Corriente Resources has hitched itself to a copper belt. The company explores and develops copper and gold projects in Latin America. Its primary operations consist of its four copper deposits all in the exploration and development stages along the Corriente Copper Belt in Ecuador. Its Mirador project is the furthest along and closest to production. At the end of 2009 Chinese companies Tongling Nonferrous Metals and China Railway Construction Corp. acquired Corriente for C$680 million ($650 million).

Acerinox's products dirty, because the company prefers its steel to remain stainless. Acerinox operates melting shops and hot- and cold-rolling steel mills located in Spain, the US, and South Africa, but it distributes its products worldwide. It operates as Acerinox in Spain; through North American Stainless, a subsidiary that produces flat stainless steel products, in the US; and Columbus Stainless in South Africa, making hot- and cold-rolled stainless steel. Acerinox's Inoxfil subsidiary makes stainless steel wire such as automotive, cable, and mesh wire. Another unit, Roldán, manufactures long stainless steel products. The balance of Acerinox's units are devoted to distribution.

Metalor Technologies International smelts and refines precious metals for a wide range of uses. Its refining division recycles precious metals -- gold, silver, platinum, etc. -- and converts them into powders, grains, or ingots. From there, the metals are turned into technical coatings, components for the watch and jewelry industries, and silver contacts for the electrical industry and electrotechnics. The company has subsidiaries in 15 countries.

Russel Metals is one of the largest metals distribution and processing companies in North America (based on revenues and tons sold). In order to maintain our position as a market leader, we endeavor to provide our customers with competitively priced, quality metal products and timely delivery.Russel Metals conducts its distribution business primarily in three segments: metals service centers; energy tubular products; and steel distributors. Russel Metals company is one of the few metals distribution companies in the world to operate a significant international trading operation in conjunction with service centers.

In FY09, Harmony produced 1.46 million ounces of gold, making it one of the world’s largest gold mining companies. The group’s operations are located primarily on the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa, encompassing ten underground operations, an open-pit mine and surface operations that encompass four provinces, Gauteng, North West Province, Mpumalanga and the Free State. The Company also operates an open-pit mine in Papua New Guinea. Harmony’s operations have grown significantly since 1995, expanding from a single, lease-bound mining operation into an independent, world-class gold producer. The group received additional mining rights in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and North West province in South Africa when it acquired Lydex in 1997, Evander in 1998, Kalgold in 1999, Randfontein in 2000, ARMgold in 2003 and Avgold in 2004.

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.

African Aura's strategy is to be a 'first mover' within highly prospective and under explored geological provinces, in pursuit of the next generation of gold and iron ore mines in emerging sub-Saharan Africa. It is the significant experience of working in Africa and the ability to identify and assess the non-geological risks inherent with investing in emerging countries that distinguishes the Company as a pioneer. Once opportunities have been identified the Company employs satellite borne and geological remote sensing datasets in order to select the highest priority areas to explore. This strategy allows our teams to have the highest chance of discovering those deposits which crop-out at surface. Historically these deposits are discovered fastest, for the lowest exploration cost and are the first to become mines. In addition to our flagship New Liberty Gold and Putu Iron Ore projects, African Aura has assembled a significant portfolio of projects in Liberia and Cameroon with over 20 deposits discovered by our exploration teams to date. These discoveries create a pipeline of opportunities for the Company; being at varying stages of exploration from reconnaissance sampling through to resource definition drilling.

Conquest Resources Limited is a Toronto, Canada based public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the symbol "CQR". The Company's primary focus is to enhance shareholder value by identifying, exploring and developing world class gold or other mineral projects in Canada and North America. Conquest holds several advanced stage gold properties in the Province of Ontario, including the strategically important Alexander Project, located in the heart of northwestern Ontario's Red Lake gold mining district. The Alexander Property is situated immediately to the east of Goldcorp's high grade Red Lake mine at Balmertown and has been independently called "the best located exploration property in the Red Lake Gold Camp." Conquest has two projects located in the Detour Lake gold mining district of the Northern Abitibi Greenstone Belt, referred to as the Aurora Gold and Sunday Lake Projects. The properties are immediately adjacent to the development project of Detour Gold Inc. who are planning a "Super Open Pit" to access a reported 13.2 million ounce gold resource. Conquest's King Bay Property located at Sturgeon Lake, Ontario was partially tested by winter drilling in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Visible gold together with significant gold assays were encountered leading to the conclusion that a source of the high grade gold present in three well defined boulder trains has been located within an altered quartz-porphyry body under King Bay. Conquest's Smith Lake Property, is located immediately north of the former Renabie gold mine in Leeson Twp.Conquest is also reviewing opportunities for advanced precious metal projects in the Americas. Conquest is managed by a team of experienced mining professionals, each with over 30 years experience in the resource industry covering exploration, development, operations, company and project financing.

Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Wise Metals Group LLC includes Wise Alloys, the world's third-leading producer of aluminum can stock for the beverage and food industries and an environmentally friendly company using recycled aluminum in the production of its can stock; Wise Recycling, one of the largest, direct-from-the-public collectors of aluminum beverage containers in the United States, operating shipping and processing locations throughout the United States that support a network of neighborhood collection centers; and Listerhill Total Maintenance Center, specializing in providing maintenance, repairs and fabrication to manufacturing and industrial plants worldwide ranging from small on-site repairs to complete turn-key maintenance.

The story of Alliance begins in 1971 when MAPCO Inc., then a Fortune 500 diversified energy company, entered the coal-production business, acquiring the Dotiki mine. This underground operation in Webster County, Kentucky, soon became, and remains to this day, one of the most productive coal mines in the country. By the time the company reached its silver anniversary, MAPCO Coal owned five mining complexes in three states — Kentucky, Illinois, and Maryland. It also owned the Mt. Vernon Facility, a rail-to-barge loading terminal on the Ohio River. Located in Indiana, the Mt. Vernon facility is capable of handling 8 million tons of coal per year. In 1996, management formed Alliance Coal Corporation and led a buyout of MAPCO Inc.'s coal operations with the financial support of The Beacon Group. Within two years, Alliance acquired Hopkins County Coal, a surface/underground operation in Hopkins County, Kentucky, and opened MC Mining, an underground mine in Pike County, Kentucky. In 1998, Alliance sold 15.1 million tons of coal and was recognized as the sixth-largest coal producer in the eastern United States. During 1999, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. was formed, and after completion of its initial public offering as a publicly-traded master limited partnership, acquired the coal operations of Alliance Coal Corporation. The new company soon broke ground for a new underground mining complex in Gibson County, Indiana. Production began at Gibson County Coal the following year. ARLP began a $30 million extension of its Pattiki mine in southern Illinois during 2000. Construction of a new mine shaft and ancillary facilities began in 2001 at the Dotiki mining complex. Both of these projects were completed during the second quarter of 2003 and positioned Alliance Coal to meet increasing demand for its coal. In 2002, management purchased all of The Beacon Group's interest in ARLP. The acquisition was not funded or secured with any of Alliance's assets.

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