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Using unbiased, independent news and education to connect sophisticated investors with trusted organizations and businesses.

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+ 34 commodity specific websites + 200,000 investors monthly+ 150 clients

+ top-ranked resource investing news sites

+ over 200,000 leads generated in 2011

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+200,000 readers/month

+40% USA

Institutional and retail

Commodity-specific

World-class journalists

Unbiased, independent content

Ready to invest

Brand

Your custom ads

Your news

Your profile

Ready to invest in you

Connect

Social Media

Newsletters

Links to websites

Double opt-in leads

Ready for your call


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+ Benefits

+ Educated, sophisticated, affluent investors

+ Qualified institutional and retail leads

+ Exposure for your story and news

+ Greater liquidity“I have invested in a significant amount of advertising and Dig Media and their Investing News Network was the only source which provided tangible results. The leads they sent me even bought our company stock!”

Dan Patience, President, Noble Investments

“Quality content that educates investors, excellent creative that drives awareness and double opt in leads that are not only from North American but are truly international. Dig Media’s responsive team also ensures our educational profile is kept current. What more could you ask for in a media partner?”

Irene Dorsman, Manager Corporate Communications, Helio Resources Corp.

“Our program on the Resource Investing News network is money put to good use. This is a platform that delivers quality content and quality investor leads – a program where you can actually see the results. What’s more, the amazing customer service ensures we consistently execute a successful program.”

Christine Kopr, Business Development, Premium Exploration Inc.

“Even in challenging markets, the investing news network continues to bring us well informed investors weekly that are interested in our company.”

Michael Hyslop,Director, Corporate Development, American Vanadium Corp.

Bottom line, dollar for dollar one of the best return on investments, we have been using them for a year and out of all the IR initiatives, they have consistently produced results i.e. lead generation & exposure.

Marc S Lubow, Executive Vice President, Li3 Energy Inc.


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+ Investing News Network

The Investing News Network® (INN) is a rapidly growing network of focused publications.

We deliver independent, unbiased news and education for investors in targeted markets.

For investors who are comfortable taking the next step, we offer the opportunity to connect with trusted companies providing investment opportunities.

For these trusted companies, we connect them with investors who are educated in the specific opportunities in that niche and who are ready to engage.

Our network consists of 34 focused web sites where we provide deep niche content.

This content is rolled up from the niche sites to provide broader context on overview sites.

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+ Resource Investing News Network Traffic

Our network of 34 commodity specific websites are staffed with researchers and journalists that monitor the commodities markets in order to produce and select content for an audience of + 200,000 unique monthly investors.


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+ Syndication Partners

Leading financial portals including Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com, International Business Times and Business Insider recognize the quality of our articles. They have initiated syndication agreements allowing them to include our content on their sites. In return, we receive broad distribution, linking back to our sites and increased search engine recognition.

The StreetVisits/month: 1,000,000Unique visits/month: 900,000Major Market: USA

Business InsiderVisits/month: 13,000,000Unique visits/month: 9,000,000Major Market: USA

International Business TimesVisits/month: 10,500,000Unique visits/month:3,000,000Major Market: Global

Google NewsVisits/month: 69,500,000Unique visits/month:2,5900,000Major Market: Global


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+ Audience

Our audience is primarily made up of institutional and retail investors from the United States and Canada with increased traffic from the UK, Australia and Germany.

Demographic highlights from across the network

75% – male

28% – 35-49

56% – 50+

87% – no kids at home

48% – earn $100k+

32% – have completed Graduate School

28% – visited the network from their place of work

+40%

Visitor %

+22%

+5%

+4.5%

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Abbott Financial

AXA Services

BHP Billiton

Brant Securities

Cameco Corp.

Canaccord Capital

Capital Rock Advisors

CBC

CIBC Wood Gundy

Colliers

D&D Securities

ING Pension Fund

Forsyth Barr Ltd.

Fort House Inc.

Greendale Financial

Horizon Capital LLC

Inggs Capital

International Credit Suisse

Interward Asset Management

Kapital Investment Group

Lentikia Capital

Macquarie Finacial

Midland Properties Inc.

Mirabaud Securities

Mitsubishi Development

Morgan Stanley

MPartners

National Bank Financial

National Securities

Novadan Capital

Nuclear Energy Institute

Prosper Financial Inc.

Quest Capital

Raymond James

RBC Capital Markets

RBC Dominion Securities

Research Capital

Selier Energy Ltd.

Smith Barney

Sun Life Financial

+ Institutional Audience

Our independence results in a strong following in the institutional market, including these subscribers:


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Helio Resource Corp.(TSX-V:HRC)

IC Potash Corp.(TSX:ICP)

Rock Tech Lithium Inc.(TSX-V:RCK)

Kivalliq Energy Corp.(TSX-V:KIV)

American Manganese Inc.(TSX-V:AMY)

Kootenay Silver Inc.(TSX-V:KTN)

Colossus Minerals Inc.(TSX:CSI)

Tarsis Resources Ltd.(TSX-V:TCC)

Nevada Copper Corp.(TSX:NCU)

Orbite Aluminea Inc.(TSX:ORT)

Woulfe Mining Corp.(TSX-V:WOF)

+ Sample of our 140+ clients

Goldgroup Mining Inc.(TSX:GGA)


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+ Educational Profile

The educational profile is a snapshot that captures your company’s value proposition.

