African Diamonds explores and develops diamonds from operations in Botswana and Congo. Its focus is the AK6 diamond project jointly owned with De Beers, though Canadian company Lucara Diamond agreed in 2009 to buy out the industry giant. African Diamonds owns 28% of the AK6 project, which will reach the development stage in 2010 and is projected to commence production the following year. (African company also has an option to increase that stake to 40%.) Additionally, the company owns stakes in projects elsewhere in Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has previously investigated opportunities in Angola, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone.

National Coal Corp. (Nasdaq:NCOC) was founded in January 2003 by a management team with proven experience in coal mining, business and engineering. Since its inception, the Company has focused on consistently delivering high quality bituminous steam coal to its customers in the Southeastern United States. We have accomplished this all while building an operation focused on increased productivity, superior land reclamation, strategic partnerships and safety.National Coal, poised for growth and long-term returns, has a culture of corporate and business responsibility that filters throughout all of its operations. From its innovative business practices to its respect for the community at large, it continues to prove itself a responsible and reliable coal company.

CMQ Resources is looking for gold and other precious metals PDQ. CMQ Resources has exploration projects in Nevada, the South Sleeper and Red Canyon properties. The former is located adjacent to X-Cal Resources' Sleeper gold mine, while the latter is being devloped jointly with Miranda Gold Corporation. Neither of the gold properties are yet in production.

Newmont Mining Corporation is primarily a gold producer, with significant assets or operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Canada, New Zealand and Mexico. Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont is one of the world’s largest gold producers and is the only gold company included in the S&P 500 Index and Fortune 500. Headquartered near Denver, Colorado, the company has over 33,000 employees and contractors worldwide. Newmont became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and by creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders.

Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) refines copper along with gold, nickel, and zinc. Metals-related refining and processing operations account for more than half of SMM's sales. The company has smelting and refining operations, plus mining resources, in Japan, the US, Australia, Peru, Philippines, and Chile. It also produces electronic materials (about 30% of sales), including bonding wire, lead frames, electric paste, and copper-clad polymide film for semiconductors and printed circuit boards. Other operations make construction and housing materials and offer soil and water remediation services. With a history dating back to 1590, SMM is part of the "keiretsu" Sumitomo Group.

SiPi Metals Corp. was founded in 1905 and has been in business continuously for over a century. We are a refiner of precious metals and manufacturer of copper alloys.Our interest is in the refining of precious metal scrap generated in the electronics, chemical, photographic, and aerospace industries. We also refine a great deal of scrap for the defense industry and military. The use of gold, silver and the platinum group metals is quite extensive in military applications. SiPi specializes in the treatment of large quantities of precious metal content scrap which are heavily contaminated with fiberglass, plastic, etc. We employ 150 people and generate annual sales of approximately $200,000,000. SiPi Metals Corp. is largely owned by its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. We have extensive lines of credit at JP Morgan Chase Bank and other international banking institutions. We achieved ISO 9000 certification in 1999 and have been recertified to the current ISO 9001:2000.SiPi has the capacity to treat 3,000 tons of scrap material per month and can return the gold, silver, etc. in your scrap to the location of your choice or we can pay for the metals at world market prices. We offer global service to our customers with processing locations in Scotland, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico and the Far East. We also provide logistics services virtually anywhere in the world.

Comital S.p.A. has sold its hose and compound rubber manufacturing interests in order to concentrate on aluminum rolled products (foils and metal plastic yarns), consumer products (food packaging and cleaning products), and cords and cables (bare copper, enameled, and insulated). The Comital Group has about 20 production facilities in Italy and elsewhere. In 2003 the former Saiag was taken over by the Italian company Cortiplast, which is controlled by the family of Comital's chairman, Cornelio Valetto, and the next year Saiag and subsidiary Comital merged to form the new company.

Carpenter Technology Corporation manufactures, fabricates, and distributes specialty metals primarily in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mexico, and Canada. Carpenter Technology company operates in two segments, Advanced Metals Operations and Premium Alloys Operations. The Advanced Metals Operations segment manufactures and distributes metal alloys, stainless steels, and titanium in the form of small bars and rods, wire, narrow strip, and powder. It offers its products in various end-use markets, including the aerospace, industrial, consumer, automotive, and medical industries. This segment sells its products under the Carpenter, Dynamet, Talley, Carpenter Powder Products, and Aceros Fortuna brand names. The Premium Alloys Operations segment provides metal alloys and stainless steels in the form of ingots, billets, large bars, and hollows. It primarily serves the aerospace and energy industries under the Carpenter brand name. This segment also offers conversion processing of metal for other specialty metals companies. Carpenter Technology company distributes its products directly from its production plants, and through distribution network and independent distributors. Carpenter Technology Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

Premier Steel processes and distributes flat bar and plate products made from hot-rolled carbon and alloy steels. It operates from facilities in Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Premier Steel company also acts as a sales agent for the Norwegian Fundia Profiler, a supplier of steel products for shipbuilders. Premier Steel was founded in 1992 by president and CEO Steven Bergman.

Columbia Falls Aluminum's smelting operations produces about 170,000 tons of aluminum annually. Its ingot, sheet, and bar products are sold to aluminum rolling mills and extrusion plants; its customers are located primarily in the US. Swiss natural resources conglomerate Glencore has owned Columbia Falls Aluminum since 1999. Among Glencore's other aluminum operations are Sherwin Alumina and Century Aluminum Company.

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