First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is a growing mining and metals company engaged in mineral exploration, development and mining. The Company produces LME grade "A" copper cathode, copper in concentrate, gold and sulphuric acid. The Company's current operations are the 80% owned Kansanshi copper-gold mine and the 100% owned Bwana Mkubwa SX/EW facility and sulphuric acid plants in Zambia, the 95% owned Frontier copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") and the 100% owned Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania. The Company is currently developing the 100% owned Kevitsa nickel-copper-PGE project in Finland and modifying the 100% owned Ravensthorpe nickel project in Australia. Its exploration projects include the 100% owned Kalumbila, Kawako and Fishtie projects located in Zambia. First Quantum also holds a 65% interest in the Kolwezi copper-cobalt tailings in the DRC and strategic investments in Mopani Copper Mines (16.9%), operator of the Nkana underground copper mine and cobalt refinery and the Mufulira underground copper mine, smelter and copper refinery in Zambia, and in Equinox Minerals Ltd. (16.32%), a publicly-traded company that operates the Lumwana copper mine. The Company's operations produced 373,900 tonnes of copper, 193,288 ounces of gold and generated US$1.9 billion of revenues in 2009.

Unigold Inc. is a Canadian headquartered public company whose principal activity is to explore, discover, and develop gold deposits. Its main focus to date has been on its 100% owned 226 square kilometers property in the Dominican Republic. Unigold’s strategy is to target bulk tonnage, open pittable, oxide gold deposits with a goal to finding a deposit equivalent in size to the world class Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican Republic.The Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine has produced over 5 million ounces from oxide ore between 1975 and 1993 and contains an additional geological inventory of 20.4million ounces of gold in sulphide ore. (proven and probable). The mine is currently being developed by partners Barrick Gold Corporation and Goldcorp Inc.Unigold’s strategy is to target bulk tonnage, open-pittable, oxide gold deposits with a goal to finding a deposit equivalent in size to the world class Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican Republic.The next round of drilling on Los Candelones is designed to outline higher grade zones, confirm the mineralization continuity on the sulphide zones as shown by the IP and to define the easily accessible 15-30m thick oxide cap 15-35m above and surrounding the sulphide mineralization.Unigold will also drill test several of the new showings discovered on the Neita property.Unigold will continue to expand the reach of the field exploration program on its extensive Dominican properties. Exploration upside remains very strong with certain remote regions remaining largely untouched.With Unigold’s reconnaissance license in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the company is actively pursuing opportunities in the Middle East and is committed to developing a strong asset base and/or partnership in the region.

Norilsk Nickel is the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium and one of the leading producers of platinum and copper. It also produces various by-products, such as cobalt, chromium, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium and sulfur.The Group is involved in prospecting, exploration, extraction, refining and metallurgical processing of minerals, as well as in production, marketing and sale of base and precious metals.Norilsk Nickel’s production facilities are located on four continents and in six countries: Russia, Australia, Botswana, Finland, the United States of America and South Africa.In Russia, the Company’s shares are traded on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) and the Russian Trading System (RTS). The ADRs of the Company’s shares are traded over-the-counter (OTC) in the United States, on the electronic International Order Book Unlisted section of the London Stock Exchange and on the Freiverkehr (OTC-section) of the Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchange. As a result of the share split, the Company’s shares convert into ADRs at a ration 1:10 effective since February 19, 2008.When determining the strategy for its global operations and future development, Norilsk Nickel is focused on compliance with all social and environmental responsibility principles in the various countries in which it operates, which is essential for ensuring sustainable and efficient business development.

