Algeria is the second largest country in Africa (by area) with a population of 30 million. During 2000, Algeria embarked on a new series of reforms to open up the private sector and provide a supportive and transparent environment to encourage foreign investment. A new mining law was promulgated and a new privatisation act signified the intent of the Algerian government to attract foreign entrepreneurship into the domestic mining sector and exploit its potential. A key part of the new mining law was the rescinding of the 49 per cent. limit on the level of foreign participation when entering into a formal association with an Algerian state enterprise to exploit strategic deposits such as gold.GMA was incorporated in Australia on 17 May 2002 for the purpose of participating in a tendering process for the acquisition of a 52 per cent. interest in an Algerian based company, ENOR, the beneficiary of the Tirek-Amesmessa gold project in the Sahara of southern Algeria. Following an international tender launched by ENOR for the development and operation of the Tirek-Amesmessa permit (the "Tender"), GMA was chosen as the successful bidder.ENOR is a société par actions (limited company) incorporated under Algerian law. The major shareholders are the state owned oil company Sonatrach (34 per cent.), Banque d'Algérie (34 per cent.), Société Algérienne d'Assurance (18 per cent.) and Enterprise Nationale des Produits Non-Ferreux et Des Substances Utiles (10 per cent.).ENOR currently holds an exploitation permit dated 21 October 1992 granted by the Algerian Ministry of Energy and Mines for a period of 20 years (from 10 February 1993) over an area of approximately 1400 km2 containing the Tirek gold mine, the Amesmessa gold deposit and various other prospects and mineralised occurrences within the property known as the ZITA or intermediate zone between Tirek and Amesmessa. The exploitation permit area is located approximately 400 km south west of the city of Tamanrasset in the Hoggar region of Southern Algeria. The Tirek-Amesmessa goldfield was discovered by the Algerian government agency ORGM in the 1970s. Following prospecting and sampling exploration programs in the permit area in the late 1980's and early 1990's by ORGM, ENOR was formed for the purpose of developing and bringing the Tirek and Amesmessa gold deposits into production. Following legislative reforms in Algeria, including the passing of the new mining law and privatisation act in 2001, GMA won the Tender and subsequently entered into the Subscription Agreement.

Welcome to Hoeganaes, iron powder manufacturing. Hoeganaes specializes in powder metallurgy, and as the world’s leader in the production of ferrous powders, has been certified by DNV under the ISO/TS 16949:2002 quality management system and the ISO 14001 Environmental management system.Hoeganaes has fueled that growth with successive waves of technology which have expanded the use of prealloyed metal powders for a wide variety of applications. While the single largest application for ferrous powders is in the production of pressed and sintered parts, Hoeganaes serves a diverse set of industries, including casting, brazing, photocopy, chemical, EMI shielding and metallurgical applications. Hoeganaes commenced operations in Riverton, New Jersey in 1953.Hoeganaes creates high quality iron and steel powders, which are important raw materials in the creation of structural parts, filters and bearings. The manufacturing of these parts is accomplished through the powder metallurgy process consists of taking iron powders such as Ancorsteel 1000 and mixing them with graphite, alloys and lubricants.The metal powder mixture is then transferred to a die cavity and compacted to the desired shape. Compacting pressures for ferrous powders range from 415 to 690 MPa (30 to 50 tsi). The as-compacted part is called a “green” compact, which is sintered in a controlled atmosphere furnace in order to metallurgically bond the metal particles to each other. Some parts are used in the as-sintered condition but many are subjected to secondary operations such as sizing, tumbling, heat treatment, or machining.

International Ferro Metals (IFM) is an integrated ferrochrome producer listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:IFL).IFM produces ferrochrome (an essential ingredient in stainless steel production) from chromite ore located in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, one of the world’s richest mineral repositories and largest ferrochrome producing regions in the world. IFM’s Lesedi chromite mine and integrated beneficiation and smelting operations are situated at Buffelsfontein, 100km north-west of Johannesburg, South Africa. IFM’s nameplate capacity is 267,000 tonnes of ferrochrome per annum. IFM’s integrated chromite production facilities use the latest technology ensuring that its product is of international quality and Ferro Metals Company aims to be a low cost producer. IFM moved from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to the Main Board of the London Stock Exchange on 31 August 2007. The Directors believe that IFM is well positioned to take advantage of Ferro Metals Company’s position and commercial relationships in the ferroalloys industry. These opportunities may include expansion beyond the ferrochrome market.

