New Jersey Mining Company (NJMC:OTCBB) is exploring for and developing gold, silver and base metal ore resources in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District of northern Idaho and western Montana. New Jersey Mining Co. has a gold exploration joint venture with Newmont North American Exploration Limited at the Toboggan Project near Murray, Idaho. New Jersey Mining Co. portfolio of mineral properties also includes: the Niagara copper-silver deposit, the Golden Chest mine, the New Jersey mine, the Silver Strand mine and several exploration prospects. New Jersey Mining Co. strategy is to explore for gold, silver and base metal deposits in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District, a world class mining district, while concurrently mining and processing higher grade resources at its New Jersey mill facility near Kellogg, Idaho.

Agnico-Eagle is a Canadian-based gold producer with operations in Canada, Finland and Mexico, and exploration and development activities in Canada, Finland, Mexico and the U.S. Our LaRonde mine is Canada’s largest operating gold mine in terms of reserves. Agnico-Eagle has full exposure to higher gold prices consistent with its policy of no-forward gold sales. It has paid a cash dividend for 28 consecutive years. Agnico-Eagle was formed in 1972 through the merger of Agnico Mines Limited, a prominent silver producer in Cobalt, Ontario, and Eagle Gold Mines Limited, a successful gold exploration company.

Silver Standard has the largest in-ground silver resource of any publicly-traded primary silver company, with a pipeline of 15 projects ranging from grassroots exploration to production in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Canada, Chile, the United States and Australia.The Pirquitas Mine in Argentina achieved commercial production in December 2009, and at full production will rank among the largest open pit primary silver mines in the world.We are advancing development projects such as the high-grade, gold-silver San Luis joint venture project in Peru, and our 100%-owned Pitarrilla silver project in Mexico. Drilling programs at our exploration projects continue to expand our in-ground silver and gold resources. Our 100%-owned Snowfield and Brucejack projects in northern British Columbia are the subject of extensive diamond drill programs designed to upgrade our current gold resource and explore for additional gold resource ounces from other known mineralized areas and targets on the property. Snowfield and Brucejack are part of a world-class mineralized gold/copper/silver/molybdenum system.Silver Standard's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SSO and on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol SSRI.

ATH Resources is an AIM-listed operator of surface coal mines and has mines in production in East Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Fife. The Company is one of the largest producers of coal in the UK producing 2 million tonnes per annum. Coal was used to generate 36 per cent of the UKs electricity in 2008 and the Company holds coal supply contracts with three of the UK's main electricity generating companies. The Group commenced operations in 1998 when it acquired the rights to operate (and subsequently acquire) the Skares Road mine. The Garleffan mine was acquired in November 2003 and ATH Resources became a public company in June 2004 when it listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). In June 2005 the Group funded two new surface sites, Grievehill and Glenmuckloch in Scotland for 18 million by way of an Open Offer to shareholders. The acquisition increased the Group's coal reserve base by 160% and provided greater diversity to the business. In May 2006 the Group acquired Doncaster-based A Ogden & Sons Limited a successful coal recovery, land remediation and regeneration business with a particular focus on colliery spoil heap reclamation projects. In July 2010, the Group sold the assets of ATH Regeneration Ltd, the proceeds of which could total some £17m over a seven year period comprising £6.5m in cash on completion plus royalties. The assets were sold to RecyCoal Ltd, a newly formed company that is funded by a substantial investment fund and its partners and has amongst its shareholders Tom Allchurch and Steven Beaumont, who at that time were the Group's Chief Executive and Finance Director respectively. In October 2006, following a successful planning application the Group commenced work on its new Laigh Glenmuir surface mine in East Ayrshire and obtained further consent to extract 800kt from an extension into Duncanziemere land in June 2010. Planning permission was also granted to extract up to 4 million tonnes of coal from the company's Netherton site near Cumnock, East Ayrshire in June 2010. This site is located close to the company's Skares Mine and work is due to start in the Autumn and will ultimately employ up to 110 personnel directly. In addition to its operating mines, the Group also has a number of other coal mining projects in Scotland and two through its French subsidiary, SRMMC including a series of six existing coal concessions in south-central France, covering an area of 36km, 2 with an estimated resource of approximately 4.5 million tonnes of recoverable coal.

Jaguar Mining Inc. ("Jaguar") is one of the fastest growing gold producers in the world. Jaguar's plan is to significantly expand gold production from 70,000 ounces produced in 2007 to between 620,000 and 700,000 ounces by 2014 through its wholly-owned operations in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jaguar operates in a prolific greenstone belt with a rich history of gold mining. Jaguar is actively exploring and developing additional mineral resources at its 65,500 acre land base in Minas Gerais and on an additional concession base totaling 186,600 acres in the state of Ceará in the northeast of Brazil through a joint venture. Jaguar is committed to increasing shareholder value through its aggressive expansion program, sizeable exploration effort and commitment to a best practices program where health, safety and environmental considerations receive the highest priority. Jaguar is a relatively low-cost gold producer and has no gold hedges in place thereby providing the leverage to gold prices directly to its investors.

The desert may be high, but it contains a lot more than just gold. High Desert Gold has holdings in Mexico and the US near already exploited mineral deposits. Major properties include the Canasta Dorada gold project in Mexico and the Gold Lake copper/gold project in New Mexico. High Desert Gold also works the Monitor project in Arizona for copper and silver and the Markham Wash prospect in Arizona for copper and gold. High Desert Gold was formed in 2007 when Sprott Resource Corp., formerly General Minerals, spun off some of its silver, copper, and gold properties.

RJK Explorations Ltd. is a mineral exploration company originally formed in 1922. RJK Explorations Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of early stage mineral resource properties in Canada. The Company’s current focus is on silver, gold and base metals with its resource properties located in Ontario. RJK Explorations Company continues to evaluate and will acquire additional properties as the venture capital and opportunities present themselves.

Metalor USA Refining Corporation company takes precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, whathaveyou), recycles and refines them, and then sends the metals in powder, grain, or ingot form to its parent company, Metalor Technologies International. That Swiss metals company then turns them into glittery industrial coatings, electrical contacts, and watch and jewelry components. Attempting to balance out its production and geographic presence, Metalor has transferred some of its US production to the parent company's Swiss refinery and added to its capacity in China since the middle part of this decade.

Sharpe Resources Corporation, a mineral resources company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of coal, shale gas, and coal bed methane primarily in the northern and central Appalachian region of the eastern United States. Sharpe Resources Corporation company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sharpe Energy Company, owns oil and gas royalty interests in Texas. It also holds a 100% coal mineral rights on 17,000 acre property located in Preston County, West Virginia. Sharpe Resources Corporation company was formerly known as Sharpe Energy & Resources Limited and changed its name to Sharpe Resources Corporation. Sharpe Resources Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Heathsville, Virginia.

Tokyo Rope Mfg. should be considered a high-wire act. Tokyo Rope Mfg.company has been making fiber rope and wire since 1887 and is still walking the line. It also makes steel cord and wire rope used in diverse industries, including mining and the manufacturing of steel radial tires and other belted rubber products. The company's specialty products include guard cables used in construction and cables for suspension bridges. Tokyo Rope also makes metallic fibers and industrial machines, including a multi-wire saw used to cut semiconductor silicon, ceramics, and other hard and delicate matter.

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