Franco-Nevada is a gold-focused royalty company with additional interests in platinum group metals, oil and gas and other assets. We are the leading gold royalty company with the largest gold royalty revenues. The majority of our revenues are derived from a diversified portfolio of high-quality royalty properties located in North America. Franco-Nevada also holds a pipeline of assets which have the potential to generate future royalty revenues but which are currently under development or in the exploration phase. As of mid 2010, the royalty portfolio consists of approximately 311 royalty interests diversified over a range of commodities and stages from exploration through to operating.Our royalty portfolio generates high-margin free cash-flow with lower exposure to operating and capital costs than operating companies. The portfolio also provides us with direct leverage to commodity prices and the exploration potential of world-class ore deposits and mineral exploration trends where we have existing royalty interests. Management has proven successful in both acquiring and creating new royalties along with managing our growing portfolio of assets. We intend to utilize our free cash-flow to grow the portfolio and to pay dividends. We believe that a portfolio of royalty interests provides our shareholders with a higher risk-adjusted return through the commodity cycle than direct operating interests.

Tata Sons is the ultimate doting parent. As the primary holding company of India's expansive Tata Group, the firm holds the bulk of the shares in the nearly 100 independent companies that make up the Tata Group. Tata Sons is divided into two divisions: Tata Quality Management Services and Tata Financial Services. The quality management unit works with Tata Group companies to improve efficiencies and other processes. Tata Financial provides in-house financial services, planning, negotiations, debt placement, mergers and acquisitions, and other advisory services to Tata companies. Tata Sons owns the Tata name and trademarks. Tata Sons company is controlled by philanthropic trusts that were endowed by the Tata family.

Jim Walter Resources (JWR) is the southernmost Appalachian coal producer. The company was formed in 1977 from the former Coke, Iron and Chemicals Division of U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company. Its businesses consist of mining high quality coal from Alabama's Blue Creek seam and related methane gas operations. Since its inception, JWR has grown from a small, captive producer of less than 1 million tons of coal per year, produced solely for use in its sister company's coke ovens, into one of the 25 largest coal producers in the United States, with 6.3 million tons of coal sold in 2008.JWR's two deep-shaft underground mines — Mines No. 4 and No. 7 — use the standard "continuous mining" method for development and advanced "longwall" mining technology for primary production. In contrast to surface mining or typical underground mines located 200 to 500 feet below the surface, JWR's mines are 1,500 to 2,200 feet underground, making them the deepest vertical shaft coal mines in North America.Blue Creek Coal is synonymous with quality in markets worldwide. Its general characteristics — very low sulfur, strong coking properties, high heat value — make it ideally suited to the requirements of steel makers as a coking coal and to utilities as a steam coal. These qualities enable JWR to successfully market steam coal domestically and metallurgical coal to the worldwide export market.The growth and success of Jim Walter Resources' coal mining operations have continued to fuel the success of the company's coal seam degasification business, Black Warrior Methane. Black Warrior Methane was formed in 1981 to recover and market methane gas principally from the Blue Creek Coal seam on lands owned or leased by the company.

African Aura's strategy is to be a 'first mover' within highly prospective and under explored geological provinces, in pursuit of the next generation of gold and iron ore mines in emerging sub-Saharan Africa. It is the significant experience of working in Africa and the ability to identify and assess the non-geological risks inherent with investing in emerging countries that distinguishes the Company as a pioneer. Once opportunities have been identified the Company employs satellite borne and geological remote sensing datasets in order to select the highest priority areas to explore. This strategy allows our teams to have the highest chance of discovering those deposits which crop-out at surface. Historically these deposits are discovered fastest, for the lowest exploration cost and are the first to become mines. In addition to our flagship New Liberty Gold and Putu Iron Ore projects, African Aura has assembled a significant portfolio of projects in Liberia and Cameroon with over 20 deposits discovered by our exploration teams to date. These discoveries create a pipeline of opportunities for the Company; being at varying stages of exploration from reconnaissance sampling through to resource definition drilling.

Noble Biomaterials, Inc. is a global leader in bacterial management solutions. Noble develops, manufactures, sells and markets advanced antimicrobial technologies designed to manage all forms of bacterial contamination. Noble has more than 200 global licensees for products in the medical, defense, industrial and consumer markets. Noble's headquarters and manufacturing facility are located in Scranton, PA, with global offices in Europe, Asia and South America.

Rasselstein is the only German tinplate manufacturer and one of the three largest European tinplate suppliers. Rasselstein company holds a market share of more than 5% globally, 15% in Europe, and 50% in Germany. Rasselstein's products are divided into five major lines-- tinplate, electrolytic chromium coated steel, organically coated material (lacquered, printed or film-laminated), black plate, and full hard material. The material is used to produce cans for food, beverages, paints and lacquers, aerosols, and closures. Rasselstein company produces close to 1.5 million tons of coated and uncoated products annually. Rasselstein serves about 400 customers in some 80 countries worldwide. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel.

Weatherly International has charted a course in African natural resources businesses. It operates primarily through two subsidiaries, Weatherly Mining Namibia and Namibia Custom Smelters. The former owns mines in Namibia, Zambia and Burkina Faso, producing mainly copper and manganese, while the smelting operation handles materials from Africa, Eastern Europe, and South America. In 2009 East China Mineral Exploration and Development agreed to buy a just-more than 50% stake in the company, though that agreement was terminted early the next year. Weatherly also agreed to sell Namibia Custom Smelters to Dundee Precious Metals for about $33 million.

Magellan Minerals Ltd. is a well financed Canadian-based junior exploration company focused on mineral exploration and development in the state of Para in northern Brazil. Magellan Minerals Company has interests in a number of properties in the Tapajos region which has a historic gold production estimated at 20-30Moz of gold. Magellan is searching for the source of this gold and is primarily focused on the Cuiú Cuiú and Coringa projects. Coringa was recently acquired in September 2009 as part of the acquisition of Chapleau Resources Ltd. Magellan Minerals Company has to date identified 269,500 ounces of Measured and Indicated Resources, plus Inferred Resources of 98,224 ounces on the Coringa Project.

Rio Tinto plc engages in finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. It produces aluminum products, including bauxite, alumina, specialty aluminas, and aluminium; copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and nickel; diamonds; industrial minerals, such as borates, titanium dioxide feedstocks, talc, salt, metal powders, zircon, and rutile; thermal and coking coal, and uranium; and iron ore. Rio Tinto company has operations in Australia, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Rio Tinto company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. Rio Tinto plc operates as a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group.

Aurubis sure hopes you upgrade kitchenware to include some copper pots. The company operates two main business segments. The company's copper production unit produces 1 million tons of copper cathodes (a 99.9%-pure form of copper) from ore, recycling materials, and scrap. Its second business unit, copper processing, then uses this copper to cast wire rod and shapes, copper alloys, and rolled products. The company produces another 1.2 million tons of copper products each year. Customers include companies in the chemical, electronics, automotive, and construction industries. Aurubis bought Belgian copper company Cumerio for about $1 billion in 2008 and changed its name from Norddeutsche Affinerie the next year.

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