Grande Cache Coal Corporation (GCC) operates both surface and underground mines that produce a premium, low volatile, metallurgical coal for the steel industry from its coal leases covering approximately 22,000 hectares in the Smoky River Coalfield. The Smoky River Coalfield is located in west central Alberta. The corporate offices are located in Calgary, Alberta and operations offices are located in Grande Cache, Alberta. GCC owns four leases covering our two existing mines (No. 7 Mine and No. 12SB2 Mine) and two other mines (No. 8 Mine, expected to commence production in fiscal 2010, and No. 16 Mine). GCC also owns ten additional coal leases which have exploration and development potential. GCC plans to conduct extensive exploration and evaluation of the coal potential of the leases to identify additional development options.Grande Cache Coal Corporation is closely monitoring other opportunities for coal development both in western Canada and other geographic areas.

Minefinders is a precious metals mining and exploration company. The Company's flagship Dolores Mine in Mexico commenced production of gold and silver in November, 2008 and is expected to produce more than 1.7 million ounces of gold and 64.4 million ounces of silver from heap-leach operations over a 15.5 year mine life. There is potential to increase production from operations by increasing high-grade recoveries with the addition of a mill and by expanding the mine into areas of additional mineralization.Opportunities for the continued growth of Minefinders Company are driven by a pipeline of advanced and grass-roots exploration properties and the development expertise to bring a new mine into production.Minefinders Company has a tradition of corporate commitment to its shareholders, exemplified by strong fiscal management, minimal shareholder dilution, and responsible disclosure. In its mining operations, it is dedicated to safety, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship.

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. is a junior Canadian exploration company dedicated to the pursuit and exploration of gold, silver and other mineral deposits in Canada and North America, such as the recent acquisition of the 100% mineral interest in 164,072 contiguous acres in an area prospective for lithium, located about 30kms south-southeast of Fox Creek, Alberta within the Devonian Leduc Formation.The phase I drill program will consist of approximately 1,500 metres in 12 to 14 diamond drill holes. Several new areas in the South Discovery Zone will be tested, following up on results of the November and December 2009 infill soil grid. The results were very encouraging with individual values up to 1.2 g/t Au within a gold-in-soil anomaly up to 400m wide and spanning a northeast-southwest strike length of approximately 700m. The South Discovery Zone is part of a gold-in-soil anomaly extending nearly 2km in total strike length.Other phase 1 drilling is designed to test the continuity of gold mineralization intersected in South Discovery, in 2006 and 2007. Those programs included drill intercepts such as 50.6 metres of 1.36 grams per tonne gold in DDH 2006-21, 66.8 m of 0.90 g/t gold in DDH 2007-02, 96.5 m of 0.74 g/t gold in DDH 2007-0545.6m of 0.94g/t gold in DDH 2007-03. Diamond drilling during 2006 and 2007 in a small portion of the South Discovery Zone anomaly yielded some of the widest intervals of gold mineralization on the property. Should sufficient continuity exist, the results will be used to estimate an initial, NI 43-101-compliant resource for the South Discovery zone.Spire Ventures announced in October 2009, that the TSX Venture Exchange had given final approval for the Option Agreement dated July 20, 2009 with Altair Ventures Incorporated (“Altair”) (TSX-V: AVX) of Vancouver, British Columbia. The Agreement with Altair has a two-phase option to earn an initial 70% interest in the Prospect Valley Gold Property, near Merritt BC, by spending a total of $6 million in exploration and issue 7 million shares over four years to Spire. Altair can then earn an additional 20% interest upon: (a) delivering a Bankable Feasibility Study with respect to the Property; and (b) making such additional cash and share payments in such amounts as may be negotiated and settled by the parties in writing at a later date, for a total 90% interest in the Prospect Valley Gold Property.

Aditya Birla rivals even Shiva's many incarnations. With nearly 70 manufacturing units, service operations, and subsidiaries the Indian conglomerate produces fabrics, industrial gases, aluminum and copper, cement, palm oil, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, sponge iron, and insulators. Aditya Birla is the #1 producer of viscose staple fiber (a manmade fiber akin to cotton) in the world as well as the world's #1 producer of rolled aluminum and is among Asia's largest makers of primary aluminum. It also provides business, financial, and IT services. Subsidiaries include metals company Hindalco, industrial giant Aditya Birla Nuvo, and the minority-controlled IDEA Cellular.

Nanophase Technologies Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of engineered nanomaterial products primarily in North America. The company's products are used in various markets, including sunscreens, architectural coatings, industrial coatings ingredients, personal care, abrasion-resistant applications, antimicrobial products, plastics additives, and medical diagnostics, as well as for a range of polishing applications consisting of semiconductors and optics. It also provides a nanoengineered product line under the trade name NanoUltra for the architectural window cleaning market. Nanophase Technologies Corporation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois.

RUSAL is controlled by Board member Oleg Deripaska, who had owned the company completely prior to the merger.Look out, Aluminum Industry, the Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! RUSAL is among the world's top aluminum producers, along with Rio Tinto Alcan and Alcoa. Formed in 2000 from various parts of the old Soviet state apparatus, RUSAL produces about 4 million tons of aluminum, 8 million tons of alumina, and 20 million tons of bauxite. Its aluminum business include packaging and foil operations in addition to a network of smelters. Those Soviet spare parts were significantly augmented in 2007 when the company merged with fellow Russian aluminum producer Sual and Glencore's alumina unit.

