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AgraQuest, Inc.

Agrium Inc. Yes

A H Marks and Company Limited

When you've been doing it this long, you should be getting top marks, right? In operation since 1877, A H Marks & Company manufactures fine chemicals, performance chemicals, and agrochemicals for use throughout the UK. Its fine and performance chemicals include lithographic chemicals, phenol derivatives (for pharmaceuticals), and chlorinated products (used in perfumes and pharmaceuticals). A H Marks' agrochemicals are primarily phenoxy, propionic, and acetic herbicides sold under the brand names OPTICA, AGROXONE, and MATON. A H Marks maintains a single manufacturing site in West Yorkshire.

Address: Wyke Ln.Bradford, West Yorkshire BD12 9EJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1274-691-234 Fax: +44-1274-691-176

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2004): 101.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.40% Employees (2004): 338 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-3.40%)

• Chairman: Robin Lee • Managing Director: Ian J. McClelland • Business Development Manager: Brian Balmforth

AgraQuest sweats the small stuff. The company's proprietary database of more than 20,000 microorganisms is the base for its line of pest control and plant disease-fighting products. AgraQuest's products fight plant pests and diseases with naturally occurring microorganisms that offer environmental advantages over synthetic chemical pesticides and genetically modified crops. The company's initial product offering, Serenade, is a biofungicide that is approved for use on crops such as grapes, apples, pears, and tomatoes. AgraQuest has about 20 other natural pest management products in the pipeline. The company is owned by private investment funds, management, and King Ranch.

Address: 1530 Drew Ave.Davis, CA 95616-1272 Phone: 530-750-0150 Fax: 530-750-0153

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 5.20 M Employees (2005): 70

• Chairman: John M. Pasquesi • CEO and COO: Michael J. (Mike) Miille • President and Director: Pamela G. (Pam) Marrone

It's no bull that Agrium is a top producer and marketer of fertilizers in North America. A leader in the production of nitrogen, the company operates plants in Canada, the US, and Argentina that produce mostly nitrogen (though also potash and phosphate) products. The plants have the capacity to produce more than 8 million tons of the nutrients per year. In addition to supplying wholesalers, Agrium operates more than 200 fertilizer retail outlets in the US in 21 states and more than 30 retail farm centers in South America. The company also owns 50% of Profertil, a joint venture with Spain's Repsol YPF that runs Argentina's largest nitrogen plant.

Address: 13131 Lake Fraser Dr. SECalgary, Alberta T2J 7E8, Canada Phone: 403-225-7000 Fax: 403-225-7609

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 3294.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.10% Employees (2004): 4,617 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.10%)

• Chairman: Frank W. Proto • President , CEO, and Director: Michael M. (Mike) Wilson • SVP, Finance and CFO: Bruce G. Waterman

Agrium U.S. Inc.

Yes

Yes

Agrium U.S., the Denver-based subsidiary of the Canadian company Agrium, is a manufacturer and distributor of fertilizers. The company produces and distributes four major crop nutrients: nitrogen, phospate, potash, and sulfate fertilizers for the wholesale market. Agirum U.S. operates a network of more than 200 retail farm centers in the US, one of the largest independent retailers of fertilizers, seeds, and chemicals in North America. The US provides Agrium with more than two-thirds of its sales. Agrium began orginally as Cominco during the 1930s.

Address: 4582 S. Ulster St., Ste. 1700Denver, CO 80237-2636 Phone: 303-804-4400 Fax: 303-804-4482

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 2147.50 M Employees (2005): 2,500

• President and CEO: Michael M. (Mike) Wilson • Director, US Sales: Jay Muse

American Soil Technologies, Inc.

American Soil Technologies works to make sure your farmland isn't dirt poor. The company manufactures agricultural chemicals that help retain water in soil, the direct benefit of which is manifold. In addition to minimizing the frequency of irrigation, the chemicals also decrease the likelihood of erosion and reduce other environmental damage. Its Agriblend product is used by agricultural clients and its Nutrimoist product is used for residential and recreational applications. American Soil has been mired in debt, but things are looking up as the company has reached a debt conversion agreement with its largest creditor. The company is majority-controlled by Chairman Louie Visco.

Address: 12224 Montague St.Pacoima, CA 91331 Phone: 818-899-4686 Fax: 818-899-4670

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 0.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.70% Employees (2005): 10 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman: Louie Visco • President, CEO, CFO, and Director: Carl P. Ranno • VP, Marketing: Johnny Dickinson

American Vanguard Corporation

American Vanguard Corporation (AMVAC) bugs bugs, roots out weeds, and helps people get personal care. The company makes specialty chemicals designed to protect the health of animals, crops, and people. Products made by its AMVAC Chemical subsidiary include pesticides, plant-growth regulators, herbicides, and soil fumigants. Its GemChem subsidiary distributes the company's chemicals nationally to the cosmetic, nutritional, and pharmaceutical industries. American Vanguard also has marketing subsidiaries in the UK, Switzerland, and Mexico. UAP Holding, Helena Chemical, and Agriliance each account for more than 10% of sales. Co-chairmen Herbert Kraft and Glenn Wintemute together own 28% of American Vanguard.

Address: 4695 MacArthur Ct.Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: 949-260-1200 Fax: 949-260-1201


• President, CEO, and Director: Eric G. Wintemute • SVP, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: James A. Barry • SVP and Director, Sales, AMVAC: Christopher (Chris) Hildreth

Yes

BASF Canada

Arab Potash Company Limited

Got potash? If not, the Arab Potash Company (APC) would be glad to fix you up. The company mines the Dead Sea for potassium chloride, one of several potassium-based compounds commonly known as potash. The substance is used primarily for fertilizer, but also has industrial applications, for example in the manufacture of glass and ceramic. Canadian industry bigwig Potash Corp. bought more than a quarter of the company in October 2003 and installed some of its own executives in APC management roles. Jordan Investment Corp. also owns more than a quarter of APC.

Address: P.O. Box 1470Amman 11118, Jordan Phone: +962-6-567-4376 Fax: +962-6-567-4416


• Chairman: Issa Ayyoub • General Manager: Brent Heimann • Finance Deputy General Manager: Dave Stuart

Asia Pacific Resources Ltd.

90% of Asia Pacific Potash Corp. (APPC, the Thai government owns 10%), which explores for potash -- various potassium salts -- in northern Thailand near the city of Udon Thani. It controls two deposits (Udon South and Udon North) that contain an estimated 1.4 billion metric tons of potash, which is used in fertilizer. The company will supply Far Eastern markets, where demand is strong but few regional sources exist. The Ziff family, through Olympus Capital Holdings Asia, owns about 53% of the company; Canadian Crew Development Corp. owns 7%. The company has agreed to a takeover bid from Thai group SRMT Holdings, a unit of Italian-Thai Development Public Co.

Address: Ste. 2002, Fl. 20, Abdulrahim Place, 990 Rama IV Rd., Silom, BanBangkok 10500, Thailand Phone: +66-2-636-1600 Fax: +66-2-636-1599

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 45 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.30%

• President and CEO: John Bovard • CFO and Corporate Secretary: Robert Scott • VP, Operations: Matthew Blackwell

BASF Canada is a veritable one-stop chemical shop. The company, a subsidiary of chemical giant BASF's North American unit, has four primary divisions that make nearly every basic chemical under the sun. Its agricultural products and nutrition unit makes pest and plant control products, animal nutrition products, and ingredients for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. The company's performance products unit produces coatings and pigments, as well as chemicals for paper, textiles, and automobiles. Through its plastics unit, BASF Canada also is a major producer of polyurethanes and styrenics. The company's smallest unit, chemicals, makes petrochemicals, inorganic chemicals, and intermediates.

Address: 345 Carlingview Dr.Toronto, Ontario M9W 6N9, Canada Phone: 416-675-3611 Fax: 416-674-2588

• President: Robin C. Rotenberg • Director, Finance and Logistics: James McEwen • Manager, Communications: Martine Despatie

Bunge Limited Yes

Bayer CropScience AG

If people turn to Bayer for what ails them, why can't plants? Bayer CropScience, a part of German chemicals giant the Bayer Group, is a leading producer of agricultural chemicals. The company's Crop Protection unit makes fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. Bayer CropScience also has two other divisions, Environmental Science and BioScience, that focus on non-crop chemicals (such as consumer lawn care products) and genetically modified seeds, respectively. The company was formed when Bayer Crop Protection acquired Aventis-Schering joint venture Aventis CropScience; the combined company ranks as the #2 in crop protection firm worldwide, behind Syngenta.

Address: Alfred-Nobel-Str. 50D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany Phone: +49-21-73-38-0 Fax: +49-21-73-38-3593

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 8110.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 12.10% Employees (2004): 19,000

• Chairman, Management Board: Friedrich Berschauer • Member, Management Board, Head of Portfolio Management, and: Rüdiger Scheitza • Member, Manangement Board and Head of Business Planning and: Dirk Suwelack

Border Chemical Company Limited

If you're in need of fertilizer you can make a run for the Border. Border Chemical Company has three product lines: fertilizer, liquid alum, and sulphuric acid. The US accounts for about 25% of sales. Border Chemical's shares have been unlisted since 2000, but its shares are traded through brokers or individuals. The company is putting up half of its shares in an offering, which will allow it to be privatized. John McFadzean and president and CEO Patricia Smerchanski currently control the company. Patricia Smerchanski is daughter of the company's founder.

Address: 2147 Portage Ave.Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 0L4, Canada Phone: 204-837-1383 Fax: 204-832-7244

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 17.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 6.90% Employees (2004): 60 Employee Growth (1 yr): 100.00% • President and Director:

Patricia B. Smerchanski

Bunge Limited is everywhere on the food chain. The company is the leading global soybean processor, a leading South American fertilizer maker and provider, and, through subsidiary Bunge North America, a major US food processor. Its joint venture with DuPont (Solae) makes specialty food ingredients. The acquisition of Cereol in 2003 made Bunge the world's largest oilseed producer. Founded in 1818 as a grain trading company in Amsterdam, Bunge was held mostly by families descended from founder Johann Bunge until it went public in 2001. Its products are available in more than 90 countries.

Address: 2 Church St.Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda Phone: 001 4412951422

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 24275.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-3.50%) Employees (2005): 23,495 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.60%)

• Chairman and CEO: Alberto Weisser • CFO: William M. (Bill) Wells • Managing Director, New Business Development: Andrew J. (Drew) Burke

Yes

Yes

Central Garden & Pet Company

Central Garden & Pet is happy to help with both pets and pests. The company is a leading US manufacturer and distributor of lawn, garden, and pet supplies, providing its products to pet supplies retailers, home improvement centers, nurseries, and mass merchandisers from approximately 30 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers located throughout the US; it also has sales offices in the UK. Central Garden & Pet's proprietary brand lines include AMDRO fire ant bait, Four Paws animal products, Kaytee bird seed, Nylabone dog chews, Norcal pottery, Pennington grass seed and bird seed products, and TFH pet books. Chairman William Brown controls approximately 45% of the company's voting rights.

Address: 1340 Treat Blvd., Ste. 600Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Phone: 925-948-4000 Fax: 925-287-0601

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 1380.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.00% Employees (2004): 4,400 Employee Growth (1 yr): 10.00%

• Chairman: William E. Brown • President, CEO, and Director: Glenn W. Novotny • VP, CFO, and Secretary: Stuart W. Booth

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

Though CF Industries wants to give you some DAP, it's not handing out praise. The company is an interregional agricultural firm that manufactures and markets nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers (including diammonium phosphate, or DAP). It operates a network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, primarily in the Midwest, through which it offers products worldwide. The company changed its structure from a cooperative to a holding company when it began to trade publicly in 2005. It had been owned by eight regional agricultural co-ops, including Land O'Lakes, GROWMARK, and CHS.

Address: 1 Salem Lake Dr.Long Grove, IL 60047 Phone: 847-438-9500 Fax: 847-438-0211

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 1908.40 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.60%

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Stephen R. Wilson • SVP and CFO: Ernest (Ernie) Thomas • SVP, Operations: David J. Pruett

Cleary Chemical Corporation

Glassy Wing Sharp Shooters and Citrus Thrips beware! Cleary wants turf to be tip top at tee-time. Cleary Chemical Corporation makes fungicides, insecticides, nutrients, and colorants used by golf courses, nurseries, and greenhouses. The company also keeps the roaches running with the Roach Terminal, a chemical trap used to control the pests. It also owns and maintains a golf course, Tara Greens.

Address: 178 Ridge Rd.Dayton, NJ 08810 Phone: 732-329-8399 Fax: 732-274-0894

• President: Margaret A. Cleary • Treasurer and Controller: Dave Misiura • VP: Barbara Cleary Harris

Yes

Dow AgroSciences LLC

Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, doesn't want its customers to be bugged. The subsidiary makes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides for agricultural applications, as well as for residential pest control. It also develops genetically modified (GM) seeds under the Mycogen and Phytogen names. Dow AgroSciences splits its operations into five product lines: plant gentics and biotechnology (in addition to seeds the unit has developed food products like Natreon canola oil), weed management, disease management, pest management, and urban pest management. It has operations in more than 50 countries around the world.

Address: 9330 Zionsville Rd.Indianapolis, IN 46268 Phone: 317-337-3000 Fax: 317-337-4096

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 3364.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-0.10%) Employees (2005): 5,500 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

Key People • President and CEO: Jerome A. Peribere • VP, Finance: Rogelio Lara • Leader, Global Public Affairs: Robyn Heine

DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition

DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition is into seed, weed, and feed. Among the larger of DuPont's six business units, DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition contains a number of units, subsidiaries, and joint ventures devoted to plant growth and protection. The division encompasses DuPont Crop Protection (herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides), joint venture (with Bunge) Solae (soy-based ingredients), and Qualicon (microbial testing). Most of the division's sales occur in the first half of the calendar year. The company has joint ventures based in the UK, Mexico, and Russia. The unit also includes Pioneer Hi-Bred, a producer of genetically modified seeds.

