Arianne Resources, today. Arianne announced the much anticipated results of a resource estimate from its Lac a Paul phosphorus-titanium property, located in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada.

The highlights, as well as, a quote from CEO Bernard Lapointe are below:

  • Paul Zone : 99.30 Million tons of inferred resources at 7.84 % P2O5 and 8.24 % TiO2
  • Manouane Zone : 140.60 Million tons of inferred resources at 5.77 % P2O5 and 9.01 % TiO2
  • Zone 2: 64.10 Million tons of inferred resources at 4.52 % P2O5 and 4.51 % TiO2
  • Total of 3 Zones; 304 Million tons of inferred resources at 6.18 % P2O5 and 7.81 % TiO2

Also of note it the fact that this resource estimate only accounts for 3 of the numerous mineralized zones on the Lac a Paul property.  With an exploration budget of 1.5 M$ Arianne will be looking to further advance this property with additional exploration work.

Arianne Resources CEO, Mr. Bernard Lapointe stated that he is “confident to demonstrate that the Lac a Paul phosphorus deposit will become an exploitable world class deposit for this resource.”

Click here to view full press release

Arianne Resources IR Hub

Arianne Resources Profile

Congrats to our friends Bernard, Norman and their entire team.  Time to get this news out into the marketplace.

Regards,
George

Seabridge Gold Increases Resources To 34.5M ozs Gold, 8.5B lbs Copper

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:47 AM on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Our client Seabridge Gold just continues to increase both its resources and share price.  Today, the company issued a news release that once again increased its resource counts at the KSM project which, according to the company, is one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold/copper projects.

I’ve provided the highlight data below but President and CEO Rudi Fronk sums it up in this following quote:

Measured and indicated mineral resources for the KSM project now stand at
1.82 billion tonnes containing 34.5 million ounces of gold and 8.5 billion pounds
of copper.
In the inferred category, resources for KSM now total 746 million tonnes containing 12.1 million ounces of gold and 2.8 billion pounds of copper.

We will now update the mine plans in our 2008 Preliminary Assessment to include
these new resource estimates which should add mine life beyond the previous
estimate of 30 years. We may also see the Sulphurets pit connect with the Mitchell
pit due to the resource increases in each of these zones.”

Highlights from press release include:

  • New Resources Estimate for Sulphurets Zone Increases Gold Ounces to 2.021 Million with 520 Million Pounds of Copper
  • New Resource Estimate for Kerr Zone to 1.666 Million Ounces and 2.036 Million Pounds of Copper
  • Updated Mine Plan anticipated to extend life of mine beyond Preliminary Assessment of 30 years sometime in 2nd qtr 2009

Recent News

Seabridge Gold Reports Major Expansion of Mitchell Resource; 30M Oz GoldMarch 11, 2008

Seabridge Gold Profile

Seabridge Gold IR Hub

Congrats to Rudi and his team.  Keep it going gents.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 25/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 25th, 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 March 25 and we’ve found 4 great press release and stock halts from both sides of the border 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.

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 24/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 24th, 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 March 24 and we’ve found 7 great press release and stock halts from both sides of the border 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 Recycling Energy Corp. – OTC.BB:CREG $0.40
  • Yayi International – OTC.BB:YYIN $0.40
  • eMagin Corp – OTC.BB:EMAN $0.50
  • Computer Software Innovations – OTC.BB:CSWI $0.93
  • Western Wind Energy – TSX-V:WND $0.66
  • Exeter Resources Corporation – AMEX:XRA, TSX-V:XRC $2.62
  • Southwall Technologies – OTC.BB:SWTX $0.50

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 23/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Monday, March 23rd, 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 March 23 and we’ve found 5 great press release and stock halts from both sides of the border 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 Bio Energy Holding- OTC.BB: CBEH $4.15
  • Yongye Biotechnology International – OTC.BB: YGYB $1.50
  • Shiner International Inc- NASDAQ: BEST $0.70
  • Trafalgar Energy Company – TSX: TFL $0.50
  • Northland Resources Inc. – TSX: HAU $0.75