Press Release
Dear Shareholders:
23 rd March 2012 – “The leading precious metals consultancy Thomson Reuters GFMS expects gold to rebound to $2,000 in late 2012 or early 2013 because of negative interest rates and the possibility of new rounds of quantitative easing. In the short term, however, gold could dip below $1,600, which presents a buying opportunity, according to GFMS’s Global Head of metals analytics, Philipp Klapwijk.”
All seems well. Everyone is happy. Our company ended the 1st quarter of 2012 exceptionally well and is growing in leaps and bound.
The price of gold is lingering around 1600s – 1700s as expected. Goldman Sachs was bullish on gold going into 2012 and still is. It recently lowered its US interest rates forecast for commodity returns, but maintains its expectation that gold will reach $1,940 an ounce this year, and continues to encourage long positions. I had predicted that very gold will end 2012 very near to USD2000 per troy ounce and I still firmly believe so. Anyhow, let’s stick around to find out. Some of you could be speculating as you trade gold every day but for me as the President of Virgin Gold, so long as gold holds above USD500 an ounce, I don´t have anything to worry about
As the 1st Quarter of 2012 came to an end, let’s recapture some of the major events that took place as well as reviewing our plans for the 2nd quarter.
2012 – 1st Quarter Review:
1. Credit Top Up – We increased the efficiency of the credit top up particularly in many local jurisdictions to enable more shareholders to invest with Virgin Gold.
2. Credit Withdrawal – The efficiency and clarity of credit withdrawal has enormously increased as shareholders are able to view the payment slip in their shareholder’s account. The speed of local transfers has been remarkable. The only exception is the International Wire Transfer to shareholders’ accounts. There are so many new protocols to follow with all the “anti-XYZ” launched every now and then for all financial institutions worldwide. There have been discreet cases whereby a shareholder has not received his/her payment after one to two months. It’s absolutely un-acceptable and our finance department is working non-stop to make sure such incidents are limited. Generally these shareholders are mostly very understanding but it’s those who received their credit withdrawal one or two days later than usual who tended to make malicious comments.
3. Premier Service – We have close to one thousand premier shareholders and our service office in Dubai is operating at great capacity to take care of their needs and enquiries. Many premier shareholders came to Dubai to visit us and were able to understand the vision and mission of the company even further.
4. Promotions – We launched a premier shareholders promotion to invite more premier shareholders to visit our service office in Dubai.
5. We are in the process of trimming down 20% of our work force. I have always said that I am a great admirer of “efficiency”. We are downsizing to save money and we are using this money to invest in IT infrastructures. One staff member can probably serve 50 customers or work 8 hours a day but a good system can cater to everyone 24/7.
6. CPS price has appreciated about 7.7% in this quarter alone. Let’s be truthful to ourselves, how many of us actually invested in shares in our local stock market and appreciated 7.7% this quarter? Plus an exorbitant monthly dividend!
The bottom line is that Virgin Gold is growing in value day by day. Your Virgin Gold CPS-GOLD is a very valuable asset class. Management has received more than 50 requests to increase the maximum limit of subscribed shares per account which is currently set at 999,990. Unfortunately, we cannot allow that for now.
In our March survey of over eighty thousand shareholders worldwide, 66.7% said that they would only consider selling off their Virgin Gold CPS-GOLD above USD10. Management and the Board of Directors have been very pleased and proud of such a high rating from our shareholders for CPS-GOLD. I can assure all shareholders that when we go public, our shares will definitely be more than USD10 per share.
2012 – 2nd Quarter Plans and Directions
1. I have been bragging about this matter since I took office last year. Investment in Platinum. I am proud to announce that barring any unforeseen circumstances, we will launch CPS-PLATINUM effective 1st of May 2012. Details of CPS-PLATINUM will be announced in a separate news bulletin later this month. In a nutshell, Virgin Gold CPS-GOLD holders who have been a shareholder for more than three (3) months and holding a minimum of not less than 10,000 CPS-GOLD may apply for a CPS-PLATINUM subscription. Dividend will be paid in platinum and both CPS-GOLD and CPS-PLATINUM will contribute to the same group bonus structure. Please do not ticket us on CPS-PLATINUM until further news announcements are made as our customer service personnel do not have the details at this point in time.
2. Management is continuing its effort to broaden its investment and income generating operations in gold, platinum, platinum metal groups (PMGs) and potentially silver by next year.
3. Internally, we continue to work closely with external auditors, legal advisors and listing consultants to create a structure for VGMC to go public within the next few years. Ideally, we would like to create more transparency on Net Asset Value (NAV) and let our shares appreciate gradually pre-IPO (like what we are doing now) before we go public. Every single day our shareholders ask us when we will go public. I can only say that it will not be next month or next year. But every few months or rather every year, you can see this corporation gearing towards that direction. Those CPS-GOLD holders who subscribed to our shares in 2010 can testify how much VGMC has improved over the last two years.