Address: DuPont Bldg., 1007 Market St.Wilmington, DE 19898 Phone: 302-774-1000


• Group VP, DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition: J. Erik Fyrwald • CEO, Solae: Tony L. Arnold • VP, Strategic Planning and New Business Development: Jane D. Brooks

Eden Bioscience Corporation

Pests, diseases, or chemicals in the Garden of Eden? I think not. Eden Bioscience's crop protection products help crops protect themselves. The company's Harp-N-Tek Messenger products utilize naturally occurring proteins called harpins that trigger a plant's natural defense system against pests and disease while activating growth processes such as photosynthesis and nutrient intake. The products can be used on a variety of crops including citrus, cotton, tomato, wheat, and roses. Messenger has been marketed to farmers, but Eden is branching out into the home and garden market. The company's products are sold in the US and in Spain.

Address: 11816 North Creek Pkwy. N.Bothell, WA 98011-8201 Phone: 425-806-7300 Fax: 425-806-7400

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 3.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 280.00% Employees (2005): 25 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-10.70%)

• President, CEO, and Director: Rhett R. Atkins • VP, Finance, CFO, and Secretary: Bradley S. (Brad) Powell • Manager, Business Development, Southern Europe: Felix Martinez

• President: Paul Rydlund El Dorado Chemical Company

Bet Coronado never thought to look in Arkansas. LSB Industries did, though, and found its own El Dorado there. El Dorado Chemical is part of the chemical manufacturing division of LSB. It makes agricultural products and industrial chemicals, including nitrogen-based fertilizers, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and industrial-grade ammonium nitrate for the mining industry. The company operates a manufacturing facility in El Dorado, Arkansas and has marketing and distribution operations in the south-central US. It ships products to wholesale customers by truck or railcar; it also serves retail customers.

Address: 4500 North West Ave.El Dorado, AR 71730 Phone: 870-863-1400 Fax: 870-863-1426

Florikan E.S.A. Corporation

Ask a horiculturist who can, and the answer just may be, "Florikan." The company, founded as Florikan E.S.A. (Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture) Corporation, provides professional horticultural products that range from biological pest control products and soil amendments to greenhouse coverings and nursery containers. It is also a distributor of Nutricote controlled release fertilizers and products made by ITML Horticultural Products Inc. (Canada). Florikan serves the southeastern US from its offices in Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Ed and Betty Rosenthal, respectively serving as the company's president and CEO and its CFO, founded Florikan in 1982.

Address: 1523 Edgar PlaceSarasota, FL 34240 Phone: 941-377-8666 Fax: 941-377-3633

• President and CEO: Ed Rosenthal • COO: Doug Cabe • CFO: Betty Rosenthal

Global Bio-chem Technology Group Company Limited

Global Bio-chem Technology believes in the power of the corn kernel. The company manufactures corn-refined and corn-based bio-chemical products, including crude corn oil, corn starch, corn germ cake, corn gluten meal, corn sweeteners, modified starch, and amino acids. Global Bio-chem is the largest producer of lysine (100,000 metric tons annually) -- a widely used amino acid -- as well as the largest corn refiner and leading corn sweetener manufacturer in China. Its products are primarily used in food and beverages, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, textiles, and paper.

Address: Admiralty Centre, Tower 1, Unit 1104, 18 Harcourt Rd.Hong Kong Phone: +852-2838-8155 Fax: +852-2838-8433

• Co-chairman: Xiaoming Liu • Co-chairman: Zhouwen Xu • Executive Director, Management, Finance, and Accounting: Zhanpeng Kong

Humatech, Inc. Yes

Helena Chemical Company

Kind of like cops for crops, Helena Chemical's mission is to protect and serve. The agricultural products division of Japanese business group Marubeni's US trading arm, the company's product line is divided into two units: Crop Protection and Crop Production. It also produces agricultural chemicals, seeds, and fertilizers. Helena Chemical has four manufacturing sites -- in Arkansas, California, Georgia, and Iowa -- and sales, marketing, and distribution locations throughout the US. Ancillary product lines and services include forestry, aquatic, and vegetation management.

Address: 225 Schilling Blvd., Ste. 300Collierville, TN 38017-6937 Phone: 901-761-0050 Fax: 901-761-5754

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 817.10 M Employees (2005): 2,900

• President: Mike McCarty • CFO: Troy D. Traxler Jr. • VP, Sales and Marketing: Charles Adams

Helena Chemical Company Western Business Unit

A small branch on a big tree, Helena Chemical Company Western Business Unit is the western US division of the agricultural products unit of the US arm of a large Japanese trading concern. The company manufactures fertilizers and pesticides and provides agricultural services and supplies. The unit maintains locations in eight western US states: Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. The Western Business Unit manufactures fertilizers for suppliers and also provides formulation services for private label products.

Address: 7576 N. Ingram Ave., Ste. 101Fresno, CA 93711 Phone: 559-261-9030 Fax: 559-261-9250

• VP: Steve Alexander • Financial and Administrative Manager: Robert Pate • Program Administrator: Jackie Cornell

HELM Aktiengesellschaft

HELM is in control of its own ship. A manufacturer and distributor of chemicals, the company's products include fertilizers, insecticides, additives, pharmaceuticals, animal and human nutrients, and plastics. Based in Germany -- with more than 60% of its sales coming from Europe -- HELM has operations in 32 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

Address: Nordkanalstrasse 28D-20097 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49-40-2375-0 Fax: +49-40-2375-1845

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 5584.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 134.10% Employees (2004): 1,186 Employee Growth (1 yr): 7.70%

• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Ulf Gänger • Chairman, Executive Board: Dieter Schnabel • Member, Executive Board; Head of Finance, Controlling, and L: Rainer Detering

Humatech turns organic matter into food for plants and animals. Humatech claims that its line of organic, humate-based fertilizers, feed additives, and plant nutrients are safer for the environment and channel nutrients to the plants more efficiently. The company markets its products to commercial growers, independent garden consumers, and animal feeders throughout the US; it also has a 20% stake in its UK distributor, Humatech, Ltd. Chairman and CEO David Williams and his family, though its ownership of Willow Capital, controls 31% of Humatech, and fellow officer and director J. D. Rottweiler owns 15%.

Address: 1959 S. Val Vista Dr., Ste. 130Mesa, AZ 85204 Phone: 480-813-8484 Fax: 480-813-8485

Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2004): 0.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.50% Employees (2004): 6 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-33.30%)

• Chairman, President, and CEO: David G. Williams • CFO, Secretary, and Director: John D. (J. D.) Rottweiler • Director, National Retail Sales: Terry Williams

Itronics Inc. Yes

K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Indo Gulf Fertilisers Limited

Indo Gulf Fertilizers wants farmers to embrace its strong man. The company produces and sells urea, a nitrogenous fertilizer, under the Birla Shaktiman brand (Shakti means strength in Sanskrit). Its manufacturing plant, located in India's agriculturally intensive Indo-Gangetic plain, produces about 900,000 tons of urea per year. Indo Gulf Fertilizers provides a number of free services to farmers including agricultural education and training, crop demonstrations, soil testing, soil fertility maps, micro-watershed development, fruit tree planting, and programs to better village health and sanitation. Indo Gulf also sponsors Shaktiman Farmers Clubs. Indo Gulf is a subsidiary of Aditya Birla.

Address: Jagdishpur Industrial AreaDist Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh 227 817, India Phone: +91-5361-270-032

• Chairman: Kumar M. Birla • Managing Director: Rakesh Jain • Executive President: S. N. Jajoo

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver (recycled) from X-rays and photowaste turns plants green all in a row. Itronics operates its two business segments through subsidiaries. Itronics Metallurgical recycles photochemicals and turns the results into its GOLD'n GRO animal repellent and liquid fertilizer. GOLD'n GRO products are sold primarily in the western US. Another subsidiary, Whitney & Whitney, provides mineral planning and technical services (mineral economics, geologic studies, and project management services) to the mining industry. President John Whitney owns 17% of the company.

Address: 6490 S. McCarran Blvd., Bldg. C, Ste. 23Reno, NV 89509 Phone: 775-689-7696 Fax: 775-689-7691

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 1.40 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-20.90%)

• President, Treasurer, and Director; President, Itronics Meta: John W. Whitney • Controller: Michael C. Horsley

Salt has preserved K+S (for Kali und Salz) for more than a century. Founded in 1889 to mine salt, K+S gets more than 40% of its sales from potash, which is extracted from salt and used in fertilizers. The company also produces salt used for industrial purposes (such as making glass), as well as for deicing roads and cooking. K+S is Germany's top salt producer and supplies about 12% of the world's potash. In addition, the company runs facilities that recycle waste materials and provide underground waste disposal services. K+S has acquired COMPO (sport lawn and special crop fertilizers) from BASF AG and is handling the marketing of BASF's nitrogen fertilizer (fertiva). BASF owns about 10% of K+S.

Address: Bertha-von-Suttner-Str. 734131 Kassel, Germany Phone: +49-561-9301-0 Fax: +49-561-9301-2160


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Gerhard R. Wolf • Chairman, Board of Executive Directors: Ralf Bethke • Member of the Board of Executive Directors: Norbert Steiner

Kemira GrowHow Oyj

Landec Ag, Inc.

LESCO, Inc. Yes

GrowHow. The Finnish industrial chemical company spun off its agrochemical unit to shareholders. GrowHow's own know-how lies in its various product lines for crop cultivation and animal nutrition: fertilizers (nitrogen-, phosphate-, and potassium-based), phosphates (for animal feed, feed acidifiers, and phosphoric acid), and industrial chemicals (primarily by-products and intermediates left over from the company's fertilizer manufacturing processes). GrowHow has production facilities in seven countries. The Finnish government owns about 30% of the company.

Address: Mechelininkatu 1a00181 Helsinki, Finland Phone: +358-10-215-111 Fax: +358-10-215-2126


• Chairman: Ossi Virolainen • President and CEO: Heikki Sirviö • CFO and Deputy CEO: Kaj Friman

Landec Ag's products provide something of a wake-up call for crop seeds. The subsidiary of Landec Corporation produces temperature-activated seed coatings that allow for earlier planting. The coatings, marketed under the brand name Intellicoat, protect seeds planted in cold weather and control germination time, thereby increasing crop yields and extending the time period during which farmers can plant seeds. The coatings are applied to corn and soybean seeds. It also sells seed corn through its subsidiary Fielder's Choice (and has acquired seed corn producer Heartland Hybrids). Landec Ag sells directly to 15,000 farmers in more than 40 states.

Address: 306 N. Main St.Monticello, IN 47960-2133 Phone: 574-583-2741 Fax: 574-583-2947

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2005): 23.00 M Employees (2005): 70

• President and CEO: Thomas F. (Tom) Crowley • CFO, CIO, and VP of Human Resources: Mike Godlove • VP, Marketing and New Business Development: Bill Gass

When LESCO sees a golf course or a lawn, it sees green. The company sells fertilizer, grass seed, and turf-protection products used on golf courses and lawns in the US, primarily under the LESCO name, but also under brands such as NOVEX (a longer-acting turf fertilizer). Major customers include landscapers, municipalities, and country clubs. Consumable goods (fertilizer, grass seed, herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) account for most of LESCO's sales, but the company also sells hard goods such as rotary mowers, spreaders, and sprayers. Lesco sells its products through more than 270 service centers, a fleet of roughly 70 tractor-trailer-based stores, and through sales representatives.

Address: 1301 E. 9th St., Ste. 1300Cleveland, OH 44114-1849 Phone: 216-706-9250 Fax: 216-706-5240


• President and CEO: Jeffrey L. Rutherford • VP, CFO, and Treasurer: Michael A. Weisbarth • VP, Real Estate and Store Planning: Michael L. Poole

Monsanto Company Yes

Nu-Gro Canada Corp.

Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd.

Makhteshim-Agan Industries (MAI) manufactures generic forms of crop protection chemicals. Its products include herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Its first proprietray crop protection product was Rimon, which is not toxic for humans. Formed by the 1998 Koor Industries' acquisition of two separate public companies, the agrochemicals company has operations worldwide. Koor has been selling part of its shares in the company and plans to reduce its voting capital to 34%. To help it expand its distribution for crop protection chemicals, MAI has agreed to buy a 49% stake in Dutch chemicals company Mabeno. Through subsidiaries MAI is also involved in food and nutraceuticals.

Address: 1 Azrieli CentreTel Aviv 67012, Israel Phone: +972-3-694-7977 Fax: +972-3-609-5012

• Chairman: Danny Biran • President and CEO: Shlomo Yanai • VP and CFO: Eli Assraf

Corn the size of a Trident missile? Not quite, but Monsanto is all about bioengineered crops. Monsanto helps farmers grow more crops by applying biotechnology, genomics, and molecular breeding technology to herbicides and seeds. Its flagship product, Roundup, is the world's #1 herbicide. Monsanto also produces genetically altered seeds (cotton, corn, soybean, and canola) that tolerate Roundup and resist bugs; it estimates that more than 70% of the world's insect- and herbicide-resistant crops bears its stamp. It also produces Asgrow, Hartz, and DEKALB seeds. In this decade Monsanto has been re-making itself as a seed and biotech company, as opposed to one focused on agricultural chemicals.

Address: 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63167 Phone: 314-694-1000 Fax: 314-694-8394

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2005): 6294.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.30% Employees (2004): 12,600 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-4.50%)

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Hugh Grant • EVP and CFO: Terrell K. (Terry) Crews • EVP, International Commercial: Brett D. Begemann

Nu-Gro Canada (formerly The Nu-Gro Corporation) is engaged in making and distributing packaged consumer lawn and garden prdoucts. It makes high-quality fertilizers, pet care products, and pest-control and horticultural products for consumer and commercial use. The company's consumer brands include Green Earth, Pickseed, Plant-Prod, Spectrum, and Vigoro. It also makes IB Nitrogen, Nitroform, Nutralene, and Orgaiform for the professional and golf industries. In 2004 the company was acquired by United Industries, which was subsequently acquired by Spectrum Brands (formerly Rayovac Corporation).

