Golden Star is a mid-tier gold mining company over a quarter-century in age and total historical production of over two million ounces of gold. Golden Star Resources, Ltd. has two operating mines situated along the prolific Ashanti Gold Belt in Ghana, West Africa. Production in 2009 totaled 409,902 ounces of gold from these two mines. Our growth strategy is the result of our exploration and expansion activities at both Bogoso/Prestea and Wassa/HBB. Our Bogoso sulfide and oxide processing plants are working in tandem to enable us to achieve our 2010 operating guidance. The CIL plant at Wassa is processing ore from the Wassa pits in addition to high grade ore from the HBB satellite mines. In addition to operational growth, the Company has consistently grown through exploration and corporate development activities. Lastly, Golden Star has a long-term commitment to sustainability with particular emphasis on health, education and the environment.

Great Basin Gold Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and trial mining of precious metal deposits. The company primarily focuses on gold and silver properties. Its projects include the Hollister gold project in Nevada and the Burnstone gold project in South Africa. Great Basin Gold is a mining company engaged in the development and exploration of Gold properties. The company is currently in late stage development at two projects in the world’s two most well known gold producing regions, with a substantial resource base of 13 million ounces in the measured and indicated category. The Hollister project is located on the Carlin Trend in Nevada, USA and the Burnstone project.

In FY09, Harmony produced 1.46 million ounces of gold, making it one of the world’s largest gold mining companies. The group’s operations are located primarily on the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa, encompassing ten underground operations, an open-pit mine and surface operations that encompass four provinces, Gauteng, North West Province, Mpumalanga and the Free State. The Company also operates an open-pit mine in Papua New Guinea. Harmony’s operations have grown significantly since 1995, expanding from a single, lease-bound mining operation into an independent, world-class gold producer. The group received additional mining rights in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and North West province in South Africa when it acquired Lydex in 1997, Evander in 1998, Kalgold in 1999, Randfontein in 2000, ARMgold in 2003 and Avgold in 2004.

IAMGOLD Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral resource properties worldwide. IAMGOLD Corp. primarily explores for gold, silver, zinc, copper, niobium, diamonds, and other precious metals. It holds interests in seven operating gold mines, a niobium producer, a diamond royalty, and exploration and development projects located in Africa and the Americas. IAMGOLD Corp. primarily explores and develops Essakane project in Burkina Faso, the Westwood project in Canada, and the Quimsacocha project in Ecuador. It was formerly known as IAMGOLD International African Mining Gold Corporation and changed its name to IAMGOLD Corporation in June 1997. IAMGOLD Corporation was founded in 1990 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Jaguar Mining Inc. ("Jaguar") is one of the fastest growing gold producers in the world. Jaguar's plan is to significantly expand gold production from 70,000 ounces produced in 2007 to between 620,000 and 700,000 ounces by 2014 through its wholly-owned operations in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jaguar operates in a prolific greenstone belt with a rich history of gold mining. Jaguar is actively exploring and developing additional mineral resources at its 65,500 acre land base in Minas Gerais and on an additional concession base totaling 186,600 acres in the state of Ceará in the northeast of Brazil through a joint venture. Jaguar is committed to increasing shareholder value through its aggressive expansion program, sizeable exploration effort and commitment to a best practices program where health, safety and environmental considerations receive the highest priority. Jaguar is a relatively low-cost gold producer and has no gold hedges in place thereby providing the leverage to gold prices directly to its investors.

Kimber Resources Inc. is an advanced gold-silver explorer focused in Mexico, that is seeking to grow shareholder value by building gold and silver mineral resources through systematic exploration. Kimber Resources Inc. strategy is to excel as an exploration company specializing in the discovery, definition and development of gold and silver deposits in Mexico, building resources and advancing our projects into valuable assets capable of becoming profitable mining operations. Kimber Resources Inc., is based in Vancouver, British Columbia and trades on the NYSE AMEX under the symbol “KBX” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “KBR.”

Kinross Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the gold mining and related activities. Kinross Gold Corporation also involves in the exploration and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, the extraction and processing of gold-containing ores, and reclamation of gold mining properties. Its gold production and exploration activities are carried out principally in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and the Russian Federation. As of December 31, 2009, its proven and probable mineral reserves were 51.0 million ounces of gold, 102.9 million ounces of silver, and 2.9 billion pounds of copper.

Minco Gold Corporation is a pioneer among western mining companies in China. Minco Gold Corporation has engaged a dynamic, proven management team and has cultivated strong relationships with key Chinese mining organizations. Minco has acquired an impressive asset portfolio and works directly with strategically select joint venture partners whose expertise adds significant value to Minco's operations. We have established joint ventures in the provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Inner Mongolia. Minco Mining (China) Corporation, incorporated in China for the purposes of managing the Company's projects in China, enhancing the Company's management team in China, and expanding upon certain mining activities (such as staking) in China.

Nevsun Resources Ltd. is a gold and base metal developer with a focus on developing mining projects in Africa. Nevsun is currently focused on advancing its high grade gold, copper, silver and zinc Bisha Project in Eritrea. The Bisha Mine is in active construction with operations anticipated in late 2010. Progress pictures can be found here. The Bisha Mine will be a low cost gold producer for its first two years of production (approx. 430,000 ounces gold per year) and a low cost high grade copper concentrate producer (approx. 80,000 tonnes of contained copper metal per year) for a further three years. Thereafter the mine will produce separate zinc and copper concentrates. Nevsun Resources Ltd. Eritrean portfolio provides a good base for future corporate growth.

New Jersey Mining Company (NJMC:OTCBB) is exploring for and developing gold, silver and base metal ore resources in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District of northern Idaho and western Montana. New Jersey Mining Co. has a gold exploration joint venture with Newmont North American Exploration Limited at the Toboggan Project near Murray, Idaho. New Jersey Mining Co. portfolio of mineral properties also includes: the Niagara copper-silver deposit, the Golden Chest mine, the New Jersey mine, the Silver Strand mine and several exploration prospects. New Jersey Mining Co. strategy is to explore for gold, silver and base metal deposits in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District, a world class mining district, while concurrently mining and processing higher grade resources at its New Jersey mill facility near Kellogg, Idaho.

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