North Bay Resources Inc. (OTCQB: NBRI) is a junior mining company with over 150 mineral and placer claims encompassing approximately 60,000 acres throughout British Columbia, Canada. The Company’s mission is to build a portfolio of viable mining prospects throughout the world and developing them through subsidiaries and JV partners to their full economic potential.North Bay's business plan is based on the Generative Business Model, which is designed to leverage its properties into near-term revenue streams even during the earliest stages of exploration and development. This provides shareholders with multiple opportunities to profit from discoveries while preserving capital and minimizing the risk involved in exploration and development.North Bay Resources Company has recently filed registration documents with the SEC to become a fully-reporting company. Once the registration is effective, the Company will then be eligible to have its stock listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB).

Novus Gold thinks it might be nice to find gold. Currently it has no gold mining operations but it does intend to have some soon. Until it changed its name and business in 2009 the company had been known as Loubac Top Environmental and distributed wheeled carts for storing household waste and recyclables for municipal collection in Quebec. Though Novus Gold doesn't own gold properties yet it agreed to buy two in the Dominican Republic soon after the name change went into effect.

Nyrstar is a Belgian publicly-listed company, created on 31 August, 2007 by combining the zinc smelting and alloying operations of Zinifex (an Australian mining company) and Umicore (a Belgian materials technology company). We listed on the Euronext Brussels Stock Exchange on 29 October 2007.Our name, Nyrstar, is a combination of ‘nyr’, an old Norse word meaning new, and ‘star’ a leading light. For us, Nyrstar means a bright new star, brilliant and fresh.Our vision is to be the partner of choice in essential resources for the development of a changing world. Our strategic direction is to focus on the pursuit of value creation for our stakeholders through initiatives that improve and expand our existing assets whilst selectively pursuing opportunities in mining.The zinc we produce is most commonly used to protect steel from corrosion. It is used in a wide range of industries, the largest consumers being the construction and transport sectors.Nyrstar also produces significant quantities of lead. Lead and zinc are very much sister metals, tending to occur together geologically. Lead is mainly used to produce lead-acid batteries, used primarily in motor vehicles.Given the mineral nature of zinc and lead concentrates, when they are processed they produce a number of valuable by-products such as copper, gold, indium and silver. Sulphuric acid is another valuable by-product of the zinc smelting process.Nyrstar's plants are located close to its key customers and adjacent to major transport hubs to allow easy delivery of raw materials and distribution of finished products.

OCI Chemical primarily produces soda ash from its mining and manufacturing operations in Wyoming and Alabama. Soda ash is used in the manufacture of glass, soaps and detergents, pulp and paper, and other chemical products. OCI Chemical company also makes sodium percarbonate, widely used in detergents and personal care products, and hydrogen peroxide. Established as Stauffer Chemical in 1962, OCI Chemical company mines primarily in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming to recover the trona from which its soda ash is produced. OCI Chemical is an operating subsidiary of South Korean company OCI Company (formerly known as DC Chemical).

Polyus Gold (Open Joint Stock Company, OJSC) is an international company, the leading gold producer in Russia and the only Russian company among the world’s largest gold producers.Headquartered in Moscow, Polyus Gold’s operating mines and development/exploration projects are located in 5 major gold mining regions of Russia – the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Irkutsk, Magadan, Amur Regions, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), as well as in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Romania and Kyrgyzstan.In 2009 Polyus Gold production in Russia totalled 39.2 tonnes (1.261 m oz).The company’s P&P reserves (JORC) as at January 1, 2010 amount to 74.1 m oz, based on the Inpedendent Expert's Report made by Micon International.Polyus Gold reserves according to Russian classification as listed by the State Committee of Reserves (GKZ Rosnedra) at January 1, 2010 amounted to 109.4 m oz. of balance В+С1+С2 reserves.In Russia Polyus Gold shares are traded on MICEX and RTS. In the UK Polyus Gold ADRs are listed and traded on the LSE. Polyus Gold ADRs are also traded in the over-the-counter market in the United States.Polyus Gold is an innovative company that relies on technology to boost competitive advantages. We implement the best standards of corporate governance to position Polyus as an attractive investment. It puts special responsibility on Polyus Gold as the company that facilitates sustainable development of the gold producing regions. The company abides by the principles of absolute financial transparency, fully pays its dues and taxes both to federal and regional budgets, and supports sports, education and culture.