Address: 10 Craig St.Brantford, Ontario N3R 7J1, Canada Phone: 519-757-0077 Fax: 519-757-0080

• President and CEO: John D. Hill • CFO: Kelly Clinton • VP, Operations and General Manager, Professional Products: Sheldon O. Witte

Nufarm Limited

Nufarm UK Limited

Even if you've got an old farm, Nufarm would like to help you kill some weeds. Nufarm's Crop Protection division manufactures herbicides and pesticides, and its Industrial, Fine, and Performance Chemicals unit makes chlor-alkalies, surfactants, and coatings for pharmaceutical, automotive, and consumer companies. In 2002 Nufarm took control of the Australian and New Zealand marketing rights to Monsanto's Roundup brand of herbicides, and in 2004 it bought some of BASF's herbicide product lines, adding strength to Nufarm's European business. The company has been divesting noncore operations, including US-based Nufarm Specialty Products, to focus on its core crop protection business.

Address: 103-105 Pipe Rd.Laverton North, Victoria 3026, Australia Phone: +61-3-9282-1000 Fax: +61-3-9282-1001

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2004): 1106.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.20% Employees (2004): 2,613 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.80%

• Chairman: Kerry Hoggard • Managing Director, CEO, and Board Member: Doug Rathbone • CFO: Kevin Martin

Nufarm UK, a subsidiary of Australia-based crop protection manufacturer Nufarm Limited, specializes in producing herbicides. In addition to a broad array of phenoxyacetic and phenoxy propionic herbicides, Nufarm UK makes other crop protection and related agricultural chemicals, including fungicides, pesticides, adjuvant oils, and growth regulators. Products include Lentipur, an herbicide used on certain varieties of winter wheat, winter barley, triticale, and durum wheat grasses, and Nu-shot, an herbicide that controls common nettle, ragwort, brambles, and other difficult weeds in grasslands.

Address: Crabtree Manorway NorthBelvedere, Kent DA17 6BQ, England Phone: +44-208-319-7222 Fax: +44-208-319-7200

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2004): 314.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.60% Employees (2004): 940 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-7.80%)

• Country Manager: Graham K. Dickinson • Marketing Manager: Jonathan (Jon) Staton • Technical Manager: Tudor Dawkins

OCI Chemical Corporation

OCI Chemical primarily produces soda ash from its mining and manufacturing operations in Wyoming and Alabama. The company also makes sodium percarbonate, widely used in detergents and personal care products. Established as Stauffer Chemical in 1962, the company mines primarily in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming to recover the trona from which its soda ash is produced. OCI Chemical became a subsidiary of South Korea-based DC Chemical Co and was subsequently renamed in 1996 when DC Chemical acquired Rhone-Poulenc's US soda ash operations.

Address: 2 Corporate Dr.Shelton, CT 06484 Phone: 203-225-3100 Fax: 203-225-3198


• President and CEO: Christopher T. Fraser • CFO: Paul Francese • National Sales Manager: Kevin Golankiewicz

PCS Nitrogen, Inc. • EVP: James F. (Jim) Dietz

One of the largest nitrogen producers worldwide, PCS Nitrogen is a unit of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. PCS Nitrogen produces its parent company's nitrogen fertilizers and feed ingredients from four manufacturing facilities in the US and one in Trinidad. However, the company has indefinitely shut down its plant at Memphis. It produces ammonia, urea, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, and nitrogen solutions. The parent company acquires its ammonia at market rates through PCS Nitrogen. In addition to marketing its products to fertilizer customers, PCS Nitrogen also serves such industries as pharmaceuticals and plastics. Natural gas is the primary raw material of its products.

Address: 122 1st Ave. South, Ste. 500Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 7G3, Canada Phone: 306-933-8500


PCS Phosphate Company, Inc.

Plants, cows, and chickens have got to eat too, you know. The products of PCS Phosphate Company are used as ingredients for fertilizers (both liquid and solid), livestock and poultry feed, and industrial applications. Its operations form part of the phosphate business line of global agrochemical giant PotashCorp. The company also mines phosphates and potash. PCS Phosphate has eight manufacturing facilities in the US Southeast and Midwest and in Brazil. The unit is also a member company of Phosphate Chemicals Export Association Inc. (PhosChem), which was established to promote US Exports of phosphates.

Address: 122 1st Ave. South, Ste. 500Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 7G3, Canada Phone: 306-933-8500


• Chairman: William J. (Bill) Doyle • President and Director: Thomas J. (Tom) Regan Jr. • VP Technical Services: Clark H. Huff

Phibro Animal Health Corporation

Andre the Giant), Phibro Animal Health has changed its name to better reflect its core business. Rather than spinning spooky discs or being large, the former Philipp Brothers Chemicals manufactures specialty chemicals for agricultural and industrial uses. Its largest segment by far, Animal Health and Nutrition, produces feed additives, including trace minerals, vitamins, and antibiotics. Its antibacterials protect against salmonellosis and fowl cholera. Phibro's Industrial Chemicals unit produces pigments, as well as minerals such as iron and manganese, which are used as colorants and in brick, masonry, and glass. Chairman Jack Bendheim owns the company.

Address: 65 Challenger Rd., 3rd Fl.RidgeField Park, NJ 07660 Phone: 201-329-7300 Fax: 201-329-7399

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 364.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1.70% Employees (2005): 992 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-5.60%)

• Chairman and President: Jack C. Bendheim • CEO: Gerald K. Carlson • CFO: Richard G. Johnson

Prince Agri Products, Inc.

and swine. The company, a subsidiary of Phibro Animal Health (formerly called Philipp Brothers Chemicals), refines trace minerals such as cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc, as well as additives to be used as premixes for animal feed. Its CHROMAX (chromium tripicolinate) is a nutritional supplement fed to over 3 million sows every day. Prince Agri also makes feed flavoring additives such as the raspberry-flavored PIGORTEK for piglets. The company was founded in 1980.

Address: 1 Prince PlazaQuincy, IL 62306 Phone: 217-222-8854 Fax: 217-222-5098


• President: Marvin S. Sussman • VP, Finance and Administration: Clayton Lamkin • VP, Operations: Greg McLean

Spur Ventures Inc. Yes

Syngenta AG Yes

Sinochem Hong Kong Holdings Limited

agricultural products. It also is the largest importer of fertilizer products in China. Sinochem Corporation, one of the biggest state-owned corporations in China, controls about three quarters of the company. Sinochem Hong Kong acquired the Sinochem fertilizer business in 2005; previously it was managed Sinochem's property investments and investment holdings. Sinochem Hong Kong was founded in 1994, in order to trade on the Hong Kong stock exchange. PotashCorp acquired a 10% stake in the company in 2005 and raised its holdings to 20% early the next year; the total investment is about $225 million.

Address: 1 Harbour RoadWanchai, Hong Kong Phone: +852-2850-7689 Fax: +852-2850-7229

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 1.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-90.00%) • CEO and Director: Du Ke

Ping Spur Ventures is involved in phosphate mining and phosphate fertilizer manufacturing in a joint venture with Yichang Phosphorous Chemicals Co. in China. The Canadian company, which holds a majority interest in the venture, plans to produce up to 1 million tons annually of NPK fertilizer (a compound containing nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium) in China's central province of Hubei. Spur Ventures has completed construction of a phosphoric acid plant in Yichang, which has the capacity to produce 60,000 tons of phosphoric acid per year. The product will be used to supply the joint venture's fertilizer plant, which has the capacity to produce 100,000 tons per year of NPK fertilizer.

Address: 1055 Dunsmuir St., Four Bentall Centre, Ste. 2684Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1L3, Canada Phone: 604-689-5564 Fax: 604-609-9836


• Chairman: Steven G. (Steve) Dean • CEO: Robert J. Rennie • President: Y.B. Ian He

Syngenta helps to feed the world. The company is neck and neck with Bayer CropScienceto be recognized as the world's largest agrochemical company (each well ahead of Monsanto and DuPont). The company produces crop protection products (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), field crop seeds (soybeans), vegetable seeds (corn, beans, tomatoes), and flowers. Syngenta and Myriad Genetics have mapped the rice genome, which could make rice crops more resistant to disease and lead to the genetic mapping of other cereals like wheat and corn. Drug giants Novartis and AstraZeneca created Syngenta when they joined their seeds and agrochemical businesses as an independent company in 2000.

Address: Schwarzwaldallee 2154058 Basel, Switzerland Phone: +41-61-323-11-11 Fax: +41-61-323-12-12


• Chairman: J. Martin Taylor • CEO: Michael P. Pragnell • CFO: Domenico Scala

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Plagues of locusts, weevils, or any other kind of crop-destroying bugs are no match for Syngenta Crop Protection. The subsidiary of Syngenta AG, manufactures more than 130 products (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and seed treatments) used by farmers and pest control operators to control insects, crop diseases, and weeds. The company operates manufacturing and development facilities in the US. Its agrochemical products are used to protect all manner of crops from corn and soybeans to cotton and peanuts. Syngenta's brands include Callisto, Omega, Actara, Helix, and SecureChoice.

Address: 410 Swing Rd.Greensboro, NC 27409 Phone: 336-632-6000 Fax: 336-632-7353


• President: Valdemar Fischer • COO: John C. Atkin • VP, Finance: Braydon Winch

Yes

Tetra Micronutrients

The Mosaic Company Yes

Yes

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P.

There's a lot of dirt out there on Terra Nitrogen, which produces nitrogen fertilizer products. The company operates a plant in Oklahoma that produces ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution. Farmers use the company's products to improve crop yield and quality of crops. Terra Nitrogen sells its products wholesale to dealers, distributors, and national farm retail chain outlets, primarily in the central and southern Plains and Corn Belt regions of the US. Agrochemical company Terra Industries is Terra Nitrogen's general partner and owns 75% of its shares.

Address: Terra Centre, 600 4th St.Sioux City, IA 51102-6000 Phone: 712-277-1340 Fax: 712-233-3648

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 454.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 8.50% Employees (2005): 0

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Michael L. (Mike) Bennett • SVP, CFO, and Director: Francis G. (Frank) Meyer • Manager, Communications: Kim Mathers

Turns out that not all dirt is created equal. Tetra Micronutrients produces mineral additives that make bad dirt better. Its zinc and manganese micronutrients are completely water-soluble, which is important in actually getting the micronutrients to the plants where they improve plant nutrition and the health of animals that eat the plants. The company is based in Texas, has its manufacturing facility in Nebraska, and its sales force is spread throughout the US and into Mexico and Canada.

Address: 230 Spring Hill Dr., Ste. 310The Woodlands, TX 77386 Phone: 281-419-9430 Fax: 281-292-9562

Revenue (2005): 376.50 M Employees (2005): 1,200

• President: Michael Deiker • Director, Sales and Marketing: Kipp Smallwood • Manager, Administration: Peggy Rivas

Lots of little pieces have joined together to form The Mosaic Company's big picture. The company was pieced together from the merger of IMC Global and Cargill's former crop nutrition unit in late 2004, creating one of the world's largest makers of phosphate and potash crop nutrients. Mosaic combined IMC's largely domestic business with the global reach provided by Cargill's businesses; in fact, Mosaic does more than two-thirds of its business outside the US. Cargill owns two-thirds of Mosaic, marking the first public ownership of any part of Cargill, the largest private company in the US.

Address: 3033 Campus Dr., Ste. E490Plymouth, MN 55441 Phone: 763-577-2700 Fax: 763-559-2860

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2005): 4396.70 M

• Chairman: Robert L. Lumpkins • President, CEO, and Director: Fredric W. (Fritz) Corrigan • EVP and CFO: Lawrence W. (Larry) Stranghoener

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

(SMG, formerly The Scotts Company), the world's largest maker and marketer of horticultural and turf products. Its garden and indoor plant care items include grass seeds, fertilizers, herbicides, potting soils, and related tools. Brand names include Ortho, Miracle-Gro, Hyponex, and Turf Builder. Scotts markets Monsanto's Roundup herbicide products for the consumer market and has a lawn and shrub care service. It owns upscale garden retailer Smith & Hawken. Siblings James Hagedorn (chairman and CEO) and Katherine Littlefield (a director) own a third of SMG. Hagedorn and Littlefield are the children of Horace Hagedorn, the creator of Miracle-Gro plant food.

Address: 14111 Scottslawn Rd.Marysville, OH 43041 Phone: 937-644-0011 Fax: 937-644-7614


• President and COO: Robert F. Bernstock • EVP and CFO: Christopher L. (Chris) Nagel • Chairman and CEO: James (Jim) Hagedorn

Trans-Resources, Inc.

UAP Holding Corp. Yes

Yara International ASA

Better gardening through chemicals. Trans-Resources, Inc. (TRI) makes specialty plant nutrients as well as industrial and organic chemicals for businesses worldwide. Through Haifa Chemicals, TRI is the world's largest producer of potassium nitrate, a specialized growth nutrient for produce and tobacco; it controls about half of the world market for potassium nitrate. Haifa Chemicals also produces other fertilizers and food additives. The unit's products are marketed under the Multi-K and Multicote brands. Other TRI subsidiaries make water-soluble and liquid-starter fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, horticulture supplies, and irrigation equipment. Chairman Arie Genger and family own the company.

Address: 200 W. 57th St.New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-515-4100 Fax: 212-515-4111

• Chairman and CEO: Arie Genger • President and COO: William Dowd • Controller: Caron Peters

healthy plants, UAP Holding minds the crops. Through its United Agri Products subsidiary, the company distributes crop production supplies, including seeds, fertilizers, and pest and weed killers, to regional dealers and growers throughout the US and Canada. Its suppliers include BASF, Dow AgroSciences, and Monsanto; it also markets its own manufactured products under brands including ACA, Salvo, Savage, Shotgun, and Dyna-Gro. The company provides crop and inventory management, biotechnology advising, and custom blending services. UAP Holding became a publicly traded entity in 2004; investment firm Apollo Management owns a 34% stake in the company.

Address: 7251 W. 4th St.Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: 970-356-4400 Fax: 970-347-1560

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2005): 2506.70 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1000.40% Employees (2005): 3,440 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-5.00%)

• President, CEO, and Director: L. Kenneth (Kenny) Cordell • EVP, Products Company: Kevin Howard • President, Distribution: Bryan S. Wilson

Yara International tries to make the world green -- and, in the process, make a little green of its own. The manufacturer of fertilizers and industrial gases is among the world's largest plant nutrient companies and ammonia producers and marketers, selling more than 20 million metric tons of fertilizer per year. It is also a top supplier of CO2 and nitrogen chemicals to industrial markets and of nitrates to the explosives industry. Environmental operations include manufacturing products to improve the taste of drinking water and reduce nitric oxide pollution. Formerly known as Hydro Agri, the company was spun off in early 2004 by Norwegian alumnium maker Norsk Hydro. Yara markets its products worldwide.

