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To: swot who wrote (342)	12/22/1997 1:21:00 AM
From: AGORA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 783

Good evening, Martman. Thanks for the response. We may have different definitions of what "promoting" actually is. In our opinion, promotion in equities is what goes on when one encourages others to go out and take a position. We know we have not done that here and will not do it here. Perhaps you see us as "promoting" because we declared ourselves to be an Internet Relations firm. You can be certain that others here are true promoters disguised as "one of the gang". We only came clean so that contributors would not read our material on other threads and one day come here to say "these guys are promoters, they are writing all over the Net about XXX. Agora, why didn't you come clean in the first place?". Inevitably, this would happen and any effort we put into building relationships here would have been futile. Honesty is the best policy, so we declared ourselves from Day 1. Advertising is available on the Net but nothing beats good old fashioned personal communication. As we said a few days ago, we know it will take time to gain trust but we are willing to contribute the 3 things necessary for that to happen: - honesty; - quality; and - longevity We are and will be honest about our motives. We will continue to contribute meaningful and quality information and, most important of all, we will be around for quite a long time to see those comments through to the end. Only time will tell who is true and who is not but we didn't want anyone telling us down the road that we were not forthright. In the meantime, our 2 cents worth are companies that fit the bill here and we will continue to update with respect to their activities. Having said that, MIQ and their President, James Speros, were written up in the business section of the Gazette - Saturday's edition. Unlike most of the sob stories in mining these days, MIQ received some good coverage, photos and all. Regards, Agora Internet Relations Corp. ------------------------------