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Pat: Thank you for your ongoing information. I would like to get your opinion of Melcor Developments.

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Melcor Developments, $15.61, symbol MRD on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 30.2 million; Market cap: $471.4 million; www.melcor.ca), is an Alberta-based real estate development company. Melcor buys, services and markets land for planned urban communities. It then sells single- and multi-family residential lots to homebuilders in these areas. In addition, the company develops commercial and industrial lots from its holdings of undeveloped land in Kelowna, B.C., and the Alberta cities of Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Lethbridge. It then constructs and sells buildings on these properties. As well, Melcor sells commercial and industrial lots to developers in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, and the province of British Columbia. The company also owns, develops and manages commercial properties in western Canada and four golf courses: two in Edmonton, one in the town of Spruce Grove, Alberta, and one in Kelowna. In the three months ended June 30, 2012, Melcor’s revenue rose 42.1%, to $35.0 million from $24.6 million a year earlier. Cash flow per share rose 33.3%,…