Address: Bygdøy allé 2N-0202 Oslo, Norway Phone: +47-24-15-70-00 Fax: +47-24-15-72-67


• Chairman: Øivind Lund • President and CEO: Thorleif Enger • EVP and COO: Daniel Clauw

Yara North America, Inc.

Yara America's theme is Man against Nature as it strives to develop environmentally friendly applications for its fertilizers. Yara America is the North American subsidiary of Norwegian fertilizer company Yara International. The company produces both nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers to the agricultural and horticultural industry from Yara's network of about nearly 50 terminals in the US and Canada. Yara also produces nearly a quarter of the world's total market share of ammonia. Yara's North American unit was formerly called Hydro Agri North America before its parent company was spun off from industrial giant Norsk Hydro ASA in early 2004.

Address: 100 N. Tampa, Ste. 3200Tampa, FL 33602 Phone: 813-222-5700 Fax: 813-875-5735

• President: Jack Gale • VP, Finance and Administration: Leesa Burns • Marketing Manager: Peter Valesares


Alcan Inc. Yes

Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd

The many-armed 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 rayon fiber in the world as well as Asia's largest aluminum producer. Its subsidiaries also provide business, financial, and IT services. This rising sun (Aditya is the Sanskrit word for sun) has come a long way from its roots in the tiny Rajasthani village of Pilani, where Seth Shiva Narayan Birla started trading cotton in 1857.

Address: S.K. Ahire Marg, WorliMumbai 400 025, India Phone: +91-5652-5000 Fax: +91-5652-5750

• Chairman: Kumar M. Birla • Director, Human Resources and CTO: Santrupt Misra • Director, Corporate Strategy and Business Development,: Bharat K. Singh

Its Alcan-do attitude has helped make Alcan one of the world's largest aluminum producers, behind the US's Alcoa. The company controls 13% of the world's aluminum production capacity. It mines bauxite (aluminum ore) and makes and recycles aluminum sheet, foil, wire and cable, and extrusions (doors, windows, auto parts). Alcan also generates hydroelectric power and makes aluminum-related specialty chemicals and packaging products. This decade has proved busy for Alcan. It bought Algroup in 2000, Pechiney in 2003, and spun off its aluminum rolled products unit into a public company called Novelis in early 2005.

Address: 1188 Sherbrooke St. WestMontreal, Quebec H3A 3G2, Canada Phone: 514-848-8000 Fax: 514-848-8115


• Chairman: L. Yves Fortier • President, CEO, and Director: Richard B. (Dick) Evans • EVP and CFO: Michael Hanley

Alcan Singen GmbH

makes for the automotive and other industries. The company makes rolling mill and extrusion products, composite materials, components, and aluminum systems. An indirect subsidiary of US-based Alcan Inc., it is known for its lightweight automotive structures, offiering an array of components for crash systems and body structures. The Volkswagen Beetle was one of the first autos to use its products. The company's aluminum crossmembers on front bumpers are designed to give way upon impact to prevent further damage to the body structure. Alcan Singen also makes aluminum modules designed to reduce the weight of the front section.

Address: Alusingen-Platz 1G-78224 Singen, Germany Phone: +49-7731-80-0 Fax: +49-7731-80-2222

• Managing Director/Site Manager: Peter Hutsch • Managing Director/Labor Director: Thomas Sigi • CFO: Joachim Blatter

Alcoa Home Exteriors, Inc.

You'll never have reason to pay a bunch of guys in white coveralls to climb around your house with an electric paint sprayer. That's the pitch over at Alcoa Home Exteriors. The company, a subsidiary of global aluminum giant Alcoa, manufactures aluminum trim, siding, injection-molded shutters, and accessories for the light construction and residential industries. Alcoa Home Exteriors also makes rain removal and ventilation systems. Its brand names include Mastic (siding sold under the lines Cedar Discovery, QUEST, and Brentwood) and Alcoa-branded siding (lines including Grand Sierra, Liberty Elite, and Board & Batten).

Address: 1590 Omega Dr.Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Phone: 412-249-6000 Fax: 412-249-6059

• President and CEO: Gary Acinapura • VP, Finance: Antonio Pugas • VP, Operations: Greg Boatright

Alcoa Inc. Yes

Alumina Limited

Alcoa is one of the world's top producers of alumina (aluminum's principal ingredient, processed from bauxite) and aluminum. Its vertically integrated operations include bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting; primary products include alumina and its chemicals, automotive components, and sheet aluminum for beverage cans. The company's non-aluminum products include consumer products, fiber-optic cables, food service and flexible packaging products, and plastic closures. Major markets include the aerospace, automotive, construction, and packaging industries. Alcoa has gained presence in China's aluminum market by forming a strategic alliance with Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco).

Address: 390 Park Ave.New York, NY 10022-4608 Phone: 412-553-4545


• Chairman and CEO: Alain J. P. Belda • EVP and CFO: Joseph C. (Joe) Muscari • EVP, Corporate Development: Barbara S. Jeremiah

Alexandria Extrusion Company

Alexandra Extrusion makes precision aluminum extruded products such as custom front panels and heat sinks. The company's services include assembly, CNC (computerized numerical control) machining, finishing, stretch forming, and welding. Alexandria Extrusion markets its products to companies in a variety of industries, such as electronics, medical equipment, power tools, telecommunications, and transportation. President Tom Schabel owns the company, which was founded in 1966.

Address: 401 County Rd. 22 NWAlexandria, MN 56308 Phone: 320-763-6537 Fax: 320-763-9250


• President: Tom Schabel • VP Sales and Marketing: Brian Bloedorn • VP Administration and Treasurer: Tim Froemming

Allied Metal Company

to zinc. The company smelts aluminum and refines zinc to produce a variety of alloys; it also provides metal analysis services. The company's main customers are in the appliance, automotive, electronics, housewares, and toy industries. Allied Metal operates from facilities in Chicago and in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1953.

Address: 2059 S. Canal St.Chicago, IL 60616-1515 Phone: 312-225-2800 Fax: 312-225-1161

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2005): 28.40 M Employees (2005): 120 • VP, Sales: Michael

Gilford industry. Formed and operating through a spinoff of WMC Resources' 40% stake in Alcoa's subsidiary, Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC), the company manufactures bauxite, alumina, alumina-based chemicals, and aluminum. AWAC is considered the largest producer of alumina (a refined product of bauxite ore used in making aluminum) and a major producer of alumina-based chemicals. The alumina produced by AWAC is sold mainly to Alcoa's smelting facilities. Overseas customers in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and the US purchase the rest of the alumina.

Address: IBM Tower, 60 City Rd., Level 12Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia Phone: +61-3-8699-2600 Fax: +61-3-8699-2699

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 2.90 M Employees (2004): 7,500 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.30%)

• Chairman: Donald M. Morley • CEO and Director: John Marlay • CFO: Ken A. Dean

Aluminium of Greece Industrial and Commercial S.A.

"aluminating"): Aluminium of Greece mines bauxite and produces hydrated and calcined alumina, as well as aluminum created through electrolysis. The company's finished aluminum is marketed to automobile manufacturers and manufacturers of building materials and packaging. Aluminium of Greece's Delphes & Distomon subsidiary operates underground mines to extract bauxite used by its parent for aluminum production. In March 2005 Alcan sold its 60%-plus interest in Aluminium of Greece to Mytilineos Holdings. Alcan had gained that interest through its 2004 acquisition of Pechiney.

Address: 1, Sekeri St.106 71 Athens, Greece Phone: +30-210-36-93-000 Fax: +30-210-36-93-615


• Chairman: Jason Stratos • Managing Director: Jacques Gani • CFO: John Dimou

Yes

Behr Aluminum, Inc.

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) has masterminded its way into mixing alumina and aluminum. Chalco is the only maker of alumina -- which is refined from bauxite and a key material in producing aluminum -- in China. The company produces over 6 million tons of alumina products (including alumina, alumina hydrate and alumina chemicals), which makes it the second-largest maker of alumina in the world. Chalco also produces just under 8 million tons of primary aluminum annually. Chinalco, a state-owned enterprise, owns more than 40% of the company.

Address: No. 12B Fuxing Rd., Haidian DistrictBeijing 100814, China Phone: +86-10-6397-1767 Fax: +86-10-6397-1690


• Chairman and CEO: Xiao Yaqing • President and Director: Xiong Weiping • VP, CFO, and Director: Chen Jihua

ARCO Aluminum, Inc.

Through its Logan Aluminum unit, ARCO Aluminum manufactures aluminum sheet, which is used mainly by the beverage and automotive industries. Logan Alumnium's offerings include automotive sheet, building products, distributor sheet, food can stock, and rigid container sheet. Logan Aluminum is a joint venture of ARCO Aluminum and Novelis, a spinoff of Alcan. ARCO Aluminum is owned by oil giant BP, which acquired the company as part of its purchase of Atlantic Richfield Company (known as ARCO) in 2000.

Address: 9960 Corporate Campus Dr. Ste. 3000Louisville, KY 40223-4048 Phone: 502-566-5700 Fax: 502-566-5740


Key People • President and Business Unit Leader: Patrick Franc • VP Operations: David Brown • VP Finance: David Sourwine

Audubon Metals, LLC

What is scrap to some is a precious metal to Audubon Metals. The company recycles shredded automobiles and smelts the aluminum for use by diecasters throughout the Midwest. Once it receives the shredded automobile, Audubon Metals processes, dries, melts, alloys, and delivers the new aluminum alloy castings to the customer. By-products such as brass and copper are also recovered from the automobile scrap. The company first began operating in 1996.

Address: 3055 Ohio Dr.Henderson, KY 42420-4394 Phone: 270-830-6622 Fax: 270-830-9987


• President and General Manager: Jim Butkus • Treasurer: Keith Schultheis • VP, Sales: Marty Wohadlo

Behr Aluminum, formerly known as Behr Metals, wrestles with aluminum everyday. The company, a subsidiary of Joseph Behr and Sons, uses recycled aluminum to produce ingots and other products for companies such as General Motors. Joseph Behr and Sons also operates a trucking company, a construction firm, a scrap iron and steel supplier, and a specialty metals processor. The company was founded in 1906 by Russian immigrant Joseph Behr.

Address: 1100 Seminary St.Rockford, IL 61104 Phone: 815-987-2750 Fax: 815-987-9876


• President: Frank Weissert

CAP Aluminium Systems Ltd.

CAP Aluminium Systems fabricates and installs aluminum and terracotta cladding to architectural support systems. The company also provides services such as curtain walling, roof glazing, and rain screen cladding. CAP Aluminium Systems has assisted in projects such as the Broadway Plaza (Birmingham), Evelina Children's Hospital (London), The New Pentland Centre (Finchley), and the University of Surrey (Guildford). Founded in 1983, the company is Kawneer's largest dealer of Pilkington Planar structural glazing and Wright Style steel fire rated glazing systems.

Address: Systems House, Spon LaneWest Bromwich, West Midlands B70 6AA, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1215-251-000 Fax: +44-1215-255-010


• Managing Director: Tim Robinson • Commercial Director: Graham Kendrick • Finance Director: Gerry Morley

Yes

Yes

Century Aluminum Company

When the aluminum century rolls around, this company will be ready. Century Aluminum makes primary molten and ingot aluminum at facilities in Hawesville, Kentucky; Ravenswood, West Virginia; and Grundartangi, Iceland. (The Iceland facility is operated by subsidiary Nordural.) Century Aluminum also owns a 49.67% stake in an aluminum production facility in Mount Holly, South Carolina. Together, aluminum producer Pechiney (part of Alcan) and wire and cable maker Southwire account for a little more than half of Century Aluminum's sales. Former parent Glencore International, a major customer as well as a supplier to Century Aluminum, still has about a 30% stake in the company.

Address: 2511 Garden Rd., Bldg. A, Ste. 200Monterey, CA 93940 Phone: 831-642-9300 Fax: 831-642-9399


• President, CEO, and Director: Logan W. Kruger • EVP and COO: E. Jack Gates • EVP and CFO: Michael A. Bless

Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC

room table than a shiny stack of aluminum ingots from Columbia Falls Aluminum. Their primary ingots (sheet and t-bar are also available) are the hostess' choice when entertaining. Columbia Falls Aluminum, a subsidiary of Glencore International AG, manufactures primary aluminum at its reduction plant in Montana. The company, like all US aluminum producers, is being challenged by increases in energy costs.

Address: 2000 Alluminum Dr.Columbia Falls, MT 59912 Phone: 406-892-8400 Fax: 406-892-8201

• VP and General Manager: Steve Knight • Financial Controller: Rob Vixie

Comital Saiag S.p.A.

company just doesn't have as much bounce in its step. The company 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). Comital Saiag has about 20 production facilities in Italy and elsewhere. In 2003 Saiag was taken over by the Italian company Cortiplast, which is controlled by the family of Comital Saiag's chairman Cornelio Valetto, and the next year Saiag and its subsidiary Comital merged to form, what else, Comital Saiag.

Address: Strada Brandizzo, 13010088 Volpiano, Torino, Italy Phone: +39-011-982-2111

• Chairman: Cornelio Valetto • Managing Director: Maurizio Piglione

Cymat Corp.

Cymat has made foam-forming a business. The company designs, develops, and manufactures 3D aluminum foam castings which are primarily used to make automobiles lighter and safer. The company's primary product is SmartMetal, a stabilized aluminum foam (SAF). The aluminum foam is molded by sending gas through molten aluminum that can be formed into flat sheets and other shapes. Cymat's biggest partners include Georg Fischer and Brembo. The company was first formed in the 1990's to produce aluminum packaging for the pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries.

Address: 6320-2 Danville Rd.Mississauga, Ontario L5T 2L7, Canada Phone: 905-696-9900 Fax: 905-696-9300

Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2004): 0.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.80% Employees (2004): 31 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-26.20%)

Key People • Chairman: Terence J. Smith • President, CEO, and Director: Paul A. Tichauer • CFO and Secretary: Richard P. Rogers

Empire Resources, Inc.

