Tata Sons is the ultimate doting parent. As the primary holding company of India's expansive Tata Group, the firm holds the bulk of the shares in the nearly 100 independent companies that make up the Tata Group. Tata Sons is divided into two divisions: Tata Quality Management Services and Tata Financial Services. The quality management unit works with Tata Group companies to improve efficiencies and other processes. Tata Financial provides in-house financial services, planning, negotiations, debt placement, mergers and acquisitions, and other advisory services to Tata companies. Tata Sons owns the Tata name and trademarks. Tata Sons company is controlled by philanthropic trusts that were endowed by the Tata family.

Bull markets and bear markets come and go, and through them all Joseph Behr and Sons sticks to the scrap metal business. Through subsidiaries Behr Iron & Steel and Behr Metals, Joseph Behr and Sons company buys, processes, and sells scrap iron, steel, and nonferrous metals such as aluminum and copper. In addition, Behr is engaged in construction and demolition work, via its G&M Construction unit. The company's Behr Trucking unit provides freight transportation services. The company was founded by Joseph Behr, grandfather of CEO Richard Behr, in 1906.

RTI International Metals, Inc. manufactures and supplies titanium mill products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Titanium Group, Fabrication Group, and Distribution Group. The Titanium Group segment melts, processes, and produces a range of titanium mill products, which are further processed by its customers for use in various commercial aerospace, defense, and industrial and consumer applications. It also produces mill products, including bloom, billet, sheet, and plate, as well as ferro titanium alloys for steel-making customers. The Fabrication Group segment comprises companies that fabricate, machine, and assemble titanium and other specialty metal parts and components. Its products primarily include complex engineered parts and assemblies, and have applications in commercial aerospace, defense, oil and gas, power generation, and chemical process industries, as well as various other industrial and consumer markets. This segment also provides engineered tubulars and extrusions, fabricated and machined components, and sub-assemblies, as well as engineered systems for deepwater oil and gas exploration and production infrastructure. The Distribution Group segment stocks, distributes, finishes, cuts-to-size, and facilitates delivery services of titanium, steel, and other specialty metal products primarily nickel-based specialty alloys. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.company has a majority stake (60%) in the Diavik Diamond Mine north of Great Slave lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada; partner Harry Winston Diamond (formerly called Aber Diamond) owns the remaining portion. Production began at the mine in 2003. With an estimated life cycle of 15-20 years, the Diavik mine will peak at a production rate of about 10 million carats annually. The two companies share in the diamonds the mine produces in equal ratio to their ownership stakes. DDMI is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto.

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited is China's largest copper producer. The company manufactures about 800,000 tons of copper products annually and contains more than 10 million tons of proved and probable reserves in its mines, which include the Dexing and Yongping pits and the Wushan underground mine. It owns a copper smelter and refinery, and its majority-owned Jiangxi Copper Products subsidiary manufactures copper rods and wires. Other operations include gold and silver production. Jiangxi Copper Company Limited was formed by parent Jiangxi Copper Corporation, which is owned by the Chinese government, in 1997. Jiangxi Copper Corporation owns 48% of Jiangxi Copper Company Limited.

Riverstone Resources Inc. is a Vancouver based Canadian company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange with the symbol RVS and quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with the symbol 3RV. The company holds extensive interests in gold exploration permits in Burkina Faso, West Africa -- an under-explored country with a highly attractive geological setting conducive to the discovery of mineral deposits. Four new gold mines were opened in the country in 2007-2008, as well as two new mines in 2010. Riverstone is well established in Burkina Faso and has been actively involved in exploration of its gold permits since 2003. Riverstone has completed an initial NI43-101 resource estimate on its flagship project, Karma, with indicated gold resources of 820,500 ounces and a further inferred resource of 320,300 ounces. (See "Karma Project" for detailed information). A feasibility study is planned to start at Karma in Q4 2010. There are currently 90,229,190 shares issued with a fully diluted issue of 121,902,066 shares. Management and insiders hold approximately 14% of the capital.

