VALLOUREC & MANNESMANN TUBES, a Vallourec Group Company, is world market leader in the manufacture of seamless hot rolled steel tubes for all applications. BRASIL Company operates production sites in Europe, Brazil, USA and China. V & M TUBES supplies the world?s largest and most comprehensive range of seamless steel tube sizes and has an annual output of up to three million tonnes.BRASIL company was founded in October 1997 as a joint venture between the French Vallourec Group (55% of shares) and the German Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG (45% of shares) joining together all their production units and marketing interests for seamless hot rolled tubes and threaded oilfield tubulars (OCTG).

HBIS Group core company—Han-Steel was established and put into operation in 1958 and now Han-Steel has herself developed into one important high-quality plate and strip production base in great China after over half a century of hard work and has comprehensively possessed an annual steel production capacity of 10 million tons with the total assets of 61.8 billion Yuan and annual sales revenues of more than 35.0 billion Yuan.In the nineties of the last century initiatively market-oriented Han-Steel actively implemented and progressively deepen the operating mechanism " simulating the market accounting and the executing the cost-veto " with the creation of the nationally honored "Han-Steel experiences" and being an example of "the red flag in national industrial fronts "With the stepping into the new century Han-Steel sped up the paces of revamping and upgrading the traditional processes and equipments with high and advanced applicable technologies, and consecutively the CSP Plant with an annual output of 2.5 million tons , the Cold Rolling Complex with an annual output of 1.3 million tons and a large other number of international advanced equipment in Han-Steel New Zone were put into operation.Han-steel products are widely used in the fields of automotive , home appliances , construction , ship building , aerospace , machinery manufacturing、petrochemical , etc. and in many national key projects.

Minco Silver sees China as its silver lining. The company's primary property is the Fuwan Silver project (estimated to hold more than 150 million ounces of silver) located in Guangdong Province, of which it controls 90%. It also has exploration licenses to explore other areas in Guangdong Province. Canadian mining company Minco Gold, which spun off Minco Silver in 2005, still owns 40% of Minco Silver company. In 2009 it offered about $12 million to buy Sterling Mining, which had just entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

General Nice Hong Kong Group founded in 1992, headquarter of Group is set up in Hong Kong and mainland business operation headquarter is set up in Tianjin China. General Nice Group is principally engaged in resources development and production, logistics and trading. It is the international investment holding enterprise group. After many years of development, General Nice Group has formed two main business chains: one is based on coal mining, coal selecting & washing, coking, coke export, gangue electricity generating facility, chemical by product and railway transportation; another chain is based on iron ore mining, iron ore import. In 2008, the total asset of the group has reached 7 billion HK dollars and revenue is more than 8.8 billion HK dollars. Subsidiaries of Group i.e. Abterra Ltd. (code 199903007C) listed in Singapore andLoudong General Nice Resources (China) Holdings Limited (code 0988) listed in Hong Kong; those are the group’s important oversea financing platforms.At present, General Nice Group has become one of the major international Groups in the field of China’s metallurgical coke and iron ore business; it has adequate financial resources, advanced technology, sophisticated equipment, experienced staff and efficient management. In recent years, the Group has identified long term development strategies for itself and its subsidiaries companies such as General Nice Resources (Hong Kong) Ltd., Suns Group Ltd, Abterra Ltd. and Shanxi Loudong- General Nice Coking and Gas Company Ltd.

New Gold Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, extraction, processing, reclamation, and production of mineral properties. New Gold company primarily focuses on gold, silver, and copper deposits. Its operating properties include the Mesquite gold mine in the United States; the Cerro San Pedro gold-silver mine in Mexico; and the Peak gold-copper mine in Australia. New Gold company also has development projects, including the New Afton copper-gold project in Canada; and a 30% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project in Chile. New Gold was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

ThyssenKrupp AG company is one of the world's largest steel producers and operates worldwide in two business areas: Materials and Technologies. The first is comprised of the company's steel (carbon and stainless steel) and materials services businesses. ThyssenKrupp's Technologies sector consists of its elevators unit and the marine systems, components technology (for the auto and engineering markets), and plant technology (construction and environmental services) segments. Although its combined interests range from elevators to shipbuilding, the company has historically relied on the cyclical steel market.