When it comes to aluminum, Empire Resources is especially resourceful. The company distributes semifinished aluminum products, including sheet, foil, wire, cast products, and aluminum powder and paste. Products are sold primarily to manufacturers of appliances, automobiles, packaging, and housing materials. Empire Resources provides a variety of related services, including sourcing of aluminum products, storage and delivery, and handling foreign exchange transactions. Company president and CEO Nathan Kahn and CFO Sandra Kahn, who are husband and wife, own 54% of Empire Resources.

Address: 1 Parker PlazaFort Lee, NJ 07024 Phone: 201-944-2200 Fax: 201-944-2226


• Non-Executive Chairman: William Spier • President, CEO, and Director: Nathan Kahn • VP, CFO, and Director: Sandra R. Kahn

• CEO: Dietrich Gross

Exco Technologies Limited

Exco Technologies manufactures die-casting and aluminum extrusion products and services to the automotive industry. The company's casting and extrusion technology unit manufactures die casting machines, high precision tooling for small die casting and plastic injection molding machines, and single cell die ovens. Its automotive solutions unit (through its Neocon and Polytech divisions) makes such items as door pockets, restrain systems, and slide-out tables, primarily for passenger cars and light trucks. Exco operates more than a dozen facilities in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, and the US.

Address: 130 Spy Ct., 2nd Fl.Markham, Ontario L3R 5H6, Canada Phone: 905-477-3065 Fax: 905-477-2449


• Chairman: Helmut Hofmann • President and CEO: Brian A. Robbins • EVP: Bonnie M. Cartwright

Hindalco Industries Limited

Hindalco thinks copper, and aluminum, is nifty. The company is India's largest aluminum producer and operates the country's largest copper smelting and refining plant, located in Gujarat. Hindalco also owns the Mount Gordon and Nifty copper mines in Australia. The company's aluminum products include wire rods, ingots, billets, aluminum alloy wheels, aluminum packaging and foils (blister, cigarette, lidding, light gauge, and foil laminates). Its copper products include cast copper rods for power and communication cables, strips for power and distribution transformers, magnet wire, and copper cathodes. Hindalco is a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla. It was founded in 1958.

Address: Century Bhavan, 3rd Fl., Dr. Annie Besant Rd., WorliMumbai 400 025, India Phone: +91-22-5662-6666 Fax: +91-22-2436-2516

• Chairman: Kumar M. Birla • Managing Director: Debu Bhattacharya • Group Executive President and CFO: R. K. Kasliwal

Hydro Aluminium AS

Hydro Aluminium's products can be turned into everything from soda cans to car bodies. The company forms Norsk Hydro's aluminum business and accounts for than half of the Norwegian industrial corporation's annual sales. Hydro Aluminium ranks among the world's top three aluminum producers with Alcan and Alcoa. Norsk Hydro acquired Germany's VAW aluminium in 2002, and the combined businesses possess strength in the automotive, packaging, construction, and printing industries. While based in Europe, Hydro Aluminium conducts business worldwide and is particularly strong in North America and Asia.

Address: N-0240 Oslo, Norway Phone: +47-22-53-8100 Fax: +47-22-53-7930


• EVP and Head of Aluminum: Torstein Dale (Dale) Sjøtveit • CFO: Peik Norenberg

Jupiter Aluminum Corporation

Jupiter Aluminum aims to shine in the galaxy of aluminum producers. The company manufactures aluminum coil that is primarily used to make building and construction products such as drip edge, gutters and downspouts, screen frames, trim and soffits, and vents and louvers. The company's coil products also are used by manufacturers of cookware, irrigation equipment, license plates, and sign blanks. Jupiter Aluminum provides both mill-finish and painted coils. The company makes its products from recycled aluminum. It purchases scrap such as aluminum wire and cable, painted aluminum, used beverage cans, and segregated aluminum alloy clippings and solids. Jupiter Aluminum was founded in 1992.

Address: 1745 E 165th St.Hammond, IN 46320 Phone: 219-932-3322 Fax: 219-933-2728

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 100.00 M Employees (2005): 200

Yes

• President: Mike Harris

MAXXAM Inc. Yes

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

has slimmed down considerably and now operates 11 fabricated products manufacturing plants in the US and Canada and one minority-owned aluminum smelting facility in the UK. Following on a 2002 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company has sold its bauxite and alumina mining businesses and closed up shop in its commodities marketing unit. The company's main customers are in the aerospace, industrial, and transportation markets. MAXXAM has a 62% stake in the company. The bankruptcy filing came as a result of the economic slowdown of the first part of the decade, weakened aluminum prices, and mounting asbestos litigation.

Address: 27422 Portola Pkwy., Ste. 350Foothill Ranch, CA 92610-2831 Phone: 949-614-1740 Fax: 949-614-1930


• Chairman: George T. Haymaker Jr. • President, CEO, and Director: Jack A. Hockema • VP and Controller: Daniel D. Maddox

Logan Aluminum, Inc.

Those folks who like to crush beer cans against their foreheads owe a lot to Logan Aluminum. Formed in 1985, Logan manufactures aluminum sheet that is used primarily by the beverage industry. A joint-venture of ARCO Aluminum and Novelis Logan Aluminum consists of one production facility that also manufactures products for makers of building products and rigid containers as well as for the automotive industry. Its technology includes ingot casting, hot and cold rolling, and finishing. It had been partly owned by Alcan until the early 2005 spin-off of Novelis.

Address: 6920 Lewisburg Rd.Russellville, KY 42276-9309 Phone: 270-755-6000 Fax: 270-755-6617


Loxcreen Company Inc.

Aluminum and plastics products maker Loxcreen does its part to keep the outside out and the inside in. The company specializes in custom aluminum and vinyl extrusions; it also produces and supplies a full line of screen doors, storm doors, windows, roofing products (flashing and edging), and ventilation products (foundation vents, ridge vents, and soffit vents). Loxcreen also offers floor trim and weather stripping. The company was founded in 1947.

Address: 1630 Old Dunbar Rd.West Columbia, SC 29171 Phone: 803-822-8200 Fax: 803-822-8547


• President: John W. Parrish Jr. • CFO: Charles C. Rone Jr.

With a reputation for taking it to the max, corporate raider Charles Hurwitz operates MAXXAM, an eclectic mix of businesses ranging from aluminum and timber products to real estate and horse racing. MAXXAM's top revenue source is Kaiser Aluminum, which has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since 2002. MAXXAM's timber subsidiary, Pacific Lumber, owns about 205,000 acres of old-growth redwood and Douglas fir timberlands in Humboldt County, California. MAXXAM's real estate interests include commercial and residential properties in Arizona, California, Texas, and Puerto Rico. The company also owns the Sam Houston Race Park, a horseracing track near Houston. Chairman and CEO Charles Hurwitz controls 77% of MAXXAM.

Address: 1330 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 2000Houston, TX 77056 Phone: 713-975-7600 Fax: 713-267-3701


• Chairman and CEO: Charles E. Hurwitz • EVP and CFO: John H. Karnes

Metal Container Corporation

gratitude to the Metal Container Corporation (MCC). The subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch's packaging segment makes cans and lids for Anheuser-Busch Companies and also supplies the US soft-drink container market. MCC makes more than 25 billion cans and 28 billion lids annually and supplies nearly 65% of Anheuser-Busch's cans and three-quarters of its lids. The company operates eight can and three lid manufacturing facilities in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

Address: 3636 S. Geyer Rd.St. Louis, MO 63127-1237 Phone: 314-957-9500

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Joseph P. Sellinger • EVP and COO: Ranjive (Tony) Bhalla • VP and CFO; Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group, Inc. and Metal C: Gary A. Bybee

Norandal USA, Inc

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Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.

Nippon Light Metal Company (NLM) is heavily into aluminum. The company's operations span the process from turning bauxite ore into alumina, to smelting aluminum, to fabricating finished aluminum products. It makes aluminum ingot, aluminum sheets and extrusions, chemicals (aluminum hydroxide, caustic soda, fluorine), fabricated products, and building materials. Fabricated products (bridges, fuel tanks, ladders) make up about 40% of NLM's sales; building materials (scaffolds, fences and railings, soundproof walls) contribute about a third of sales. Founded in 1939, the company has aluminum processing facilities throughout Asia and in North America.

Address: NYK Tennoz Building, 2-20, Higashi-Shinagawa, 2-chome, ShinagawTokyo 140-6828, Japan Phone: +81-3-5461-9333 Fax: +81-3-5461-9344

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 5037.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 17.50% Employees (2004): 12,598 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.20% • President, CEO, and

Director: Shigesato Sato

Noranda Aluminum, Inc.

Noranda Aluminum, a unit of Canada-based mining giant Falconbridge (formerly known as Noranda), manufactures aluminum extrusion billets, aluminum redrawn rods, high-strength aluminum alloys, and other primary aluminum products. Noranda Aluminum was founded in 1968, and the company's first plant began operations the next year. A separate Falconbridge unit, Norandal USA, operates aluminum rolling mills.

Address: 801 Crescent Centre DrFranklin, TN 37067-6224 Phone: 615-771-5700 Fax: 615-771-5701


• President, Primary Products: Keith Gregston • Technical Manager: David (Dave) Hart

Norandal USA is responsible for keeping leftovers fresh. The company operates four aluminum rolling mills where it makes household foil, converter foil, fin stock, and transformer windings for the consumer packaging, power distribution, refrigeration, and automotive industries. Its plants are located in Franklin and Huntingdon, Tennessee; Salisbury, North Carolina; and Newport, Arkansas and cumulatively produce more than 200,000 metric tons annually. Norandal USA is a subsidiary of Falconbridge, formerly known as Noranda prior to its 2005 merger with the former Falconbridge Limited.

Address: 801 Crescent Centre Dr., Ste. 600Franklin, TN 37067 Phone: 615-778-2000 Fax: 615-778-8843


• President: Scott Croft • VP and Controller: Ed Darnell

Nordural, also known as Nordic Aluminum, operates the Nordural primary aluminum reduction facility located in Grundartangi, Iceland. The primary aluminum metal manufacturer has a production capacity of about 90,000 metric tons per year, but Nordural is currently expanding the facility, which will increase production to more than 220,000 metric tons by late 2006. In 2004 US-based aluminum producer Century Aluminum acquired the company from investment firm Columbia Ventures Corporation. Columbia Ventures built the Nordural aluminum smelting facility in 1998.

Address: Grundartanga301 Akranes, Iceland Phone: +354-430-1000


• Managing Director: Richard A Starkweather • CFO, Public Relations, and Administration: Ragnar Guðmundsson

Norsk Hydro Americas, Inc.

Drilling for oil and gas in the waters off of New Foundland and manufacturing aluminum in Argentina, Norsk Hydro Americas has just about all of the western hemisphere covered through its varied operations. A subsidiary of Norwegian metals and energy giant Norsk Hydro, the unit is active in its parent's two primary industries: aluminum production and oil and energy exploration. Norsk Hydro is the world's third largest aluminum producer, and North America makes up a significant part of that business. This American unit accounts for more than 10% of its parent's total sales.

Address: 15995 N. Barkers Landing Rd.Houston, TX 77079-2467 Phone: 281-504-1100 Fax: 281-504-1101


• President: Odd S. Gullberg • VP, Treasury: Randy Haynes • VP, Corporate Communications: Anne Ekern

Novelis Inc. Yes

Ormet Corporation

Scepter, Inc.

Northwest Aluminum Specialties, Inc.

Northwest Aluminum Specialties produces aluminum billet in a variety of alloys. The company's log-shaped cast billet products, which range in diameter from 2.4 inches to 11 inches, can be used by customers in hot extrusion and hot or cold impact extrusion and as hot or cold forging stock. End products made from the company's billet include air bag canisters, automotive wheels and wheel covers, bicycle frames, and missile housings.

Address: 3313 W. 2nd St.The Dalles, OR 97058 Phone: 541-296-6161 Fax: 541-298-0888

• President: Brett Wilcox • CFO: William Reid • VP, Marketing and Sales: Daniel Gnall

Nothing can foil Novelis because it has the art of rolling aluminum in the can . . . the aluminum can, that is. Novelis, a spinoff of Alcan, manufactures aluminum rolled semi-finished products primarily used by the construction and industrial, foil products, transportation, and beverage and food can industries. The rolled aluminum is made with a variety of alloy mixtures in a range of hardnesses, thicknesses, and widths, with various coatings and finishes designed specifically for its end-use segments. Customers include Agfa-Gevaert, Anheuser-Busch Companies, DaimlerChrysler , General Motors, Rexam PLC, and Visteon Corporation.

Address: 3399 Peachtree Rd. NE, Lenox Bldg., Ste. 1500Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: 404-814-4200 Fax: 404-814-4219


• Chairman: J. E. Newall • CEO and Director: Brian W. Sturgell • COO: Martha Finn-Brooks

Ohio Valley Aluminum Company, LLC

The Ohio Valley Aluminum Company (OVACO) makes aluminum billets for the aluminum extrusions industry. (A billet is pushed or drawn through a die to create an extruded, or shaped, product, such as a frame or rail.) The company operates from facilities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio that can produce some 450 million pounds of billets annually. OVACO cuts billets according to customer specifications; it can produce billets ranging in length from 18 inches to 216 inches. The company was founded in 1955.

Address: 1100 Brooks Industrial Rd.Shelbyville, KY 40065 Phone: 502-633-2783 Fax: 502-633-0589

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2005): 250.00 M Employees (2005): 500

• Chairman: Jeffrey L Mackin • President: Don Carey • VP Sales: Ed Wiegand

aluminum ore (bauxite) and manufactures aluminum ingot, billet (pressed bars), sheet, foil, and other products for the fabrication, extrusion, and conversion markets. The company maintains facilities in Louisiana and Ohio. Ormet emerged from bankruptcy in 2005; the company had hoped to resolve labor disputes before exiting bankruptcy but was unable to do so. It has hired a financial adviser to evaluate strategic alternatives, and it has exited the milled products business to concentrate on primary aluminum production. Ormet was founded in 1954.

