ERAMET est un groupe minier et métallurgique français en forte croissance qui fonde l’exercice et le développement de ses activités sur un projet de croissance durable, rentable et harmonieuse. Le Groupe emploie environ 15 000 personnes dans 20 pays sur les cinq continents et détient des positions mondiales de premier plan dans chacune de ses activités. Les trois branches du Groupe, ERAMET Nickel, ERAMET Manganèse et ERAMET Alliages ont réalisé ensemble en 2009 un chiffre d’affaires de 2 689 M€. ERAMET est coté sur Euronext Paris, où ses titres se négocient au SRD. Il figure au compartiment A et dans l'indice CAC Mid 100.

Canadian-based mineral exploration company, Guyana Goldfields Inc., is focused primarily on the exploration and development of gold deposits in the Guiana Shield of South America. The Guiana Shield is in the northern part of the Amazon Craton and covers parts of Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guyana and northern Brazil. The Company holds advanced exploration projects in various stages of development and has been operating in Guyana continuously since 1996. The Company’s focus is on maintaining its interest in the Aurora Property there by continually conducting exploration and development work. Effective January 28, 2009, Guyana Goldfields acquired Aranka (formerly TSX.V: ARK). This arrangement consolidates the property interests of both companies in Guyana. The Aranka property consists 19 contiguous prospecting licenses covering over 307,589 acres, located 19 miles north east of the Aurora Base Camp. The company has designated several new zones of interest in this area for further exploration.

Polyus Gold (Open Joint Stock Company, OJSC) is an international company, the leading gold producer in Russia and the only Russian company among the world’s largest gold producers.Headquartered in Moscow, Polyus Gold’s operating mines and development/exploration projects are located in 5 major gold mining regions of Russia – the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Irkutsk, Magadan, Amur Regions, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), as well as in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Romania and Kyrgyzstan.In 2009 Polyus Gold production in Russia totalled 39.2 tonnes (1.261 m oz).The company’s P&P reserves (JORC) as at January 1, 2010 amount to 74.1 m oz, based on the Inpedendent Expert's Report made by Micon International.Polyus Gold reserves according to Russian classification as listed by the State Committee of Reserves (GKZ Rosnedra) at January 1, 2010 amounted to 109.4 m oz. of balance В+С1+С2 reserves.In Russia Polyus Gold shares are traded on MICEX and RTS. In the UK Polyus Gold ADRs are listed and traded on the LSE. Polyus Gold ADRs are also traded in the over-the-counter market in the United States.Polyus Gold is an innovative company that relies on technology to boost competitive advantages. We implement the best standards of corporate governance to position Polyus as an attractive investment. It puts special responsibility on Polyus Gold as the company that facilitates sustainable development of the gold producing regions. The company abides by the principles of absolute financial transparency, fully pays its dues and taxes both to federal and regional budgets, and supports sports, education and culture.

True North Gems Inc.company is currently exploring and developing about a dozen properties, primarily Tsa da Glisza (emeralds) in the Yukon Territory, Beluga (sapphires) on Baffin Island, and Fiskenaesset (rubies) in Greenland. It also has rights to acquire interests in other emerald, sapphire, and ruby deposits in Canada. The company's one non-gemstone property is the Bandito nickel project in the Yukon. True North Gems was incorporated in 2001.

Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) stays in the mix by trading, distributing, and manufacturing metals, building products, and chemicals for a wide range of industrial applications. Its metals include steel and non-ferrous metals (aluminum and tin), and its chemicals operation distributes paints and coatings, specialty, and food chemicals. AMC operates through about 25 subsidiary companies in 12 countries. In North America, it operates subsidiary Amalgamet, which trades non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and essential oils. Amalgamated Metal Corporation Industrial segment is its largest, accounting for not quite two-thirds of its business. Almost half of AMC's sales are in the UK and continental Europe.

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.

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.

Strateco Resources is hoping its strategy will help it find uranium ore in the Great White North. Strateco Resources company is exploring for uranium at seven properties in northern Quebec. (Canada is the world's top producer of uranium.) Strateco Resources' most promising site, Matoush, has indicated resources of almost 4,000 pounds and inferred (total possible) resources of 13,000 lbs. One other site, Quenonisca, is being explored for zinc, lead, silver, and copper. Quenonisca is a joint venture with the Quebecois government-owned SOQUEM. None of Strateco Resources' properties are in production.

International Minerals is working to develop gold and silver properties in South America. International Minerals company's primary projects include the Rio Blanco, Gaby, and Ca�icapa properties in Ecuador and the Antabamba and Pallancata properties in Peru. Through a 2010 purchase of Ventura Gold, International Minerals owns a 51% interest in the Peruvian Inmaculada gold/silver project. Hochschild Mining owns the remaining stake. It also bought Metallic Ventures that same year, winning a bidding contest with Solitario Exploration, to add to its Goldmine and Converse operations in Nevada. International Minerals company continues to look to acquire low-cost gold and silver mining operations in the Americas.

North American Tungsten Corporation is one of the largest tungsten mining companies in the West. It acquires, develops, explores for, and processes oxide ores to produce tungsten concentrates mainly in Canada's Northwest Territories. Tungsten, an industrial metal also known as wolfram, is a dense, metallic element known for its resistance to corrosion and heat. It is second only to diamonds in hardness and thus used in a variety of industrial products, including high-speed cutting tools, jet turbine engines, electronic circuitry, and surgical instruments. The company's primary project, its Cantung production site, was temporarily suspended in late 2009 due to declining tungsten prices and excess inventory.

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