Opawica Explorations Inc. (TSX.V: OPW) is a junior exploration company actively engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties. In addition, the Company controls approximately 36% of Upper Canada Gold Corporation (TSX.V symbol "UCC") which is represented by 11,744,752 Upper Canada Gold shares owned by Opawica. The principal asset of UCC is the Dingman gold-aggregate deposit located in southeastern Ontario.The Company's current exploration and development efforts are concentrated on its 100% owned Atikwa Lake-Maybrun gold and copper project located about 120 kilometres southeast of Kenora, Ontario. The Company commissioned Golder Associates Ltd. (“Golder”) to prepare an NI 43-101 report on the Atikwa Lake property which included modeling of the mineralization associated with the resources at Atikwa Lake, as well as independent resource calculations. This initial report was completed in March 2009. On August 31, 2009, the Company filed a new NI 43-101 report by Robert Laakso, P.Eng, which included new resource estimates on the Atikwa Lake Project.The Atikwa Lake Project is a former 500 tpd producing gold and copper mine that has been on stand-by care and maintenance since 1973. Opawica is currently carrying out a Preliminary Scoping Study that initially will be limited to the existing historic Maybrun Mine footprint and infrastructure.The study will determine if preliminary economic considerations may be applied to at least 1,800,000 tonnes of higher grade open-pit resources that are within the larger overall Maybrun Main Indicated Resource. This preliminary study will use a production rate of up to 500 tpd for a minimum 10 year period.

Orko Silver Corp. ( TSX Venture Exchange: OK.V ) focuses on resource exploration and development for Silver and Gold in Mexico. The Company has a large land position in Durango State, a historically prolific silver mining region located along the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains. The company owns a 100% interest La Preciosa Project that covers 80,000 acres of contiguous mining claims.On February 18, 2009, the Company released its 6th NI 43-101 compliant Resource Estimate. The La Preciosa deposit now comprises 47% Indicated Resources and 53% Inferred Resources. Current Indicated Resources are 10.64 million tonnes grading 0.27 g/t Au and 185 g/t Ag for a silver-equivalent grade of 201 g/t. at a cut off grade of 100 g/t Ag. The contained metal equals 63.2 million ounces of silver and 94,000 ounces of gold for a silver-equivalent of 68.9 million ounces. Current Inferred Resources are 12.0 million tonnes grading 0.25 g/t Au and 185 g/t Ag for a silver-equivalent grade of 200 g/t. at a cut off grade of 100 g/t. The contained metal equals 71.8 million ounces of silver and 97,000 ounces of gold for a silver-equivalent of 77.6 million ounces.**Estimated at a 60 to 1 silver/gold ratio with metallurgical ratio with metallurgical recoveries and net smelter returns assumed to be 100%. On April 14th, 2009 Pan American Silver Corp. and Orko Silver announced that they have agreed to form a joint venture to develop the La Preciosa project. Pan American will contribute its demonstrated mine development expertise, as well as 100% of the funds necessary to develop and construct an operating mine, in consideration for a 55% interest in the joint venture. Orko Silver retains a 45% interest fully carried to production.

Orsu was formed on 19 June 2008 upon the Company’s completion of the acquisition of Lero Gold Corp., pursuant to which the Company accrued additional interests in exploration projects located in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Orsu is a dual listed London-based precious and base metal exploration and development company which, through its subsidiaries, is exploring advanced copper-gold deposits in the Tien Shan gold belt in the Kyrgyz Republic, one of the largest and most prolific gold belts in the world and the Rudny Altai copper belt in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Orsu is registered in the British Virgin Islands.Orsu's properties within the Tien Shan gold belt in the Kyrgyz Republic occur in the same belt of rocks with similar geology and structural setting as Centerra Gold Inc.’s Kumtor Deposit. Since 1997, Kumtor has produced over 5.5 million ounces of gold and is estimated to contain a remaining 3.2 million ounces of reserves and 3.4 million ounces of resources, making it the largest gold mine in Kyrgyzstan and one of the largest gold deposits in the World.

Orvana is a gold producer with significant growth opportunities and a strong balance sheet. Orvana owns and operates the Don Mario Mine in Eastern Bolivia and is developing two promising assets: the recently acquired El Valle-Boinás/Carlés gold-copper project in Northern Spain and the Copperwood copper project in Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.With a growing pipeline of promising mineral assets and an experienced management team, Orvana is poised to become a mid-tier, multi-mine gold and copper producer. Orvana is focused on building long-term value for its shareholders through production growth and strategic acquisitions.

Oxbow's Koch is bullish on coke. The diversified firm's Oxbow Carbon unit markets and distributes coke, coal, petroleum, and carbon products and other commodities to power producers, refineries, and industrial manufacturers. Oxbow is the world's top marketer of petroleum coke, which is used in power generation, cement kilns, sugar mills. and aluminum manufacturing. The company also trades gypsum, bauxite, and clinker. Oxbow also owns a highly productive coal mine which produces 6.5 million tons of coal annually. Oxbow is controlled by William Koch, an America's Cup winner who founded Oxbow in 1983 after being ousted from the family business (Koch Industries) by brothers Charles and David.

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