Corriente Resources has hitched itself to a copper belt. The company explores and develops copper and gold projects in Latin America. Its primary operations consist of its four copper deposits all in the exploration and development stages along the Corriente Copper Belt in Ecuador. Its Mirador project is the furthest along and closest to production. At the end of 2009 Chinese companies Tongling Nonferrous Metals and China Railway Construction Corp. acquired Corriente for C$680 million ($650 million).

Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) is a world class steel producer with operations spanning mining, steelmaking and rolling.Our main production facilities in Lipetsk, in the centre of European Russia, are within 350 km of Stoilensky, our main iron ore supplier, and close to key Russian customers and major transport routes.We are among the world’s most profitable steel companies with sales revenue of USD11.7 billion and an EBITDA margin of 39% in 2008. Last year, we produced 10.5 million tonnes of steel.

Dundarave Resources Inc. is a Canadian resource company that is in business of acquiring, developing and building resource projects worldwide. Dundarave Resources has a strong management team with decades of experience in mining, corporate development and operations.Dundarave's focus is to commercialize a breakthrough ExtrEL Leaching System for nickel sulphide mine tailings developed by ENPAR Technologies. This revolutionary technology combined with existing extraction and purification systems can be integrated into a full recovery circuit for base metals, initially nickel, with potentially greater than 95% process acid recovery for reuse. Dundarave has a right to earn an exclusive worldwide license to ExtrEL leaching system.

China Minmetals Corporation, founded in 1950, is a large sized group dealing worldwide in development, production, trading and operation for metals and minerals. It is also engaged in finance, real estate and logistics. In 1999, China Minmetals was listed among the 39 "key enterprises" with a great bearing on national security and economic lifeline under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government. In 2007, Minmetals was ranked Class A when the SASAC evaluated the performance of state-owned enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. In 2008, the Group was ranked No. 331 among the Fortune Global 500. In 2009, China Minmetals achieved a total business volume of US$26.8 billion dollar with operating revenue of RMB 173 billion yuan by responded the international financial crisis actively. The products and raw materials the Group handles have been widely used in different areas of national economic construction and people's livelihood. Minmetals has made remarkable contributions to the national economic development and modernization program. In recent years, has implemented a new development strategy to intensify operations in ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, finance, real estate and logistics. To forge an industrial chain, Minmetals has promoted its strategic transformation for securing more resources. The Group has been transformed from a traditional state-owned enterprise with strong characteristics of the planned economy in the past to a modern, competitive and independent enterprise under the socialist market economy. And it has changed from a pure import and export company into a global integrated enterprise backed up with resources from both downstream and upstream industries. The Group has also changed from a company purely involved in operations of products into a group engaged in the operation of both products and assets and capital. As one of the Fortune 500 global companies, China Minmetals has strengthened strategic cooperation with both large domestic and overseas companies to seek mutual development. Minmetals plays a major role in promoting exchanges and cooperation between enterprises from China and other countries as the Group holds the post of chairman representing China in the Sino-Brazil Business Council and Sino-Chile Business Council. "To value the limited resources and pursue boundless development," the Group is committed to the strategy of "going out" and develops mineral resources overseas to satisfy the ever increasing demand for resources in the development of the national economy.

Continental Minerals hopes to make a big deposit sometime soon. Continental Minerals is one of mining investment/management firm Hunter Dickinson's stable of companies. Continental Minerals is focusing on exploration and development; its properties are not in production. Continental Minerals is primarily exploring the Xietongmen copper and gold property in Tibet. It acquired full ownership of the property when it bought its former partner, Great China Mining, in 2006. Continental and Hunter Dickinson share several key executives. Other Hunter Dickinson portfolio companies include Great Basin Gold, Northern Dynasty Minerals, and Taseko Mines.

