ALROSA Co. Ltd. is Russia's largest diamond company engaged in the exploration, mining, manufacture and sales of diamonds and one of the world's major rough diamond producers. ALROSA produces about 20% of the world's rough diamond output and accounts for almost 100% of all rough diamonds produced in Russia.According to tentative data, ALROSA Group’s rough diamond production in 2007 totaled $2.36 billion USD, while its polished diamond sales totaled $146.7 million USD.The company's activities are regulated by its Charter, agreements of lease with the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and decrees of the President of the Russian Federation. In conformity with its Charter, ALROSA is a close-type joint stock company and it does not have a stock exchange listing. Though under its present name the company has operated since 1993, it has a longer history that dates back to 1954 when Russia's first diamond-bearing kimberlite pipe was discovered. ALROSA Co. Ltd. was set up under Decree 158C of the President of the Russian Federation 'On the Establishment of the Almazy Rossii-Sakha Joint Stock Company' signed on 19 February 1992.

Eregli Iron and Steel Works (Erdemir Group) produces steel. Through its nine subsidiaries, the company produces about 6.5 million tons of crude steel and some 4.8 million tons of flat steel annually. It also makes long products like pig iron and wire road (used for making wire, nails, and steel mesh), as well as steel pipes for steam boilers, petrochemical facilities, defense installations, and hydraulic systems. Ataer Holding, a subsidiary of Turkish armed forces pension fund OYAK, owns a 49% stake in Erdemir. Eregli Iron and Steel company traces its roots back to 1960.

Amarillo Gold Corp. is a company focused on the acquisition, definition and discovery of gold resources in Brazil. Its principal projects are the Mara Rosa project in the state of Goiás and the Lavras do Sul project in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The Posse Deposit at Mara Rosa was found by an independent 43-101 compliant preliminary economic assessment study carried out by CCIC to contain 643,000 ounces indicated from 13.5MTonnes @ 1.48 g/t Au, 538,000 ounces inferred from 13.0MTonnes @ 1.26 g/t Au at a 0.5g/t cut-off grade and the project is in the economic evaluation stage. The Posse deposit is located in an area of excellent infrastructure located some 35 km NE of Yamana’s Chapada open pit Cu-Au operation, 105 km NE of Serra Grande’s underground Au mine, 105 km NNW of Anglo American’s nickel laterite project (in construction), 95 km NW of Votarintim’s Niquelandia nickel laterite mine and approximately 60 kms NE of Yamana’s Pilar Au project (in feasibility). Grid power to the site was established during the previous open pit mining operation and the Serra da Mesa hydro-electric dam lies 35 km to the east.

Troon Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V:TVN) is a well funded exploration and development company intent on establishing growth through an aggressive acquisition business model. Troon Ventures Company has assembled an experienced group of directors who possess a proven track record of creating shareholder value by successfully completing numerous mergers and acquisitions, raising over $2 billion in capital and bringing several projects to production. Troon is currently focused on acquiring mineral properties with established resources and exploration upside that will create significant shareholder value.

Dynamic Materials Corporation is the world’s leading provider of explosion-welded clad metal plates. Its products, which are typically used in industrial capital projects, include explosion-welded clad metal plates and other metal fabrications for use in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, alternative energy, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation, industrial refrigeration and similar industries. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the Company operates three business segments: Explosive Metalworking, which uses proprietary explosive processes to fuse different metals and alloys; Oilfield Products, which manufactures, markets and sells specialized explosive components and systems used to perforate oil and gas wells; and AMK Welding, which utilizes various technologies to weld components for use in power-generation turbines, as well as commercial and military jet engines.

Founded in 1854, Westmoreland Coal Company is a premier U.S. energy company with strong leadership, a solid foundation of tangible assets and a proven strategy for growth. Having transitioned from predominantly eastern underground coal production over the past decade, the Company’s current operations include surface coal mining complexes in three western states and power operations in the east and west. Today, Westmoreland employs over 1,125 people in six states, and is producing approximately 30 million tons of coal and generating 1.6 million megawatt hours of electric power annually. Westmoreland also provides post-retirement benefits to over 2,000 people, mostly former coal miners and their dependents.Westmoreland's emphasis is on mine-mouth operations. This positions the Company as the lowest-cost fuel supplier to some of the cleanest, most economical and highly utilized coal-fired utility-owned power plants in America.Westmoreland has also developed eight independent power projects, and currently owns 100% of two projects. The Company’s two North Carolina plants are coal-fired and deliver base-load power to Dominion North Carolina Power.Westmoreland’s demonstrated accomplishments in the transformation of its business, coupled with its proven strategy for growth, position the Company to seek the creation of additional value.Westmoreland’s streamlined organization, focused leadership, attention to cost management, and niche growth strategy has resulted in the Company’s garnering various energy sector awards, including the Platts/BusinessWeek Global Energy Strategic Merger of the Year award in 2002 and the ColoradoBiz/UMB Bank Energy and Natural Resources Company of the Year award in 2002.Westmoreland is publicly traded on the NYSE Amex under the symbol WLB and has over 10.5 million shares of common stock outstanding.

Gabriel is a Canadian-based resource company committed to responsible mining and sustainable development in the communities in which it operates. Gabriel is engaged in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Romania and is presently in the permitting stage and preparing to develop its 80.46%-owned Rosia Montana gold project (the "Project"). Minvest S.A. ("Minvest"), a Romanian state owned mining company, and one other private Romanian company, hold a 19.54% interest in Rosia Montana Gold Corporation ("RMGC"), and Gabriel holds the pre-emptive right to acquire the 19.54% minority interest.

Gerdau is the leading company in the production of long steels in the Americas and one of the major suppliers of specialty long steel in the world. It started to expand its operations more than a century ago and now has an industrial presence in 14 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.Gerdau company has operations in nearly all Brazilian states, producing long and specialty steel. The products, marketed and sold across five continents, supply the civil construction, industry and the farming and livestock sectors. These products are present in our everyday lives in a variety of different formats: they serve as the structural basis of houses, shopping centers, hospitals, bridges and hydroelectric plants; they make up part of power and telephone transmission towers, are used as raw materials in car parts and are also utilized in farming activities.With shares listed on the São Paulo, New York, Toronto, Madrid and Lima stock exchanges, Gerdau seeks efficiency and growth with maintained profitability, while remaining permanently committed to sustainable development.

Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc.(JWT) headquartered in Johnstown, PA and originally a division of Bethlehem Steel Corp., is the largest producer of value added carbon and alloy wire in North America. JWT Company focuses on high-margin segments where metallurgical quality is a differentiating factor. The company operates from a single 638,000 square foot facility in Johnstown, PA and employs 260 people, of which 210 are represented by the USWA.JWT produces a wide variety of steel wire products made from carbon and alloy wire rod and hot rolled bar. The company's manufacturing processes include acid cleaning and coating, wire drawing, plating, and annealing.Its customers are primarily in the transportation and construction industry segments, but it supplies product for a variety of other industries including machinery, capital goods, energy/electrical power, and consumer products.

Searing Industries makes a wide variety of welded steel tubing products, including mechanical and structural tubing in several shapes and finishes. Applications for the company's mechanical tubing products include fencing, fitness equipment, and furniture; structural tubing is used primarily in construction and in the manufacturing of heavy equipment. Searing Industries manufactures its tubing products from one facility in Southern California. Richard Searing founded Searing Industries in 1985, and his family still owns Searing Industries company.

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