Address: 1233 Main St., Ste. 4000Wheeling, WV 26003 Phone: 304-234-3900 Fax: 304-234-3929

• EVP and CFO: Jack Teitz • VP, General Manager Operations: Gary Mallett • VP, General Manager Sales and Marketing: Thomas V. Stephens

aluminum production and wood products manufacturing. Scepter plants process aluminum dross and scrap into ingots, molten aluminum, and other products. The company also trades aluminum and collects cans for recycling. Scepter Hardwoods produces drawer stock and components and related products. Scepter companies operate from facilities in the US (Indiana, New York, Tennessee, and Texas) and Canada (Quebec). Company president Garney Scott founded Scepter in 1986.

Address: 1485 Scepter Ln.Waverly, TN 37185-3290 Phone: 931-535-3565 Fax: 931-535-3342


• President: Garney Scott Jr. • VP, Operations: Garney Scott III

Superior Essex Inc. Yes

Wise Alloys LLC

Sherwin Alumina Company

Sherwin Alumina, one of the largest alumina refineries in North America, extracts aluminum oxide, called alumina, from bauxite ore. Formerly owned by Reynolds Metals, the company was sold in 2000 to a private investment entity, BPU Reynolds, made up of Sherwin Alumina executives Peter Bailey, Lewis Patterson, and Mark Uzelac. In 2004, China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals bought a 51% stake in Sherwin Alumina; the BPU team owns the rest and continues to run the company.

Address: 4633 Hwy. 361Gregory, TX 78359 Phone: 361-777-2350 Fax: 361-777-2218


• CEO: Peter Bailey • President: Lewis Patterson III • CFO: Mark Uzelac

Superior Essex (formerly Superior TeleCom) is pushing its superior products -- communications wire and cable and magnet wire. The company, one of the US's leading makers of copper wire, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and changed its name. Superior Essex's products can be found in transformers, generators, and electrical controls. The company's Essex Group makes magnet wires, while Superior Essex Communications makes both copper and fiber optic wire and cable. Sprint and regional Bell (telephone) operating companies, together, account for 57% of the communications segment's sales. In 2004 Superior Essex acquired the North American telecommunications cable division of Belden.

Address: 150 Interstate N. Pkwy.Atlanta, GA 30339 Phone: 770-657-6000 Fax: 770-303-8807


• CEO and Director: Stephen M. Carter • CFO and Treasurer: David S. Aldridge

Tower Extrusions Ltd.

Tower Extrusions produces extruded aluminum products. The company's facilities include five extrusion presses that range in size from 6 inches to 12 inches, a cast house, and an anodizing plant that can handle material as long as 38 feet. Tower Extrusions was founded in March 1977 with the purchase of the former Republic Aluminum facility in Olney, Texas.

Address: 1003 State Hwy 79 S.Olney, TX 76374-0218 Phone: 940-564-5681 Fax: 940-564-5033


• Partner: William M. McClelland • VP, Finance and Treasurer: Jay Stewart • Sales Manager: Stan Guess

Wabash Alloys L.L.C.

Wabash Alloys uses aluminum scrap to produce aluminum casting alloys and molten aluminum. The company's products are used by customers in the die casting, sand casting, and steel producing industries. Wabash Alloys maintains eight facilities, located in the US, Canada, and Mexico, that collectively produce more than 1.6 billion pounds of aluminum alloy annually. The company was founded in 1958.

Address: 4525 W. Old 24Wabash, IN 46992-0466 Phone: 260-563-7461 Fax: 260-563-5997

• President: Bruce A. Warshauer • VP Sales: Joseph Adamo

The company is a leading maker of aluminum can sheet, which is used to produce packaging for beverages and food. The aluminum can sheet made by Wise Alloys is transformed into more than 16 billion beverage cans per year. Along with aluminum can sheet, Wise Alloys makes wide aluminum sheet, which is used in architectural applications and to make roofs for truck trailers. Wise Alloys is part of Wise Metals Group.

Address: 4805 2nd St.Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 Phone: 256-386-6000

Chairman: David F. D'Addario • Wise Metals Group President and COO: Randall R. Powers • SVP Sales: Don Farrington

Wise Metals Group LLC

Through subsidiary Wise Alloys, Wise Metals Group makes aluminum can stock for companies in the beverage and food packaging industries worldwide. Wise Alloys uses recycled aluminum to produce its can stock, and sister company Wise Recycling is one of the largest collectors of aluminum beverage containers in the US. Wise Metals Group subsidiary Listerhill Total Maintenance Center provides maintenance and repair services for manufacturing facilities. Chairman and CEO David D'Addario owns a controlling stake in Wise Metals Group.

Address: 857 Elkridge Landing Rd., Ste. 600Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 Phone: 410-636-6500 Fax: 410-636-0856


• Chairman and CEO: David F. D'Addario • President and COO: Randall R. Powers • EVP and CFO: Danny Mendelson

Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People PublicCompany Name

Abengoa Bioenergy Corp.

Abengoa Bioenergy hasn't quit its home on the plains, but it has changed its name from High Plains Corporation since being acquired by Spanish engineering firm Abengoa in 2002. Among the largest US producers of ethanol, Abengoa Bioenergy owns three plants in the US and another three in Europe. The company's primary product is fuel-grade ethanol, which, when blended with gasoline, raises oxygen levels and reduces exhaust emissions of pollutants such as carbon monoxide. As part of a search for new revenue streams, Abengoa Bioenergy launched a research and development subsidiary that works in partnership with universities and other companies to develop improved processing technology for ethanol.

Address: 1400 Elbridge Payne Rd., Ste. 212Chesterfield, MO 63017 Phone: 636-728-0508 Fax: 636-728-1148

• President and CEO: Javier Salgado Leirado • CFO: Ignacio García • Industrial Organization and New Projects Corporate Director: José Carlos Saz

Acetex Corporation

to make textiles. The company gets more than half of its sales from producing acetic acid and its derivatives, key ingredients in the making of PET bottles, inks, paints, pharmaceuticals, and textile fibers. Acetic acid also is a key ingredient in producing Acetex's other major product line, vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), used in polyester fibers, as well as other products. It also owns Canadian plastics and film company AT Plastics. Specialty chemicals manufacturer Celanese acquired Acetex for just under $500 million in 2005.

Address: 750 World Trade Centre, 999 Canada PlaceVancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E1, Canada Phone: 604-688-9600 Fax: 604-688-9620

• Chairman and CEO: Brooke N. Wade • President, COO, and Director: Kenneth E. Vidalin • CFO: Lori Bondar

Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc.

Acuity Specialty Products Group can help you make a clean sweep. The company is a business segment of Acuity Brands and manufactures and markets consumer chemical products. Its subsidiary companies include manufacturers Enforcer (fertilizer, pest control, and drain cleaners); Selig (environmentally friendly hand cleaners and degreasers and equipment used to clean aerospace and automotive parts); and Zep (automotive and janitorial supplies such as hand cleaners, degreasers, and floor polish). Acuity Specialty Products also makes a line of car wash products with the Armor All brand name sold to car wash sales professional. The company has had an agreement with Clorox, which owns the Armor All brand, since 2001.

Address: 4401 Northside Pkwy., Ste. 700Atlanta, GA 30327 Phone: 404-352-1680

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2005): 535.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 2.20%

• President: James H. (Jim) Heagle • EVP, I&I Sales: Ross Harding • VP, Information Technology: Katheryn Simpson

Advanced Aromatics, L.P.

This AA actually encourages chemical dependence. Advanced Aromatics (AA) produces 200 million pounds of chemical products per year. Products include tetrahydronaphthalene, high purity grades of naphthalene, aromatics, oxygenated solvents, and octane fuel components. AA's chemicals end up in a variety of products including everything from fertilizer and dyes to textiles and gasoline.

Address: 5501 W. Baker Rd.Baytown, TX 77520 Phone: 281-424-4505 Fax: 281-424-3532

• President: Peter R. Buenz • CFO: Harlan Faircloth • Manager, Sales and Marketing: Michael L. Williams

Afton Chemical Corporation

Performance enhancers aren't just the products advertised on late night TV and in the back of men's magazines. Afton Chemical (formerly Ethyl Petroleum Additives) manufactures additives that improve the effectiveness of fuels and lubricants. The company was formed in mid-2004 from the additives division of NewMarket, which had been called Ethyl before switching to a holding company structure and dividing its business into two operating subsidiaries: Afton and Ethyl. Afton divides its own products into fuel additives (which improve the refining process and boost the performance of gasoline and other fuels) and lubricant additives (which improve the performance, functionality, and durability of oils).

Address: 500 Spring St.Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-788-5800 Fax: 804-788-5184

• President: C. S. Warren Huang • SVP, Global Accounts and Strategy: Alexander McLean • VP, Sales and Marketing, North America: Robert A. (Rob) Shama

Yes

AgriTec Systems, Inc.

AgriTec Systems takes agricultural waste products and turns them into usable specialty chemicals. The company's AgriTec, Inc. subsidiary is developing ways of converting rice hull ash (RHA) and other biomass materials into silicas, silicates, activated carbon, and related products, which are used in food processing, air and water purification, semiconductor fabrication, and industrial manufacturing. It is seeking global commercialization for its patented processes. Subsidiary enviroLife markets fine-celled foam (made from converted biomass materials) for horticulture and agriculture applications.

Address: 100 E. NASA Rd. One, Ste. 209Webster, TX 77598 Phone: 281-338-2966 Fax: 281-338-2966

• Chairman; Chairman and CEO, enviroTech: C. W. Wellen • President, CEO, and Director: Douglas K. Stephens • CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director; President, enviroLi: Greg R. Wellen

Air Liquide America L.P.

Break out the Tums, because things have just gotten a lot gassier over at Air Liquide America. The American distribution arm of gas distributor Air Liquide, the company has grown a lot bigger with its parent's 2004 acquisition of Messer Griesheim's North American business. Air Liquide America supplies industrial gases (oxygen, nitrogen, CO2, argon, etc.) to companies in the automotive, chemicals, food and beverage, and healthcare industries. Depending on its customer's needs, Air Liquide America can ship its product in cylinders, by pipelines, or have it manufactured on site.

Address: 2700 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 1800Houston, TX 77056 Phone: 713-624-8000 Fax: 713-624-8085

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 2182.40 M

• President and CEO: Pierre DuFour • VP, Business Development: Johnnye J. Wozniak • Corporate Communications: Diane Labelle

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

A lot like Jumpin' Jack Flash, business at Air Products and Chemicals is a gas gas gas. The company provides gases such as argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen to manufacturers, health care facilities, and other industries. Not all is light and airy, however. It also produces chemicals, including catalysts, surfactants, and intermediates used to make polyurethane, amines, and emulsions derived from vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). Air Products also makes gas containers and equipment that separates air, purifies hydrogen, and liquefies gas. The company distributes industrial gases by building on-site plants (a strategy nearly as old as the company itself) or by truck for companies with less extensive needs.

Address: 7201 Hamilton Blvd.Allentown, PA 18195-1501 Phone: 610-481-4911 Fax: 610-481-5900


• Chairman, President, and CEO: John P. Jones III • Group VP, Development and Technology: Arthur T. Katsaros • VP and CFO: Paul E. Huck

Air Products Healthcare

Air Products Healthcare supplies the air you breathe when you're in need of home health care services. Part of the Gases and Equipment segment of the giant industrial gas company Air Products and Chemicals, the division is comprised of a number of different regional businesses that supply medical gases for the home health care market. Formed in 1999 Air Products Healthcare operates in the Northeast and Southeast regions of the US along with Chicago. The company maintains 78 branches and its subsidiary companies include American Homecare Supply, Nightingale Medical, Rx Pharmacy Services, and Vanguard Home Medical Equipment.

Address: 101 W. Elm St., Ste. 210Conshohocken, PA 19428 Phone: 484-530-0880 Fax: 484-530-0888

• COO: David B. Hunter • Chief Development Officer: William J McGinnis • SVP, Sales and Marketing: Tom Gaffney

Air Products Polymers, L.P.

Air Products Polymers, a joint venture of global VAE (vinyl acetate-ethylene) emulsion technology companies Air Products and Chemicals and Wacker-Chemie GmBH, makes and distributes latex polymers. Air Products Polymers makes an array of emulsions used in adhesives, building products, coatings, paper, textiles, and ink and graphic arts. Its adhesive brands include the Airflex, Flexbond, and Vinac emulsions. The company also makes materials for nonwoven binders used in disposable wipes, towels, and diaper cover stock. Its products are based on the vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). Air Products Polymers sells its products worldwide. It is a major supplier to the pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) market for labels.

Address: 7201 Hamilton Blvd.Allentown, PA 18195-1501 Phone: 610-481-6799 Fax: 610-481-4381

Revenue (2005): 598.60 M Employees (2005): 3,700

• President: Wayne M. Mitchell • Senior Communications Specialist: Arthur (Art) George

Air Water Inc.

• President: Wendy Swift

thank you very much. Air Water Inc. supplies industrial gases to the iron and steel, electronics, chemical, and medical sectors. Additionally, the company makes fine chemicals (pharmaceutical and agricultural intermediates) and has a foods unit, Snow Brand Foods, that markets ham and deli items. Air Water also makes consumer bathroom products and commercial food-freezing systems. Air Water was formed in 2000 when Daido Hoxan merged with Kyodo Oxygen.

Address: 1-20-16 Higashi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-kuOsaka 542-0083, Japan Phone: +81-6-6252-5411 Fax: +81-6-6252-3965

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 2510.40 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 27.20% Employees (2004): 5,566 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.60%

• Chairman and CEO: Hiroshi Aoki • Vice Chairman and COO: Masahiro Toyoda • President and COO: Yoshisuke Misaka

Airgas Canada, Inc.

Airgas Canada is trying to make Canadians breathe easier. The company distributes industrial gases and mechanical supplies from eight locations in western Canada. The company's focus is on distributing specialty gases to the respiratory home care market, though Airgas Canada's products also include welding gases and supplies. Part of the growing US industrial gas distributor Airgas, the company maintains four locations in Alberta, two in Saskatchewan, and another two in British Columbia. Among the company's suppliers are welding equipment manufacturers Hobart Brothers and ESAB.

Address: Bay 133, 3016 10th Ave. NECalgary, Alberta T2A 6A3, Canada Phone: 403-272-6605 Fax: 403-248-0701

Airgas Northern California and Nevada, Inc.