Griffin Mining Limited was formed in May 1988 in Bermuda as a mining finance company, formerly known as European Mining Finance Ltd. In June 1997, the Company’s shares were admitted to trading on the Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”) of the London Stock Exchange. In October 1997, the Company changed its principal activities to mining and its name to Griffin Mining Limited. In November 1997 Griffin acquired a 50% equity interest in China Zinc Pty Ltd which held a 60% interest in the Hebei Hua Ao Mining Industry Company Limited Chinese joint venture (“Hebei Hua Ao”) which held the mineral exploration rights at Caijiaying in the Hebei Province in Northern China. In March 1998, Griffin acquired the remaining 50% equity stake in China Zinc Pty Ltd, giving Griffin a controlling 60% interest in Hebei Hua Ao.In June 2005 Griffin completed the construction of the first new foreign owned and operated mine and processing plant in China at Caijiaying, which currently produces around 60,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate per annum together with gold, silver and lead. The mine and processing facilities are being further developed to significantly increase current production rates.Griffin has been the leader in foreign investment in mining in China having been engaged in developing the Caijiaying zinc gold project since 1997. Caijiaying is located in the Hebei Province, some 200 km north west of Beijing. Griffin's local subsidiary company, Hebei Hua Ao, was the first foreign controlled entity to receive an exploration licence in the Peoples Republic of China and the first to be awarded a new mining licence over a metal deposit in China, as well as being the first to construct a new mine.

Typhoon Exploration is a Canadian mining exploration company incorporated in 2003. Its shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol TYP.Typhoon holds a diversified portfolio of properties such as the Fayolle and Faille 1 gold projects which are located in Rouyn-Noranda's mining camp, one of the best-known in the world for gold. The company also owns the Monexco-McCorkill project located in Chibougamau, whose mining camp is reputed for its gold and base metals reserves. The infrastructures of all of these camps are developed in such a way that they are accessible by the existing road network all year round.The Fayolle Deposit's geographic proximity to the Val d'Or, Malartic and Rouyn-Noranda gold camps allows for far more cost-effective exploitation when that phase of operations is reached.Typhoon Exploration company strives to increase the value of its shares by building its gold resources, all while employing the latest mining technologies and minimizing its environmental impact.

Polymetal is a leading precious metals mining company. Polymetal Company is the third global primary silver producer, the largest silver and fifth gold producer in Russia.In 2007 Polymetal held an initial public offering. 24.8% of Polymetal Company was placed in the form of GDRs on the London Stock Exchange and in ordinary shares on the RTS and MICEX exchanges. Polymetal owns gold and silver mines and carries out exploration activities in four regions of Russia (the Magadan Region, the Khabarovsk Territory, the Sverdlovsk Region and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) and in Kazakhstan.Its portfolio of projects contains 42 licenses covering a territory of over 8,500 sq. km.Polymetal’s most promising deposit is Albazino located in the Khabarovsk Territory, which contains JORC mineral resources estimated at approximately 3 Moz of gold. Polymetal Company plans to continue active exploration work at Albazino and expects that its resource base will grow to 5-6 Moz by the time the operation begins production. Construction of a processing plant at Albazino is scheduled to begin in 2009, and it should produce its first gold in 2011.In 2008, Polymetal acquired the Kubaka and Degtyarskoye gold deposits and the Goltsovoye silver deposit, in 2009, Sopka Kvartsevaya gold deposit in Magadan Region and Maiskoe gold deposit in Chukotka were acquired by the Company. These new deposits are expected to be brought on-line in 2010-2011. In 2009, Polymetal also acquired the Varvarinskoye gold-copper deposit in Kazakhstan.In 2009 gold production grew by 9%, to 311 Koz. Silver production grew by 1%, to 17.3 Moz.In 2010 Polymetal targets to produce 350-370 Koz of gold and 19-20 Moz of silver. These numbers do not include any production from Varvarinskoye mine in Kazakhstan.

Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NRP) is a master limited partnership that is principally engaged in the business of owning and managing coal properties, and coal handling and transportation infrastructure in the three major coal producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin. NRP also owns and manages aggregate reserves in Arizona, Texas, West Virginia and Washington. In addition the partnership manages oil and gas properties and timber assets in Appalachia.The partnership does not actively engage in the mining of any of its minerals or natural resources, but rather leases its properties to various operators in exchange for royalty payments.Natural Resource Partners is headquartered in Houston, TX with its operational headquarters in Huntington, WV.

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