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holy cow! just got back from taking my 2 kids skiing for their week off school, and checked stocks for the first time in awhile. not sure which one made me nearly fall off my chair more - seeing ALMI hit $1, or seeing you back here, Purl!
i have also been holding back since .18 in addition to getting my entire family (including my kids) into ALMI, though i shed a little just to manage risk as it rose.
as i've posted on this board several times before, your original ALMI Pro/Con post that started this thread was one of the top 10 ever posts on this board. *thank you* for not just your ALMI suggestion, but for your many contributions to this board. you've not only helped me to contribute mightily towards my kids college funds in their coverdells, but also taught me a ton about the market in general that has helped me a great deal over the last year. it's great to see you back, i sincerely hope you stick around!
as for your political and IBZT comments, i've been trying to "carry the torch" by getting in constant trouble here by "bashing" (heh) hyped junk like ibzt in your absence, though i of course still have a way to go before i could claim to be able to stir up the level of trouble you could. and while on vacation i just finished rereading one of my favorite books - "bushwhacked".
anyway, thanks again and great to see you back Purl - stick around, dangit!
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haha ha, i just read your latest PRVH rant! heh heh, good to see that you haven't changed a bit.
i wish i held all of my original ALMI shares, but - i held way too high a percentage for quite awhile in my kids college funds and other accounts. i felt i *had* to diversify more, just to mitigate risk, so i reluctantly sold a portion awhile back, the profits of which i bought about 12 other stocks. it would have been best to keep it all in Atlas *sigh*, but - hindsight is always 20/20, oh well.
my current holdings actually include several you originally suggested, though i actually did just sell off BSIC (as well as some other oils like ASPN and FPPC). was a buyer of NWD back when it was in the dumps awhile back, but sold much of that too. actually a fair proportion held back in cash now, trying to search out good opportunities. dumped some into ETLT at .42 and plan to hold awhile even though everyone seems to think i'm crazy for doing it. i called their IR guy a few times and i like their prospects. we'll see. NMKT has been very trusty for swing-trades repeatedly over the last 6 months.
i loaded the boat on CLSI back at .015 and was very disappointed to have to dump it all at .02 when their 10K came out, as i wrote about at length in the CLSI threads. still trying to figure out how the wheels spun off in their last quarter, was just not expecting them to have a loss or to have their revs dip so dramatically. will be interesting to see if they can turn it around.
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Today, I have so many stocks I am watching I am working on transferring all of them from 3 X 5 cards into Filemaker Pro. Blue, I will add those two to my database and track them; you make some good stock picks.
Current markets do have us working hard to find just a few really good stocks for profit.
Glassman, Blue, I am up to a quarter-million shares of CLSI stock, and still accumulating. CLSI is such a safe bet. Many have given up but you know, CLSI has not lost any of its value; always .02 or close.
Eventually CLSI will shine. There is a lot pressure to move parking lots to CLSI like systems. Here in peaceful quiet Riverside, we are moving into modern centralized CLSI like parking. This trend is now worldwide in major urban and suburban areas.
I believe CLIS is buttoning up the market on this.
Probably will stop accumulation at half a million.
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i've been able to trade CLSI so that my cost-average is nil...but i don't have quite that many... i have been "going to cash" a lot in the last six/eight months since i got burned so bad on HQNT and MAGR during my move.....the only good thing about MAGR (for me) was that somebody directly asked me to compare it to ALMI, and when i did? i realised i wanted to weight myself heavier in ALMI...i'm glad i did....REALLY GLAD...
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CLSI is still on my radar, but - in my mind the last Q results were very disappointing, with no real explanation by the company in the 10K as to why. selling at .02 was a bet that i can buy back around .016 before it goes to .024, basically. i still like the company, but - eh, the last Q just wasn't pretty, any way you slice it.
IPII i also like, bought around 1.50 and plan to hold for awhile. CXTI i also find particularly interesting, and bought at 1.01. seems to me that the market has shrugged off their last very good Q a little too quickly as a one-time thing. i'm betting that they can come up with some new contracts in 2005, we'll see. HQSM is also pretty interesting, bought a chunk at .25.
what else - also have been holding some others awhile: AOBO, PDGE, DAAT, EDV.TO, TALL, NTO, CGNW, GEOI, HOM (at your suggestion), TALL, TGA, plus a bunch of others. just sold a fair amount, several oil stocks plus i held a lot of DGIX. hey i still hold a little IESV, was underwater a long time but nice bounce lately.
i'm kind of a chicken - what can i say - i like to spread out over about 25 stocks, and mostly stick to profitable, low-PE with good balance sheets. mostly boring, but - doesn't bother me a bit.
