VANCOUVER, Oct. 15 - Chapleau Resources Ltd. (CHI: TSX-V) is pleased to announce it has retained the services of AGORACOM Investor Relations ("AGORACOM") (http://www.agoracom.com) to provide online investor relations services, a Web 2.0 social network for current shareholders and Tier-1 awareness through the world's biggest websites for the purpose of attracting new shareholders.
ONLINE INVESTOR RELATIONS MAXIMIZES SPEED, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO COMPANY
In response to overwhelming data representing the online research and communications habits of small-cap investors, Chapleau Resources has turned the primary focus of its investor relations to the web via the AGORACOM system to facilitate faster, better and more accessible communications with both current and prospective shareholders around the world.
Effective October 29, 2007, a customized and monitored Chapleau Resources IR HUB will be available on AGORACOM at (http://www.agoracom.com/IR/Chapleau). The IR HUB will allow both the Company and AGORACOM to communicate with all investors simultaneously, anytime and in near real-time. Our new IR HUB will also provide management with an ability to extend communications beyond text via audio messages, video presentations, webcasts and podcasts. In addition to traditional e-mail, investors will also have the ability to receive all communications via RSS feed.
LAUNCH OF CHAPLEAU RESOURCES COMMUNITY
The Chapleau Resources IR HUB propels the Company into the forefront of Web 2.0 community building by providing investors with two very important functions. First, a monitored discussion forum for the purposes of constructive and high-quality discussion amongst investors that is free of spam, profanity and misinformation. Second, a social network that provides investors with the ability to create extensive profiles that include photos, bios, video messages to fellow investors, a rating system and other important items to create a closer bond between our shareholders.
TIER-1 EXPOSURE AND AWARENESS
As an exclusive provider of "Small-Cap Centres - Powered by AGORACOM" to Yahoo Finance Canada, AOL Finance Canada and every Blackberry device on the planet, AGORACOM will provide Tier-1 financial coverage of all newsworthy Chapleau Resources press releases for the purposes of attracting new and prospective shareholders
In addition, AGORACOM will be launching a search engine IR Program via Google and Yahoo that specifically targets prospective small-cap investors across North America. These small-cap search engine programs are exclusive to AGORACOM, with creation and management coming from Yahoo and Google personnel directly.
Chapleau Resources, President & CFO Eric Wiltzen stated, "I believe the time has now come to significantly increase our communications with both existing shareholders and the massive online small-cap community of investors that are searching for their next great investment. I strongly encourage our shareholders to begin taking advantage of our new online IR system, which demonstrates we are a fully accessible organization with a great story to tell."
For all future Chapleau Resources investor relations needs, investors are asked to visit our IR Hub at http://www.agoracom.com/IR/Chapleau where they can post questions and receive answers within the same day, or simply review questions and answers posted by other investors.
The terms of the agreement are as follows: Duration - 12 months. Monthly Cash Compensation - $6,000. Stock Options - 500,000 shares at $CDN 0.49 per share; This agreement has been negotiated entirely at arm's length. AGORACOM is located in Toronto, Ontario.
About AGORACOM
AGORACOM Investor Relations (http://www.AgoracomIR.com) is North America's largest online investor relations firm for small-cap companies. We have partnered with the world's biggest internet companies, including Yahoo, AOL, Google and Blackberry to market our clients to a massive audience of new small-cap investors. We have served over 200 companies since 1997.
AGORACOM Investor Relations has displaced the telephone and e-mail as primary IR communications devices. Our IR HUB delivers two-way investor relations in near real-time that is 24/7/365 accessible to shareholders around the world and goes far beyond text by offering both audio and video communications.
AGORACOM (http://www.Agoracom.com) is North America's only small-cap community built to serve the needs of serious small-cap and micro-cap investors. No rumours, profanity, stock bashing or hyping. Our traffic ranking is above the top 1% of all websites around the world.
About Chapleau Resources
Chapleau Resources is a junior Canadian Mining company focused on the exploration and acquisition on world class gold and copper projects worldwide. Its current focus is on several highly prospective projects in Brazil and Peru.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Signed:
CHAPLEAU RESOURCES LTD.
"Eric Wiltzen"
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Eric Wiltzen/President & CFO
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
For further information
Eric Wiltzen, Phone: (250) 489-5156, Fax: (250) 489-5185, Website: www.chapleauresources.com, E-mail: info@chapleauresources.com