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.Company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the symbol YNG and the Frankfurt exchange with the symbol NG6.YNG will continue to develop from its existing 100%-owned properties in the Yukon and Nevada.Presently in the Yukon Territory Yukon-Nevada Gold Company is focussed on bringing its wholly owned Ketza River property back into production from the Manto Gold Zones and permitting is underway. The Ketza River Property includes the Ketza River mine, which, from 1987 to 1990, produced some 3,110 kg (100,033 troy oz) of gold from 340,000 tons of ore. The Company aims to further explore the highly potential Shamrock Zone and Silver Valley, both in the Yukon.Jerritt Canyon is located 50 miles from Elko in northern Nevada. Yukon-Nevada Gold Company is currently focused on modernizing the milling facility and emission control systems. Yukon-Nevada Gold Company is striving to reach a point of renewed profitability accompanied by a significantly reduced environmental impact. Ongoing permitting at Starvation Canyon, Nevada will allow the Company, in the future, to realize an increase in the production of gold ounces at Jerritt Canyon.Yukon-Nevada Gold Company recognizes responsible environmental stewardship as an integral part of our business practices and has recognized environmental management as a corporate priority. We integrate environmental factors into the decision-making process throughout Yukon-Nevada Gold company. Sufficient resources have and will be devoted to environmental protection and remediation to ensure that environmental risks are minimized and that the environment and public welfare are protected during the Company's activities.Recently the Company has embarked on a targeted and aggressive media and investor relations program, which we are confident will help fulfill the Company's obligation to improve investor returns by reporting accurate and up-to-date information in a timely manner.

Yes, Golden Queen Mining is young and sweet, but it's well past the age of 17. Formed in 1985, Golden Queen Mining is developing a gold and silver operation at its Soledad Mountain property in Southern California. It also hopes to produce construction aggregate at the property. though development at the property took place in the 1990s, it was put on hold due to low metals prices and a lack of funding it was halted in 2000. Golden Queen is now in the beginning phase of development.

Industrias Nacobre, through its operating subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes a variety of metal and plastic products for industrial, construction, and agricultural uses. Subsidiaries Nacobre and Almexa produce copper tubes, sheets, bars, wires, fittings, valves, flexible hoses, and forged parts as well as aluminum rolls and sheets, disks, foil, and machined parts. The group's third operating company is Tubos Flexibles, which makes PVC tubes and fittings primarily for use in hydraulic, irrigation, and sewer systems. Owned by Grupo Carso, Industrias Nacobre is part of that company's Condumex business segment.

Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (the"Company") is a mining company presently commissioning a surface gold-processing plant at its 100% owned Molejon Gold Project. Commercial production began on January 8, 2010. Anticipated throughput for the project for the first year of production will be 2,200 tonnes per day and the plant will utilize three ball mills and a carbon-in-pulp processing facility.Plans are in place to increase production to 5,000 tonnes per day with the addition of a SAG mill as the supply of mill feed permits.

Patriot Coal Corporation engages in the production and sale of thermal coal in the United States. It has operations and coal reserves in Appalachia and the Illinois basin. The company provides its thermal coal to electric utilities, as well as metallurgical coal to steel mills and independent coke producers. It has 14 company-operated mines, contractor-operated mines, and coal preparation facilities that are located in West Virginia and Kentucky. As of December 31, 2009, Patriot Coal Corporation company controlled approximately 1.8 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation, through its subsidiary, Magnum Coal Company, operates 8 mining complexes with production from surface and underground mines located in Appalachia, as well as controls approximately 600 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation company is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Ryerson has a heart of steel. A distributor and processor of metals, Ryerson company offers its 40,000 customers steel products (carbon, stainless, and alloy) and aluminum, brass, copper, and nickel alloys. It buys bulk metal products (in sheets, bars, and other forms) from metal producers and processes them to meet the specifications of its customers -- machine shops, fabricators, and machinery makers. Ryerson company also offers pipes, valves, and fittings; metal roofing, flooring, and grating products; and fabrication services. Ryerson operates 90 facilities in the US and Canada as well as in China. Private investment firm Platinum Equity owns Ryerson and filed to take it public in 2010.

World Minerals Inc. is a world leading supplier of engineered mineral products derived from diatomaceous earth and expanded perlite, natural raw materials possessing unusually light density, chemical inertness, high surface area and intricate structure. As a result of these unusual properties, the company's products are used in a host of applications, including filtration for liquid/solid separation, functional fillers for paints, coatings, polymers and elastomers, bioreactor support, and in the promotion of plant growth. In addition, World Minerals is a leading supplier of semi-finished products, such as crushed and screened perlite ore.World Minerals operates a global network of 26 production facilities. The Company's products are used in virtually every nation, and are available either from the Company's 17 direct sales offices or through its highly capable distributors and agents.

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