NMKT also of course i followed your posts back from the IPVO days. you got involved in a few, er, disagreements over that one as i recall, heh
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you know, i was just looking at HQNT recently, glass. i never bought any but came close a few times. what is your take on them now? obviously the .PK status is ugly for them, but - their Q numbers have looked pretty good, if a bit funky lately. any thoughts on them? do they have any plans to get off the pinkies?
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HQNT, i was able to trade and recoup my losses
i felt lucky to get even again, i risked too much to do it, IMO i was just being stubborn about taking a loss. it was a bonehead play on my part
i still hold some shares, BUT they have issued me dividends of non-trading stock (like PRVH did) and they are still pink...what can i say? the numbers seem to indicate they should be doing better.
but i don't mess with pinks much and i would like to take a 50% profit off what i have and NEVER look back, as long as they are still pink anyway...
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Medical software - PINK SHEET - no financial data - no financial filings since Nov 2003 stuck at .55 to .60 CEO Cohn served with SEC subpoena auditors resign stopped filing - delisted Our Street February 2004 SCAMMY AWARD, "Worst CEO of the year award" securities fraud alleged / civil litigation, http://www.our-street.com/Hquotient.htm stock best used as toilet paper
Read the shareholder letter for hints -- January 26, 2005 Osburn, Idaho
Letter to Shareholders
Dear Shareholders,
Our primary goal this past year was to put the Dragon Mine into production. If it weren’t for the dedication of very loyal Atlas employees and shareholders, with the same desire to make this a reality, we would not have gotten as far as we have. We started in May with a barren piece of ground, and now have a complete mining infrastructure with electricity, compressed air, water and septic system, and plant facility. We were able to get some product from the surface exposures and have run some of it through our processing plant. Our miners have completed an underground drive to a sizeable halloysite bed (approximately 40,000 tons) 100 feet under the surface. The bed was developed for production, and we are now to the point where underground production has begun.
This past fall we found ourselves in a cash crunch due to the activities at the Dragon Mine. In December we sold some restricted stock to shareholders who appreciate the long-term potential of our company. Their investment helped us finish the year with some working capital, and gives us the ability to continue our move forward. We have paid for everything along the way, and hope to continue in this manner as the production cycle gears up. Even with the unforeseen problems encountered, and the inherent uncertainties of a project of this magnitude, our miners have done an excellent job getting us to where we are today. We now have purchase orders for product and have started to receive some payments. We feel our efforts will pay off in the near future. .
Our continued efforts to promote the Dragon halloysite clays in the micro- and nano-tubular area have been received well. We have been told by at least one major manufacturer that our product is the product of choice for their insecticide and mite-icide products. Our product is also being tested as a fertilizer component due to its time-release aspects. We have also learned that a major paint manufacturer is in the process of applying for the license rights to use the tubular halloysite in an anti-mold paint. These products, once commercialized, are expected to bring very significant sales to our company.
Some vitamin manufacturers seeking to use tubular halloysite as an ingestible product have also approached us. Our product is non-toxic and will not hinder the effects of other agents when combined with them. The ability to encapsulate various products from perfumes to health supplements to household products into our Dragon halloysite has sparked a lot of interest from numerous end use manufacturers.
Many people have inquired as to our participation and expertise in the various nano technology fields. Understand that we are a mining and resource company. We mine and process products suitable for various nano uses, and remain a potential supplier of both raw and refined nano materials. We’ll leave the experimenting to the nanotechnology experts, but will continue seeking every viable distribution channel for our clay. We did form a subsidiary company by the name of Nano Clay and Technology, Inc., to become the company’s sales and marketing division focusing on these markets. And we are currently dealing with two “nano” companies that are very interested in promoting our product into these markets.
In addition to the exciting world of nano, our traditional markets uses remain strong. We regularly hear from china manufacturers, porcelain and ceramics makers, glaze and finish manufacturers, and a host of other traditional users all seeking our product. Our relationship with Lintech International remains strong, and we look to them to lead the marketing and sales effort into these and other traditional channels.
