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)

For more information about the conference or to register, please visit: http://tiny.cc/st7pf

About Merriman Capital, Inc.

Merriman Capital, Inc. is an investment banking firm providing equity and options execution services, market making, and differentiated research for high growth companies. We also provide capital raising, advisory and M&A services. Merriman Capital, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR) and is the leading investment banking firm for OTCQX companies. For more information, please go to http://www.merrimanco.com/.

Merriman Capital, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer and member of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) http://www.finra.org/ and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) http://www.sipc.org/contact.cfm.  

About 49 North

49 North is a leading advocate for growing organizations wishing to penetrate further into the U.S. marketplace. From marketing road shows to full-service investor relations services, they're applying new methods and thought to drive higher valuations, increased liquidity, and broader investor awareness for their clients.

Note to Investors

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to buy any securities of the Company. Forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof. Our actual results may differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with our business, which include the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K/A filed on April 28, 2011 and the Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2011. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," and "would" or similar words. We assume no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The Form 10-K/A filed on April 28, 2011 and the Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2011 together with this press release and the financial information contained herein, are available on our website, www.merrimanco.com. Please click on "Investor Relations."

SOURCE Merriman Holdings, Inc.