PTC Alliance is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, fabricated parts and precision components. Major markets include steel service centers, automotive and truck, construction and agricultural equipment, machinery and appliances. To optimize service levels for each of theses sectors, the company has created three distinct, market-focused commercial groups - Automotive and Truck, Service Centers, and OEM - each with a dedicated team of experienced specialists.With ten strategically located tube facilities in North America, manufacturing locations are close to the customers, minimizing shipping time and expense. Multiple locations also ensure maximum flexibility in production planning, a major advantage when lead times are particularly short, or customer emergencies arise. Technology sharing among all producing plants, adoption of "best practices" throughout the manufacturing network, and dedicated employee-owners are enabling each operation to become the highest-quality, lowest-cost producer within its tube-manufacturing range.Because consistent product quality, shipment after shipment, is a major priority for every customer, PTC Alliance has invested heavily in the development and implementation of a Quality System designed to provide that consistency, while ensuring full compliance with ISO 9002 and QS 9000 requirements.Tubing products produced in North America include: high-quality ERW tubing, ERW hot stretched reduced (HSR) tubing, drawn-over-mandrel (DOM) tubing, 512 PLUS mechanical tubing, and fabricated tubular products. Through the integration of all North American manufacturing facilities, mechanical steel tubing is now available in sizes ranging from outside diameters of .625 inches to 10.75 inches, and walls from .035 inches to .700 inches. Comprehensive capabilities in finishing and fabricating are also a company hallmark, and the PTC Alliance Value added Parts and Components Group can provide additional metalworking services - from single parts to partial or complete assemblies - that can shorten lead time, improve product quality, reduce inventory and provide measurable cost savings.Engineering solutions for some of today's most demanding manufacturing challenges is business as usual at PTC Alliance, where an ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction is shared by every engineer, every operator, and every sales and customer representative.

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.

Exco Technologies manufactures die-casting and aluminum extrusion products and services for the automotive industry. The company's casting and extrusion technology unit manufactures die casting machines, high precision tooling for small die casting and plastic injection molding machines, and single cell die ovens. Its automotive solutions unit (through its Neocon, Polydesign, and Polytech divisions) makes such items as door pockets, restraint systems, and slide-out tables, primarily for passenger cars and light trucks. Exco operates 10 manufacturing facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, and the US. It has engineering offices in France and the US, and a global sales network.

Founded as North Shore Supply in 1955 by William and Lou Beth Nemzin, North Shore Supply Company company started in the salvage and scrap business. During the early years, the Nemzins met the growing needs of the Houston Ship Channel industrial sector by supplying a large range of products, including steel, pipe, fittings, flanges, and valves, as well as industrial tools, equipment, and supplies. It was the Nemzins’ idea to be the “supermarket for industry,” and with grit, determination, and hard work, their vision became a reality.In the early 1980s, the second generation of family entered the business and planted the seeds for further growth. Using the latest in computer technology, exercising fiscal responsibility, and leveraging a workforce dedicated to customer service, the second generation helped to expand North Shore Steel into a premier provider of steel products and services to the Gulf Coast region.

AMERICAN is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of ductile iron pipe, fire hydrants and valves, and spiral-welded steel pipe for the waterworks industry as well as electric-resistance-welded steel pipe for oil and natural gas pipelines. Founded in 1905 and long known as an innovative manufacturer, AMERICAN’s diversified line includes products from 2-inch gate valves to 12-foot-diameter steel pipe, fabricated assemblies, and high-performance fire pumps.Long known for its emphasis on quality and service, AMERICAN’s mission is to operate according to the Golden Rule, treating customers, clients and employees the way they would want to be treated. AMERICAN believes this is The Right Way to do business.AMERICAN’s headquarters facility in Birmingham, Ala., is the world’s largest individual iron pipe casting plant, and our domestic and international subsidiaries help serve customers worldwide. They include AMERICAN Castings, Pryor Creek, Okla.; AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Company, Columbia, S.C.; American Valve & Hydrant Manufacturing Company, Beaumont, Texas; Intercast SA, Itauna, Brazil; Specification Rubber Products, Alabaster, Ala.; Pneumax, Peoria, Ariz.; and Waterous Company, South St. Paul, Minn. Stocking depots and sales offices are located throughout the country.With more than 100 years of service, AMERICAN’s products, experience and knowledge base are unmatched in the industry.