Troon Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V:TVN) is a well funded exploration and development company intent on establishing growth through an aggressive acquisition business model. Troon Ventures Company has assembled an experienced group of directors who possess a proven track record of creating shareholder value by successfully completing numerous mergers and acquisitions, raising over $2 billion in capital and bringing several projects to production. Troon is currently focused on acquiring mineral properties with established resources and exploration upside that will create significant shareholder value.

Mediterranean Resources Ltd (TSX -- MNR) is developing four projects located along the 12 kilometre Yusufeli Property in northeastern Turkey. Current NI 43-101 compliant resource estimates for the Tac and Corak projects, 8 km apart, total 1.58 million ounces gold Indicated and 0.29 million ounces Inferred. These estimates, completed in April 2009 by SRK Consulting are constrained within Whittle pit shells, providing a materially enhanced level of confidence in the economic potential of the Yusufeli Property. The new resource estimates demonstrate that both Corak and Tac are amenable to open-pit mining with a reasonable assumption of economic viability.To date, less than 20% of the 100 square kilometre Yusufeli Property has received drill exploration, and several targets remain to be addressed. In December 2008 MNR announced initial drilling results from the Celtik project area, located at the eastern end of the Yusufeli Trend. Assays from three holes confirmed a significant new discovery at Celtik, with multiple intercepts from surface to 314 metres. An intercept of 18.4 metres assayed 6.51 g/t gold and 0.9% copper.MNR acquired the Corak and Tac properties from Teck in 2005, and currently controls these core areas under a mining license. Acquisition of contiguous areas has been conducted by obtaining new exploration licenses. The properties are well serviced by roads, water and access to power, providing for highly cost-effective exploration. To date, exploration costs have averaged less than $8 per ounce. As well, Turkey's modernized mining code and permitting process provide attractive incentives to exploration ventures, including rebates on expenditures.MNR's plans for 2009 include 6,000 metres of diamond core drilling to an average depth of 300 metres at Corak and Tac to upgrade and expand resources within the new pit shell modeling, and a drill program to follow up on the significant new discovery at Celtik.

UEX Corporation is a Canadian uranium exploration and development company formed under agreement between Cameco Corporation and Pioneer Metals Corporation. UEX began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in July 2002 and is an active explorer in the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, which is the most important uranium-producing district in the world, accounting for approximately 20% of global primary uranium production in 2009. UEX has a total of 19 projects either 100% owned, joint ventured or under option totaling 338,972 hectares (837,618 acres) located in the eastern, western and northern perimeters of the Athabasca Basin.UEX operates its 100%-owned Hidden Bay Uranium Project, Riou Lake Uranium Project, and Northern Athabasca Projects. UEX also operates the Black Lake Uranium Project, which is a joint venture with AREVA Resources Canada Inc. ("AREVA"), 89.96% UEX - 10.04% AREVA as of December 31, 2009. The ten Western Athabasca Projects, including the Shea Creek Project, are joint ventures where UEX holds a 49% interest and AREVA holds a 51% interest, which are operated by AREVA along with the Beatty River Project which is under option from the Japan-Canada Uranium Company, Limited.UEX is currently developing several uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin which include the Kianna, Anne and Colette Deposits at its Shea Creek Project, a joint venture with AREVA in the western Athabasca Basin, and the Horseshoe, Raven and West Bear Deposits at its 100%-owned Hidden Bay Project in the eastern Athabasca Basin.

Formerly focused on advertising, China Natural Resources has shifted its business plan from working on minds to working in mines. China Natural Resources operates through its Wuhu Feishang Mining Development unit, a producer of zinc, copper, gold, silver, and iron. Smelter operator Huludao Zinc Industry Co. is Wuhu's primary customer. Chairman and CEO Li Feilie owns a controlling stake in China Natural Resources, which he gained in the company's 2006 reverse acquisition of his Feishang Mining Holdings, after which it sold its iSense subsidiary (provided advertising, promotion, and PR services to clients in China and Hong Kong). China Natural Resources has since acquired a number of other mining projects, all located in China.

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