Whether you're playing the slots in Reno or lobbying the Governator in Sacramento, Airgas Northern California and Nevada (NCN) can fulfill all of your industrial gas needs. The company is one of many regional divisions that make up Airgas' industrial gas distribution business. The company distributes a variety of industrial, medical, and fuel gases; dry ice; tools; as well as safety equipment. Airgas NCN maintains 36 locations (20 in the Northern California Valley, 12 in the Bay Area, and four in Nevada) from which its customers can purchase their products. It also offers direct distribution to manufacturing facilities, hospitals, and other job sites.

Address: 6790 Florin Perkins Rd., Ste. 300Sacramento, CA 95828-1812 Phone: 916-379-1000 Fax: 916-376-8536

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 96.00 M Employees (2005): 485

• President: James (Jim) McCarthy • CFO: Lynn Oates • VP, Operations: James (Jim) Gindt

Airgas South, Inc.

Welders, anesthesiologists, and chemical engineers throughout the southeastern US turn to Airgas South to help them with their gas problems. Headquartered outside of Atlanta, the company operates industrial gas distributor Airgas' business in a five-state region (Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee) that has more than 60 branch locations. Its principal products and services are packaged and small bulk gases, gas cylinder and welding equipment rental, and process chemicals and hard goods. Airgas' customer base includes industrial manufacturers, medical institutions, food products makers, and petrochemical facilities.

Address: 821-D Livingston Ct.Marietta, GA 30067 Phone: 770-792-2123 Fax: 770-792-5950

• President: Jay Sullivan • VP, Operations: Don Goldschmidt • VP, Marketing: Kent Carter

Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals

manufacturer, Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals manufactures and supplies products such as chlorine, iron and aluminum salts, dimethylether, hydrochloric acid, and sodium-related chemicals to the glass, detergent, and paper making industries. In addition to its product line, the company offers transport and water treatment services. Base Chemicals' claim to product fame is its production of chlorine through the electrolysis of brine. It owns and operates plants and facilities in Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands and is divided into two business units: sBU Chlor-Alkali (chlorine and caustic lye production) and sBU Ecosystems (chemical-related products).

Address: Stationsplein 43800 AE Amersfoort, The Netherlands Phone: +31-33-467-6767

• General Manager: H.C.J. (René) Scheffers • Controller: Jan Sigger • Manager, Communications: Paul van der Boor

Yes

Yes

Almatis GmbH

Akzo Nobel N.V.

Akzo Nobel is the world's largest paint maker, but it can do more than paint a picture. The company is among the world's largest chemical manufacturers and also is a major salt producer. Akzo Nobel is organized along three business lines. The company's coatings group makes paints, automotive finishes, and decorative coatings. Its chemical unit produces pulp and paper chemicals, functional chemicals (including flame retardants and crop nutrients), surfactants, polymers, and catalysts. A third unit, pharmaceuticals, produces contraceptives, fertility treatments, antidepressants, antipsychotics, over-the-counter drugs, and veterinary medicines. Akzo has announced plans to split off its pharmaceuticals division.

Address: Velperweg 766800 SB Arnhem, The Netherlands Phone: +31-26-366-4433 Fax: +31-26-366-3250


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Jonkheer Aarnout Loudon • Chairman, Board of Management and CEO: G. J. (Hans) Wijers • Member, Board of Management and CFO: Rob Frohn

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry

Welcome to the noble enterprise of surface chemistry. A worldwide leader in the production of surfactants, fatty acids, microspheres, and other wetting agents, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry's products are used in everything from asphalt, lubricants, and household products to detergents, biocides, and additives for paint. The company's products and services essentially thicken, absorb, regulate, or counterbalance the properties of liquid. Brand names include Bermocoll paint thickeners and Expancel microspheres (reduces weight in paper and paint). A business segment of worldwide painting and chemicals manufacturer Akzo Nobel, the company owns and operates almost 20 production plants spanning across ten countries.

Address: SE 444 85 Stenungsund, Sweden Phone: +46-30-38-50-00 Fax: +46-30-38-45-58

• General Manager: Frank Sherman • Controller, Information Management, and E-business: Gijsberth de Ruiter • Media Contact: Johnny Ericsson

Albion Chemicals Group Plc

Albion Chemicals Group first took wing in 2001, emerging from the nest of Hays Chemicals through a management-led buyout. The company is among the leading independent distributors of builk and packaged chemicals in the UK. In addition to its distribution businesses, Albion manufactures chlor-alkali chemicals at two of its plants. The company has a network of 14 depots across the UK and Ireland to supply businesses in the region. Albion joined Solvadis, Dovechem, and US distributing consortium CHEMCENTRAL to form a global chemical distributing group called Chemworld Alliance.

Address: Albion House, Rawdon Park, Green Lane, YeadonLeeds LS19 7XX, United Kingdom Phone: +44-113-387-9200 Fax: +44-113-250-0113

• Managing Director: Steve Holland • Commercial Director: Steve Heathcote • Business Development Director: Jonathan Birrell

Alfa, S.A. de C.V.

Mexican conglomerate Alfa is a big player in five different business groups. Alpek, a global petrochemical concern with a special emphasis on synthetic fibers (Akra Polyester, Nylon de México, Fielmex, Indelpro, Petrotemex) accounts for about 35% of sales. Other operations include refrigerated-foods business Sigma Alimentos (Yoplait), Versax (Nemak automotive parts, Terza rugs), and Onexa, which explores telecom opportunities through its Alestra subsidiary. Alfa has alliances with more than 20 companies (such as AT&T and DuPont) around the world. It sold its Total HOME chain to hardware giant The Home Depot to concentrate on industrial businesses.

Address: Avenida Gómez Morín 1111 Sur, Colonia Carrizalejo66254 San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico Phone: +52-81-8748-1207 Fax: +52-81-8748-2551


• Chairman and CEO: Dionisio Garza Medina • CFO: Alfonso González Migoya • Vice President, Information Technology: Oscar Treviño

Perhaps it wasn't such a fantastic finish, but when Alcoa was done with its chemicals division it presented it to the world as Almatis. Formerly known as Alcoa World Chemicals, Almatis was formed in early 2004 when the global aluminum giant sold its chemicals unit to private equity firms Rhône Capital and Teacher's Merchant Bank. The new company manufacture's alumina-based products are used to make abrasives and polishers, paper coatings, flame retardants, plastics and polymers, and refractories. Its Adsorbents and Catalysts division supplies activated alumina and offers toll processing services to the industry.

Address: Olof-Palme-Strasse 3760439 Frankfurt, Germany Phone: +49-69-957-341-0 Fax: +49-69-957-341-13


• Chairman: Hervé de Carmoy • CEO: D. Oscar Groomes • COO: David Dabney

Americhem, Inc.

You know all those pretty greens and blues you see in the drinks cooler at the Kwik E Mart? Americhem's responsible for that. The Ohio-based additives and dispersions company makes the stuff that makes the color for PET bottles used by soda and beer makers. Americhem's color and additives masterbatches also are used by the automotive, construction, and fibers industries. It has nine manufacturing sites, including one in the UK and one in China, and sales offices in China, Korea, Mexico, and Luxembourg. Americhem acquired a manufacturing facility in Georgia in late 2005, and it completed the construction of its plant in China in early 2006.

Address: 225 Broadway EastCuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 Phone: 330-929-4213 Fax: 330-929-4144

• President and CEO: Richard C. (Rick) Juve • COO: Rick Matthew • CFO: John Berner

Ampacet Corporation

Ampacet helps manufacturers of plastic products show their true hues with its custom color and additive concentrates. Using polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyamide, and polyester resins, Ampacet makes compounds and concentrates that enable plastics manufacturers to produce consistent colors and chemical characteristics for their extruded and molded products. The company's additives are used in food and industrial packaging, pipe and conduit, wire and cable, and other plastic products. Founded in 1937, Ampacet is one of the largest color compound and concentrate makers in North America and is expanding into the world market. Norman Alexander, chairman and CEO of Sequa Corporation, owns the firm.

Address: 660 White Plains Rd.Tarrytown, NY 10591-5130 Phone: 914-631-6600 Fax: 914-631-7197

• President and CEO: Robert A. DeFalco • SVP, Finance: Joel Slutsky • SVP, Technical and Strategic Procurement: Victor J. Mimeault

Andes Chemical Corporation

company exports raw chemical materials to more than 300 clients throughout Latin America. It distributes ingredients for use by the paints, inks, concrete and masonry additives, adhesives, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and personal care product industries. The house paint industry accounts for most of the Hispanic-owned company's sales. Suppliers include Degussa, Akzo Nobel, Millennium Chemicals, and Rohm and Haas. Andes Chemical was founded in 1986 by Cuban-born president and CEO Fernando Espinosa.

Address: 10850 NW 30th St.Miami, FL 33172 Phone: 305-591-5601 Fax: 305-591-5607


• President and CEO: Fernando Espinoza • Accounting Supervisor: Silvia Perez • VP, Operations: Julie Peterson

Ansul Incorporated

If you want to avoid severe fire damage, you better get Ansul-ated. A division of TYCO Fire and Security Services Ansul manufactures fire protection products for commercial, industrial, and marine applications. With manufacturing locations in Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the US, Ansul has a global sales reach for its range of products. In addition to a full line of fire extinguishers and extinguishing agents, the company also offers a series of training seminars on the hazards found in the chemical and petroleum industries. The US government is a major customer for Ansul.

Address: 1 Stanton St.Marinette, WI 54143-2542 Phone: 715-735-7411 Fax: 715-732-3469

• President: Mark VanDover • VP, Finance: Dennis Moraros • VP, Sales - The Americas: William J. (Bill) Smith

Aricom plc

integrated mining, production, and distribution group for titanium dioxide (TiO2), the world's most popular whitening pigment, the company was founded to market its product in Russia and other former Soviet republics. Aricom owns nearly 75% of Olekminsky Rudnik, a Russian titanium ore mining company, and 100% of Chemelt, which trades and distributes TiO2. Aricom is still in the planning stages and is considering two options: forming a joint venture with Ukraine's top TiO2 maker, GAK Titan, or building a facility close to its mining property in the Russia's Amur Region. Aricom controls the titanium-related operations of Peter Hambro Mining.

Address: 10-11 Grosvenor PlaceLondon SW1X 7HH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7201-8939 Fax: +44-20-7201-8938


• Chairman: Sir Malcolm Field • CEO: Thomas (Tom) Swithenbank • Finance Director and Company Secretary: Peter Howes

Arkema Inc.

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Arizona Chemical Company

Arizona Chemical is always pining for more business. The company is among the world's largest fractionators (separators) of crude tall oil (from the Swedish word talloja, or pine oil). It manufactures such pine tree-based chemicals as fatty acids, rosin esters, and terpenes. These chemicals are used to manufacture a wide variety of products, including adhesives, household cleaners, hydraulic fluids, inks, paints, personal care products, and plastics. Arizona Chemical has seven plants in the US and seven in Europe. The company was formed in 1930 by paper products maker International Paper (IP) and American Cyanamid and now is a wholly owned subsidiary of the former. Tall oil is a by-product of paper making.

Address: 4600 Touchton Rd. East, Ste. 500Jacksonville, FL 32246 Phone: 904-928-8700 Fax: 904-928-8779


• General Manager: Gerald C. Marterer • Director, Finance: Charles Nelson • Director, Development and Planning: Manuel Canales

Arkema's into vinyl, but not in a weird way. The North American branch of TOTAL's basic chemicals unit manufactures many vinyl products like PVC, chlorochemicals, and assorted vinyl compounds. Its other two business segments are Industrial Chemicals (acrylics, hydrogen peroxide, and fluorochemicals) and Performance Products (additives, agrochemicals, organic peroxides, and technical polymers). Arkema operates about 20 manufacturing facilities in North America. The company was created in 2004 when TOTAL broke up its former chemicals subsidiary, ATOFINA, into two units: Arkema and TOTAL Petrochemicals.

Address: 2000 Market St.Philadelphia, PA 19103-3222 Phone: 215-419-7000


• President and CEO: George Cornelius • SVP and CFO: Patricia McCarthy • CIO: Mike Keough

Asahi Denka Co., Ltd.

come primarily from producing chemicals including caustic soda (used in soap and paper). It produces other such chemicals as chlorine, additives for resins and polymers, and mixtures for liquid crystal displays. Founded in 1917, the company expanded into margarine in 1929 and now also makes shortening, mayonnaise, and raw food materials, among other food items. Part of the Furukawa Group, Asahi Denka has plants in France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, and the US. The company's Amfine Chemicals subsidiary in the US produces plastics additives.

Address: 3-14, Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome, Furukawa Bldg., Chuo-kuTokyo 103-8311, Japan Phone: +81-3-5255-9002 Fax: +81-3-3277-1965

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 1338.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.00%

• Chairman and CEO: Masahiro Iwashita • President, COO, and Director: Hiroyuki Nakajima • Executive Managing Officer, Sales and Director: Masao Gochou

Asahi Kasei Corporation

Asahi Kasei has the right chemistry for Japanese markets, so right in fact that it is Japan's #2 chemical company (behind Mitsubishi Chemical). The diversified company operates in seven segments. Its chemicals (basic chemicals, plastics, fertilizers) and construction materials (concrete panels, residential construction, and artificial fish reefs) groups together account for substantially more than half of Asahi Kasei's sales. The company's fibers unit, once Japan's largest rayon maker, stopped rayon production in 2001 but still makes nylon. Asahi Kasei also makes items ranging from artificial fish reefs to electronic materials and medical products. Almost all of its sales are in Japan.

Address: 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8440, Japan Phone: +81-3-3507-2060 Fax: +81-3-3507-2495

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 11866.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 19.10% Employees (2004): 25,011 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.80%)

• Chairman: Nobuo Yamaguchi • President and Director: Shiro Hiruta • Director and Primary Executive Officer: Ichiro Itoh

Ashland Distribution

When you need the hard stuff brought to your door Ashland Distribution's the one to call. The division of specialty chemicals company Ashland distributes chemicals, plastics, and composites (thermoset resins and associated products) in North America and thermoplastic materials in Europe. Ashland Distribution serves coatings, adhesives, and inks makers; plastics compounders; the aerospace and electronics industries; and metalworking lubricant and chemical manufacturing businesses. It maintains about 70 locations throughout North America as well as another 25 overseas.

