Alcoa is the world’s leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the past 120 years.Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral part of Alcoa’s operating practices and the product design and engineering it provides to customers.

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc is an operating and exploration gold mining company located in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Kirkland Lake Gold Company has over 425 employees and 13,110 acres of four contiguous formerly producing gold mining properties, which historically produced 24 million ounces of gold. (See accompanying figures). The current focus is on advancing and expanding gold production from the Main/'04 Break and the new discovery, the high-grade South Mine Complex (SMC).Discovered in 2005, the SMC alone currently contains 639,000 probable ounces, 82,000 proven ounces, 3,000 measured ounces, 489,000 indicated ounces, and 677,000 inferred ounces. (Please see accompanying reserve charts detailing just the SMC reserves and mine-wide reserve growth). The SMC is hosted in a new geologic setting, with gold associated with pyrite compared to the historic quartz-vein hosted systems in the gold camp. The SMC remains open in all directions and is the focus for the Company's 2010 exploration programs. Kirkland Lake's corporate goal is to expand its gold reserves and resources to five million ounces or beyond, and to increase its yearly production to a rate of 200,000 ounces per year which will reduce its unit operating costs. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) and the AIM (Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange).Work is progressing on-track and on-time with component parts of the Phase II plan commencing ahead of schedule, though mill capacity is nominally 1,450 tons per day a modernization of the mill's control systems will be undertaken in the summer of 2010 along with other surface capital projects.The focus of Kirkland Lake Gold Company is on sustainability and future growth and directors and management are intent that the Company will build a successful mining operation in Kirkland Lake.

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.

Ormet Corporation's operations run the gamut of aluminum production. In addition to refining alumina, the company, through its Primary Aluminum unit, manufactures aluminum ingot, billet (pressed bars), sheet, foil, and other products for the fabrication, extrusion, and conversion markets. The company maintains facilities in Louisiana, Ohio, and Washington. In 2010 Ormet agreed to buy a carbon anode facility in Mead, Washington. The facility will provide raw materials for the company's Hannibal, Ohio operations. Ormet was founded in 1954 as a part of Olin Corporation.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., through its subsidiaries, operates as a mineral exploration and development company. The company's principal mineral resource property is the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine development project located in southern Mongolia. It also holds interests in the Ovoot Tolgoi Coal project located in Mongolia; the Cloncurry project in Queensland, Australia for the exploration and development of molybdenum, rhenium, copper, gold, and uranium; and the Kyzyl gold project located in Kazakhstan. The company was formerly known as Indochina Goldfields Ltd. and changed its name to Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. in June 1999. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Palmaris Capital Plc was originally incorporated in Scotland in 1988 as a mining investment company, however, following a capital re-structure in 2001 most of the investments have been realised with only one major investment remaining in Scottish Resources Group Ltd, previously Mining Scotland Ltd. A substantial shareholding in Perseverance Corporation Ltd, a gold mining company operating in Victoria, Australia was distributed to our shareholders as a dividend in specie in February 2007.

Western Standard Metals doesn't mind being left out in the cold as long as there is plenty of ice in the area. The exploration and mining company, formerly Nordic Diamonds, has properties in Finland (Kuopio-Kaavi Diamond Project), Sweden (the Nyborg sulphide and Storsjo uranium projects), and Canada (in the Nunavut region). It also is exploring a potash property in Alberta, a project it acquired in 2008. The next year it bought another property, the Almaden gold project in Idaho, from Freegold Ventures. In 2010 those two companies agreed to merge.

Exco Technologies manufactures die-casting and aluminum extrusion products and services for the automotive industry. The company's casting and extrusion technology unit manufactures die casting machines, high precision tooling for small die casting and plastic injection molding machines, and single cell die ovens. Its automotive solutions unit (through its Neocon, Polydesign, and Polytech divisions) makes such items as door pockets, restraint systems, and slide-out tables, primarily for passenger cars and light trucks. Exco operates 10 manufacturing facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, and the US. It has engineering offices in France and the US, and a global sales network.

Esperanza Resources is an emerging precious metals producer committed to the development of its two late-stage projects. Since startup in 2002 its geologists have discovered these two exceptional gold projects – San Luis, a joint venture in Peru and the 100%-owned Cerro Jumil in Mexico.The Company's objective is to see its discoveries advance as quickly as possible to production. At the same time it continues to place emphasis on new discovery through its grass-roots exploration programs. Our focus is on the countries we know best: Mexico and Peru.Cerro Jumil, Mexico – a potential heap-leach gold project. On October 1, 2008 the company announced the results of an independent resource estimate on its Cerro Jumil project. The deposit contains 642,000 gold equivalent ounces classified as measured and indicated plus 442,000 gold equivalent ounces classified as inferred. On September 8, 2009 the company announced the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). At a gold price of $1000 per ounce the project has a net present value of $109 million and provides an internal rate of return of 38 percent. The project is now being advanced into the feasibility level of study. A 9,500 meter drill program has been completed and an updated resources estimate is expected in the third quarter of 2010.

European Goldfields is a developer-producer with 10 million ounces of gold reserves located within the European Union. European Goldfields has a cashflow positive operating mine in Greece and will evolve into a mid-tier producer through responsible development of 3 significant gold and base metal deposits in Greece and Romania. European Goldfields plans to build on its operating assets by expanding current mining operations, bringing development projects on stream and conducting an aggressive exploration program during 2010.

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