Tuesday, March 30, 2010 – After Market Close

Green Baron New “Stock Alert”

Aspire International, Inc.

(Symbol: APIT – $.28 per share) 

www.APIT.ca

Common Shares Outstanding / 14.26 million

Market Cap / $3.99 million

2010 Year-High / $.44

2010 Year-Low / $.20

Average Price / $.3703 (50-day) .2348 (200-day)

Average Volume / 12,400 (50-day) 16,500 (200-day)

A 43-101 Independently Surveyed Mining Report Values Aspire at Over $1 Billion; Report Implies In-Ground Valuation of $50 per share

Geologist Estimates Rank APIT's Manganese Resource among the Largest Deposits in the World

Green Baron Believes Production Ramp-up in 2010 is about to Launch Aspire International (APIT) Stock to substantially higher prices.

Today’s Green Baron “Stock Alert” is a tightly held mining company that we believe is on the brink of unbridled success. Since the stock still trades on the OTC Exchange Market we could not initiate full coverage as a “Stock Pick”.  It is our understanding that the Company is now working to completely update its financial filings and other aspects of the company. This virtually unknown stock remains “ON SALE” for these reasons, and our members have a chance to snap up what we believe are the last cheap shares available before the company, which recently traded near to its all time high, could soon break above that level to new all time record highs, which from a technical standpoint, could project prices up towards $1 per share.

Aspire International, Inc. (OTCPK: APIT) is officially our newest Green Baron “Stock Alert”.  Results compiled from the most recent trade prior to dissemination of this report to the subsequent high will be closely monitored at www.thegreenbaron.com and through email updates to members.  Although we have very aggressive price projections for APIT, we still suggest our members try to accumulate shares as close to our profile price as possible and up to recent 2010 highs. 

TRADER’S NOTES:  While APIT trades on the OTC market for the time being, the company is updating its financials and we expect this to be completed soon and it has a goal to attain an AMEX listing as soon as practicable. At the same time the company’s stock price and activity has increased as multiple market makers have joined in to quote the stock with increasingly tightening spreads of late. Most recently, APIT has been quotes with a spread of only about two cents or less.   

Due to the relatively low number of shares outstanding, APIT stock can move a large percentage on even moderate volume.  APIT has traded mostly between .30 and .40 for much of 2010, hence the reason the 50-day moving average is over .37 per share.  Most investors are not aware of what is going on with Aspire, and we believe we’ve truly uncovered a tremendous opportunity at an emerging early stage.  This stock should be trading well into the dollars once investors fully realize the Company’s asset value and progress!

Aspire International, Inc., through its Chinese subsidiary, Aspire GuangXi Inc., owns a 70% interest in the Na Wang Manganese Project in the GuangXi region of southern China.   A 43-101 report commissioned by Aspire, published by Canadian mining professionals (including lead geologist  Duncan J. Bain B.Sc., P.Geo.), studied a small tract of the project about 1/20th of the land area: The report concluded that this minute section of the entire resource is valued at approximately $200 million.  If the remaining tracts are of comparable quality as consulting geologists already believe to be the case, then this would conclude that Aspire has a total reserve worth in excess of $1 billion according to the completed 43-101 feasibility study.

The Green Baron Report considers APIT to be an uncommonly opportunistic speculation for our members at current prices primarily for the following reasons:

• China’s appetite for Manganese - China is a net importer of Manganese and this growing deficit places Aspire in a uniquely advantageous position given the fact it already has a potential buyer for its entire maximum production, output and mine life with China having had to import 9.6 million tons of Manganese last year. China’s insatiable demand for Iron Ore and Manganese continues unabated and Manganese is already considered a rare earth mineral with no US production.
• Prime Location in Area Rich in a Diversity of Metals - Located along China's border with Vietnam, the GuangXi region has more Tin, Manganese, Indium, base and precious metals and metal deposits than any other province of China.  Since the Na Wang Project is the largest Manganese deposit in GuangXi, it has extensive local and regional government support that could lead to expansion of other projects.
• Valuation and Validation – The 43-101 report published by Canadian mining professionals including lead geologist Mr. Duncan J. Bain B.Sc., P.Geo., took in to consideration observations of exploration, development and mining activities over the five mineralized zones on the property.  APIT is believed to have a reserve worth in excess of $1 billion based on the 43-101-feasibility study.
• Excellent Facilities and Accommodative Infrastructure - The Na Wang Manganese Project consists of a mining area of 21.3 Square Kilometers (5.1 square miles) ideally suited to low cost open pit mining with easy access to a water source, a deepwater port, and electricity.
• Already in Production - Currently, the mine is producing 100 tonnes (110 U.S. tons) per day. By utilizing the more advanced western mining technology, APIT plans to ramp the capacity up to 500 tonnes (550 U.S. tons) per day by the middle of 2010.
• Consumption Increase and New Uses – Manganese consumption worldwide has been growing by 8% per year.  Also, newly discovered applications for Manganese are constant with some having "green" implications.
• APIT Filings, Website and Communications – Although we cannot be certain, we believe Aspire will make significant advances over the coming months to communicate better via its financial filings, aspects and new developments.

