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To: Rocket Red who wrote (387)	5/1/2012 11:03:11 AM
From: Western Rookie	of 834

Naw I think you are wrong. SGH was a money grab while FGR $1.4M has a specific purpose. SGH 30 and 45 MA's are .64 and .67 with PP at 0.85 while FGR is .37 / .39 with PP at 0.40... Whose financing was out of line? Standard. I think I said 0.60 was a more reasonable price for SGH and they wouldn't have had to cancel it... and I doubt very much you reprice a PP at FGR. They are quietly building what I consider a SGH carbon copy company. If I was running First, and I am not but I talk with the guys a lot. I would be working hard consolidating Mt.Heimdahl and trying to do a deal with Eagle keep my seed shares and let real graphite people run the show.

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From: Western Rookie	5/1/2012 12:40:05 PM
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Energizer reports Madagascar Graphite Metallurgical Results, $635K Private Placement by DRA Energizer Resources Inc TSX:EGZ announced metallurgical test results from its Green Giant Project in Madagascar and a private placement by DRA Mineral Projects. The North Carolina State University Minerals Research Laboratory analyzed graphite ore samples from the project’s Fotsy and Molo zones for preliminary evaluations of recovery. Simple mechanical crushing with no flotation yielded flake sizes of +50 mesh. According to Tom Burkett, VP of Graphite Materials & Systems at SGL Group, the world’s largest carbon company, +50 mesh is considered jumbo flake. Both ores have produced graphite concentrates at purities of +90%. Energizer also announced a private placement of 2.54 million shares for US$635,000 has been closed with DRA Africa Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of DRA Mineral Projects. DRA now holds 1.6% of Energizer, with the right to acquire a total of up to 5%. DRA is a technical partner of Energizer. We have the money, we’re well-funded right now. So for us it’s pitter, patter, let’s get at her—Brent Nykoliation Energizer VP of Business Development Brent Nykoliation tells ResourceClips.com, “What sets this project apart from others is its size. We describe it as a graphite camp. We have multiple deposits within our own property. We have 17 distinct zones so far. There’s no other project, according to the analysts that we’ve talked to, that have the scale of ours. We have over 320 line-kilometres of confirmed graphitic mineralization at surface. We’ve now drill-tested seven of the 17 zones. Assays have come back on two, the Fondrana and the Fotsy zones, and results from the Molo Zone will be coming out. The Molo Zone is very wide. Its strike length can be measured in kilometres. What sets us apart from the market is our size. Now that we’ve told the market we have large/jumbo flake, and we have over 90% purity, well, to me that’s a tri-factor. Our grades are around seven. We have samples that go as high as 22% carbon. We’ve already reported drill holes of 118 metres at 6.24%, 46 metres at 7%: so, very high grades, very wide widths, very long strike lengths. They’re open at depth, open along strike. Dundee Resources has said to us, ‘What makes you guys so compelling is you’re developing a graphite camp.’ “A camp by definition means very large, multiple deposits in a single source,” he explains. “Our project also has a 43-101-compliant vanadium resource. We’re the third-largest known deposit of vanadium, according to Dundee. So we now have a second mineral. They’re both deemed to be strategic, and graphite is now deemed critical by the EU, China and the United States, so for us to have both of those in the same place is unique. “We have a strategic alliance with DRA Mineral Products,” Nykoliation adds. “They’re our technical partner, and they do total mine design all the way to operational mines. They do engineering, procurement, management, construction, everything. For DRA to put an equity position into a company is very rare. They’ve only done that three times and never with a company at this stage. This shows their confidence in the project. “They’re Africa’s largest mine development company, they build and run mines for Xstrata XSRAF, Rio Tinto RIO, Vale VALE—they’re world class. For them to be partnering with little old Energizer shows we have something of interest to them. One of their directors has joined our board; another joined our special advisory committee. These aren’t silent partners; they’re very engaged.” Nykoliation continues, “So what makes our project stand out is the project’s size, its large flake and its high purities. No one else can say they have the combination of those three. Then consider the strategic alliance and now the equity investment by DRA, which is very unique. Given that we’re in Madagascar, our location to the markets is another key advantage. There’s the location to Asia and Europe. The big, big buyers of vanadium and graphite are going to be Asian. So the fact that Madagascar is close to the Asian market is a big bonus for us. “We’re moving very quickly to resource drilling. Our geologist and senior Vice-President of Exploration Craig Scherba will be back in Madagascar in April. The rainy season ends in March. We’ll delineate a 43-101-compliant resource on the graphite in very short order. We should have it finished by July or August. We’ll be in a position to have completed our preliminary economic assessment on the graphite by the end of Q3 and we’ll be in a position to go to bankable feasibility by Q4 of this year. We’re moving very quickly. “We have the money, we’re well-funded right now. So for us it’s pitter, patter, let’s get at her,” he declares. Nykoliation concludes, “We have this very large discovery; we’re developing a camp; we have very good grades and wide intersections; we have large/jumbo flake graphite; and we have an excellent partner in DRA. We also have large institutional backers. Cliffs Natural Resources owns 6% of our company. Investors Group owns 9.9%. Dundee owns a chunk of us. So we have very good partners.” View Company Profile Contact: Brent Nykoliation VP of Business Development or Kirk McKinnon Chairman/CEO 800.818.5442 416.364.4911 Read feature story on Energizer Resources Inc. *by Greg Klein* Disclaimer: Energizer Resources Inc is a client of OnPage Media, and the principals of OnPage media may hold shares in Energizer.

