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David Tompkins will speak on international Insurance Market Opportunities and Experiences in a Global Economy at the Calgary Advocis association Lunch & Learn meeting on September 17, 2008.

Citizens Bank of Canada launched HockeyStars.com today, a website devoted to the amateur hockey community.

The unfortunate death of two Canadian civilian aid workers in Afghanistan last week highlights the need for insurance that covers terrorism and war risk. TFG Global Insurance Solutions Ltd. has been covering expats in high risk zones for years.

Addaptron Software released a new 2008.08 version of Investment Analyzers. The tools have been enhanced by new options and improvements.

If you live abroad and suffer a serious illness or injury, you will probably want to return home for treatment and to be with loved ones. American expatriates should make sure that their international health insurance policy covers the USA.

Last week, Kootenay Gold (TSX.V:KTN) released the initial results from the Phase 2 drill program now underway at the company’s 100% owned Promintorio project.

IRI Separation Technologies (TSX.V:IRI) is the manufacturer of a remarkable new dietary supplement that enhances the human body’s natural immune system through direct supplementation of actual antibodies.

Newmac Resources (TSX.V:NER) Crazy Fox project 100 km north of Kamloops in British Columbia’s Chilcotin region is turning in some good grades across long intersections.

After a long wait of over 5 years, Vannessa Ventures (TSX.V:VVV) has received final confirmation from the Costa Rican Mining Ministry (MINAE) authorizing the exploitation of the Crucitas project by Vannessa.

Little Squaw Gold Mining (OTCBB:LITS) is advancing its shareholders’ interests on four fronts, all of which are shaping up to be lucrative investments for the company.

The rainy season is drawing to a close in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and that means its time to get the drills turning again on El Nino Ventures' (TSX.V:ELN) 350 square kilometer concession.

Soltera Mining Corp. (OTCBB:SLTA) has been busy acquiring properties during the first quarter of 2008. Unstable markets have been unable to dampen the resolve with which management goes about building shareholder value.

Goldcliff Resources (TSX.V:GCN) assayed a trenching sample from its 100% owned Panorama Ridge project that returned a value of over 15 ounces per tonne of gold.

Drilling is now underway at Tarsis Capital’s (TSX.V:TCC) Wolf project, a 6,000 hectare lead, zinc and silver project located 72 kilometres west of Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory, and 12 kilometres northeast of the Silvertip Deposit.

Colossus Minerals (TSX.CSI) stunned the mining world last year with its successful acquisition of Serra Pelada, one the most dramatic and fought-for mines ever to emerge in Brazil.

Helio Resource Corp.’s (TSX.V:HRC) project generator model is starting to yield results, both in terms of attracting other juniors as joint venture partners, and on its own flagship SMP property in Tanzania.

Over the next six months, investors in Canaco Resources (TSX.V:CAN) can expect to be bombarded with drill results from 4 different projects the company has underway in what will likely be the defining year of Canaco’s existence.

Yale Resources Ltd (YLL TSX.V) has recently announced the discovery of a new mineralized zone at their Urique Project, a 29,000 hectare property in Sierra Madre gold belt in Mexico.

Western Wind Energy Corp (TSX.V:WND) is North America’s largest publicly traded pure wind energy producer, currently providing 34 megawatts of wind turbine-generated electricity to the California electrical grid.

Seldom a week passes without news of another investment by Pinetree Capital Ltd. (TSX:PNP) in an emerging resource or technology company.

Tarsis Capital (TSX.V:TCC) is a company which has put together a portfolio of really high quality projects, some of which are quite advanced.

I was going through my archive yesterday and came across this article which was first published in September of 2007. The accuracy of the predictions here have caused me to excerpt pieces of it for your edification.

Junior Resource companies closely aligned with the price of gold – such as Astral Mining (TSX.V:AST) – are basking in the glow of this new reality: A long-term gold price well above the previous long-term average of about $350 per ounce.

In what is quickly becoming a habit with Bard Ventures (TSX.V:CBS), another great intercept from the drilling ongoing at the Lone Pine Molybdenum Project has returned 0.06% Molybdenum over 284 meters.

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The junior exploration company Raytec Metals Corp. has turned its focus from uranium in the Athabasca Basin to iron ore in Ontario and South America.

In the case of Ascendant Copper, we have some near term revenue generating potential, and some longer-term prospects.

Journey Resources (TSX.V: JNY) is one of those juniors that has an insurance policy against such unpredictability: The company is diversified in both commodity and locale.

PMI Gold’s (TSX.V:PMV) President Doug MacQuarrie has had his eye on the Asankrangwa gold belt in Ghana, West Africa since 1994 when he co-commissioned the first modern, geophysical airborne survey flown over the belt.

Bard Ventures (TSX.V:CBS) recently completed two phases of drilling 23 on its Lone Pine Property near Houston in northwestern British Columbia.

In Mississippi, just a few kilometres from the town of Natchez, KFG Resources (TSX.V: KFG) is about to try something that CEO Bob Kadane believes will create significant value for his company’s shareholders.

For ValGold, 2007 was a year of phenomenal growth in the potential for profit in the gold industry.

Soltera Mining (OTCBB:SLTA, Frankfurt: SN7) is developing a past producing mine with the potential to prove up a sizable deposit.

With oil prices reaching heights like they did last week, hitting the $100/barrel mark for the first time in history, exploration juniors operating in Alberta like Pennant Energy stand to capitalize from being in the right place at the right time.

Harvest Gold (TSX.V:HVG) is planning a revival for the Rosebud Gold Mine in Nevada.

Investors in True North Gems (TSX.V: TGX) were treated to a rare gift this Christmas past when the company reported the discovery of a new sapphire prospect complete with a 139 carat blue sapphire on its Beluga sapphire property in Nunavut, Canada.

Russian mining and exploration have had a long road toward real, and forefront of juniors making headway in modern day Russia is Golden Reign Resources

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Goldcliff Resource Corp’s (TSX.V:GCN) share price doubled at the end of December after reporting surprising assays from the Bonanza Trench on Panorama Ridge.

I spoke with Bob Kadane, the president of KFG Resources (TSX.V:KFG) and learned a lot about the true story behind petroleum exploration in the US that every investor should know. It’s a fascinating story.

In one of the very few bright spots in TSX Venture share performance, Kootenay Gold shares jumped 52% on December 10th after the company announced widespread high-grade mineralization from a drill program at their Promintorio Silver Project.

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Teryl Resources Corp. (TRC.V: TSX) is a diversified explorer with interests in oil and gas as well as minerals. In a global mining bull market, companies, particularly on their lows, are often undervalued.

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With money jingling in its pocket, Universal Power Corp. (TSX.V:UNX, FSE:3U2A) is ready to start exploring both in Africa and also a world away in northern Canada.

The first results from this year’s exploration are telling Goldcliff Resource Corporation (TSX.V: GCN) that the historical Hedley gold district still has plenty of life left in it.

Teryl hopes to increase revenue and market capitalization for Teryl through further exploration. It helps that Teryl is now mining in a stretch of desert foothills that once yielded approximately $1 billion in copper.

One particular starving artist constructed his dream thanks to an investor who was inspired by his vision. The dream? To construct the largest stainless steel sculpture of an American Bald eagle ever made.

When it comes to uranium exploration in Labrador, few companies boast the scale and scope of Silver Spruce Resources’ (TSX.V: SSE) Central Mineral Belt project (CMB).