Thelon Capital primarily explores and develops diamond and precious metal properties. It has an agreement with Dunsmuir Ventures to explore the Lac de Gras diamond property in Canada's Northwest Territories. Thelon Capital company is also prospecting the Senore gold property located near Val d'Or, Quebec. In addition, Thelon Capital has an agreement on a uranium property in Nevada.

There's money to be made in the clink of zinc. Zinc refiner and smelter Espanola del Zinc is a Spanish company engaged in mining operations and the production and commercialization of zinc, iron ore, and steel. Through its subsidiaries, it is also involved in the development of businesses in the energy sector. Espanola del Zinc sought time to regroup in early 2010 after absorbing major losses in the previous year. It voluntarily delisted its stock from the Spanish exchange, laid off 240 employees, and began legal proceedings against private equity firm Quorum Capital Investors. At full operating capacity, it has a production capacity of 47,000 tons of zinc per year. Espanola del Zinc was founded in 1956.

Rockwell Diamonds used to prefer copper, but perhaps understandably is getting into diamonds. In mid-2006 Rockwell Diamonds company acquired four diamond mining projects in Africa, one in Congo and the other three in South Africa. It still does own a property in Chile that it hopes to develop and produce copper from, but Rockwell Diamonds company is so convinced that diamonds are its future that it changed its name from Rockwell Ventures in 2007. The next year Pala Investments offered $85 million to buy Rockwell; Pala's primary business is investing in natural resources companies. Rockwell rejected the offer as insufficient.

Established in 1891 in northern Idaho’s Silver Valley, Hecla Mining Company’s rich history of mining has distinguished it as a respected precious metals producer. Hecla is the oldest U.S.-based precious metals mining company in North America and the largest producer of silver in the U.S. Headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with a sister office in Vancouver, B.C., this international, publicly traded company is 119 years old.In 2009, Hecla was one of the lowest-cost primary silver producers in North America, producing a record 10.9 million ounces of silver at an average total cash cost of $1.91 per ounce. The company has exploration properties and operating mines in the U.S. and Mexico. Hecla has proven operating expertise and highly prospective exploration opportunities where it operates as well as within its development projects.Hecla mines, processes and explores for silver and gold in the U.S. and Mexico. Hecla currently produces silver from two silver mines, Greens Creek and Lucky Friday. In 2009, the Greens Creek mine in Alaska, which is one of the largest silver mines in the world (among the top ten) produced 7.5 million ounces of silver; the Lucky Friday mine in northern Idaho produced 3.5 million ounces. Hecla has two development projects, San Juan Silver in Colorado and San Sebastian near Durango, Mexico.Hecla has long been well known in the United States as a quality producer of silver and gold. The name “Hecla” is commonly associated with precious metals by investors. Hecla’s common stock has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange for over 40 years under the symbol “HL.”

United Stars has earned its stripes by working with metal. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in three main business areas. United Industries and United Stainless together manufacture welded stainless steel tubing. Electric Materials fabricates copper components for use in electrical equipment. United Gear & Assembly manufactures gears and shafts from carbon and alloy steel. The subsidiaries operate locations throughout the Midwest as well as in Tennessee.

Founded in 1988, WGI Heavy Minerals, Incorporated (WGI) is a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) as WG. WGI is a worldwide operating company focused on locating, producing and marketing industrial minerals and related products.WGI Heavy Minerals, Incorporated is a marketer of industrial grade minerals sourced primarily out of India, producer of industrial-grade garnet out of Idaho and Germany and manufacturer of replacement parts for ultra-high pressure waterjet machine tool systems around the world.

Royal Gold, Inc., a leading precious metals royalty company, owns and manages royalties primarily on precious metals mines, with a focus on gold. Royal Gold, Inc. royalty portfolio provides investors with a unique opportunity to capture value in the precious metals sector without incurring many of the costs and risks associated with mine operations. A royalty is simply a right to receive a percentage of production from a mine. By investing in a royalty, Royal Gold buys a percentage of the metal produced from a given property in exchange for a front end payment, without assuming any responsibility for the actual mining operation. Thus, the Company does not have to contribute to the operating and capital costs at the mines.

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. is an internationally significant base metals producer with its primary focus on nickel and zinc. Talvivaara´s main asset is the Talvivaara nickel mine in Sotkamo, Finland. The Talvivaara polymetallic deposits, Kuusilampi and Kolmisoppi, comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe with 642 million tonnes of ore in measured and indicated categories, sufficient to support an anticipated production for at 46 years. Production at the mine started in October 2008 with the precipitation of the first metal sulphides. The planned annual nickel production of 50,000 tonnes is anticipated to be reached in 2012. As by-products the mine will also produce aprox. 90,000 tpa of zinc, aprox.15,000 tpa of copper and c.1,800 tpa of cobalt. The Group supplies metal intermediaries to companies with metal refining operations and has entered into a 10-year off-take agreement with Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy for the entire output of the mine's nickel and cobalt production at market prices.On the 25th of January 2010 Talvivaara entered into a long-term Zinc in concentrate streaming agreement with Nyrstar NV. Talvivaara will deliver all of its Zinc in concentrate production to Nyrstar until 1,250,000 metric tonnes has been delivered. Click here to read the Stock Exchange Release. Talvivaara applies bioheapleaching to extract the metals from ore. The Group demonstrated the viability of this technology first on large on-site pilot trials using the Talvivaara ore and subsequently, since July 2008, in production scale heaps. The leaching process has been shown to be heat generating and therefore suitable for the sub-arctic climatic conditions of Eastern Finland.The Talvivaara ore body is well-suited for open pit mining due to thin overburden, favourable resource geometry and a low waste to ore ratio. The ore is relatively low grade, but well-suited to bioleaching due to its high sulphide content.

AmerAlia, Inc. develops and manages natural sodium bicarbonate resources. AmerAlia, Inc. company, through its interest in Natural Soda Holdings, Inc., produces sodium bicarbonate from its Bureau of Land Management leases in northwest Colorado. It also owns a reservoir and water rights in the Colorado River drainage system. AmerAlia, Inc. company sells its products to the animal feed, human food, pharmaceutical, personal products, and industrial markets. AmerAlia, Inc. markets its products through distributors in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It was formerly known as Computer Learning Software, Inc. and changed its name to AmerAlia, Inc. in January 1984. AmerAlia, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is based in Rifle, Colorado.

Acquisition, Exploration and Development of premier precious and base metal properties in stable regions of North America. Thunder Mountain Gold Inc. flagship property is South Mountain Mine in Owyhee County Idaho. All successful ventures start with a vision. Our vision is to find and develop premier precious and base metal properties at the lowest possible cost. Thunder Mountain Gold Inc. experience extends from exploration, through permitting and development of projects in Nevada, Idaho, and throughout gold districts around the world. Thunder Mountain Gold Inc. find that some of the best opportunities for gold production is right here in the U.S. Thunder Mountain Gold's Management have been either directly or indirectly involved in shipping millions of ounces of gold and silver throughout their more than 70 years of combined experience.

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