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To: Rocket Red who wrote (391)	5/1/2012 1:22:26 PM
From: Western Rookie	of 834

you are comparing apples to oranges and not making valid comparisons. You are comparing a seed financing FGR $0.105 to a roadshow financing SGH at $0.25. both seed financing in both companies done at $0.10. In my opinion the companies have similar prospects and opportunities and should have similar valuations. In fact First is around 2 operating mines while Lac Knife area still yet to be proven. So First has advantage of infrastructure in the area and synergies with other companies in the forms of reverse takeover, buyout or being the acquirer. So in a market where value is relative you would look at the moving averages to give you a hint what the market will pay. Not past financings... here is the thing... you want into first you gotta pay up... cuz you ain't going to be able to buy 2M plus shares under $0.40.

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From: Western Rookie

5/1/2012 1:53:08 PM

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Soldi Ventures Performs Geological and Geophysical Surveys on the Cameron Graphite Property

Soldi Ventures Inc.

TSX VENTURE : SOV

May 01, 2012 09:00 ET

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 1, 2012) - Soldi Ventures Inc. (Soldi) (TSX VENTURE:SOV) reports that it has completed preliminary geological and geophysical surveys of its Cameron Township flake graphite property near Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Québec. The historic graphite zone appears to have a geophysical expression as a VLF electromagnetic response that has been traced for a minimum strike length of 200 metres, and is still open to the southeast.

Soldi has sent some samples to the lab to be assayed and is currently awaiting results.

The graphite-bearing zone, in which a small pit was excavated for the purpose of taking a bulk sample in 1965, occurs in a belt of crystalline limestone, commonly referred to as marble, which is at least 250 metres wide. This rock type is common throughout much of the Grenville Geological Province. The graphite forms coarse, lustrous flakes in a zone between 5 and 6 metres in thickness, which dips to the northeast at approximately 30 degrees. A VLF electromagnetic survey of the area around the occurrence shows that the graphite zone coincides with a weak conductor which has been traced to the southeast for approximately 200 metres, and is open in that direction. The conductor does not extend to the northwest, even though drilling to the west of the pit in 1965 is reported to have intersected graphite in "all but one" of 23 drill holes.

Unlike the graphite-bearing zones that are so common in greenstone belts in older parts of the Canadian Shield, the Cameron graphite zone is not a strong conductor, and there is no reason to expect it to be a strong conductor. The graphite flakes (some of which are up to 2 centimetres across) are disseminated through the marble and are mostly not in contact with one another, hence electrical conductivity is limited. The richer streaks and bands, where the graphite is nearly massive, although they are numerous, are mostly not continuous for more than a couple of metres, so that there is no reason to expect a strong electromagnetic response (or even any electromagnetic response) from the mineralization.

All reports of historical statutory work ("assessment reports") for the Cameron property and surrounding area have been obtained, and there is no record of any work on the Cameron graphite property other than the 1965 bulk sampling, metallurgical testing and limited drilling that were disclosed in Soldi Ventures' news release dated February 16th, 2012.

The company plans a first-phase diamond drilling program of approximately 1,000 metres to test the graphite zone over a length of 400 metres and to a vertical depth of 100 metres.

The 2,920 acre Cameron Graphite Property is located 5km southwest of the town of Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau in western Québec, just off of Highway 105, approximately 125km North of Ottawa, Ontario. The property has excellent year-round road access as well as good regional infrastructure. A historical technical report from 1965 notes the existence of graphite in "large, irregular shaped masses of coarsely crystalline white limestone" (see: Soldi Ventures Inc. news release for February 22nd, 2012). This occurrence was located along with the historical diamond drill holes around it.

