Uranium Resources, Inc. explores for, develops and mines uranium. Since its incorporation in 1977, URI has produced over 7 million pounds of uranium by in-situ recovery (ISR) methods in the state of Texas, where the Company has ISR mining projects that are currently being restored at its Kingsville Dome, Rosita and Vasquez projects. URI's intrinsic value lies in the 183,000 acres and 101.4 million pounds of in-place mineralized uranium holdings in New Mexico. The Company acquired these properties over the past 20 years along with an extensive information database. URI's strategy is to capitalize on the prospects for long-term strong global demand for uranium by fully exploiting its resource base in Texas and New Mexico, acquiring new assets and through joint ventures or partnerships.

Alro Steel provides processing services such as aluminum circle cutting, CNC flame cutting, forming, and machining. Alro Steel Corporation company carries an extensive inventory of steel products, along with industrial tools and supplies. It offers plastic sheet, rod, tube, and film through its Alro Plastics division. Alro Steel Corporation company also distributes industrial tools and materials through subsidiary Alro Industrial Supplies. Alro Steel operates from more than 50 locations in 12 states, though about half of them are in Michigan. The company was founded in 1948.

Blue Tee Corp. provides an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) which gives all eligible United States employees an ownership interest in the Company. This plan is fully funded by the Company and is provided as a no-cost retirement benefit to eligible employees. Blue Tee Corp. is currently 100% employee owned and as such, is one of the largest ESOP companies in the nation. Blue Tee Corp. adopted the ESOP to enable its employees to share in the growth and prosperity of the Company. Under the ESOP, the Company sets aside a portion of its stock from which annual allocations are made to eligible employees. Allocations are based on each participant's compensation for the plan year. Participants receive annual statements indicating how much stock has been allocated to them for the preceding plan year, as well as the stock's fair market value at that date as determined by an independent appraiser.

Medallion Resources is looking for gold and rare earth metals to hang around its neck. Medallion Resources company acquires, evaluates, explores, and develops promising mineral-resource projects in North America. The Ocelot Gold Project, jointly owned with Allied Nevada Gold, is located alongside the Shoshone Mountains in Nevada. In addition, Medallion Resources holds the mineral rights to the Lodi Hills property in Nevada and the Amazing Grace project in British Columbia. Medallion Resources company continues to evaluate and negotiate for additional projects in those same general regions.

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.

Exxaro is a South African-based mining group, listed on the JSE Limited. Exxaro has a diverse and world-class commodity portfolio in coal, mineral sands, base metals and industrial minerals, with exposure to iron ore through a 20% interest in Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC). As the fourth-largest South African coal producer with capacity of 45 million tonnes per annum and the third-largest global producer of mineral sands, Exxaro is a significant participant in the coal and mineral sands markets and provides a unique listed investment opportunity into these commodities.As one of South Africa’s largest, diversified mining companies, Exxaro is well positioned to grow domestically, and its existing operational interests in Namibia, Australia and China and strong project pipeline provide a base for growth in international markets.

Do you know about DOWA? Through its operating subsidiaries the company processes and sells copper, gold, silver, and other metals, supplying its smelters with ore from its mining ventures in Mexico. DOWA also produces electronics materials, including metal powders used in data storage tapes, gallium arsenide wafers for integrated circuits, and zinc powder for alkaline batteries. The company offers heat-treatment services and makes industrial furnaces, mainly for the automotive industry, at plants in Asia and North America. Other DOWA units are involved in real estate, recycling, and the provision of construction and engineering services.

Snowfield Development surely wouldn't mind a little ice across its path. Snowfield Development company explores and develops diamond properties in Quebec and the Northwest Territories. Its Ticho project in the Northwest Territories is the company's most advanced property. Snowfield Development is also exploring for gold at the Snow property in British Columbia and agreed to buy a Finnish silver project in 2009.

African Diamonds explores and develops diamonds from operations in Botswana and Congo. Its focus is the AK6 diamond project jointly owned with De Beers, though Canadian company Lucara Diamond agreed in 2009 to buy out the industry giant. African Diamonds owns 28% of the AK6 project, which will reach the development stage in 2010 and is projected to commence production the following year. (African company also has an option to increase that stake to 40%.) Additionally, the company owns stakes in projects elsewhere in Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has previously investigated opportunities in Angola, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone.

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.

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