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Prospects are great! Short term is looking very solid here but longer term this thing can just get ridiculous!
The vending business is a nice reintroduction for brand recognition. Again I will say Robinson is here for greater things than the 130 machine business in their regional area. Whether that means nationwide franchise or something else, just saying the appointment of Robinson means far greater things for EXPU on the horizon short and long term. Personally I want to see more nationwide distribution, bulk sales and boutique marketing with the premium bottles -- it would be nice to see those glass bottles in the likes of Starbucks and other venues like that or available to be served in upscale restaurants in lieu of tap(which generally tastes like dishwater in most places). Either way Robinson coming on board shows EXPU is serious about showing us the money!!!!!!
Carlson, it's not fun holding the bag. But at some point the money you have left sitting here is not working for you. You haven't seen much more than a .02 swing since this was dropped. While you have been waiting and hoping, you have missed out on other opportunities to make 100% or more. Could have made back a good portion of what you lost here.
Apps being released will give very small bounce. No revenues, no pps. This won't recover to what you need for a long time if at all.
Watch for a couple cent bounce, clear your funds and let that cash make some money on a different ticker. GL!
The vending machine gig is nice pocket change for brand recognition in their local market. Robinson is focused on national accounts not vending business. They are planning far greater things by bringing him on board!
Ya tough week. I like that we stabilized and have hopefully moved some more shares to longs. People gotta quit dumping shares to the mms.
Thought we would close at .09, someone had to take it just under .0899 not bad. At least it was a green close. Interested to see how we trade on Monday.
No doubt, wish my cash wasn't tied up, I would have loved to grab anything in the 60's. I see us back at a buck as well.
Yup need to get over it and we could push .10.
Green already. Need some volume and could it be we go up????!!!!!
Bid ask starting to move up. Could we actually be starting to see some movement here???????
I like the upside here. Financials weren't good but they are trying to improve the cost per ounce number -- not good enough yet. It appears they are trying to turn the ship around and we could see good things over the next couple of quarters if they are successful. I like this stock at these levels. I still think it won't stay here too long and we see a move back towards a buck.
I'd like to just see it close above .09 today.
It's possible. They will be quick to add it back if management can turn things around. The thing with this stock is there is plenty of gold just been mismanaged. They get the cost per ounce down and gold prices go up this pps jumps quick.
We need to get back into the .09's and hold. If we keep falling back under probably won't see it today.
I think we hit mid .60s and then start to head back up again. Might add soon. Hoping to see a buck again in mid December.
Back over .09. Lets see if it holds and if we can push .10 today.
It would be nice if Alf had the radio interview videotaped to it could be posted on YouTube. Maybe some who have contacted him previously can suggest that.
No worries, we are all on the EXPU team here.
Never said he wasn't. So far so good for Alf. I totally agree EXPU will continue up on its own pace! Plenty of peeps here overdid the first bout of news coming which has stuck us in the current pps we are at. I liked the steady run up we had to close today after all the shorting.
Dude, not trying to mislead. If you read my post, I said if I "recall correctly" there is more news coming with a PR prior to the radio interview which with next week being December is coming soon -- probably next couple weeks. I am not here throwing "NEWS!!!!!" coming every other post so please don't lecture and check yourself.
No doubt. It is amazing how no one can do without. I deal with a lot of people who are on fixed incomes, no credit etc. They have big tvs, xboxs, new furniture, clothes, shoes...... They currently have to buy with cash. That means at times they are not paying rent, heat and electric or other bills to be able to get these things. Layaway might help in these cases. But as someone else posted, there is a number of different people who would use layaway.
If I recall more coming about that next week or 2. PR to come prior to radio spot.
I wouldn't use it myself. But there is a large growing market of people it offers a solution to that retailers can benefit from.
I didn't say recover tomorrow. I said we will get a good indicator if we can recover. If we go under 2 -- done. If we can hold today or get back to 3 who knows maybe a bounce will come
You talk about credit cards but look at the huge sector of people with no credit, bad credit and/or living on fixed incomes. Layaway was big in the 70's and early 80's as we had high interest rates and little personal credit available so there was a need and use for it. We are in a time where we definitely can see a strong potential to need to offer this medium again for growing conditions of our current marketplace. Is ELAY the answer??? Not happy with the last few days of trading. I think tomorrow will show us if this can recover or if we tank.
