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aseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO, NYSE AMEX: TGB) is a British Columbia based mining company. Its main assets are the 75% owned Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine, the Prosperity gold-copper project, the Harmony gold project and the early stage Aley niobium project. The Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine, located in south-central British Columbia, is a 46,000 ton per day operation with a life of mine average annual production of 100 million pounds of copper and 1.1 million pounds of molybdenum. The mine is undergoing an expansion and modernization project which will increase annual copper production capacity to 115 million pounds by 2011. The current mine life is 26 years and there are additional resources that could significantly extend the mine life. Prosperity is one of Canada's largest undeveloped gold-copper deposits. Prior to 2001, the Company had carried out extensive exploration, engineering, mine planning, environmental and socio-economic studies on Prosperity, which hosts a large porphyry gold-copper deposit amenable to large scale open pit mining. After reinitiating work on Prosperity in 2005, the Company focused on completing the feasibility study and advancing the environmental assessment. The feasibility study was completed in late 2007 and confirmed robust economics. The project received it British Columbia Provincial Environmental Assessment Certificate in January 2010. The federal panel reviewing the project just completed six weeks of public hearings and has now committed to complete its final report in early July. Final approval from the federal government is expected in September 2010. Taseko also owns the Harmony gold project, located on the west coast of BC, and the Aley niobium project, in northern BC, which provide longer-term opportunities for additional development.

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co.,Ltd. is located in the Tongling City of Anhui Province, where is one of the cradles of China's Bronze Culture and entitled with the name "China's Ancient Bronze Capital", Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co.,Ltd. enjoys favorable geographical position that closes to both Yangtze River and sea, and has convenient transportation. As one of China's earliest copper production bases, Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co.,Ltd. has put into production in June 1952. After development of half century, now this incorporation becomes an extra large scale complex that engages mainly in copper mining, mineral processing, smelting & refining and copper products processing, and also involves in trade, scientific research and design, machine building, construction & installation, shaft & drift construction and tourism industry.This incorporation is one of the 300 enterprises that being given special support by the nation and one of the large scale enterprises being given preferential support by Anhui Provincial government. In 2005, this incorporation ranked the 174th among China's top 500 enterprises and the 98th among China's large-scale industry enterprisesin terms of its sales revenue and total assets. The output of its main product, the copper cathode, has been the top one in China's copper enterprises for consecutive 5 years since 1998. In 2004, the incorporation became one of the 13 top copper refining enterprises in the world by 371.1 thousands tons of copper cathode's output. Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co.,Ltd. has first-rate technologies and products. The highly pure copper cathode with the brand name of "Copper Crown" is entitled as China's Name Brand Product, the copper cathode with another brand "Jintun" as well as "Copper Crown" have been registered in LME, both of them are world well known now. Other products, such as oxygen-free copper rod, round copper enameled wire, chalcanthite, plastic cables & wires are listed as Name Brand Products of Anhui Province. The articles of Continuous Mining Technology and Equipments for Underground Mine, Variable Ejecting under Normal Temperature--Kinetic Wave Washing Flash Furnace Smelting Technology were rewarded the Blue Ribbons of National Advance in Science & Technology. This incorporation has established economic, technical and trade cooperation relationship with more than 30 countries and regions around the world. Dozens of its products are exported to over 10 countries and areas such as Japan, Germany, United States and Singapore. The incorporation is one of the top 100 China's enterprises that has license to engage in foreign trade, and ranks the 175th among the top 500 China's enterprises in terms of total volume of imports and exports. During the period of "The 11th Five Years Plan", Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co.,Ltd. will follow its overall developing strategy of "Innovating, Adjusting, Reorganizing and Reconstructing ", with the aim of "Promoting Main Industry, Separating and Restructuring the Subsidiary Industries, Standardized and Effective Managing, Developing Both Enterprise & Employees", to further deepen its reform and structure adjusting, accelerate its development, and to make this incorporation become a modern enterprise equipped with international competitive capacity.

Vedanta Resources explores, mines, and refines copper, zinc, and aluminum, with operations located in Australia, Zambia, and India. Vedanta does business in India through its copper-producing subsidiary Sterlite Industries. Sterlite produces zinc and aluminum through its majority holdings in Hindustan Zinc and Bharat Aluminum Company. Its Australian properties include copper mines in Queensland and Tasmania. Vedanta also owns a controlling stake in India's largest private-sector iron ore producer, Sesa Goa Limited. In 2010 Vedanta agreed to acquire the zinc assets of Anglo American PLC in a $1.3 billion deal that would make it the world's largest zinc and lead producer.

Weatherly International has charted a course in African natural resources businesses. It operates primarily through two subsidiaries, Weatherly Mining Namibia and Namibia Custom Smelters. The former owns mines in Namibia, Zambia and Burkina Faso, producing mainly copper and manganese, while the smelting operation handles materials from Africa, Eastern Europe, and South America. In 2009 East China Mineral Exploration and Development agreed to buy a just-more than 50% stake in the company, though that agreement was terminted early the next year. Weatherly also agreed to sell Namibia Custom Smelters to Dundee Precious Metals for about $33 million.

Since its initial public offering in March 2002, Xstrata has grown rapidly to become one of the largest diversified mining companies in the world, with top five industry positions in copper, export thermal coal, export coking coal, ferrochrome, zinc and nickel. In addition, the Group has a growing platinum business, recycling facilities, additional exposures to gold, cobalt, lead, silver and vanadium and a suite of mining and metals-related technologies, many of which are industry leaders. Our operations and projects span 19 countries and we have corporate offices in a further six countries. Our strategy will continue to rest on delivery against each of these three pillars, but over time, the emphasis has shifted. Initially, Xstrata’s strategy was, of necessity, dominated by acquisitive growth, to build a major diversified mining group with the scale and diversity to compete effectively with the leading companies in the industry. Following each acquisition, Xstrata’s operational teams have fundamentally transformed the acquired operations to extract synergies with existing operations and enhance their competitiveness, improve safety, environmental and social performance to industry-leading standards, extend the reserve and resource base and expected life of the operations and develop expansion or associated growth options.

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