Daewoo International Corporation emerged as a company dedicated to international trading and investments when the international trading and construction sector of Daewoo Corporation was spun off into three (3) companies : Daewoo International Corporation, Daewoo Engineering & Construction Company Limited and Daewoo Corporation. Since the completion of workout on Dec. 27, 2003, Daewoo International Corporation has been growing again to fulfill the vision of becoming a “Global Top 10 Trader".Daewoo International Corporation, which plays a significant role as a driving force for trading and overseas investments of Korea, is deploying a variety of businesses in diverse areas including international trading, manufacturing, sales, and resource development with approximately 6,000 customers by collecting and utilizing the optimum information using the global business networks. Daewoo International Corporation will continue to serve its role as cornerstone for the expansion of Korea’s exports and overseas resource development through international marketing know-how accumulated through its global network of international experts in trading, procurement of high quality commodities in good quality and abundant domestic and international sales bases.

BHP Billiton has operations worldwide.Two heads -- or headquarters -- are better than one. Aussie minerals and oil company BHP Limited acquired UK miner Billiton plc in 2001. The result is a two-headquartered, dual-listed company that is run as a single entity with the same board of directors and management. The Melbourne side is BHP Billiton Limited, the London side is BHP Billiton Plc, and they collectively are known as BHP Billiton. The company ranks among the world's top producers of iron ore and coal (thermal and metallurgical) and is a major producer of petroleum products such as crude oil and natural gas. Other units produce aluminum, base metals, diamonds, manganese, and stainless steel materials.

Centamin Egypt Limited is a mineral exploration development and mining company dual listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE:CEY) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CEE). We are a rapidly growing gold producer with our flagship project, the Sukari Gold Mine, located in the Eastern Desert of Egypt some 25km from the Red Sea coast. Gold production at Sukari commenced in June 2009 making Sukari the first modern mine in Egypt, a country which in ancient times was a prolific producer of the yellow metal. In 2010 the mine is scheduled to produce 200,000 ounces of gold at lower quartile cash costs per ounce. With a resource of 10.99 million ounces Measured and Indicated, and 3.5 million ounces Inferred, and a 7.1 million ounce reserve base, the Company is implementing a rapid expansion program to increase production to circa 500,000 oz per year over the next three years. As the first and only significant developer of a modern mine in the country, the Company remains well positioned to realize further opportunities in other areas within its concession and expand into other prospective mineralized zones. The Company’s unhedged and debt free position, coupled with a growing resource and reserve base in a relatively unexplored region, positions it to grow and deliver superior results to its shareholders as well as its stakeholders.

Sage Gold, formerly Sahelian Goldfields, hopes to be wise in the ways of finding gold and other precious metals. The mining exploration and development company owns numerous properties in Ontario and Quebec, as well as in Nevada and Arizona. The company made a significant move into Nevada in 2004 when it acquired the Pony Spur and Dike mining properties (in the south end of the Carlin-Rain Trend, Nevada), as well as the Corridors and Sugarloaf properties (located in the Midas Trend, Nevada). By 2007 Sage Gold's major focus was on properties in the Beardmore-Geraldton gold camp in North Eastern Ontario. Two years later it bought Puma Minerals.

Volta Resources Inc. (TSX: VTR) is the result of a merger of two experienced West African explorers, Birim Goldfields Inc. and Goldcrest Resources Ltd. Volta Resources company is geared to leverage off its accumulated experience to become a leader in identification, acquisition and exploration of gold-rich properties in West Africa. Volta Resources already has an enviable portfolio of 26 properties in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali; all three being mining-friendly countries that have proven world-class gold deposits.Volta Resources company is currently focussed on completing a NI 43-101 compliant resource at its Kiaka Gold Project in order to fast-track the project toward commencing a pre-feasibilty study in H2 2010. At its Gaoua Copper-Gold Project, Volta has defined a maiden NI43-101 compliant resource which includes over 1 million ounces of gold and 720 million pounds of copper on two of potentially several porphyry deposits located on 35km of strike of a porphyry corridor held by the company.Volta Resources has the financial strength and flexibility to take advantage of consolidation and acquisition opportunities in West Africa. It has an exceptional team of dedicated professionals operating in the field as well as a highly experienced and respected Management and Board of Directors at the corporate level. Volta Resources Inc. is Canadian-based with its head office in Toronto, Ontario and its operations offices in Accra, Ghana and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Volta Resources Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VTR.

Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (the"Company") is a mining company presently commissioning a surface gold-processing plant at its 100% owned Molejon Gold Project. Commercial production began on January 8, 2010. Anticipated throughput for the project for the first year of production will be 2,200 tonnes per day and the plant will utilize three ball mills and a carbon-in-pulp processing facility.Plans are in place to increase production to 5,000 tonnes per day with the addition of a SAG mill as the supply of mill feed permits.

Lihua is one of the first vertically integrated companies in China to develop, design, manufacture, market and distribute lower cost, high quality, alternatives to pure copper magnet wire. Lihua’s products include copper-clad aluminum wire (“CCA”) and recycled scrap copper wire. Primarily because of its high electrical conductivity, pure copper magnet wire is one of the fundamental building blocks in many components in a wide variety of motorized and electrical appliances such as dishwashers, microwaves and automobiles. Lihua CCA and recycled scrap copper wire are typically a low-cost substitute for pure copper wire, which allows our customers to realize significant cost savings with no loss of efficiency. We sell our products in China either directly to manufacturers or through distributors in the wire and cable industries and manufacturers in the consumer electronics, white goods, automotive, utility, telecommunications and specialty cable industries. Lihua’s corporate and manufacturing headquarters are located in the heart of China’s copper industry in Danyang, Jiangsu Province. To serve its diverse base of approximately 300 customers, Lihua has representatives in cities throughout China.

Atlantic Copper smelts and refines copper mined by its parent company, global metals and minerals giant Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold. The company's metallurgical complex is located in Huelva, where it produces about 500,000 tons of copper anodes and cathodes annually. Those copper products are then sold to copper rod and brass mills, primarily located in Europe. Atlantic Copper purchases copper concentrate from fellow Freeport-McMoran subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia.

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.

Monterrico Metals plc (Monterrico) is a resource development company incorporated in the UK. Monterrico's Corporate HQ is in Hong Kong, and its principle operations are in Peru. The Company's principal asset is the large, wholly owned Rio Blanco copper/molybdenum deposit in northern Peru. This deposit has resources of 1.257 billion tonnes at 0.57% copper & 228 ppm molybdenum, making it one of the largest undeveloped copper resources in the world. Monterrico plans to develop Rio Blanco as a conventional open pit mine producing copper and molybdenum concentrates. At planned production rates, as defined in the Detailed Feasibility Study, (see announcement of 5 February 2007), Rio Blanco will be amongst the 20 largest copper mines in the world, producing on average of 191,000 tonnes of copper per annum and 2,180 tonnes of molybdenum per annum during the first five years of operation. The target date for mine start-up is 2011. The Company also has a number of other exploration properties in Peru. On 27 April 2007, a Chinese consortium, Xiamen Zijin Tongguan Development Co. Ltd (the "Zijin Consortium") acquired a majority shareholding (89.9%) in Monterrico. This was the result of a cash offer of 350p per share, which was agreed between the Boards of Zijin Consortium and Monterrico. Under the terms of the offer, the Consortium announced that it intended to retain the listing of Monterrico on AIM and planned to reduce its shareholding in the Company to not more than 70%. On 21 September 2007, the Consortium sold down its shareholding from 89.9% to 79.9%. The Zijin Consortium consists of a partnership of three strategic Chinese companies: 45% Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd, 35% Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co Ltd and 20% Xiamen Construction and Development Co Ltd. The takeover by the Zijin Consortium brings the important benefits of technical expertise and financial strength, to Monterrico at the time when the Company is undergoing the transition from an exploration company to a major copper producer. As majority shareholder, the Consortium will provide Monterrico with its expertise in large scale mine development and operation, a market for the concentrate product, as well as the solid financial support needed for the development of Rio Blanco and its associated infrastructure. Following the acquisition by the Zijin Consortium, a new Board of Directors of Monterrico Metals plc was appointed with effect from 1 June 2007. Monterrico is committed to creating capital growth for shareholders. It is also dedicated to contributing substantially to the local community in Peru and to promoting sustainable development in the area of the Rio Blanco project.

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