Volta Resources Inc. (TSX: VTR) is the result of a merger of two experienced West African explorers, Birim Goldfields Inc. and Goldcrest Resources Ltd. Volta Resources company is geared to leverage off its accumulated experience to become a leader in identification, acquisition and exploration of gold-rich properties in West Africa. Volta Resources already has an enviable portfolio of 26 properties in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali; all three being mining-friendly countries that have proven world-class gold deposits.Volta Resources company is currently focussed on completing a NI 43-101 compliant resource at its Kiaka Gold Project in order to fast-track the project toward commencing a pre-feasibilty study in H2 2010. At its Gaoua Copper-Gold Project, Volta has defined a maiden NI43-101 compliant resource which includes over 1 million ounces of gold and 720 million pounds of copper on two of potentially several porphyry deposits located on 35km of strike of a porphyry corridor held by the company.Volta Resources has the financial strength and flexibility to take advantage of consolidation and acquisition opportunities in West Africa. It has an exceptional team of dedicated professionals operating in the field as well as a highly experienced and respected Management and Board of Directors at the corporate level. Volta Resources Inc. is Canadian-based with its head office in Toronto, Ontario and its operations offices in Accra, Ghana and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Volta Resources Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VTR.

Eurasia Mining may be based in the UK, but its business is all located in Russia. Eurasia Mining owns and operates gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) projects in northwestern and central Russia (Kola Peninsula and Urals projects). Its exploration in the Urals includes a project with joint venture with Anglo Platinum. Eurasia Mining is also working with AngloGold Ashanti on gold projects in Siberia. The company's exploration projects in Russia are funded from its own equity funds and through investments from joint venture partners.

Canadian Zinc Corporation is a Toronto listed junior exploration company, trading under the symbol CZN. The company’s main project is the Prairie Creek Silver, Lead & Zinc mine in Canada. The Company has an experienced Executive and Board based in Vancouver BC. Canadian Zinc’s long-term aim is to bring the 100%-owned Prairie Creek Mine in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories into production at the earliest possible date. The mine, which has a fascinating history, is a silver and base metals property already in the advanced stages of development, with substantial resources of high-grade silver, zinc, and lead. Exposures of mineralized vein structures, which overly thicker Stratabound mineralization, both of which are included in the present resource, are known to occur over a distance of 16 KM's through the property.

The Petropavlovsk group is seeking to build a natural resources champion in the Russian Far East with an exceptional portfolio of assets using its wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise.Petropavlovsk PLC is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and with a market capitalisation of c.£2.2 billion*.The Group's consistent and focused strategy since inception in 1994 has been based around developing low-cost mining assets, progressing from greenfield sites to producing operations, utilising its experienced management team and innovative in-house capabilities.The Group's major iron-ore and gold operations are located in the mineral-rich Amur Region and Jewish Autonomous Region (known as the "EAO") in the Russian Far East, close to the Chinese border. The Group is also active in a number of other regions across Russia.Total attributable gold production for 2009 was 486,800oz. The Group's 2009 total cash costs of US$309/oz position it as one of the lowest-cost gold producers in the world.The processing plant at the Kuranakh titanomagnetite and ilmenite project was comissioned in May 2010.

Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, smelting, refining, and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals from a geological formation in southern Montana known as the J-M Reef. This is the only know significant source of platinum group metals in the United States and one of the significant resources outside Russia and South Africa. Stillwater Mining Company’s corporate office is located in Columbus, Montana.Stillwater Mining Company conducts mining operations at the Stillwater Mine near Nye, Montana and the East Boulder Mine South of McLeod, Montana. Both mines are located on the J-M Reef. Concentrating plants are operated at both mines to upgrade ore to a concentrate. The company also operates a smelter, refinery and laboratory at Columbus, Montana to further upgrade the concentrate to a platinum group metal rich filter cake. Spent catalyst material is also recycled at the smelter and refinery to recover platinum group metals. Platinum group metals are rare precious metals that are used in diverse applications for auto catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewelry, dentistry, medicine, water treatment, coinage and other uses.

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