4. We continue to create more efficiency for online processing transactions in shareholders accounts. Incomings, Outgoings of funds and ticketing especially. Probably by the end of this quarter or next, we will implement a twice a month (1st and 15th) credit withdrawal. Processing twice a month is already a great service to all. I remind you that the best listed companies only pay every quarterly. If you are in need of money all the time and do not have spare cash, please do not get involved in any investment at all. Investment = Risk. I do not necessary mean risk of insolvency/bankruptcy; rather risk of needing emergency cash. How many people do we know lost money in stock, commodity and property investment simply because they needed to suddenly cash out, they couldn´t wait, they couldn´t risk the market falling further.
5. We continue to hold appreciation dinners in new markets to expose our new shareholders to the culture and business philosophy of Virgin Gold. It is very important that our shareholders fully understand, embrace and spread the business philosophy of Virgin Gold. Most shareholders probably look at Virgin Gold as putting their extra money into a good investment that gives them great returns. Putting monetary return aside, Virgin Gold’s shareholders inter-connection across hundreds of countries globally is a great asset value by itself. We see the potential of creating a large social and financial conglomerate if we are able to educate and make our shareholders understand the underlying value of their investment in Virgin Gold. I know that some of our more entrepreneur shareholders are already utilizing their credit and gold accounts for international trades with partners in other geographical locations.
6. We may increase the minimum amount of shares to be maintained by a shareholder after 90 days, to 3,000 CPS-GOLD. Previously it was 1,000 CPS-GOLD and rose to 2,000 CPS-GOLD by the end of 1st Quarter 2012. Management is not intentionally driving away small shareholders; if you do not have enough funds, please pool/share with others. The cost of running business is getting higher each day and as we move forward, the company has to decide on a fine line. I foresee the minimum CPS-GOLD to be raised to 5,000 CPS-GOLD by next year. The other way to get around this, which I do not favor, is to charge a higher maintenance fee for those who hold few CPS every month. Whatever decision we make, shareholders will definitely be given a fair length notice.
7. We will give away 50g gold bars to shareholders who make one single subscription of 50,000 CPS-GOLD effective 1st April 2012 until 31st of December 2012. A separate announcement will address the terms and conditions of this promotion. We can afford to do this because this corporation is making good returns from its income generating operations. The price of gold is at a record high. Dividend to shareholders is fixed in gold. Our overhead is low. So when the corporation makes more, we continuously find ways to reward shareholders who make all this possible.
I want take this opportunity to remind our shareholders of a few matters:
1. Senior citizen shareholders: The world is moving ahead faster than it´s turning from west to east every day. Therefore, you better equip yourself well with the internet. As we grow bigger in size, we will rely more and more on delivering content, materials, et cetera to all shareholders through your online account. I know of shareholders who asked a 3rd party to manage their account, something I fully advise against. For example, in future appreciation dinners, we may ask shareholders to print their entrance tickets online, something like a self-service check-in for buses, trains, airlines, movies and concerts.
2. VGpass is 99.99% full-proof if used strictly according to our recommendation. So far, the use of VGpass is very low, by only 17% of our shareholders. It wouldn’t take more than 30 minutes of your time to apply, download, print it out and send for lamination, for the sake of your own investment. Very soon in the future, management will not take any complaints of unauthorized transfer of credits or gold from a shareholder account if he/she is not using a VGpass. Such responsibility lies with the user/shareholder himself/herself.
3. Price Increment. There have been complaints with regards to CPS-GOLD price appreciation. I view this as absolute short sightedness. It would be impossible for CPS-GOLD to list at say USD20 per share from its current price of USD1.45 per share overnight isn’t it? I would be lying if I told you so. That would be building castles in the air. Realistically, CPS-GOLD price will continue to increase until it’s ready for listing. Therefore, ROI for CPS-GOLD will relatively drop over time as I have explained time and time again. Earlier investors are always more beneficial as they shoulder more risk. Even at USD10 per CPS-GOLD, it will still be as attractive as it will be paying shareholders 1.6% (considering 1 troy ounce gold = USD1,600) per month = 19.2% per annum. Fortune 500 companies are even struggling to pay 5% per annum these days.
4. Negative elements. VGMC is a corporation with two decades of history. We have been delivering results month after month, year after year. Every now and then we have come across shareholders making slanderous comments to our personnel and other shareholders over small issues. The rule of investment is simple: If you do not believe in the company, quit. Sell off or unsubscribe your shares. Simple as that.
Conclusion:
This is a very exciting time for Virgin Gold. This corporation and its shareholders are growing in value every single day and at the same time we are diversifying into a new asset class.
Enjoy your life. Invest more within your means and capacity. Management has always been working towards one goal: Yours
Kenneth Elinger
President
Virgin Gold Mining Corporation


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