Prospecting in Africa is golden for Red Back Mining. The gold producer operates two gold mines in West Africa -- the Tasiast Gold Mine in Mauritania (100% owned) and the Chirano Gold Mine in Ghana (in which Red Back has a 90% interest, with the government of Ghana holding the rest). Red Back produces about 250,000 ounces annually and has around 3 million ounces of proved and probable reserves. Red Back Mining company also has exploration projects elsewhere in Ghana and Mauritania and holds a minority interest in West African assets held by the Australian Mineral Deposits Limited. Toronto-based Kinross Gold acquired Red Back in 2010 in a $7 billion stock deal.

The Goldstrike Complex is located on the Carlin Trend, the most prolific gold mining district in the Western Hemisphere, about 60 kilometres northwest of Elko, Nevada, USA. The Goldstrike operations consist of the Betze-Post open pit mine and the Meikle and Rodeo underground mines which are located just north of the Betze-Post pit, along the same mineralized trend. The Betze-Post pit is a truck-and-shovel operation using large electric shovels. Meikle is a high-grade ore body which is mined by transverse longhole stoping, underhand drift and fill mining methods. Rodeo is a further extension of the mineralization found at Goldstrike and is a trackless operation, using two different underground mining methods: long-hole open stoping and drift-and-fill.The Goldstrike Property consists of two processing facilities: (1) an autoclave circuit, which is used to treat the property’s non-carbonaceous sulfide (refractory) ore; and (2) the roaster, used for treating carbonaceous ore (not suitable for autoclaving). These facilities treat ores from both the surface and underground operations.In 2009, the Goldstrike Property produced 1.36 million ounces of gold at total cash costs of $464 per ounce1. Goldstrike’s estimated proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2009 were 12.2 million ounces of gold2.

Patriot Coal Corporation engages in the production and sale of thermal coal in the United States. It has operations and coal reserves in Appalachia and the Illinois basin. The company provides its thermal coal to electric utilities, as well as metallurgical coal to steel mills and independent coke producers. It has 14 company-operated mines, contractor-operated mines, and coal preparation facilities that are located in West Virginia and Kentucky. As of December 31, 2009, Patriot Coal Corporation company controlled approximately 1.8 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation, through its subsidiary, Magnum Coal Company, operates 8 mining complexes with production from surface and underground mines located in Appalachia, as well as controls approximately 600 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Patriot Coal Corporation company is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Unigold Inc. is a Canadian headquartered public company whose principal activity is to explore, discover, and develop gold deposits. Its main focus to date has been on its 100% owned 226 square kilometers property in the Dominican Republic. Unigold’s strategy is to target bulk tonnage, open pittable, oxide gold deposits with a goal to finding a deposit equivalent in size to the world class Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican Republic.The Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine has produced over 5 million ounces from oxide ore between 1975 and 1993 and contains an additional geological inventory of 20.4million ounces of gold in sulphide ore. (proven and probable). The mine is currently being developed by partners Barrick Gold Corporation and Goldcorp Inc.Unigold’s strategy is to target bulk tonnage, open-pittable, oxide gold deposits with a goal to finding a deposit equivalent in size to the world class Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican Republic.The next round of drilling on Los Candelones is designed to outline higher grade zones, confirm the mineralization continuity on the sulphide zones as shown by the IP and to define the easily accessible 15-30m thick oxide cap 15-35m above and surrounding the sulphide mineralization.Unigold will also drill test several of the new showings discovered on the Neita property.Unigold will continue to expand the reach of the field exploration program on its extensive Dominican properties. Exploration upside remains very strong with certain remote regions remaining largely untouched.With Unigold’s reconnaissance license in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the company is actively pursuing opportunities in the Middle East and is committed to developing a strong asset base and/or partnership in the region.

ITOCHU Corporation dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years.With approximately 150 overseas bases in 74 countries, ITOCHU, one of the leading sogo shosha, is engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textile, machinery, information and communications technology, aerospace, electronics, energy, metals, minerals, chemicals, forest products, general merchandise, food, finance, realty, insurance, and logistics services, as well as business investment in Japan and overseas.

CITIC Resources invests in energy and minerals exploration, development, and trading, focusing on oil exploration in mainland China, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. The company was formerly engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of plywood but switched gears in 2004, the same year that China-owned investment group CITIC took a controlling stake. Since then it has built up an international portfolio of holdings including interests in Portland Aluminum Smelter (one of the largest in the world), the Coppabella and Moorvale coal mines in Queensland, and commodities trader CITIC Australia Trading. CITIC Group indirectly owns 54% of CITIC Resources.