If you look at the chart you will see that the early heavy volume brought us in the red. Once that cleared we had a nice steady climb back into the green with a solid close. If peeps quit flipping and dumping shares we continue to go up!!!!!
Just ice to see them moving the bidup a bit from the last few days. Looks like .063 a good place to hit the ask!!!
Amazonas Florestal, Ltd., Sustainable Forest Management Company, Signs Joint Venture Agreement for Wood Products Trading, Providing Upwards of $1,000,000 in Financing
Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (OTCPK:AZFL) ("Company"), a diversified forest management company generating profit through innovative, sustainable forest management, announces the signing of a joint venture agreement for wood products trading with BPA Trading & Investments Corp., a Providence Company ("BPA"), a global trader and exporter with timber operations in Brazil and trading desks in Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, and Guernsey, UK.
As part of this agreement, BPA's Brazilian affiliate will provide the JV with upwards of $1,000,000 in factoring credit financing to facilitate the JV's wood trading operations. The JV's factoring credit facility will be on a 30-90 day revolving basis and the JV will used the credit facility to finance JV's purchase orders relating to its timber agent activities. This is short-term debt with no long-term commitments and is non-dilutive.
"This is an important milestone for the Company," says Amazonas CEO Michael Ibar; "this agreement helps satisfy the capital requirements needed to increase our trading/timber agent operations. That increase in operations, in turn, enables us to fulfill large orders, thus satisfying one of our broader business goals."
BPA and Providence boast a broad global reach, providing sophisticated financial mechanisms for unlocking world markets. "BPA is an ideal strategic partner for our company," continues Ibar; "with headquarters in Brazil and experience in the timber market, they understand our business model and know how to work together to take advantage of growth-market opportunities and strategic capital resources. I look forward to building on this platform and extending the reach of Amazonas Florestal."
About Amazonas Florestal
Amazonas Florestal is a diversified timber company generating profit through innovative, sustainable management of its large tracts of land in the rainforests of Amazonas, Brazil. Amazonas Florestal's sustainable forest management strategy, with its green philosophy and method of cyclical harvesting, preserves ecosystems through habitat and water resource preservation, positioning it as an industry leader in responsible, eco-friendly timber practices.
Headquartered in Miami, FL, Amazonas' goal is to become the leader in sustainable forest management, creating revenue while protecting the biodiversity of the rainforest ecosystem and enhancing the lives of the people who live in it. Through a strategy of selective harvesting, biomass production, and conservation incentives, Amazonas Florestal not only protects one of the world's greatest natural resources, it also makes preservation profitable.
About BPA Trading & Investments Corp.
BPA Trading & Investments Corp. is an affiliated company of The Providence Companies, a fully integrated business group with operational experience spanning a wide range of industries from consumer products and services to business-to-business technology in large operations, middle market business and startups as well as ventures in financial services and international trade.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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Amazonas Florestal
Michael Ibar, CEO, 855-332-6296
info@amazonasf.com
www.amazonasflorestal.com
or
Providence Companies Miami, 786-866-5824
Fax: 866-850-2522
www.provcos.com
Bullworthy, LLC Releases Bullworthy Equity Research Report -- Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: AZFL) Projecting 12-Month $0.27 Price Target
Bullworthy, LLC, an independent equity research firm specializing in professional analyst coverage for microcap stocks, announces the release of the Bullworthy Equity Research Report -- Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: AZFL) with a BUY rating and a five-year price target range of $0.27 to $3.28 a share.
Interested shareholders can access the Bullworthy Issuer Profile for AZFL here (http://bit.ly/Rvyupx). To access the Bullworthy Equity Research Report for AZFL directly, click here (http://bit.ly/ScXwI9). Readers are encouraged to join Bullworthy's Issuer Alerts, an email alert service that pushes analyst coverage, updates, and commentary on covered issuers in real-time to subscribers.