In 1965, a bulk sample of the graphite-bearing material was shipped to a processing plant located in Labelle, Québec. Approximately 5 tons of this material was processed. In addition, 23 drill holes were drilled to the west of this occurrence and all, except for one, intersected graphite. Three metallurgical tests were conducted on the bulk sample from 1965 using different grinding times. The results obtained were excellent, with the ensuing production of concentrate averaging 91.35% carbon after two minutes of grinding in the rod mill. A concentrate averaging 95.06% carbon was obtained after four minutes of grinding in a rod mill. In either case the recovery of large or "jumbo" graphite flakes in the +48 mesh concentrate was exceptional at 65.09% and 52.39% respectively. ("+48 mesh" concentrate is considered highly valuable).

The bulk sample was later analyzed with a semi-commercial plant test. The rod mill test gave a concentrate of 95.11% Carbon with 77.43% recovery. The final test run gave a concentrate of 97.40% Carbon with a 90.15% recovery.

The technical information in this news release has been written and/or reviewed by Colin Bowdidge, Ph.D., P.Geo., a director of the company and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

You can now find Soldi Ventures Inc. on Twitter at twitter.com

Soldi Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SOV) is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on discovering gold and graphite deposits in politically safe jurisdictions.

On behalf of the board of SOLDI VENTURES INC.

Charles Desjardins, President

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From: Western Rookie

5/1/2012 1:54:33 PM

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Standard Graphite Discovers Significant Conductor Over Sandy Lake Property

Standard Graphite Corporation

TSX VENTURE : SGH

May 01, 2012 08:00 ET

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 1, 2012) - Standard Graphite Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SGH) (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the interpretation of the airborne geophysical TDEM survey, conducted in March 2012 by Aeroquest Inc., has outlined a significant conductor over its Sandy Lake property located some 20 kilometres southeast of the town of Fermont, Québec.

The Sandy Lake Property, acquired in the fall of 2011 for its graphite potential, is part of a series of claim blocks designated around the town of Fermont, Quebec, showing the same geology as the nearby Lac Knife deposit (Focus Metals), which is approximately 30 kilometres west. Two (2) showings are located on the eastern shore of Sandy Lake and some 68 designated claims covering some 11,700 hectares were staked by the company to cover the zone of interest.

The airborne survey covered the entire claim block and consisted of 340 line kilometres measuring the magnetic and electromagnetic (EM) responses of the underlying rocks. The interpretation of this data has linked the two (2) anomalies and both are associated with an extensive conductor measuring approximately 8 kilometres that shows fold structures in its northern and central portions. Fold structures are considered important exploration targets where graphite has potentially migrated during metamorphism. The conductor outlined on the project is coincident with the known occurrences confirming that the EM signature is clearly associated with a graphitic horizon.

On the surface, rocks of the Menihek formation, strongly metamorphosed graphite-bearing pelitic sediments, characterize the geology of the area. This geological formation accounts for the vast majority of the graphite occurrences in the region.

Please click the following link for the EM Map for Sandy:

standardgraphite.com

Chris Bogart, President and CEO of Standard Graphite comments: "We are enthusiastic about the results at Sandy Lake showing yet another spectacular conductor coincident with our 2 known graphite occurrences. Our exploration teams are now preparing to embark on an exciting summer field program scheduled to commence in early June."

Aeroquest International Ltd., using a helicopter rigged with a magnetometer and TDEM systems, performed the airborne survey and post treatment of the data. The survey was designed to optimize the response from potential conductors and to discriminate between the types of conductors.

Antoine Fournier P. Geo., manages Standard's exploration and development programs and is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.

About Standard Graphite

Standard Graphite Corp is focused exclusively on the exploration and development of a large portfolio of flake graphite properties in Canada. The company is rapidly positioning itself as North America's premier pure-play graphite exploration company and it controls 100% interest in 13 highly prospective graphite properties within known graphite districts in both Quebec and Ontario. An aggressive 2012 exploration strategy has commenced and will be implemented by a geologic team with the pedigree of a previous world-class graphite discovery.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Chris Bogart, President & CEO