Aspire International stock remains extremely tightly held with only 14.26 million shares outstanding and an estimated three million shares in the float.  We are confident that moderate buying supported by good news from the Company could drive shares well above $1 per share over the near-term.  The Green Baron Report believes APIT’s share of manganese on its claims justifies a trading price of $3 to $5 per share over the next six months based on the current share structure, steady progress of work on the property, and today’s purchasing climate for manganese. 

About Aspire International, Inc.

Aspire International, Inc., through its Chinese subsidiary, Aspire GuangXi Inc., owns a 70% interest in the Na Wang Manganese Project in the GuangXi region of southern China.  It is a largely scalable project with reserves of 7.4 million metric tons at an average grade of 20% manganese.  However, through secondary screening processes, the ore can average a net 38% - 40% yield or considerably higher for manganese.  The Na Wang property currently has a mining area of 21.3 sq km.

The Project lies near Na Wang Village, about 25 kilometers northwest of Fangcheng City, Guangxi Province. Located along China's border with Vietnam, the GuangXi region has more Tin, Manganese, Indium, base and precious metals and metal deposits than any other province of China.  Since the Na Wang Project is the largest Manganese deposit in GuangXi, it has extensive local and regional government support that could lead to expansion of other projects.

APIT plans to sell the Manganese from the Na Wang Manganese Project directly to alloy manufacturers and metal traders. In an effort to contain costs and utilize the most qualified individuals, APIT will outsource the mining labor and management. The Na Wang Manganese Project contains a minimum of three mineralized zones and two sites of mine tailings, each of which has been assigned to a different mining contractor. Each of these established, regional contractors has guaranteed APIT a minimum production level and has financial incentives to surpass them. This is part of APIT's strategy to subdivide its asset into multiple mining sites to attract individual contractor miners.

Aspire International APIT intends to build on its manganese foundations, applying its mining and acquisition expertise, to further develop its base metal mining activities in the nearby region, in particular, in the related field of Iron Ore mining and production, as well as exploration, acquisition, development and production of Gold, Silver and Copper.

While the initial emphasis on Manganese ore remains the primary source of cash flow, efforts will soon be increased to acquire additional cash flow driven projects in these related fields in which management already expressed considerable interest in exceptional acquisition targets under consideration, with an emphasis on China's most important needs over coming decades, with a population four times that of the USA.

With China’s Gold demand alone expected to double, the likelihood of Manganese and Iron Ore demand also doubling is a natural progression of continuing economic growth.

More about Manganese

Although even some of the most sophisticated investors may not have heard much of Manganese, its growing importance cannot be underestimated and that is why The Green Baron Report has chosen to highlight this unfolding opportunity so strongly for the benefit of its readers. We understand how well other rare metals such as Rhodium and Zinc performed, and how Manganese is becoming the preferred alloy in much of steel production today.

Manganese is a brittle, hard gray-white metal that looks a lot like Iron and is present in practically everything made of steel and since nickel prices soared in the last decade Manganese use has increased exponentially as a lower cost alloy in many steels.

Manganese is also used in many everyday applications including dry cell batteries, (about 20 Billion per year), aluminum cans, (about 100 Billion per year), electronic circuits as well as fungicides and pesticides and although manganese may be fatal to a bug or fungus, it is vital to our good health as humans. The recommended intake of manganese is 2-5 mg per day. The latest use of Manganese and its derivatives is seen as increasingly in demand for Hybrid vehicles ensuring usage will continue to rise.

Excerpts of reports and other supporting research illustrate a compelling case for the future of Manganese as an investment: 

There is growing alarm among some analysts and commentators regarding the fact that America and Canada have no domestic mine operations in Manganese.  We have a Steel Industry that's as high tech and as capable as any to compete on the world stage, but still (since 1985) America must remain at the mercy of imported Manganese and mostly from not so friendly nations.  This is compounded by potential supply disruptions due to competition from developing countries such as China and Africa's electrical problems over the past few years, not accounting for the fact that China is already soliciting Manganese to make up for its huge shortfall in production of 9.6 Million tons per year.  This implies that all locally produced Manganese in China is already sold out.

