Bard Ventures Ltd. ("Bard") or (the "Company") is a junior mining and exploration company with mineral interests in British Columbia and Ontario. The Company is publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "CBS". In British Columbia, Bard holds the option to acquire a Lone Pine molybdenum prospect of 1,051 hectares, located in the Omineca Mining Division 15 km northwest of Houston, B.C., as well as an option to acquire the nearby Grouse Mountain zinc-copper-silver-molybdenum prospect, consisting of 7 claims. The Company also has an option with Selkirk Metals Corp. to earn a 50% interest in the Wasi Creek zinc-lead-silver prospect, located 150 km northwest of Mackenzie, also consisting of 7 claims. At January 2009, Lone Pine had measured and indicated resources of 110,340,000 tonnes grading of 0.083% molybdenum, containing 201,733,000 lbs molybdenum. In Ontario, Bard holds a 50% interest in the Opikeigen gold prospect located 145 km east of Pickle Lake. The interest is shared 50/50 with Slam Exploration Ltd. Bard's exploration philosophy is to develop high priority molybdenum targets in established areas and to work with quality joint venture partners to advance the projects. In the Omineca mining division, Bard continues to work on high priority molybdenum and Rhenium targets with the goal of advancing them to the stage where a high quality joint venture partner can be brought in to advance the projects to the next level. Targets on the Lone Pine Property include previous high grade molybdenum values as well as new high grade molybdenum targets developed by Bard's crew. Bard plans to build the company based on its technical expertise and high quality joint venture partnerships.

Anglo Pacific Group PLC is a global natural resources royalties company. The strategy of the Group is to expand its mineral royalty interests in low-cost, long-life mining assets. The Group achieves this through both direct acquisition and investment in projects at the development and production stage. It is a continuing policy of the Group to pay a substantial proportion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends. The Group is focused on projects in areas with low political risk that have defined resources and near-term production. The Group has both corporate finance and real-world mining experience and takes an active approach to each project to achieve better returns at reduced risk.

TanzaniteOne is the largest and most scientifically advanced miner and supplier of rough tanzanite, a unique position that affords it the opportunity to support and influence the entire channel, from mine to market, ensuring that maximum stakeholder value is achieved at each stage of the process.Our leading position in the tanzanite market has ensured TanzaniteOne the recognition and respect of its peers and provides the opportunity for expansion into a broader range of PCGs located at various key sights around the world.The strategic move in to new premium coloured gemstones has commenced with the move into tsavorite, a brilliant green gemstone also found in Tanzania with a remarkably similar geology to tanzanite, yet enjoying a current price per carat of approximately three times that of tanzanite.

Statesman’s objectives are to develop productive assets that have sensible economics and high upside potential, then to build on their value. The Company is currently planning several development wells that could significantly extend the Reichel Gas Field in Rush County, Kansas. Under the terms of its Kansas agreements, successful testing will allow the Company to book reserves and to time the development of its interests in approximately 26,000 acres to coincide with favorable natural gas prices.Having established production and asset value, Statesman will pursue growth by finding other, similarly situated development opportunities, as well as by drilling quality prospects with high upside potential under strategic farm-in arrangements. Statesman intends to continue its focus on under-explored California where it has a farm-in agreement with Salinas Energy Ltd. covering numerous oil leads and prospects in the San Joaquin Basin. In addition, Statesman is currently reviewing other opportunities in Kansas, Louisiana, Texas, and elsewhere that meet the Company’s objectives of sensible economics and high upside potential for oil and gas production.

Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA) is steel crazy after all these years. Altos Hornos company is Mexico's largest steelmaker, with a production capacity of more than 3 million tons a year. It makes flat products (plate, hot- and cold-rolled coil, tin-free steel) and long products (heavy and light structural sections, wire rod, wire products). A former government-controlled company privatized in 1991, AHMSA mines its own iron ore and coal to produce steel, and it also produces steam coal. Being vertically integrated gives AHMSA flexibility when raw materials prices vary. AHMSA's parent company is Mexican industrial conglomerate Grupo Acerero del Norte.

King’s Bay Gold Corporation (TSX.V: KBG) is an active mineral resource company, which is engaged in the acquisition of interests in, and the exploration of, mineral resource properties in North West Ontario. The Corporation’s mandate is to acquire, evaluate and bring significant gold and other precious metal properties to the development stage. During the last eleven years, the Corporation has been assembling a portfolio of precious metal exploration prospects most notably in the Red Lake gold camp, the majority of which are located in close proximity of present and past producing mines. Certain of these properties exhibit high-grade gold values, rare earths, rare metals and other industrially useful minerals and metals.The Corporation is unique in the industry in that it owns, and therefore controls for itself, most of the equipment required to carry out the various phases of exploration. Key pieces of this equipment include diamond drill rigs, bulldozers and skidders. Other equipment includes rod sloops, thousands of feet of BQ and NQ drill rods, water heaters for winter drilling, high pressure water pumps and nozzles for outcrop stripping, a fleet of trucks, all terrain vehicles and a shop full of spare parts and tools.The Corporation’s goal will always be growth. Strengthening the Corporation’s management team and Board of Directors, and by acquiring significantly advanced exploration projects may provide shareholders with an opportunity to increase the value of their investments over the long term.The Corporation’s shorter-term goals are to advance its projects to the feasibility stage, with the intent of becoming a small to medium tier minerals producer. The quality of the Corporation’s projects, an aggressive acquisitions strategy based on acquiring properties near present and past producers, and the proven background of the management team will allow the Corporation to become an emerging leader in the Canadian mining industry.King’s Bay Gold Corporation is a Winnipeg-based company that was incorporated pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act (“CBCA”) on March 20th, 1998. The Corporation became a publicly traded entity on the TSX Venture Exchange in April 2002 (TSX.V symbol: KBG). Since then, the Corporation has completed several prospective offerings and private placement offerings with the net capital raised being used to complete the exploration and development programs for the properties where it has land option and joint venture agreements.

