Allegheny Technologies Incorporated produces and sells specialty metals worldwide. Allegheny Technologies High Performance Metals segment offers a range of high performance alloys, including nickel-and cobalt-based alloys and superalloys; titanium and titanium-based alloys; exotic metals, such as zirconium, hafnium, niobium, nickel-titanium, and their related alloys; and other specialty alloys primarily in long product forms, including ingots, billets, bars, shapes and rectangles, rods, wires, seamless tubes, and castings. This segment markets its products directly to end-use customers in the aerospace and defense, oil and gas, chemical process, electrical energy, and medical industries. Allegheny Technologies Flat-Rolled Products segment provides stainless steel, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, titanium and titanium-based alloys, and specialty alloys in various product forms, including plate, sheet, engineered strip, and precision rolled strip products, as well as grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. This segment serves the oil and gas, chemical process, electrical energy, automotive, food equipment and appliances, machine and cutting tools, construction and mining, aerospace and defense, electronics, communication equipment, and computer industries. Allegheny Technologies Engineered Products segment provides tungsten powders, tungsten heavy alloys, tungsten carbide materials, and tungsten carbide cutting tools. It also produces carbon alloy steel impression die forgings, and grey and ductile iron castings, as well as provides precision metals processing services, such as grinding, polishing, blasting, cutting, flattening, and ultrasonic testing. This segment serves various industrial markets, including automotive, oil and gas, chemical process, machine and cutting tools, aerospace, construction and mining, and other markets requiring tools with hardness. Allegheny Technologies was founded in 1960 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The story of Alliance begins in 1971 when MAPCO Inc., then a Fortune 500 diversified energy company, entered the coal-production business, acquiring the Dotiki mine. This underground operation in Webster County, Kentucky, soon became, and remains to this day, one of the most productive coal mines in the country. By the time the company reached its silver anniversary, MAPCO Coal owned five mining complexes in three states — Kentucky, Illinois, and Maryland. It also owned the Mt. Vernon Facility, a rail-to-barge loading terminal on the Ohio River. Located in Indiana, the Mt. Vernon facility is capable of handling 8 million tons of coal per year. In 1996, management formed Alliance Coal Corporation and led a buyout of MAPCO Inc.'s coal operations with the financial support of The Beacon Group. Within two years, Alliance acquired Hopkins County Coal, a surface/underground operation in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and opened MC Mining, an underground mine in Pike County, Kentucky. In 1998, Alliance sold 15.1 million tons of coal and was recognized as the sixth-largest coal producer in the eastern United States. During 1999, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. was formed, and after completion of its initial public offering as a publicly-traded master limited partnership, acquired the coal operations of Alliance Coal Corporation. The new company soon broke ground for a new underground mining complex in Gibson County, Indiana. Production began at Gibson County Coal the following year. ARLP began a $30 million extension of its Pattiki mine in southern Illinois during 2000. Construction of a new mine shaft and ancillary facilities began in 2001 at the Dotiki mining complex. Both of these projects were completed during the second quarter of 2003 and positioned Alliance Coal to meet increasing demand for its coal. In 2002, management purchased all of The Beacon Group's interest in ARLP. The acquisition was not funded or secured with any of Alliance's assets.

Almaden Minerals Ltd., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. It principally holds interests in the Elk gold and silver property comprising the Siwash Gold deposit in Canada; and Caballo Blanco gold, silver, and copper prospect consisting of 8,200 hectares located in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Almaden Minerals was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. operates as a coal producer primarily in the central Appalachian and northern Appalachian regions. Alpha Natural Resources engages in underground room and pillar mining, and surface mining operations, with a focus on high bituminous, low sulfur steam coal and metallurgical coal reserves. It supplies and exports metallurgical coal for use in the steel-making processes; and thermal coal to electric utilities and manufacturing industries fuel for electricity generation. Alpha Natural Resources operates 61 mines and 14 coal preparation plants in Northern and Central Appalachia and the Powder River Basin. Alpha Natural Resources also involves in the purchase and resale of coal. Alpha Natural Resources serves electric utilities, steel manufacturers, industrial customers, and energy traders and brokers. Alpha Natural Resources was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia.

Alphamin Resources may be based in Canada, but its heart is in Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold and silver in the Durango and Guerrero states of Mexico. Its properties include El Violin, La Purisima, Jesus Maria, and San Rafael. Alphamin also has properties in Argentina, but it isn't currently developing these projects, while it focuses on developing its properties in Mexico. In 2009 it changed its name from La Plata Gold.

