Esperanza Resources is an emerging precious metals producer committed to the development of its two late-stage projects. Since startup in 2002 its geologists have discovered these two exceptional gold projects – San Luis, a joint venture in Peru and the 100%-owned Cerro Jumil in Mexico.The Company's objective is to see its discoveries advance as quickly as possible to production. At the same time it continues to place emphasis on new discovery through its grass-roots exploration programs. Our focus is on the countries we know best: Mexico and Peru.Cerro Jumil, Mexico – a potential heap-leach gold project. On October 1, 2008 the company announced the results of an independent resource estimate on its Cerro Jumil project. The deposit contains 642,000 gold equivalent ounces classified as measured and indicated plus 442,000 gold equivalent ounces classified as inferred. On September 8, 2009 the company announced the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). At a gold price of $1000 per ounce the project has a net present value of $109 million and provides an internal rate of return of 38 percent. The project is now being advanced into the feasibility level of study. A 9,500 meter drill program has been completed and an updated resources estimate is expected in the third quarter of 2010.

Bohler-Uddeholm Corporation makes tooling materials for the North American industrial community. The company's main product is high-performance tool steel, which includes cold work steels, hot work steels, and plastics molding steels. Bohler-Uddeholm's Steel Stores are warehouses that sell (what else?) custom-cut steel to US tool and die customers. Bohler-Uddeholm company is the North American unit of Austrian specialty steel manufacturer BoHLER-UDDEHOLM.

Jim Walter Resources (JWR) is the southernmost Appalachian coal producer. The company was formed in 1977 from the former Coke, Iron and Chemicals Division of U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company. Its businesses consist of mining high quality coal from Alabama's Blue Creek seam and related methane gas operations. Since its inception, JWR has grown from a small, captive producer of less than 1 million tons of coal per year, produced solely for use in its sister company's coke ovens, into one of the 25 largest coal producers in the United States, with 6.3 million tons of coal sold in 2008.JWR's two deep-shaft underground mines — Mines No. 4 and No. 7 — use the standard "continuous mining" method for development and advanced "longwall" mining technology for primary production. In contrast to surface mining or typical underground mines located 200 to 500 feet below the surface, JWR's mines are 1,500 to 2,200 feet underground, making them the deepest vertical shaft coal mines in North America.Blue Creek Coal is synonymous with quality in markets worldwide. Its general characteristics — very low sulfur, strong coking properties, high heat value — make it ideally suited to the requirements of steel makers as a coking coal and to utilities as a steam coal. These qualities enable JWR to successfully market steam coal domestically and metallurgical coal to the worldwide export market.The growth and success of Jim Walter Resources' coal mining operations have continued to fuel the success of the company's coal seam degasification business, Black Warrior Methane. Black Warrior Methane was formed in 1981 to recover and market methane gas principally from the Blue Creek Coal seam on lands owned or leased by the company.

Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co. (JISCO) makes products that clang. Located in the Gansu province of northwest China, JISCO's iron and steel products include wires and rods, rolled steel plates, and bars. The company's products are used in construction, welding, shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, and transportation. Jiuquan Iron and Steel, which operates three manufacturing sites, was founded in 1958. Jiuquan Iron and Steel company produces about 8 million tons of crude and rolled steel annually.

Nordural, also known as Nordic Aluminum, operates the Nordural primary aluminum reduction facility located in Grundartangi, Iceland. The primary aluminum metal manufacturer has a production capacity of about 260,000 tons per year, having expanded the facility from less than 100,000 tons annually in the last half decade. Customers include metals giants BHP Billiton and Glencore. US aluminum producer Century Aluminum owns Nordural.

The Fresnillo Group hunts for buried treasure throughout Mexico. Fresnillo focuses primarily on silver and gold mining, but also mines for lead and zinc. Its assets include three operating mines in Fresnillo, Cienega, and Herradura, as well as further development projects at Fresnillo and Herradura. Fresnillo produces nearly 280,000 ounces of gold each year and more than 34 million ounces of silver, making it one of the largest silver producers in the world; it also operates a variety of exploration projects. Its operations formerly comprised the precious metals business of Industrial Penoles, but that company spun off Fresnillo in 2008 while retaining majority ownership of it.

Flame Metals Processing Corporation is a dynamic commercial heat treater located in the St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN area operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have earned an excellent reputation by solving our customers metallurgical challenges and exceeding their expectations.Over the last five years we have installed over $5 million in new capital improvements, designed to meet our customers growing demand and to provide superior metallurgical results. We invite you to explore our web site for more information about our heat treating capabilities. If you have specific questions or challenges please feel free to contact us.

Eastmain Resources does most of its mineral exploration in the Eastmain River area. Eastmain Resources explores for and develops deposits of precious and base metals in Canada, predominantly looking for gold ore in Northern Quebec. Most of the company's funding goes to its Clearwater gold project. It also has properties located throughout Ontario and New Brunswick. Eastmain Resources holds a 50% stake in the Reserve Creek gold project in Ontario. Eastmain Resources explores many of its properties through joint venture partnerships with other mining firms including Barrick Gold, Xstrata, and Dianor Resources.

Marubeni-Itochu Steel exports, imports, manufactures, processes, and sells iron and steel products. The company's other businesses include the manufacture of tubular materials and equipment used in the oil and gas industries and the development of supply chain management computing systems used in steel production. Marubeni-Itochu Steel is a joint venture established in 2001; Marubeni Corporation and Itochu Corporation each own 50% of the enterprise. The joint venture has operations throughout Asia as well as in Germany, the UK, and the US.

Liquidmetal® Technologies, a publicly traded company (OTC:LQMT), is a leading force in the research, development and commercialization of amorphous metals. Our revolutionary class of patented alloys and coatings form the basis of high performance material utilized in a range of military, consumer and industrial products manufactured by Liquidmetal Technologies.Discovered by researchers at California Institute of Technology, the home of 27 Nobel Prize winners, and with its unique atomic structure providing applications that were not possible before, Liquidmetal® alloys and composites present new opportunities for the current and future designs of metallic based products. Our revolutionary class of patented alloys and coatings will change the performance and cost paradigms for materials science.As Liquidmetal Technologies controls the intellectual property rights with more than 20 patents on the composition, processing and usage of technology, our high performance material and products are revolutionizing the materials world.

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