Senior Equity Analyst Tom Copeland of Bullworthy, LLC delineates in fine detail how a convergence of a unique cause-driven business model, a diverse line of timber operations, and the growing influence of domestic and global demand for Brazilian hardwood could propel the company to record as much as USD $48 million by 2017. Mr. Copeland interviewed Michael Ibar, Amazonas Florestal's CEO, in preparation for this coverage.
The report covers the history of the company and the executive team, a robust market analysis, and multiple financial performance projections for revenue, earnings, and price targets.
Disclosure: Bullworthy, LLC, has been compensated two thousand two hundred dollars cash by a third party to prepare, publish, and distribute this report. Bullworthy, LLC maintains that no one other than the certifying analyst has participated in the production of this report. Bullworthy, LLC, including its partners, owners, analysts, or employees, have never, nor will ever, buy or sell shares in any of the stocks or issuers covered in any of the company's research report or on the website. For full disclosure, please review the Bullworthy Universal Investment Disclosure by clicking here (http://www.bullworthy.com/disclosure).
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About Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: AZFL)
Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. is a diversified forest management company generating profit through innovative, sustainable forest management in Amazonas, Brazil. For more information, please visit www.amazonasf.com.
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Just in case anyone missed these! Initial CEO Letter
Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (OTCPK: AZFL), a diversified forest management company generating profit through innovative, sustainable forest management, today released a letter from President & CEO Michael Ibar to its shareholders:
OUR MISSION
Amazonas Florestal is positioned to be an industry leader in Sustainable Forest Management, generating profit while protecting the biodiversity of the rain forest ecosystem and enhancing the lives of the people who live in it.
Sustainability, as a commitment, is the foundation of Amazonas Florestal's goals and responsibilities. From day one, our strategy has dictated a balance between consumption and conservation, environment and economics, profits and people -- this is how we position ourselves as industry innovators and our business model as the only viable, responsible way forward.
Simply put, wood is the most consumed raw material on earth. From the chair I am sitting on to the paper this letter gets printed on, it all comes from Trees. At the same time, the health and survival of our forests are, for reasons economic, political, and climatological, of paramount importance. On the surface these issues seem to be diametrically opposed to one another, however when you accept as a principle, the reality and merits of each side of this dilemma, you realize that they are inherently contingent on each other's success. This therefore provides an incredible opportunity, if, you can solve the problem.
While wood is one of the most consumed resources on earth, it's also one of the most renewable resources on earth. When managed properly, a forest provides timber, but more importantly, it also offers sustainable solutions:
-- Selective and cyclical harvesting provides environmental sustainability by ensuring that the forest maintains its integrity permanently in both quantity and quality.
-- Bio-mass derived from harvests and production waste can be efficiently turned into a clean energy source and provided to the local communities that, in many of these remote areas, have no access to a sustainable energy source. Emissions from this energy generation are sustainably absorbed by the very forest that creates it.
-- Timber harvests, wood product production, and clean energy generation provide economic sustainability and stability through the jobs and incomes they provide to the local inhabitants and the revenues they provide to the owners of the forest land. These revenues can then be used to conserve, quantify, monitor, and avoid the devastating deforestation occurring in these regions.
-- In turn, this conservation is monetized through Carbon Credits. The value and mechanisms within these Carbon Credit programs exist to further enhance the sustainability of the entire forest ecosystem.
This Enhanced Sustainable Forest Management (ESFM) or, as we like to call it, from Tree to Trees is illustrated in our graphic.
OUR HISTORY
Amazonas Florestal is a forest management company with land holdings in the Brazilian Rainforest. The Amazonas vision and mandate was created by and between me (Michael Ibar) and Ricardo Cortez, both entrepreneurs based out of Miami, FL, and both with decades of family history and experience in the South American and overall timber industries. Our objective was to purchase and manage large tracts of rainforest property that we had targeted for sustainable harvesting of natural resources and long-term conservation. We acquired approximately 90,000 continuous acres (or 141 square miles) of Virgin Primary Rainforest Land located in the Brazilian State of Amazonas. This tract of land, known as Fazenda Jatuarana, was purchased from Amazonas, Industria, Comercio e Exportacao de Produtos de Madeira, Ltda ("AICEM") and its principal, Reny de Oliveira.
