Patriot Coal Corporation engages in the production and sale of thermal coal in the United States. It has operations and coal reserves in Appalachia and the Illinois basin. The company provides its thermal coal to electric utilities, as well as metallurgical coal to steel mills and independent coke producers. It has 14 company-operated mines, contractor-operated mines, and coal preparation facilities that are located in West Virginia and Kentucky. As of December 31, 2009, Patriot Coal Corporation company controlled approximately 1.8 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation, through its subsidiary, Magnum Coal Company, operates 8 mining complexes with production from surface and underground mines located in Appalachia, as well as controls approximately 600 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation company is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bear Lake Gold Ltd. is a Canadian gold exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "BLG". Bear Lake Gold's primary project is the Larder Lake gold property, located on the prolific Cadillac-Larder Lake Break in the mining district of north-eastern Ontario. The Larder Lake property consists of a 100% interest in the Bear Lake, Cheminis, Fernland and Barber Larder properties. The Company also has a 75% interest in the Swansea property and holds additional mining claims in the area. This portfolio of gold exploration projects spread out over a distance of approximately 13km gives the Company a large area of interesting targets to explore in one of the world's best mining jurisdictions with excellent infrastructures available at close proximity. Bear Lake Gold has recently completed a $3.7 million financing and exploration at Larder Lake resumed in July 2010. Bear Lake Gold Ltd. also has an interest in two other gold exploration projects: (1) an option with Newmont Mining Company to earn a 75% interest in certain claims at Hope Bay in Nunavut and (2) an option with Unity Gold Silver Mines, Inc. to earn a 60% interest on the Unity project in Idaho.

Liberty Mines Inc. is a producer of nickel and is focused on the exploration, development and production of nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals from its properties in Ontario, Canada. It owns and operates the Redstone nickel concentrator near Timmins Ontario.The Redstone and McWatters nickel mines near Timmins are in commercial production. The Hart nickel project is currently in the permitting stage as Liberty's third nickel mine which is slated for pre-production in the last half of 2010.All of the company's nickel ore will be processed at the Redstone nickel concentrator which is located at the Redstone mine site. The mill is uniqely designed to process up to 2000 tonnes of altered komatiite ore per day.The Groves nickel-copper-PGM (Platinum Group Metals) project near Gogama has a known historical resource. A group of 6400 ha of contiguous mining claims has been assembled around the historical deposit. An airborne VTEM survey is complete and a drill program is planned for the summer of 2010. The McAra Lake property near Shining Tree, about 150 km south of Timmins, hosts a system averaging approximately 1.1% cobalt. The property has been minorly explored and will the subject of an intense drill program to prove up tonnage of this highly prospective cobalt resource (cobalt normally occurs in deposits as a 0.02% by-product of nickel ores or as a deposit associated with copper ores with a 0.4% cobalt grade).

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.

CITIC Resources invests in energy and minerals exploration, development, and trading, focusing on oil exploration in mainland China, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. The company was formerly engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of plywood but switched gears in 2004, the same year that China-owned investment group CITIC took a controlling stake. Since then it has built up an international portfolio of holdings including interests in Portland Aluminum Smelter (one of the largest in the world), the Coppabella and Moorvale coal mines in Queensland, and commodities trader CITIC Australia Trading. CITIC Group indirectly owns 54% of CITIC Resources.

Mexico's Industrias CH has become quite the industrious steel producer. Established in 1938, CH is a leading manufacturer of steel products, ranging from specialty steel and welded pipe to structural steel and rebar. Its primary product, though, is Special Bar Quality (SBQ) steel. The automotive, oil, and construction sectors are among its main customers. The company operates about 15 production and processing facilities throughout North America. Acquisitions -- including of Simec, Grupo Sidenor, and Republic Engineered Products -- have boosted CH's production rate to more than 3 million tons since 2001.

Aluminum and plastics products maker Loxcreen does its part to keep the outside out and the inside in. The company specializes in custom aluminum and vinyl extrusions; it also produces and supplies a full line of screen doors, storm doors, windows, roofing products (flashing and edging), and ventilation products (foundation vents, ridge vents, and soffit vents). Loxcreen also offers floor trim and weather stripping. The company operates manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout the US as well as one facility in Canada.

Philex Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company active in the Philippines. Its interests include the Silangan Project (formerly Boyongan Project) on Mindanao Island. A joint venture with Anglo American Exploration (Philippines), B.V.(Anglo) led to the discovery of the Boyongan copper-gold porphyry deposit in 2000 and the Bayugo in 2003. Philex Gold operated the Bulawan gold mine from 1996 until 2002, and owns a number of gold prospects throughout the Philippines. The Philippines have a long history of mining and one of the highest mineral endowments in the world, but have undergone minimal exploration in recent years. Philex Gold Inc. Company was created in 1996. Prior to the incorporation of the Company, the Company's business was operated as a division of Philex Mining Corporation (PMC). In 1996 the gold operations of PMC were transferred to a subsidiary, Philex Gold Philippines, Inc. (PGPI) in exchange for 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of PGPI. The Company then acquired all of the outstanding shares of PGPI.As a result of this reorganization, the Company became the successor-owner of substantially all of PMC's gold properties in the Philippines.

Yes, Golden Queen Mining is young and sweet, but it's well past the age of 17. Formed in 1985, Golden Queen Mining is developing a gold and silver operation at its Soledad Mountain property in Southern California. It also hopes to produce construction aggregate at the property. though development at the property took place in the 1990s, it was put on hold due to low metals prices and a lack of funding it was halted in 2000. Golden Queen is now in the beginning phase of development.

This company's path of exploration "orbits" around the universe of prospecting for diamonds, gold, and other precious metals. Founded in 1983, Exploration Orbite mainly explores and mines for precious and other metals including gold, copper, nickel, and zinc, as well as diamonds, in Quebec. Exploration Orbite owns and operates several properties in the prolific Abitibi area in Canada, with the Le Tac property representing its primary project in an advanced stage of exploration drilling. None of Exploration Orbite's projects are currently in production.

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