Wirerope Works manufactures wire rope for use in construction, elevators, logging, mining, oil production, and ski lifts. It operates manufacturing plants in Sunbury and Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and maintains distribution facilities throughout the US. The company's products are sold under the brand name Bethlehem Wire Rope, which harkens back to the company's former status as a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel. Wirerope Works was founded as Morrison Patent Wire Rope Company in 1886; in 2004 the current iteration was formed from the combination of two Pennsylvania wire manufacturers, Williamsport Wirerope Works and Paulsen Wire Rope.

Wise Alloys wants to stay smart when it comes to aluminum. The company is a leading maker of aluminum can sheet, which is used primarily to produce packaging for beverages and food. The aluminum can sheet made by Wise Alloys is transformed into more than 16 billion beverage cans per year, representing about 15% of the total market. Along with aluminum can sheet, Wise Alloys makes wide aluminum sheet, which is used in architectural applications and to make roofs for truck trailers. Though a part of the former Reynolds when it was founded in 1948, Wise Alloys has been a part of Wise Metals Group since 1999.

Rubicon Minerals Corporation is a well-funded, leading gold exploration company deriving its strength from a hands-on management team with a track record of discovery. Rubicon's focus is in highly prospective gold producing areas of North America. It owns over 65,000 acres of prime exploration ground in the prolific Red Lake gold camp of Ontario, Canada, which hosts Goldcorp's high-grade, world class Red Lake Mine. At its flagship property, the 100%-controlled Phoenix Gold Project, located in the heart of this producing camp, Rubicon has made a significant high-grade discovery which is aggressively being advanced with an 240,000 meter drill program. Through a transaction completed in May, 2007 with former Goldcorp Inc. Chairman and CEO, Rob McEwen, Rubicon acquired 380,800 acres of prospective exploration ground in Alaska in the area of the 5.6 million ounce Pogo deposit, as well as a 225,000 acre land package in northeast Nevada.

Industrias Nacobre, through its operating subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes a variety of metal and plastic products for industrial, construction, and agricultural uses. Subsidiaries Nacobre and Almexa produce copper tubes, sheets, bars, wires, fittings, valves, flexible hoses, and forged parts as well as aluminum rolls and sheets, disks, foil, and machined parts. The group's third operating company is Tubos Flexibles, which makes PVC tubes and fittings primarily for use in hydraulic, irrigation, and sewer systems. Owned by Grupo Carso, Industrias Nacobre is part of that company's Condumex business segment.

Majestic Steel USA is the nation's largest distributor of Prime Galvanized Steel. We stock in excess of 250,000,000 pounds of prime coated products in our 450,000 square foot temperature and humidity controlled, state of the art facility in Cleveland, Ohio. Our service center is complete with value added precision processing equipment: 72" Braner Slitting Line, 60" Herr Voss Cut-to-Length Line, and a 72" Red Bud Precision Blanking Line. We supply steel from only the finest domestic mills, specializing in Prime Galvanized Steel. We utilize the finest transportation companies to insure on time delivery. Majestic Steel is ISO 9001:2000 certified - which means we are dedicated to serving our customers needs. We have made all of the above significant investments to insure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Moneta is a long-established gold mineral exploration and development company and former gold producer which owns one of the largest property portfolios over approximately 10% (from Timmins, Ontario to the Quebec border) of the Destor Porcupine Fault Zone, one of the key structural features in the Abitibi Greenstone belt in Ontario. Moneta owns 100% of the Golden Highway Project, North Tisdale, Nighthawk Lake, Kayorum and Denton Thorneloe (West Timmins) core projects located in the Porcupine and Golden Highway Camps, one of the most prolific gold producing regions in North America, with over 72 million ounces of gold mined to date.

Cream Minerals Ltd. (the "Company" or "Cream") is a mineral exploration company with properties in Canada, Mexico and Sierra Leone, Africa. The Company is working to enhance shareholder value through the acquisition of gold, silver and base metal properties which have the potential to be developed into economic ore bodies. The Company holds six properties, including the Nuevo Milenio Silver Gold project in Nayarit State, Mexico and the recently acquired Blueberry Gold Project in Manitoba, Canada.Creams 100% owned Nuevo Milenio property is a 2560 Ha (Hectare) property hosting a low sulphidation epithermal gold and silver deposit contained within a collapsed caldera. The property has a compliant NI 43-101 Inferred Mineral Resource of 54.6 million ounces silver equivalent contained within 5.09 million tonnes. The average grade is 251 ounces per ton, the cutoff grade is 180 ounces per ton and the vein widths run from 2 metres to 5.1 metres. The resource calculation is based on a ratio of 50:1. While the resource is contained within 600 Ha, there are gold and silver showings over a 5 km length on the property trending from the South East to the North West. Outside of the 600Ha resource area the property has had limited exploration but is highly prospective.

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