Mrs. de Oliveira and her immediate family own controlling interest in over 300,000 hectares (over 750,000 acres) of rainforest land in the State of Amazonas, Brazil. Mrs. De Oliveira is the head of a family that dates back over five decades in ownership. From the beginning, the family has shown dedication to forest management and to partnership with the indigenous communities, forest experts, timber producers, and the governmental and environmental agencies that regulate this rural forest region.
The Land and Timber contained within Fazenda Jatuarana was commercially appraised in 2010 at over $46,000,000.00 by EB da Amazonia, credentialed through Banco do Brazil. The company also acquired two approved Sustainable Forest Management Plans for the licensed harvest of over 14,000 cubic meters of Timber. The company then negotiated and closed a purchase order for the sale $1,320,000.00 worth of railroad "Sleepers" (aka Railroad Ties) to a UK railroad supply company. After an initial on-site quality control inspection, from the UK client, which demonstrated, our ability to produce the client's product to spec and within their tolerance limits, we began to fulfill this order for our customer and generated our first revenues in late 2011. These processes were critical to the company's development, to work out all the logistical and production kinks before embarking on the future and larger scale, harvesting and production of the company's inventories of Timber.
MILESTONES
In the last two years the Company has achieved the following important milestones:
-- Acquired over 90,000 acres of virgin Brazilian rainforest lands (Fazenda Jatuarana).
-- Had Fazenda Jatuarana legalized, geo-referenced, and appraised.
-- Purchased two approved Sustainable Forest Management Plans for the licensed harvesting of over 14,000 cubic meters of Merchantable Timber.
-- Had these assets booked, verified, and audited, with a value of over $47,000,000.
-- Closed a $1,320,000 purchase order for wood products.
-- Began production and passed initial on-site quality control inspection from client.
-- Generated revenues through said production.
-- Entered the public markets and significantly expanded our shareholder base.
The most critical milestones for Amazonas Florestal to achieve in the next 12-18 months are:
-- Raise sufficient capital to harvest from our own timber inventories.
-- Procure additional substantial and diverse wood product orders.
-- With a larger-scale operation, generate over $5,000,000 in revenues.
-- Develop, submit, and garner approval on an additional four Sustainable Forest Management Plans on Fazenda Jatuarana for the harvesting of 80,000 cubic meters two years from now.
-- Acquire another large tract of Rainforest Land with a minimum size of 50,000 acres.
-- Complete a feasibility study for the development of a clean energy project using Bio- Mass as a fuel feed stock.
-- Develop a strategic partnership with an industry leader for the formulation of a large scale R.E.D.D. (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) project.
CLOSING REMARKS
In closing, I am tremendously excited about the opportunities that lie before us. It has been a long road, but we have made fantastic progress and are poised to grow exponentially. I feel, as does the rest of our management team, that it is our personal responsibility as stewards of the forests we own to manage them responsibly, sustainably, and beneficially to all. I strongly believe that with your continued support we will be able to do our part to preserve and protect the environment and enhance the living conditions of many, all while delivering both monetary and ecological value to our shareholders. I am focused and inspired by the great people with whom I have the privilege of working and will work tirelessly to lead this company to great success.
Sincerest Regards,
Michael Ibar
Chief Executive Officer
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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SOURCE: Amazonas Florestal, Ltd.
Amazonas Florestal
Michael Ibar, 855-332-6296
Email: info@amazonasf.com
Web: www.amazonasflorestal.com
News would be smart. This company has potential to run a bit -- just don't miss it!
HOO HOO !
Compensated with 1mil shares from a third party.
Hopefully shares moved into stronger hands today for the next move up. This thing will be flying once it takes off.
It is a bit frustrating, thought we would be seeing at least mid .003's. today. With the news out should be definitely in the green! Still see us strengthening here for move up soon though.
Still think we could see a move up here.
Definitely good! Hope we keep it going!
Wow--$5,000,000 projected in 2013! Great news out! This only from a limited market area. Wait till they kick it into high gear!
I agree, we should see a real nice run here eventually. Just have to be patient though until whoever is sitting on the bid/ask gets what they want.