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From: Western Rookie	5/1/2012 2:02:10 PM
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Ontario Large Flake Graphite Project Acquired May 1, 2012 Canadian International Minerals Inc. (CIN-TSX.V) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has joined a prospecting syndicate (the syndicate) focused on graphite exploration in north western Ontario. The Company has funded the initial acquisition of the syndicate, and thereby has secured 50% interest in the Miller Graphite Project. The syndicate has staked 15 claims, comprising 240 hectares which include the Miller graphite occurrence in Foch Township. The Miller graphite occurrence is described in a report by Lorne Luhta titled 1989 Report of Timmins Resident Geologist, Ontario Geological Survey. Samples of graphite collected by the Timmins Resident Geologist staff returned analysis of 30.4% and 30.3% carbon. Flake size averages 1 millimetre but some flakes up to 3 millimetre. The sample may have the potential of producing high grade flakes in the minus 300, plus 150 micron fraction. The underlying geology consists of an east west striking sequence of quartzites and gneisses. Interbedded with the gneisses are graphite rich beds of medium-grained granular textured quartzites. The historic showings and new graphite occurrences have been located by the syndicate which coincide with resistivity low airborne geophysical anomalies (OGS Map 60-028, 2001). The claims are accessible by forestry roads and further evaluation will be conducted after spring breakup. It is the intention of the syndicate to make the property available for option / joint venture to third parties. The technical data in this news release has been reviewed by Thomas Hasek, P. Eng. a Qualified Person under the terms of N.I. 43-101. The transaction is subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange. On behalf of the Board of Directors, “Michael E. Schuss” Michael E. Schuss President and Chief Executive Officer For further information on Canadian International Minerals Inc. please visit the company website at 604-241-2254. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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From: Western Rookie

5/2/2012 9:43:59 AM

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Strike Graphite Intersects Significant Graphite at Simon Lake Graphite Property

Strike Graphite Corp.

TSX VENTURE : SRK

May 02, 2012 09:15 ET

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 2, 2012) - Strike Graphite Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SRK) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has intersected graphitic gneisses on the first hole at the Company's Simon Lake Property. Thus far, Graphite mineralization has been encountered at the beginning of the hole, with the most abundant intercepts occurring from 10.2 to 23.9 metres (13.7m interval); followed by a second graphitic zone from 45.7 to 69.5 metres (23.8m interval). A third graphitic zone from 93.5 to 102.2 metres (8.7m interval) was also encountered. In the field, flake sizes of up to 4 millimetres have been noted*. Drilling of the first hole will continue until approximately 240m or until passing through a final potential graphitic zone. Photos of the core will be uploaded to the company website or may be viewed at the following link: strikegraphite.com

The current hole, SL-12-001, has verified the historic intervals of graphite in hole E42-5, at the Simon Lake West Target. Historic hole E42-5 encountered a graphitic biotite gneiss with core descriptions of "disseminated graphite" or "coarse graphite flakes", with narrower intervals described as "graphite flakes abundant" and "heavy graphite in 6 to 12 inch bands".

All relevant graphite intersections will be sent for routine analysis for carbon content and multi-element analysis. Additionally, core will be tested for mineralogical characterization and initial metallurgical testing in order to determine the graphite flake size distribution, purity and recovery.

The second hole, at the Simon Lake Target, is planned as a confirmation of the graphite recorded in historic drill hole 2-72, which encountered a graphitic biotite gneiss with descriptions of "abundant graphite" over a 68 m interval.

The third target, approximately 6 km east of Saskatchewan Highway 905, is located at the southwest part of the property. The Morell Lake Target a large and highly conductive structure has been interpreted as a fold hinge. At this location, the conductive unit exceeds 5 km along strike and is more than 2 km wide; and may represent the strike extension of the graphite-bearing lithologies known at Simon Lake. Geophysical modelling of this conductive body suggests a shallowly dipping and near-surface conductive zone.

Blair Way, CEO remarks, "The results from this first hole are very encouraging. Validating the historical data and encountering very large flake sizes in this first hole further increases our ability to interpret the historic work and translate that into success in field. In the coming weeks the company will be very active, we can anticipate providing our shareholders with more detail on the Graphite grade, quality, and the extent of the mineralization as we continue with our work program."

The Simon Lake Graphite Project covers 11,800 hectares, and is located approximately 300 km northeast of La Ronge, Saskatchewan and is intersected by Highway 905. The property consists of several showings of flake graphite mineralization in historic drill holes, which were discovered during the exploration of base metals during the 1960's and 1970's.

Neil G. McCallum, P.Geo., is a Qualified Person pursuant to NI 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure of this news release.

*Readers should be cautioned that flake size determinations in the field are based on visual measurements from the drill core. The flake size as reported may be aggregates of individual smaller graphite flakes. The flake size determination will be confirmed by optical mineralogy during mineral characterization.

About the Company:

Strike Graphite Corp. is a progressive exploration company with seasoned management targeting strategic assets on a global scale. In addition to the Deep Bay East and Simon Lake graphite properties, the Company is also active advancing its Wagon Graphite property in Quebec next to the Timcal Graphite mine. The company is also advancing the Satterly Lake gold project in NW, Ontario, located just west of Gold Canyon Resources Inc.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Blair Way, C.E.O.

For more information on the above or to view the Company's Corporate Presentation on its Graphite assets and opportunity, please visit the Company's website at www.strikegraphite.com.

We seek safe harbor.

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