We constantly read of late how China controls 93% of Rare Earth production worldwide and all of the fears that this little detail encompasses. Well, how about the fact China controls approximately 97% of the world’s supply of Electrolytic Manganese Metal (EMM). People need to wake up to the fact that Steel cannot be made for today’s world without 15% of the Manganese for each ton of steel benefits, mainly for de-sulphurization and alleviating brittleness of many steel products, but increasing its flexibility, not to mention that Manganese is now replacing Nickel in many Stainless Steel products due to cost cutting factors.

Manganese is used in many forms and applications today and one of the latest is in Cathodes for Lithium-Ion batteries for Hybrid vehicles. This is one reason that begs the question: Why are people so concerned with Lithium supplies, when little to nothing is being said about Manganese. Batteries use a form of Manganese: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) and both EMD & EMM must be supplied or produced from raw Manganese ore produced by outside Nations. Over the past 6 years the annual demand growth rate for Electrolytic Manganese has been an astounding 26% per year, primarily due to the steel market and here we are almost totally dependent on China for all the Manganese Derivatives, EMM / EMD used by American industry.

Manganese has become so valuable in recent decades; the US Government lists it as a “Strategic Metal”

“On Jan. 7, 1987, Manganese was certified by the U.S. Dept. of State as a Strategic Mineral essential for the economy and defense of the United States that is unavailable in adequate quantities from reliable and domestic suppliers. The problem created by this unavailability is aggravated since there is no satisfactory substitute for Manganese among its major applications and it has itself now become a substitute in certain alloy applications due to new and innovative metallurgical discoveries.”

• The U.S. Geological Survey also states: There are no substitutes for Manganese in its major applications – The manufacture of steel, steel alloys, non-steel alloys, batteries (alkaline), fertilizers and animal feed. Just to add insult to injury, the U.S. Government ads a 14% Import Tax on EMM to compliment the 20% Export Tax China imposes. That potentially places many businesses in the U.S. at a substantial disadvantage to China, when it comes to the wide uses of Manganese in our domestic industries.

 

Here are a few more pertinent statistics regarding Manganese (EMM / EMD):

• Manganese is the world’s 4^th largest traded metal behind Iron, Aluminum, and Copper.
• Manganese consumption worldwide is roughly 30 Billion Lbs per year.
• Electrolytic Manganese production has gone from 660 Million Lbs p/yr in 2002 to 2.6 Billion Lbs pa in 2008.
• S Africa has been facing extreme metal production decreases due to electrical power shortages.
• Worldwide Manganese demand has been growing by 8% per year. (Approximately 1.5 Billion lbs)
• Worldwide Demand for Electrolytic Manganese by Industry = 47% for Steel, 32% for Aluminum, 14% for Electronics, 7% for Chemicals with additional uses continually emanating from the high tech sector. 
• Military applications for Manganese are huge but on the extreme side of the spectrum and yet are seldom mentioned much.

Breakthrough Discovery?

A recent process developed by Kyoto University in Japan to reproduce the photosynthesis process using Manganese Dioxide may be able to absorb very large quantities of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, improving our air quality. 

If these Kyoto scientists are successful, one can only begin to imagine what excitement there will be from the Global Warming crew and media. Manganese could very well play an historic part in our earth’s green future.  Rare Earth metals could become increasingly more important and are already an extremely important part of a new world in mineral uses and latest discoveries, but soon we will see Manganese become much further to the forefront of North American miners and media follow as it should.

Green Baron Conclusion

Aspire International, Inc. (OTCPK: APIT) plans to significantly ramp up production for manganese at its mine in China this year.  We believe there is a tremendous appetite for purchase of manganese, and we expect Aspire to attract favorable financing terms to increase production to over 500 tonnes per day by the end of 2010.

APIT is currently trading at a mere fraction of its potential.  Most investors are unaware of its assets or the outlook for manganese.  The Green Baron Report believes APIT stock could see a massive run if the Company files its financials and better communicates its story.  We view the stock’s recent pullback near the 2010 trading low to be an ideal entry point for our members.

The upside in the stock is staggering.  We do not like to issue price projections too outlandish so we must be careful.  In ground assets need to be dug up and processed: However, Aspire has control of claims that demonstrate serious value, and we suggest our members to accumulate APIT at the current price.

Contact:

At the Company:

To-Hon Lam, Chief Technical Advisor

Aspire International, Inc.

18 Crown Steel Drive, Suite18

Markham, ON L3R9X8

Phone: (905) 943-9996