Highbank is a Canadian exploration company engaged in the acquisition and development of copper and molybdenum properties providing shareholders with “Wealth Through Discovery”. The Company has optioned a large exploration land package in the famous Highland Valley copper district in British Columbia; host to the largest base metal mine in Canada, and holds additional moly/copper properties in Ireland. Highbank has also earned a 100% interest in, and has obtained a NI 43-101 Resource evaluation of a +70 million tonne tidewater aggregate gravel tenure in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.

Mwana Africa PLC is a pan-African resources company with operations in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and a broad range of exploration projects and interests in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Ghana and Bostwana. The group has a diverse asset base, including gold, nickel, copper, cobalt and diamonds.In October 2005, Mwana Africa became the first African-owned, African-managed resource company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), through a reverse takeover of African Gold plc by a privately held mining company, Mwana Africa Holdings (Pty) Limited. Mwana Africa Holdings (Pty) Limited was itself formed in 2003.Mwana Africa PLC company intends to pursue further mining opportunities across the African continent, both independently and, where appropriate, in partnership with other stakeholders.

G&S Minerals is less interested in hot burgers and ready to focus on hot mineral assets. The company used to be called Hot Brands, when it owned and operated the Hot 'n Now Burgers fast-food chain. Taking its current name from the minerals gold and silver, it now mines precious metals. Its primary gold mining property is the El Transito mine in Honduras. The burger business went bankrupt and was sold to STEN Corporation in 2005.

Freegold Ventures Limited is a North American gold exploration company. Current projects include Golden Summit, Rob and Vinasale. On the Golden Summit Project in Alaska, exploration discovered new high-grade veins and bulk tonnage shear zones. At Freegold's Rob project drilling insected high-grade gold mineralization. Exploration was also undertaken on the Vinasale Gold deposit in an effort to expand the known 920,000 historical gold resource (not 43-101 compliant).

Tyhee Development Corp. ("TDC") is a publicly-traded mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Venture). Tyhee Development Corp. Company is engaged in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada and internationally.We endeavor to become a leading exploration and development company in search of world class deposits in countries that possess favorable investment climates, to accomplish this by optimizing the use of leading exploration technologies and to continue to apply a sense of corporate, social and environmental consciousness in reaching these objectives.

Founded as North Shore Supply in 1955 by William and Lou Beth Nemzin, North Shore Supply Company company started in the salvage and scrap business. During the early years, the Nemzins met the growing needs of the Houston Ship Channel industrial sector by supplying a large range of products, including steel, pipe, fittings, flanges, and valves, as well as industrial tools, equipment, and supplies. It was the Nemzins’ idea to be the “supermarket for industry,” and with grit, determination, and hard work, their vision became a reality.In the early 1980s, the second generation of family entered the business and planted the seeds for further growth. Using the latest in computer technology, exercising fiscal responsibility, and leveraging a workforce dedicated to customer service, the second generation helped to expand North Shore Steel into a premier provider of steel products and services to the Gulf Coast region.

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. is a Canadian precious metals exploration Company with a portfolio of several different properties in Canada at different stages of development. The Company's flagship projects are currently located in Nunavut, in the Canadian North. These Nunavut assets, which are geographically proximal to each other, consist of the very large Hackett River Silver-zinc project, the George and Goose Lake Gold deposits which also contain the Wishbone claims, a 3,000 square km greenstone belt that includes Hackett River as well as many other base and precious metals targets.This portfolio of Arctic assets gives the Company a district size precious metals presence in one of the world's safest mining jurisdictions.The Company is well financed with no debt. These financial resources in conjunction with a management team that has demonstrated proven success in exploring, developing, and operating large projects in difficult environments, provide the platform for Sabina to become a leading Canadian investment opportunity.

In 2010 Norsk Hydro agreed to buy the Brazilian aluminum operations of Vale SA in a $5 billion deal. You may find the oil business fascinating, but Norsk Hydro no longer has any interest in the industry. Until 2007 its operations were divided more or less equally between aluminum and energy products. Norsk Hydro is now focused almost exclusively on its aluminum operations, which are strong throughout Asia, Europe, and North and South America, and rank among the world's top five, along with the likes of Rio Tinto Alcan, RUSAL, and Alcoa. In 2006 it combined its energy operations with Norwegian state-owned Statoil, though it still owns a small energy business with 17 hydroelectric power stations in Norway.

Opawica Explorations Inc. (TSX.V: OPW) is a junior exploration company actively engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties. In addition, the Company controls approximately 36% of Upper Canada Gold Corporation (TSX.V symbol "UCC") which is represented by 11,744,752 Upper Canada Gold shares owned by Opawica. The principal asset of UCC is the Dingman gold-aggregate deposit located in southeastern Ontario.The Company's current exploration and development efforts are concentrated on its 100% owned Atikwa Lake-Maybrun gold and copper project located about 120 kilometres southeast of Kenora, Ontario. The Company commissioned Golder Associates Ltd. (“Golder”) to prepare an NI 43-101 report on the Atikwa Lake property which included modeling of the mineralization associated with the resources at Atikwa Lake, as well as independent resource calculations. This initial report was completed in March 2009. On August 31, 2009, the Company filed a new NI 43-101 report by Robert Laakso, P.Eng, which included new resource estimates on the Atikwa Lake Project.The Atikwa Lake Project is a former 500 tpd producing gold and copper mine that has been on stand-by care and maintenance since 1973. Opawica is currently carrying out a Preliminary Scoping Study that initially will be limited to the existing historic Maybrun Mine footprint and infrastructure.The study will determine if preliminary economic considerations may be applied to at least 1,800,000 tonnes of higher grade open-pit resources that are within the larger overall Maybrun Main Indicated Resource. This preliminary study will use a production rate of up to 500 tpd for a minimum 10 year period.

Luvata smelts and refines copper mainly for markets in Europe and the US. Products include copper rods, bars, sheets, plates, strips, wire, and tubes. Its operations include Rolled Products; Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Tubes; and Luvata Heat Transfer Solutions, which makes HVAC components like heat exchangers, air conditioning units, and food storage refrigeration products. Private equity firm Nordic Capital owns Luvata, having bought the company from Outokumpu in 2005. The following year it changed its name to Luvata, which is a Finnish word meaning to promise.

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