SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Merriman Capital, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), today announced that it will serve as a headline sponsor of the 49 North Resource Conference, December 13 - 14, 2011, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco.

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Institutional analysts, portfolio managers, registered investment advisors and private money managers will have the opportunity to attend company presentations in the general session and schedule private meetings with company management throughout the event. Representatives from today's leading exchanges for resource issuers, along with key media personalities and industry publications, will also be on hand at the 49 North Resource Conference.

Spencer Grimes, Head of Capital Markets Services at Merriman Capital, stated: "We're excited to again work with 49 North to help broaden the exposure of international metals and mining companies to U.S. investors. We advise many of these types of companies on how to efficiently gain a visible presence and investor following in the United States, which may include listing on OTCQX, the premier tier of the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) market. Rare earth and mining companies will continue to be important commodity-based investments for U.S. institutional investors in particular. We are excited to further our dialog with company management teams and investors at the conference."

Participating companies include:

• Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC)
• Stonegate Agricom Ltd. (TSX: ST)
• Rare Earth Metals Inc. (OTCQX: RAREF; TSXV: RA)
• South American Silver Corp (TSX: SAC)
• NovaGold (NYSE-AMEX, TSX: NG)
• Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd. (OTCQX: CPXVF; TSXV: CEV)
• Exeter Resource Corporation (NYSE-AMEX: XRA)
• Extorre Gold Mines Limited (NYSE-AMEX: XG)
• Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM)
• Colossus Minerals Inc. (TSX: CSI)
• Silvercorp Metals Inc. (NYSE/TSX:SVM)
• Goldcorp (NYSE: GG)
• St. Elias Mines (TSXV: SLI)
• Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE-AMEX: GORO)
• Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX: III)
• Orocobre Limited (TSX: ORL)
• Cardero Resource Corp. (TSX: CDU)
• MAG Silver Corp. (NYSE: MVG; TSX: MAG)
• Prophecy Platinum Corp. (OTCQX: PNIKF; TSXV: NKL)