RRS is specifically targeted at private investors, self-funded retirees and high net worth individuals and these events are strongly supported by local Shareholders Associations, the Association of Independent Retirees, and other investment clubs and organisations on the East Coast.

The success of the Annual Resources Rising Stars forum in the Gold Coast, which last year attracted an audience of over 450, has underpinned the launch of the RRS Premium Club series nationally. These unique forums will be held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth– providing an opportunity for leading resources companies to present directly to investors.

We are very pleased to announce that we have recently secured Patersons Securities as national sponsor of this year’s Resources Rising Stars series, following the takeover of Tolhurst Limited by Patersons earlier this year.

Patersons will be supporting all investor events, which will include the regular luncheon series on the East Coast, a new RRS Twilight Presentation Series to be launched in Perth in June and this year’s annual RRS Conference on the Gold Coast.

We are looking forward to working with Patersons towards a successful investor series during 2009 and beyond which will  provide a great strength of capability in the investor relations area to a network of retail brokers, analysts, institutions focusing on small and mid-cap companies and high-net worth investors.