Professionally Written Overview+ Project highlights+ Investment highlights+ Maps & images+ Management bios

Integrated Features+ Social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)+ Analyst material+ Link to external media+ Link to company website

Interactive Features+ Five most recent press releases+ Yahoo stock chart+ Personalized lead generation form+ Video and multimedia material

Instant IR+ Allows investors to connect with one click+ Investors enter their phone number for an instant

connection with your IR Team+ Calls are recorded and can be sent to you via email


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+ News Catalyst

A summarized monthly collection of upcoming and significant news from our clients that have the potential to act as a catalyst for moving the stock in the next 30 days.

Education SimplifiedThe public tracks a company through its press releases, but not all news is significant enough to move stock price. Savvy investors, brokers and institutional investors try to identify future news items or “catalysts” that address sig-nificant company milestones which can move a company’s stock price.

Branded Education+ Your “News Catalysts” are reviewed and summarized by

our analyst partner Thomas Schuster to appeal to the investor audience.

+ News Catalysts are a reminder of already publicly released plans.

Connecting Educated Investors+ The “News Catalysts” are published in all our Network Newsletters monthly, reaching an audience of 40,000 sub-scribers. + News catalysts are published on network hub with the big-gest audience, Resource Investing News, our highest traffic site


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+ Analyst Interviews

We continue to look for new ways to help investors better understand the resource sector and are seeking interviews with analysts that cover the market. As a client you are invited to recommend an analysts that we will contact and interview.

Benefits+ Third party public figure perspective of mutual client+ Distribution to 40,000 newsletter subscribers+ Full attribution with contact information of analyst+ Full editorial control

Interview Format+ Brief introduction and biography of analyst+ 3-4 questions, reviewed in advance+ Recorded call with professional system+ Disclaimer and disclosure statement+ Full editorial review before publication

Distribution+ Transcript as separate article on the network + Featured section of Educational Profile+ Social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)


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+ Custom Banner Advertisements

+ Branded Press Release

Our design team creates custom banner ads that communicate your company’s investment highlights with logo and brand imagery.

Value Added + Leaderboard and medium rectangle advertisements on all

pages of the Resource Investing News Network. + Quarterly advertising reports summarizing your results.+ Updates to your advertisements to include your most

recent investment headline.

Better Exposure for Your Company+ Summary of the release+ Pull quote+ Linked to the press release on the wire+ Linked to your educational profile+ Pushed to social media channels

Better Exposure for Your Important News+ Higher search engine ranking+ More traffic+ More press release exposure+ More brand recognition for your company


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+ Feature Stock

The Featured Stock is a static logo and healine that appears below the featured articles on all Resource Investing News Network sites.

Prime Homepage Positioning+ Draws more attention to educational profiles+ Creates brand recognition

Educational Profile Traffic+ Investors educated and informed about your: + commodities + value proposition + company news

Increased Lead Generation+ Connecting qualified and educated investors with

your company+ Client exclusive leads provided weekly


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+ Email Advertising

Commodity specific newsletters sent to the audience from each of our sites. The newsletter includes our exclusive content and has open and click rates significantly higher than industry average.

Highly targeted branding opportunities+ Average of over 70,000 emails each week+ Companies are branded within each of our 34 commodity

specific newsletters+ To launch your campaign, your company logo, ticker symbol

and name will be featured in “New to the Network” section found in all newsletters for a period of one month


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+ Lead Generation

Connecting you with qualified investors.

Building RelationshipsOn your educational profile and throughout our Investing News Sites, investors may request information on your com-pany via lead generation forms.

Investors requesting information on your company provide their personal contact information and are qualified via a double opt-in system.

Leads DeliveredClient exclusive leads delivered every Friday in a user-friendly format.


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+ Additional Marketing Services + Customer Service & Reporting

Run of the network Advertising+ Creating of leaderboard and medium rectangle banners. + Leaderboards rotate across 34 Investing News sites.

Value: $2,700/Month

Analyst Commentary+ 500 word report is drafted to accompany your news release by independent analyst, Thomas Schuster. + Reports are posted on Resource Investing News, including

links to the news release and lead generation. + Excerpts of the reports with link to news releases are

posted to your company’s educational profile.+ Excerpts of reports are included in a dedicated section

of all daily newsletters for 5 business days (Avg. 70,000 emailed newsletters per week; 20% open rate).

+ Social media campaigns are launched to further promote analyst commentary and news release. Value: $5,000

Advertising Site Takeover+ Exclusive advertising on Resource Investing News Network

sites for 24 hours. + Creation of unique “Breaking News” leaderboard and

medium rectangle banners (time permitting) Value: $1,500

INN creates all the content and advertising for your cam-paign using what is in public domain within 10 days of an authorized agreement.

Please note that campaigns will officially start 10 days after the agreement is authorized.

We believe in complete transparency. In addition to weekly emails of leads, we provide quarterly reports detailing of all aspects of the campaign including an analytics and a lead report.

Metrics include:+ Ad impressions+ Click thru rate+ Profile views+ Time on profile+ Total leads+ Geographic breakdown

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