Our contracting entity, Atlas Fausett Contracting, has helped us keep the cash flow going and helped with the progress we have made at the Dragon Mine. Although we have pulled some of our top people off the contracting projects to help us get the Dragon Mine into production, our miners on the contracting side have made up for it. Our year-end revenues will be over $750,000 compared to $304, 851 for 2003. We recently took on an underground rehab project at the Sunshine Mine, once the richest silver producing property in the U.S. With a brighter looking future in the mining industry, we feel the contracting opportunities will continue to be available to us.
As we move into 2005 we still have some unfinished goals. We made an offer to the bankrupt American National Mortgage Partners group to settle out the outstanding debt with them. We’re optimistic this will be resolved soon. With the Dragon Mine moving into full production we started looking for the next project. We have been in conversations with a number of companies and individuals with some great properties. Some are in the industrial minerals arena, some in the precious and base metals sector. Our intent is to build Atlas Mining Company into a viable mining and resource company that you will be proud of.
Our stock showed improvement in 2004, and we closed the year with a new high. As we attract more and more investors across a broader range of sectors, we feel the chances of a steadily increasing stock price in the market will continue. We also know that as the Dragon Mine starts bringing us a positive cash flow we will be able to realize some of the true value of our company. We spent some time in 2004 with the retail brokerage community explaining our program and showing the potential of the Dragon halloysite. Besides attending at least two broker conferences, we spoke to numerous investors and brokers about our company and its future through direct contact and interviews. Of course, as a shareholder, I’m certain you already understand our potential.
All of us at Atlas Mining Company thank you for your support. It is the shareholder who helps make the company, and we will continue to work on your behalf.
Sincerely, William T. Jacobson, President
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yet another huge day for Atlas, dang. very nice day for ETLT too, interesting hints about US expansion in their otherwise minor PR today. uh, not a good day for TALL, heh. i'm going to hold all 3 and see how it goes.
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Bingo and PurlGurl it was your posts from last year that I found Almi (and Iesv also). Think PurlGurl's was one I read also. Do you think with the nano applications this stock could eventually reach 10$ or am I shooting too high here? Iesv looking better with last 2 prs btw. Thanks for your great posts
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Just keeps ticking up this AM up .28 so far. was going to buy in but of course I didn't. Any ideas where this one is going to in the next 6-12 months?
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man4penny, if you bought when I profiled AMLI, you are up over six-hundred percent. ALMI cannot push too much more without something breaking. I expect ALMI to level off at a buck-fifty per share, but that cannot be guaranteed.
Based on sales of their clay simply for porcelain products, shares are worth a buck-fifty. However, they have not really sold much clay and have no orders which are porcelain related.
Clearly there is a nano bandwagon in effect and it is _impossible_ to predict where that bandwagon will end up because nobody is at the reins.
I do not expect ALMI to fall back much in prices because they do have a unique product, it has well proven uses, there is a market for their clay, and news coming out indicates customers are being readily developed.
ALMI should peak at some given price, then become stuck within plus or minus five percent of that price, whatever it ends up being.
IESV, yes, it is about to skyrocket. IESV is another solid company evidenced in my profiles. They have proven themselves, have a marketable product and an endless supply of sh*t to fuel them into future profits.
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Purl Gurl I started buying in jan.04 at .11 and my average is about .15 and have sold enough to cover buy in costs. Just a happy camper here. Mining stocks seem to do especially well first 2 years of operation even tho this has been around since 1924. (referring to clay business here). With 10,000 tons of clay sales it could produce 6cent earnings (after expenses) the first year. This was company's first year projections btw. Nano app. can multiply your 500/ton revenue 3x. Rumors abound about the company holding out for nano contracts and putting on hold the lower "china" clay ones. That is how I came up with the 10$ share price. Iesv is finally coming on after holding for a year. I'm seeing a double into the teens and possibly a triple by end of year. However, next year could really be their year when this new digestor (6x original model size) comes online. Make all the sh*t jokes you want it's money in the back. Don't matter to me whether its brown or green. LOL
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Bingo I tend to agree with you as far as 3$ per share entirely possible by end of year (or even 4). Right now there is a more "sizzle" to this stock than "steak". This will all change of course when they start reporting 1st qtr revenues (which will boost the pps higher). I have sold a good chunk here but still have over half left and happy to sit on my hands for a couple of months waiting for my next price target to be hit. I have looked at mbtt a few times and it seems to be a good "swing trade" if you can catch it near the 6-8 cents level and ride it for a few weeks. Not as confident in the long term play tho or am I missing something?