Agnico-Eagle is a Canadian-based gold producer with operations in Canada, Finland and Mexico, and exploration and development activities in Canada, Finland, Mexico and the U.S. Our LaRonde mine is Canada’s largest operating gold mine in terms of reserves. Agnico-Eagle has full exposure to higher gold prices consistent with its policy of no-forward gold sales. It has paid a cash dividend for 28 consecutive years. Agnico-Eagle was formed in 1972 through the merger of Agnico Mines Limited, a prominent silver producer in Cobalt, Ontario, and Eagle Gold Mines Limited, a successful gold exploration company.

Gippsland Limited is an Australian based international resource company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange where it trades under the codes "GIP" (Shares) and "GIPO" (Options). Gippsland is managed by Directors who provide a complimentary blend of technical and commercial skills, and having a long history in the successful running of technically complex private and ASX listed companies.Because of the Directors' international experience, Gippsland focuses on world-scale projects which have been over-looked by major resource groups. Projects which have undergone detailed exploration and which have the potential to be brought into production quickly are a prime target for the Company. Gippsland's success in this area is due in part to the Company's philosophy of entering into equitable joint venture arrangements with overseas nationals.The Company's prime assets are the 40 million tonne Abu Dabbab and the 98 million tonne Nuweibi tantalum-tin projects located in the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt, adjacent to the western shore of the Red Sea.An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) completed to World Bank standards has been approved by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. A Bankable Feasibility Study undertaken by Lycopodium Engineering Ltd determined that the Abu Dabbab project has the potential to become a major tantalum supplier to the steadily expanding global tantalum industry. The Lycopodium BFS indicated that the project will produce in excess of 650,000 pounds of tantalum pentoxide per year over a likely mine-life of 20 years. Gippsland Limited has executed an offtake agreement with the tantalum major HC Starck GmbH of Germany for the sale of 600,000 pounds of tantalum pentoxide per year for a 10 year period.Gippsland Limited is presently negotiating with the German government owned KfW Bankengruppe for project finance which is anticipated will be arranged on a most favourable 80% debt and 20% equity basis.Tantalum metal powder is an indispensable intermediate for the production of capacitors without which modern cell phones, laptops or flat screens would not be possible. HC Starck in particular is a specialist for high capacitance tantalum powders which are above all indispensable for the latest generation of modern electronic appliances. Tantalum metal is also an essential metal in the production of high temperature applications such as jet engine turbine blades. Tantalum has a high level of bio-acceptability which makes it the preferred metal of medical implants (orthopaedics). Due to its extreme resistance to acid corrosion it is used in chemical plant and equipment.

Monterrico Metals plc (Monterrico) is a resource development company incorporated in the UK. Monterrico's Corporate HQ is in Hong Kong, and its principle operations are in Peru. The Company's principal asset is the large, wholly owned Rio Blanco copper/molybdenum deposit in northern Peru. This deposit has resources of 1.257 billion tonnes at 0.57% copper & 228 ppm molybdenum, making it one of the largest undeveloped copper resources in the world. Monterrico plans to develop Rio Blanco as a conventional open pit mine producing copper and molybdenum concentrates. At planned production rates, as defined in the Detailed Feasibility Study, (see announcement of 5 February 2007), Rio Blanco will be amongst the 20 largest copper mines in the world, producing on average of 191,000 tonnes of copper per annum and 2,180 tonnes of molybdenum per annum during the first five years of operation. The target date for mine start-up is 2011. The Company also has a number of other exploration properties in Peru. On 27 April 2007, a Chinese consortium, Xiamen Zijin Tongguan Development Co. Ltd (the "Zijin Consortium") acquired a majority shareholding (89.9%) in Monterrico. This was the result of a cash offer of 350p per share, which was agreed between the Boards of Zijin Consortium and Monterrico. Under the terms of the offer, the Consortium announced that it intended to retain the listing of Monterrico on AIM and planned to reduce its shareholding in the Company to not more than 70%. On 21 September 2007, the Consortium sold down its shareholding from 89.9% to 79.9%. The Zijin Consortium consists of a partnership of three strategic Chinese companies: 45% Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd, 35% Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co Ltd and 20% Xiamen Construction and Development Co Ltd. The takeover by the Zijin Consortium brings the important benefits of technical expertise and financial strength, to Monterrico at the time when the Company is undergoing the transition from an exploration company to a major copper producer. As majority shareholder, the Consortium will provide Monterrico with its expertise in large scale mine development and operation, a market for the concentrate product, as well as the solid financial support needed for the development of Rio Blanco and its associated infrastructure. Following the acquisition by the Zijin Consortium, a new Board of Directors of Monterrico Metals plc was appointed with effect from 1 June 2007. Monterrico is committed to creating capital growth for shareholders. It is also dedicated to contributing substantially to the local community in Peru and to promoting sustainable development in the area of the Rio Blanco project.

Senator Minerals is looking for gold in Nevada but is bypassing the casinos and heading straight for deposits of precious metals underground. Senator Minerals company explores and acquires gold, silver, and copper properties primarily in Nevada, but also in Alaska and Arizona. It also has copper interests in Canada. Management and directors hold about 35% of Senator Minerals.

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