Friedman Industries, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in steel processing, pipe manufacturing and processing, and steel and pipe distribution in the United States. It purchases hot-rolled steel coils; processes the coils into flat, finished sheet, and plate; and sells these products on a wholesale basis, as well as processes customer-owned coils on a fee basis. Friedman Industries company also manufactures, purchases, processes, and markets tubular products, including line and oil country pipes, as well as pipes for structural and piling purposes. Friedman Industries sells its coil products primarily to steel distributors, and customers fabricating steel products, such as storage tanks, steel buildings, farm machinery and equipment, construction equipment, transportation equipment, conveyors, and other similar products; and tubular products primarily to steel and pipe distributors, and piling contractors. Friedman Industries company was founded in 1965 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Kiska Metals loves Whistler, but that doesn't mean it likes skiing in British Columbia or even that painting of the old lady in black. Rather, the Whistler project is a gold/copper/silver property that is the company's exploration and development focus. Kiska Metals also owns exploration prospects elsewhere in the US, as well as in Australia, Canada, and Mexico. Kiska Metals company was formed through the 2009 merger of Rimfire Minerals and Geoinformatics Exploration. In 2010 Kiska agreed to buy Copper Joe, a copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry prospect near its Whistler project in Alaska, for $10 million.

Apolo Gold & Energy Inc is a resource company in the business of locating, acquiring and developing ore deposits and energy deposits. Our experienced team of professionals is currently focused on gold exploration in Nevada and Indonesia. Apolo targets early stage prospects, and where necessary, leverages its exploration funding by securing joint venture partners. Apolo presently holds gold and silver properties in Nevada and Sumatra, in Indonesia where exploration work is currently underway. Apolo trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol APLL.

Farallon Mining Ltd. (TSX:FAN) is a Canadian company with a zinc-rich polymetallic mine in Guerrero State, Mexico.The G-9 mine achieved commercial production in April 2009. The production results during the commissioning phase met our targets and the mine has been built on-time and on-budget.G-9 deposit discovered, drilled and put into operation in less than four years.The G-9 mine is projected to be a low-cost producer of zinc along with excellent by-product credits in copper, silver, gold, and lead. Mill operating at over 1,900 tpd in March & April 2010, 27% above design capacity (1,500 tpd) one year after commercial production.Farallon has been steadfast in their ability to manage all aspects of bringing the G-9 mine into production. This should allow shareholders to ultimately benefit from the G-9 mine and the potential ability to generate cash flow under difficult circumstances.As well, the exploration potential of the Campo Morado property is still relatively untapped with numerous targets open for exploration and ultimately development, resulting in a district scale mining company with several mines in operation.

Diamond Fields International Ltd. is a marine diamond producer with a superior portfolio of mineral exploration properties in several areas of the world. Diamond Fields corporate strategy is to maximize cash flow from its Namibian marine diamond concessions and systematically explore and develop its international mineral exploration projects. In addition, the Company continues to explore opportunities to acquire new economic mineral projects worldwide.

Frontier Steel is a steel service center that processes and distributes carbon steel plate in thicknesses ranging from 16ga to 16” as well as widths of up to 120” and lengths of up to 720.” The 33-acre site is formerly the Dravo Barge Facility, which manufactured Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) during World War II. We’re located at mile marker 7.8 on the Ohio River, with has easy access to barge and rail transportation, and Interstate 79.Frontier Steel was established in 1999. Frontier Steel company has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification and was named to Entrepreneur magazine’s list of the “Hot 100” fastest-growing small businesses.

Ross River Minerals Inc. based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a junior resource company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and copper-gold properties principally in the Yukon Territory and Mexico. The Company's projects include the 8,600 hectare Tay-LP gold property located in the Yukon and the approximately 20,000 hectare El Pulpo copper-gold property located in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Management is currently evaluating other mineral properties in Mexico and within the Tintina Gold Belt - Yukon, that have the potential to host world-class mineral deposits.

Metaline Contact Mines is one of the oldest royalty-based mineral resources companies in the country.Organized in 1928, under the laws of the State of Washington, to acquire, lease, explore, and develop mineral resource properties, Metaline Contact Mines has been in continual existence for over 76 years.From 1928 - 1946, the Company acquired zinc- lead mining claims and other mineral rights in the Metaline District in northeastern Washington State. In a designed reorganization in 1960, Metaline Contact Mines acquired the entire mineral holdings in the Metaline District owned by the Bunker Hill Company and Day Mines Inc. This acquisition expanded the Company's mineral rights in the district to a vast 8,200 acres.Throughout its long history, Metaline Contact Mines has "farmed out" its mineral holdings to quality operating companies, in exchange for royalty interests. Past industry partners have included such historic mining companies as The Bunker Hill Company, Day Mines Inc. (now a part of Hecla Mining Company), Metaline Mining & Leasing Company, and Newmont Mining Corporation. The Company's current mineral holdings are under long- term lease, or similar royalty-based agreements, to Teck Cominco American Incorporated and New Jersey Mining Company.With its portfolio of precious metals (gold) and base metals (zinc & lead) properties, all of which are located in historically productive regions, and its sliding- scale royalty structures, Metaline Contact Mines provides its shareholders, and potential shareholders, with valuable leverage to improving mineral prices, while providing fixed floors to reduce downside risk, in projects of unusual merit.Metaline Contact Mines' shares are traded on NASDAQ's Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, under the trading symbol "MTLI." Its officers and directors own approximately 57 % of the outstanding stock.

NEMI Northern Energy & Mining Inc. (NEMI) holds a 12% interest in the Peace River Coal Limited Partnership (PRC), which operates the Trend Mine and owns substantial metallurgical coal properties near Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia. Prior to the formation of PRC, NEMI built and permitted its Trend Small Mine and commenced mining operations in late 2005. In November 2006, NEMI joined with Anglo Coal Canada Inc. and Hillsborough Resources Limited to form PRC in order to jointly develop their northeastern coal assets, including the Trend Mine. PRC received a full mine permit for the Trend Mine in January 2007 that permits up to 2 million tonnes of clean coal production per annum.

Wise Alloys wants to stay smart when it comes to aluminum. The company is a leading maker of aluminum can sheet, which is used primarily to produce packaging for beverages and food. The aluminum can sheet made by Wise Alloys is transformed into more than 16 billion beverage cans per year, representing about 15% of the total market. Along with aluminum can sheet, Wise Alloys makes wide aluminum sheet, which is used in architectural applications and to make roofs for truck trailers. Though a part of the former Reynolds when it was founded in 1948, Wise Alloys has been a part of Wise Metals Group since 1999.

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