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BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004--NanoDynamics, Inc. [profile], a leading manufacturer of superior nanomaterials, today announced that its subsidiary, MetaMateria Partners (MMP) has received a $750,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the United States Navy. MetaMateria Partners will use its proprietary technology to make nanosized ceramic particles to be used in producing transparent windows for military applications. http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2897
NANODYNAMICS PHASE I U.S. AIR FORCE AWAR
NANODYNAMICS ANNOUNCES PHASE I U.S. AIR FORCE SBIR AWARD Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2004 @ 06:44:16 PDT by Arya
Anonymous writes "Project to Develop Low Cost Nanostructured Tantalum for Military Applications Buffalo, NY – June 29, 2004 – NanoDynamics, Inc. [profile], a leading manufacturer of superior nanomaterials, today announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the United States Air Force (USAF). The objective of this program with the USAF is to develop low-cost tantalum nanomaterials that can be used in advanced armor piercing ammunition and warheads
Atlas Mining Company Receives Major Purchase Order From NanoDynamics Wednesday February 9, 8:33 am ET Leading Nanotechnology Company Places Orders for up to 5,000 Tons of Halloysite Clay
OSBURN, Idaho, Feb. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Mining Company (OTC Bulletin Board: ALMI - News), announced today that it has received a purchase order for up to 5,000 tons of its processed halloysite clay from NanoDynamics at a price of $500 per ton. NanoDynamics has already remitted a purchase of 500 tons against this purchase order. William Jacobson, CEO of Atlas Mining said, "It's clear to see why we are excited about our relationship with NanoDynamics. They have taken a serious interest in our halloysite microtubules and obviously feel they have a market for this product in the nanotechnology sector. Although the purchase order is open ended and does not require full purchase, we feel we will be supplying them product in 2005."
Monday May 9 10:45 Nanotechnology Products and Business Development
Abstract: Much of the publicity surrounding nanotechnology covers leading-edge applications with the potential to create tremendous disruptive changes in key industries such as semiconductors. Whilst the intensive support of these projects is critical, nearer-term opportunities must be grasped across a range of technology platforms and markets in order to gain experience in the production of new nano materials and systems in more immediate opportunities. These product enhancements - more significant than evolution, less dramatic than disruption - can generate significant volumes and opportunities. Examples of ''Enhanced'' products and systems developed by NanoDynamics Inc. in the processing of metals and non-metals will be reviewed and conclusions drawn.
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New York, NY, Feb. 25 One key advantage edible nanoparticles have over larger particles "is how nanotechnology can take something that is extremely insoluble in nature, like some drugs, and by breaking them up to the nano-level help release them in the body," said Roger Aston, strategy director of pSivida in Perth, Australia.
One surprising source for edible nanoparticles could come from the halloysite clay of the Old Dragon Mine in Utah. Long, naturally occurring ceramic nanotubes exist within the clay, said Bill Jacobson, president of Atlas Mining in Osborn, Ind.
"We have at least 300,000 tons of this clay, and we think there might be more," Jacobson told Nano World. "Probably 85 percent or 90 percent is tubular."
Atlas Mining is working with NaturalNano in Rochester, N.Y., to develop the halloysite nanotubes. "We're thinking about maybe getting the vitamin industry involved," Jacobson said.
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ALMI Nano Clay and Technology, Inc subsidiary
When doing DD on the web search also for "Nano Clay and Technology, Inc" ALMI new subsidiary
GL ALL Laser
January 26, 2005 Osburn, Idaho
Letter to Shareholders
We did form a subsidiary company by the name of Nano Clay and Technology, Inc., to become the company’s sales and marketing division focusing on these markets. And we are currently dealing with two “nano” companies that are very interested in promoting our product into these markets.
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The halloysite tubules can act as time-release capsules, dissolving over time, and can be filled with such things as antifouling paint, antiscalants, herbicides, pest repellents, and other agents benefited from a controlled release.
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and while on vacation i just finished rereading one of my favorite books - "bushwhacked". 