Volta Resources Inc. (TSX: VTR) is the result of a merger of two experienced West African explorers, Birim Goldfields Inc. and Goldcrest Resources Ltd. Volta Resources company is geared to leverage off its accumulated experience to become a leader in identification, acquisition and exploration of gold-rich properties in West Africa. Volta Resources already has an enviable portfolio of 26 properties in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali; all three being mining-friendly countries that have proven world-class gold deposits.Volta Resources company is currently focussed on completing a NI 43-101 compliant resource at its Kiaka Gold Project in order to fast-track the project toward commencing a pre-feasibilty study in H2 2010. At its Gaoua Copper-Gold Project, Volta has defined a maiden NI43-101 compliant resource which includes over 1 million ounces of gold and 720 million pounds of copper on two of potentially several porphyry deposits located on 35km of strike of a porphyry corridor held by the company.Volta Resources has the financial strength and flexibility to take advantage of consolidation and acquisition opportunities in West Africa. It has an exceptional team of dedicated professionals operating in the field as well as a highly experienced and respected Management and Board of Directors at the corporate level. Volta Resources Inc. is Canadian-based with its head office in Toronto, Ontario and its operations offices in Accra, Ghana and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Volta Resources Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VTR.

Titanium Metals Corporation produces and sells titanium sponge, melted products, and various mill products for commercial aerospace, military, industrial, and other applications. It manufactures titanium sponge, which is the basic form of titanium metal used in titanium products; and melted products, such as ingots, electrodes, and slabs, which are the result of melting titanium sponge and titanium scrap; mill products that are forged and rolled from ingot or slab products, including billets, bars, plates, sheets and strips, and pipes; and fabrications, which include spools, pipe fittings, manifolds, and vessels that are cut, formed, welded, and assembled from titanium mill products. The company sells its products through its sales force in the United States and Europe, as well as through independent agents and distributors internationally. It serves commercial aerospace and military, chemical process, oil and gas, consumer, sporting goods, healthcare, automotive, and power generation sectors. Titanium Metals Corporation was founded in 1950 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

BOHLER-UDDEHOLM AG company makes tool steel products, which have improved durability, strength, and corrosion-resistance characteristics. It is also a leading maker of high-speed steel, strip steel, cutting and creasing lines, and forged turbine blades. BOHLER-UDDEHOLM produces special long steel (including tool steel) in bar, profile, and wire form. Customers include the aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, and electronics industries. In 2008 Austrian steel maker voestalpine bought BOHLER-UDDEHOLM, making BOHLER-UDDEHOLM company it's specialty steel unit.

King’s Bay Gold Corporation (TSX.V: KBG) is an active mineral resource company, which is engaged in the acquisition of interests in, and the exploration of, mineral resource properties in North West Ontario. The Corporation’s mandate is to acquire, evaluate and bring significant gold and other precious metal properties to the development stage. During the last eleven years, the Corporation has been assembling a portfolio of precious metal exploration prospects most notably in the Red Lake gold camp, the majority of which are located in close proximity of present and past producing mines. Certain of these properties exhibit high-grade gold values, rare earths, rare metals and other industrially useful minerals and metals.The Corporation is unique in the industry in that it owns, and therefore controls for itself, most of the equipment required to carry out the various phases of exploration. Key pieces of this equipment include diamond drill rigs, bulldozers and skidders. Other equipment includes rod sloops, thousands of feet of BQ and NQ drill rods, water heaters for winter drilling, high pressure water pumps and nozzles for outcrop stripping, a fleet of trucks, all terrain vehicles and a shop full of spare parts and tools.The Corporation’s goal will always be growth. Strengthening the Corporation’s management team and Board of Directors, and by acquiring significantly advanced exploration projects may provide shareholders with an opportunity to increase the value of their investments over the long term.The Corporation’s shorter-term goals are to advance its projects to the feasibility stage, with the intent of becoming a small to medium tier minerals producer. The quality of the Corporation’s projects, an aggressive acquisitions strategy based on acquiring properties near present and past producers, and the proven background of the management team will allow the Corporation to become an emerging leader in the Canadian mining industry.King’s Bay Gold Corporation is a Winnipeg-based company that was incorporated pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act (“CBCA”) on March 20th, 1998. The Corporation became a publicly traded entity on the TSX Venture Exchange in April 2002 (TSX.V symbol: KBG). Since then, the Corporation has completed several prospective offerings and private placement offerings with the net capital raised being used to complete the exploration and development programs for the properties where it has land option and joint venture agreements.

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