CHS Acquisition supplies its customers with steel strong enough to support a train. Operating as Chicago Heights Steel, it recycles steel train track rails into tee posts (for fences) and signposts (for roadsides). Chicago Heights Steel also uses rail steel to make components used in the agriculture, construction, energy, and transportation industries. It was founded in 1986 when CHS Acquisition acquired a plant Keystone Consolidated had decomissioned the year prior.

Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL) is the principal subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc, a diversified and integrated FTSE 100 metals and mining company, with principal operations located in India and Australia. Sterlite’s principal operating companies comprise Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) for its fully integrated zinc and lead operations; Sterlite Industries India Limited (Sterlite) and Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Limited (CMT) for its copper operations in India/Australia; and Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), for its aluminium and alumina operations and Sterlite Energy for its commercial power generation business. Sterlite is India's largest non-ferrous metals and mining company and is one of the fastest growing private sector companies. Sterlite is listed on BSE, NSE and NYSE. It was the first Indian Metals & Mining Company to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Sterlite has continually demonstrated its ability to deliver major value creating projects, offering unparalleled growth at lowest costs and generating superior financial returns for its shareholders. At the same time, it ensures that its expansion projects meet high conservative financial norms and do not place an unwarranted burden on its balance sheet and financial resources. A majority of company’s operations are certified to the International Standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. SIIL laboratories at Tuticorin and Silvassa have been recognized with ISO 17025:2005 certification from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). The company is LME approved copper tester. Our copper products meet the requirement of Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS complied) and certified by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. SIIL’s Central lab at Silvassa is a GoI approved R&D laboratory. The company has also won numerous awards for safety and environment. Sterlite develops and manages a diverse portfolio of mining and metals businesses to provide attractive returns to its shareholders whilst carrying out its activities in a socially and environmentally responsible manner and creating value for the communities where it operates. As one of the largest metals and mining groups in India, Sterlite remains continually committed to managing its business in a socially responsible manner. The management of environment, employees, health and safety and community issues, in respect of its operations is central to the success of company’s business.

VANE Minerals Limited, was incorporated in April 2002 as a minerals exploration and development company primarily focused on defining and developing projects generated from the review of the Freeport Data Bank and from contacts of the Directors and their associates. VANE Minerals plc was admitted to AIM in 2004.VANE Minerals Company has a highly qualified and experienced group of exploration, development and management personnel capable of maximizing the potential of any project. AVEN Associates, the US subsidiary of VANE, has the benefit of four senior geologists, two of whom are directors of VANE Minerals plc, with cumulative experience in exploration, development and mining of over 150 years. VANE Minerals plc is also able to draw on other directors with further experience in assembling large exploration land positions, raising funds and initiating, organizing and managing start-up ventures.With its vast experience in porphyry copper exploration the team has assembled, through both contacts and the Freeport data base, a number of potential targets in the south west US area. These targets are being systematically investigated.Since December 2004, VANE (US) LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VANE, has aggressively acquired an Uranium Portfolio in the US. VANE (US) LLC has built up a considerable portfolio of projects, covering both strata-bound deposits in Utah and the unique high grade breccia pipe projects in Northern Arizona, where on part of the district VANE has a 50/50 Joint venture agreement with Uranium One Exploration (USA) (“U1”) in which, in general terms, VANE does the exploration and U1 will do the mining, allowing VANE to concentrate on what it is good at, the exploration. The pipe portfolio now extends to approximately 130 targets, each pipe has the potential to contain between 1 and 5 million lbs of U3O8 at a grade in the region of 1% U3O8, amongst the highest grade in the US.VANE Minerals company now has a producing Silver/ Gold mine, Diablito and also a wholly owned mill in Mexico, helping finance the group's exploration programme. The Mill has the potential for additional capacity for feed from other projects other than Diablito and enables the company to seek further sources of cash flow in the region.VANE Minerals company also has Gold/ Copper exploration projects in Mexico and Paraguay.

Talvivaara Mining Company Plc. is an internationally significant base metals producer with its primary focus on nickel and zinc. Talvivaara´s main asset is the Talvivaara nickel mine in Sotkamo, Finland. The Talvivaara polymetallic deposits, Kuusilampi and Kolmisoppi, comprise one of the largest known sulphide nickel resources in Europe with 642 million tonnes of ore in measured and indicated categories, sufficient to support an anticipated production for at 46 years. Production at the mine started in October 2008 with the precipitation of the first metal sulphides. The planned annual nickel production of 50,000 tonnes is anticipated to be reached in 2012. As by-products the mine will also produce aprox. 90,000 tpa of zinc, aprox.15,000 tpa of copper and c.1,800 tpa of cobalt. The Group supplies metal intermediaries to companies with metal refining operations and has entered into a 10-year off-take agreement with Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy for the entire output of the mine's nickel and cobalt production at market prices.On the 25th of January 2010 Talvivaara entered into a long-term Zinc in concentrate streaming agreement with Nyrstar NV. Talvivaara will deliver all of its Zinc in concentrate production to Nyrstar until 1,250,000 metric tonnes has been delivered. Click here to read the Stock Exchange Release. Talvivaara applies bioheapleaching to extract the metals from ore. The Group demonstrated the viability of this technology first on large on-site pilot trials using the Talvivaara ore and subsequently, since July 2008, in production scale heaps. The leaching process has been shown to be heat generating and therefore suitable for the sub-arctic climatic conditions of Eastern Finland.The Talvivaara ore body is well-suited for open pit mining due to thin overburden, favourable resource geometry and a low waste to ore ratio. The ore is relatively low grade, but well-suited to bioleaching due to its high sulphide content.

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