Hannibal Industries, Inc. is a diversified, value-added metal fabricator, located in the Los Angeles area, with two primary divisions offering carbon steel tubing and pallet racking systems to our customers.Incorporated after purchasing the assets of Kaiser Steel Tubing, a division of Kaiser Steel Corporation in 1985, our tubing division currently maintains six high frequency tube mill lines that are capable of producing 120,000 tons of tube a year.Mitsui & Company (U.S.A.) acquired a portion of the company in 1987, and then secured company assets in 1999.In 1997, all outstanding common stock of Rack and Roll, Inc. were acquired and became what is known today as our storage systems division, which currently provides roll-formed and structural pallet rack, cantilever rack, dynamic storage solutions, and several more products and services.A new tube production facility was commissioned with a Rafter Four (4) inch Tube Mill, Haven Cut Off and End Finishing Line in 2003 to produce high quality round tubing for critical surface applications.Always working to improve its storage systems options, Hannibal was awarded a patent in 2006 for an adjustable safety restrain to contain stored products within a pallet rack system.The quality management system of Hannibal's tubular products division is ISO 9001:2008 certified. We take pride in our quality management system and the superior products and services that result from those efforts.On March 20, 2008 Hannibal Industries, Inc. became an employee owned company through the creation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).We continually strive to improve customer satisfaction and promote a positive and motivational environment for its employees and those involved with our diversified metal business.

Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) refines copper along with gold, nickel, and zinc. Metals-related refining and processing operations account for more than half of SMM's sales. The company has smelting and refining operations, plus mining resources, in Japan, the US, Australia, Peru, Philippines, and Chile. It also produces electronic materials (about 30% of sales), including bonding wire, lead frames, electric paste, and copper-clad polymide film for semiconductors and printed circuit boards. Other operations make construction and housing materials and offer soil and water remediation services. With a history dating back to 1590, SMM is part of the "keiretsu" Sumitomo Group.

Robex is a junior Canadian mining exploration & development company with nine permits located in Mali, western Africa. Mali is currently Africa’s third most important gold producing country. Three of Robex’s permit are situated in southern Mali (Mininko, Kamasso and N’Golopene) while the six others are located in the western area of the country (Diangounte, Sanoula, Kolomba, Moussala, Wili-Wili and Wili-Wili west). Robex is presently working towards developing its permits which indicate favourable geology with ore potential.The priority permits for Robex are Wili-Wili, Wili-Wili west, as well as Mininko. The latter is host to a potential of an inferred resource of 760,000 ounces of gold with an average grade of 1.0 g/t in accordance with the Canadian standard 43-101 ( see rapport ). Robex is presently completing the Nampala prefeasibility study with the intent of installing a gravimetric mill with a daily capacity of 2,000 tons of ore mineral within the Saprolite.This past October, the engineering-consulting firm GENIVAR, of Québec, reviewed and consequently assessed the three-dimensional resource block-model on the mineralisation of the Nampala deposit. Initially, the three-dimensional resource block-model was completed in the framework of the gold resource estimate (NI 43-101 compliant) completed by the Australian consultant firm RSG Global (now Coffey Mining) completed in 2007. The plan and section review completed by Genivar provided a better understanding of the anticipated gold distribution within the Nampala deposit. With the information available to date, the 200 and 300 lenses situated in the central and western portion of the site indicate that inferred resources are estimated to be at 15,000 ounces of gold for Lens 200 and 71,000 ounces of gold for the Lens 300. The concentration and distribution within these two bodies represents, at present, a marginal economical potential which will be further investigated at a later stage. However, according to the block-model, Lens 100 developed along the eastern flank of the Nampala zone is host to an inferred resource of 675,000 ounces of gold contained within 14,130 Mt of ore at an average grade of 0.93 g/t Au. These resources are located between the surface and the explored depth of 150 meters. In accordance with NI 43-101 standards, the above findings are based on insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource, and as such, it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource.

Pediment Gold Corp is a junior mining company with a focus on the exploration and development of low-cost gold assets in Mexico. With an experienced team of geologists, financiers and miners, in management and on the board, the company is dedicated to advancing its projects. Pediment was formed in 2005 through the reverse take-over of Minera Pitalla, a private Mexican company originally created by Mel Herdrick, a veteran Phelps Dodge geologist, who had assembled a portfolio of highly prospective gold projects in Sonora and Baja Sur. His vision was to explore high potential but underexplored regions of Mexico, which were hidden under shallow pediment cover.Vancouver-based entrepreneur Gary Freeman was instrumental in financing Pediment at its inception, and currently serves as President and CEO. Mr. Herdrick holds the position of Vice President of Exploration. To date, the company has outlined a (43-101 compliant; Giroux 2009) Measured and Indicated Resource of 1.53 million oz gold and an Inferred Resource of 111,000 oz of gold at San Antonio in Baja Sur. Pediment also established its initial (43-101 compliant; Giroux 2009) gold resource at the past producing La Colorada gold mine in Sonora with 605,000 oz of gold in the Measured and Indicated category and 582,000 oz of gold in the Inferred category.

Commerce Resources Corp. is an exploration and development company with a particular focus on tantalum, niobium and rare metal deposits with a potential for economic grades and large tonnages. The Company is specifically focused on the development of its Upper Fir tantalum and niobium deposit in British Columbia, Canada. Commerce is well positioned with sufficient capital to advance the commercialization of a prospectively lucrative mining operation for tantalum and niobium. Commerce Resources is also focused on the exploration of its new deposit the Eldor carbonatite in Quebec, which is highly prospective for niobium, tantalum and uranium.

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