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Maple Leaf hires Global Investor in Germany
(TSX-V: MPE) Last Close: May 30, 2008 - $0.32 Shares Issued: 56,102,327
About this update from Maple Leaf Green World, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n(TSX-V: MPE)\n\n\nLast Close: May 30, 2008 - $0.32\n\n\nShares Issued: 56,102,327\n\n\nCALGARY, June 2 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Reforestation Inc. (TSX Venture - MPE)\n("Maple Leaf" or the "Company") today announced that it has selected Global\nInvestor GbR ("Global"), as the Company's investor relations representative in\nGermany. Global will provide investor relations services to the European\naudience for a sixty day term. Maple Leaf will pay $27,500.00 USD for the\nprogram. The engagement of Global is subject to final approval by the\nTSX Venture Exchange.\n\n\nThe investor relations program will focus on shareholder communications\nand building Maple Leaf an active following of investment specialists across\nGermany. More specifically, Global will prepare an internal research report on\nMaple Leaf and will also arrange for the preparation of an independent,\nexternal research report (the cost of which is included in the payment to\nGlobal). Both of these reports will be disseminated to more than\n450,000 investors through Global's databases.\n\n\nRaymond Lai, Chairman, President & CEO of Maple Leaf sees the\ncommencement of investor relations efforts in Germany as a significant step\nforward for the Company. Mr. Lai comments, "European investors are very active\nin terms of supporting renewal resource projects. Our Xinjiang Yellowhorn Tree\nProject is something that should be very exciting to European investors,\nespecially those in Germany which is the world's largest producer and consumer\nof bio-diesel. Global's services should provide Maple Leaf and its projects\nwith the necessary exposure in the European markets to help raise some\nawareness about Maple Leaf's listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange."\n\n\nAbout Maple Leaf Reforestation Inc.\n\n\nMaple Leaf is a Canadian company operating a large-scale forest nursery\nwhose primary focus is growing value-added tree seedlings and alfalfa\nfeedstock alongside landscaping and nursery products in China. In addition the\nmulti-faceted Xinjiang Yellowhorn tree project will provide for the\nmanufacture of biodiesel fuel. Reforestation has been identified as a critical\nstrategy to help manage China's troubling environmental issues, namely\npollution and desertification. Maple Leaf currently has over 6 million\nvarieties of seedli...