Copied from one of the e-mails I get daily......This is why SMNG spiked like it did!
Leslie Howard's
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SMNG - Strategic Mining Corp: Move to OTCBB + New Management + Reporting Results + Newly Free Trading Stock
= A Second Promotion
Update: Right now we have going on a prime example of what I've been preaching. Let the sellers come to you. Somebody with a big whack of stock has been hittting the big bids all the way down. This is why I sent you the previous update. If you are bidding the stock, bid it at 2 cents or lower and make him sell at your price. Do not take out his offer.
~LH
There's no doubt that it is easier to promote a Bulletin Board company than one trading on the Pink Sheets. The more stringent reporting requirements of the OTCBB offers an air of legitimacy to those who don't know that just as many scams go on there. While I do not know if SMNG is a scam, although the engaging of some of the scummier promoters, including Penny Stock Alerts, makes me suspect that they are, I can tell you that last October they participated in a small scale promotion that produced relatively impressive results.
Over a one week period, about $100,000 was paid to three different groups charged with the promotion of SMNG. Over that period of time, the stock ralied from about 1.5 cents to just over 5 cents on about 7 million shares, not exactly huge volume for a 1-5 cent stock, but then again it was not exactly a huge promotion.
This is purely a hunch play. I believe that the first promotion was a prelude to a much bigger promotion on SMNG that is coming soon, maybe in the next week or two. Here's why:
1. The first promotion was conducted hand in hand with a press release announcing "successful metalurgical results" on gold and silver samples from its Vietnamese property. Vietnam has become a popular setting for penny stock promotions lately (see STEV among others).
2. I don't remember the last time I saw a promotion on a penny issue involved in gold mining where at least 2 or 3 follow up promotions didn't occur. Nor do I remember when a penny mining company that announced results, only announced results on one occasion. I suspect that newer results will be announced soon and since the first results were accompanied by a promotion, I see no reason why the next set of results won't also be accompanied by a promotion.
3. The company has recently undergone a series of management changes. Old management of penny companies usually own a bunch of stock which they are looking to divest. A promotion helps them achieve that goal.
4. The previous engaging of Penny Stock Alerts services, shows a lack of concern with the ethical practices of the promoter charged with the "awareness" campaign. PumpsAndDumps.com previously wrote a scathing expose on this promoter and his willingness to do say anything to achieve his desired results. This indicates to me that there is a "get the price up at all costs" attitude ongoing by those financing the SMNG promotions.
5. The biggest indicator of a coming promotion comes from the company's own 10-Q filing: ?
"In July 2011 the Company executed a six month agreement with a communication firm to provideinvestor relations and corporate communication services. The Company issued 2,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.04 per share, the value of the shares as of the date of issuance, for a total value of $80,000."
The stock referenced in that filing, had to be issued under Rule 144 and which was seemingly given to a promoter (perhaps the owners of Penny Stock Alerts themselves), is about to become free-trading and will be sold. It is extremely likely that a promotion will be used as a tool to get the best possible price for these shares.
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Disclosure: I own 225,000 shares of SMNG at an average price of .011 (1.1 cent)
Please, please please remember my Rules of Thumb for playing any of my picks:
I could be wrong. I am not picking this stock because I like it. I am picking this stock because I think it is about to go on a promotional run. It might not.
Do not run the price of this stock into the stratosphere. In other words, don’t chase it. I don’t believe that this stock has to be bought today. I think that there is 5 – 14 days before the next promotion begins. If you are interested in taking a small shot, then bid it close to the levels (within 20%) of where it is at when you receive my pick. Accumulate rather than load. If it takes off on you, then forget it. If you miss it, you miss it. Chasing a stock is a guaranteed way to lose money.
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