Altius is a natural resource project generation and royalty business based in the province of Newfoundland & Labrador. Altius is focused on the mining and resources sector through prospect generation, the creation and acquisition of royalties and investments. The Corporation has a strong financial position with approximately $194 million in cash and liquid investments and no debt. Altius owns an effective 0.3% net smelter return in the producing Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt mine located in Labrador, Canada and has numerous active mineral exploration agreements principally in eastern Canada targeting a variety of mineral commodities. In addition, the Corporation holds investments in junior exploration and development stage companies. The Company prefers to generate partnerships or corporate structures related to the opportunities it generates, which results in the Corporation carrying minority and non-operating project or equity interests and/or royalty interests. Since inception in 1997, our business model and operating philosophy have consistently delivered increased value for shareholders of Altius through cyclical market conditions. The company has built a solid reputation around its percentage of successful mineral project generation initiatives that it intends to further build upon. While the market sentiment for the natural resources sector was somewhat turbulent in 2009 our Company is well prepared to embrace the opportunities of market volatility and/or a down-cycle. Going forward Altius intends to grow its business through its; 1) organic mineral exploration business focused in eastern Canada, 2) exportation of its proven prospect generator business model to other choice jurisdictions, and 3) to prudently deploy its capital in royalty-like investment opportunities throughout the minerals sector. Altius prospered through the last bear cycle because its business plan inherently preserves capital structure and manages risk, thus there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of Altius and its expanding business strategy.

Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) stays in the mix by trading, distributing, and manufacturing metals, building products, and chemicals for a wide range of industrial applications. Its metals include steel and non-ferrous metals (aluminum and tin), and its chemicals operation distributes paints and coatings, specialty, and food chemicals. AMC operates through about 25 subsidiary companies in 12 countries. In North America, it operates subsidiary Amalgamet, which trades non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and essential oils. Amalgamated Metal Corporation Industrial segment is its largest, accounting for not quite two-thirds of its business. Almost half of AMC's sales are in the UK and continental Europe.

Amarillo Gold Corp. is a company focused on the acquisition, definition and discovery of gold resources in Brazil. Its principal projects are the Mara Rosa project in the state of Goiás and the Lavras do Sul project in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The Posse Deposit at Mara Rosa was found by an independent 43-101 compliant preliminary economic assessment study carried out by CCIC to contain 643,000 ounces indicated from 13.5MTonnes @ 1.48 g/t Au, 538,000 ounces inferred from 13.0MTonnes @ 1.26 g/t Au at a 0.5g/t cut-off grade and the project is in the economic evaluation stage. The Posse deposit is located in an area of excellent infrastructure located some 35 km NE of Yamana’s Chapada open pit Cu-Au operation, 105 km NE of Serra Grande’s underground Au mine, 105 km NNW of Anglo American’s nickel laterite project (in construction), 95 km NW of Votarintim’s Niquelandia nickel laterite mine and approximately 60 kms NE of Yamana’s Pilar Au project (in feasibility). Grid power to the site was established during the previous open pit mining operation and the Serra da Mesa hydro-electric dam lies 35 km to the east.

American Colloid Company is a leading producer and supplier of high-quality Wyoming bentonites, North Dakota leonardites, and humic acid products. These products are highly beneficial to agriculture, agronomic and horticulture applications. In agriculture and horticulture our products are beneficial as flow control agents, animal feed pelletizing, and agricultural carriers. These products absorb liquid active herbicides and pesticides onto their surfaces that help to control dispersion rates, limit drift and leach ability as these products are applied to cropland. In agronomy these leonardite/humic acid products stimulate plant growth, improve the availability of nutrients and other trace minerals to plants. They improve soil properties such as aeration, permeability, water filtration, holding capacity and nutrient uptake. This is especially beneficial where rainfall and moisture retention are minimal.

Anatolia Minerals is an emerging gold producer and leading minerals explorer in Turkey. The Company discovered and is developing the Çöpler Gold Project, which hosts gold reserves and resources in excess of 6 million ounces and remains open. Construction for the initial oxide phase at Çöpler is fully permitted and funded. First gold pour is slated for the 4th quarter 2010. Growth opportunities for Anatolia Minerals drive from a pipeline of precious and base metals properties and a strategic alliance with Çalik Mining -- a member company of a leading Turkish conglomerate. Near term expansion of both oxide and sulfide potential at Çöpler are being advanced. Longer-term prospects include two nearby copper/gold porphyry deposits -- Cevizlidere and Karakartal - and numerous grassroots prospects throughout Turkey. Anatolia Minerals is dedicated to ethical and responsible mining and exploration practices, with its employees committed to implementing and continuously improving standards for safety, health, environmental and community stewardship.

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