Address: 5200 Blazer Pkwy.Dublin, OH 43017 Phone: 614-790-3333

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 3810.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 19.10%

• President: Frank L. (Hank) Waters • VP, Corporate Accounts: Thomas P. (Tom) Semans

ASHTA Chemicals Inc.

Like any good Midwestern son, ASHTA Chemicals is proud of where it's from, going so far as to take the name of its hometown, Ashtabula, Ohio. ASHTA manufactures and markets chlorine, potassium hydroxide, and other basic chemicals. The company, formed in 1992, has six production sites, 19 liquid distribution terminals, and five warehouses in the US and Canada.

Address: 3509 Middle Rd.Ashtabula, OH 44005-0858 Phone: 440-997-5221 Fax: 440-992-0151


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Reginald Baxter • VP, Finance and Administration, and CFO: Bill Brodnick • VP, Operations: Richard Jackson

Astro Chemicals Inc.

The name has nothing to do with George Jetson's dog or Houston's baseball club, but Astro Chemical can rocket any manner of chemicals to your home base. Founded in 1970 by Leo Diamond and William Cunningham, the business is still run by the Diamond and Cunningham families. Astro Chemicals works with companies both great (ADM, Celanese, and Shell) and small (Penn Specialty Chemicals and Reagent Chemical) and ships hundreds of chemicals including acids, amines, chlor-alkalies, ethers, glycols, inorganics, organics, oils, phosphates, silicates, and surfactants. The company serves clients in the chemical processing, personal care product, pulp and paper, and glass and refractory markets in the northeastern US.

Address: 64-94 Shaw's Ln.Springfield, MA 01102 Phone: 413-781-7240 Fax: 413-781-7246

• Chairman and CEO: William P. Cunningham Sr. • President: Christopher J. Diamond • Treasurer: Jeff Diamond

Atlantic Methanol Production Company LLC

Atlantic Methanol Production Company must like to think proverbially, because "Waste not, want not" seems to be its motto. The company tries not to waste the natural gas that is a byproduct of parent company Samedan Oil's production process. Atlantic Methanol was founded in 1997 as a vehicle to make use of the nearly 100 million cubic feet of natural gas being expent each day off the coast of Equitorial Guinea. It began production four years later. Samedan (a subsidiary of Noble Energy) and Marathon Oil own 45% each, with the state-controlled Guinea Equatorial Oil & Gas owning the remaining 10%.

Address: 12600 Northborough Dr., Ste. 150Houston, TX 77067 Phone: 281-872-8324 Fax: 281-872-1084


• President: Paul Moschell • VP, Commercial Operations: Roger Dickson • Manager, Business Analyses: Wim Wilson

Austin Chemical Company, Inc.

Austin Chemical does just fine, even without the bionic capabilities of Steve or the accessibility to the live music of the Capital of Texas. The company supplies excipients, intermediates, APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients), and specialty chemicals to the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and agrochemical industries. It also provides development, packaging, marketing, and logistical services. The company supplies more than 400 products from some 110 manufacturers including Akzo Nobel, Cargill, Ferro, and PPG Industries. In addition to its Chicago-area headquarters, Austin Chemical maintains operations in New Jersey and Arizona, as well as in China and India.

Address: 1565 Barclay Blvd.Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Phone: 847-520-9600 Fax: 847-520-9160


• President and CEO: Patrick J. Corboy • Director, Communications: Jack Euske • Director, Operations: Joseph J. Chivini

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.

marketer of ethanol, a grain alcohol mainly used as a fuel additive in gasoline to reduce vehicle emissions and enhance engine performance. Through its production facilities in Illinois and Nebraska and through purchase and resale operations and marketing alliances with other producers, the company distributes approximately 530 million gallons of ethanol annually. Major customers include BP Products North America, ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corporation, Royal Dutch/Shell, Marathon Oil and Valero Marketing and Supply Company. In 2006 the company filed to become publicly traded.

Address: 1300 S. 2nd St.Pekin, IL 61555 Phone: 309-347-9200 Fax: 309-346-0742


• Chairman: Bobby L. Latham • President, CEO, and Director: Ronald H. Miller • CFO: Ajay Sabherwal

Basell B.V.

Badger State Ethanol, LLC

Big Man On Campus? If you're looking within the special gases industry you could do worse than settling on BOC Process Gas Solutions (PGS), the largest division within the BOC Group. The unit operates in more than 60 countries worldwide and supplies BOC's industrial gases to the company's large-scale customers, primarily chemical and oil companies, the food and beverage industry, and the metals and glass sectors. PGS supplies its largest customers by pipeline or even on-site plants and ships its gases in smaller sizes by truck in liquid form. The division maintains a presence for its tonnage (pipeline-supplied) customers in the UK and US, as well as Australia, South Africa, and Asia.

Address: 820 W. 17th St.Monroe, WI 53566 Phone: 608-329-3900 Fax: 608-329-3866


• Chairman and CEO: John L. Malchine • President, General Manager, and Director: Gary L. Kramer • CFO: James (Jim) Leitzinger

Bamberger Polymers, Inc.

Need a few tons of plastic? Bamberger Polymers distributes plastic resins for molders, extruders, compounders, and manufacturers that use plastics to make everything from automotive components to garbage bags. Bamberger distributes branded prime, generic prime, and wide spec resins (polyethylene, polypropylene, PET products, and specialty resins) and distributes its own lines of polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene (Bapolene and Bapolan brands). Bamberger delivers more than 750 million pounds of bulk and packaged resins annually via subsidiaries throughout North America and Europe.

Address: 2 Jericho PlazaJericho, NY 11753-1658 Phone: 516-622-3600 Fax: 516-622-3610

• Chairman and CEO: Fred Garcia • President and COO: Lawrence Ubertini • EVP: Steven Goldberg

Barton Solvents, Inc.

Barton Solvents packages, stores, and delivers solvents and other chemical products for customers in eight Midwest states. Products include aromatics, alcohols, ketones, polyglycols, resins, greases, detergents, corrosion inhibitors, and surfactants. Barton has locations in Iowa, Kansas, and Wisconsin. The company was founded as a naphtha delivery service by Bud Barton in 1938.

Address: 1920 NE BroadwayDes Moines, IA 50301 Phone: 515-265-7998 Fax: 515-265-0259


• Chairman and CEO: Leon Casten • President: David Casten • COO: Doug Casten

If it's a plastic world, then you can probably blame Basell for it. The company is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and Europe's largest producer of polyethylene, the key ingredients that go into plastics of all kinds. Used in a variety of products, polypropylene (PP) is a highly versatile polymer, and polyethylene is the most-used polymer. Basell also produces advanced polyolefins and licenses its polymer technology. The company was formed in 2000 from the combination of the polyolefin businesses of Royal Dutch/Shell Group and BASF. Those two companies sold Basell in 2005 to private investment firm Access Industries.

Address: Hoeksteen 662130 AP Hoofddorp, The Netherlands Phone: +31-20-44-68-644 Fax: +31-20-44-68-649


• President and CEO: Volker Trautz • CFO: Alan Bigman • Chief Information Officer: David Sides

BASF Corporation

If you're a North American chemical company, BASF might strike you as a four-letter word. BASF Corporation -- the North American subsidiary of the world's largest chemicals company, BASF AG -- makes nearly every chemical under the sun. The company has six business segments: chemicals (basic, intermediate, and performance), plastics (thermoplastics, foams, and urethanes), coatings (automotive and coil coatings), fine chemicals (vitamins, feed supplements, and raw materials for pharmaceuticals), agricultural chemicals (herbicides, insecticides), and BASF Plant Science (biotechnology). The company is BASF AG's NAFTA region representative and is responsible for nearly a quarter of its parent's total sales.

Address: 100 Campus Dr.Florham Park, NJ 07932 Phone: 973-245-6000 Fax: 973-245-6714


• Chairman and CEO: Klaus Peter Löbbe • EVP: Hans-Ulrich Engel • EVP and CFO: Fried-Walter Muenstermann

BASF plc

Empire may be too strong a word, but BASF AG sure does have its operations spread far and wide. The world's largest chemical company maintains operations in the UK and Ireland through its BASF plc subsidiary to market plastics, agricultural chemicals, pigments and dispersions, fibers, and pharmaceutical intermediates; the largest segment is plastics and fibers. Manufacturing facilities are located in Northumberland, Teesside, Merseyside, Deeside, Derbyshire, and Sussex. Among the subsidiary companies underneath BASF plc are BASF IT Services Ltd., Cheadle Colour & Chemicals, Elastogran, and Frank Wright Limited.

Address: Earl Road, Cheadle HulmeCheadle, Greater Manchester SK8 6QG, United Kingdom Phone: +44-161-485-6222 Fax: +44-161-486-0891


• Chairman: Walter Seufert • Managing Director: Torben Berlin Jensen • Manager, Corporate Communications: Chris Wilson

BASF-YPC Company Limited

to do business. The world's largest chemicals company has teamed with Sinopec to form BASF-YPC Company. The company, which shipped its first product to a customer in January 2005, manufactures a complete product line of basic and petrochemicals, with ethylene and propylene as BASF-YPC's primary products. Additionally its roster includes ethylene glycol, benzene, toluene, low density polyethylene (LDPE), acrylic acid, and acrylic esters. In mid-2005 the company's world-scale manufacturing complex in Nanjing came online. This fully integrated site consists of a steam cracker, which makes the ethylene and propylene, and nine downstream plants.

Address: Luhe DistrictNanjing, Jiangsu 210048, China Phone: +86-25-5777-0888 Fax: +86-25-5777-0999

• Chairman: Dai Houliang • President: Bernd Blumenberg • VP and General Manager, Finance, Accounting, EDP, and Materi: Li Chengfeng

• Chairman: Dai Houliang • President: Bernd Blumenberg • VP and General Manager, Finance, Accounting, EDP, and Materi: Li Chengfeng

BOC Canada Limited

No, it's not the Canadian branch of Blue Oyster Club's fan club. Rather, it's the Canadian subsidiary of the British industrial gas manufacturing giant BOC Group. The company manufactures and distributes industrial gases and welding products for industrial (for everything from the auto to pulp and paper industries), scientific (all manner of lab gases), medical (nitrous oxide for anesthetics and helium that cools the magnets in MRI machines), and hospitality industry (nitrogen and CO2 for carbonated drinks, helium for balloons) uses. It also operates through BOC Edwards supplying products and services to semiconductor makers as well as chemical and pharmaceutical companies.

Address: 5975 Falbourne St., Unit 2Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3W6, Canada Phone: 905-501-1700

• VP and General Manager: Tom Winter • Operations and Technical Director: Doug Bonnar

• VP and General Manager: Tom Winter • Operations and Technical Director: Doug Bonnar

BOC Process Gas Solutions

Big Man On Campus? If you're looking within the special gases industry you could do worse than settling on BOC Process Gas Solutions (PGS), the largest division within the BOC Group. The unit operates in more than 60 countries worldwide and supplies BOC's industrial gases to the company's large-scale customers, primarily chemical and oil companies, the food and beverage industry, and the metals and glass sectors. PGS supplies its largest customers by pipeline or even on-site plants and ships its gases in smaller sizes by truck in liquid form. The division maintains a presence for its tonnage (pipeline-supplied) customers in the UK and US, as well as Australia, South Africa, and Asia.

Address: The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Rd.Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XY, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1483-579-857

• CEO: John Bevan • Information Management Director: Graham Wyatt

• CEO: John Bevan • Information Management Director: Graham Wyatt

Brenntag Holding GmbH & Co. KG

When chemical companies all around the world need to move some product, they call on Brenntag. The company is Europe's largest chemical distributor (ahead of Univar) and among the top three in the US (along with the likes of Ashland and CHEMCENTRAL); it also ranks as the top distributor in Latin America. Brenntag had been a subsidiary of European logistics giant Stinnes until Bain Capital stepped in and bought the company in 2004. From its 300 locations Brenntag offers lab services (blending, compounding, preparation), storage, and then full logistics activities.

Address: Stinnes-Platz 145472 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Phone: +49-208-7828-0 Fax: +49-208-7828-698


• Chairman and CEO: Klaus Engel • CFO: Jürgen Buchsteiner • VP, Corporate Communications: Hubertus Spethmann

Caffaro S.p.A.

Brenntag Mid-South, Inc.

Brenntag Mid-South doesn't make many chemicals of its own, but it hooks up people who do with people who need them. The company distributes industrial and specialty chemicals from 26 locations in states from Missouri in the Midwest to Florida in the South. Brenntag Mid-South has about 200 delivery vehicles, from local trucks to long-distance tractor trailers. Additionally Brenntag provides services like blending, repackaging, and technical and safety assistance. It serves the aluminum, automotive, food, mining, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries, among others. The company is a part of Brenntag North America, which is owned by Bain Capital.

Address: 1405 Hwy. 136 WestHenderson, KY 42420-9662 Phone: 270-830-1200 Fax: 270-826-1486


• President: Joel R. Hopper • VP, Operations: Kenneth W. (Ken) Jones • VP, Sales: Michael (Mike) Staley

Brenntag North America, Inc.

If you live in the US and need a chemical fix, Brenntag North America can set you up. One of the largest chemical distributors in North America, the company offers hundreds of industrial and specialty chemicals -- from acetic acid to zinc oxide -- and provides custom blending, just-in-time delivery, and custom packaging of chemicals in dry, liquid, or gaseous states. Customers include manufacturers in such industries as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, paints, electronics, pulp and paper, cosmetics, food and beverages, textiles, and water treatment. Bain Capital acquired Brenntag -- and thus Brenntag North America -- in 2004 from Stinnes.

Address: 5083 Pottsville PikeReading, PA 19605 Phone: 610-926-6100 Fax: 610-926-0420


• President and CEO: Stephen R. (Steve) Clark • SVP and CFO: H. Edward Boyadjian • VP, Operations: David Garner

Brown Chemical Co., Inc.

Brown Chemical mixes chemicals of various shades. The family-owned company specializes in distributing chemicals such as amines, food grade chemicals, latex additives, organics, phosphates, and sodiums for applications in textile, industrial, institutional, and specialty markets. Brown Chemical sells more than 1,500 products from 35 chemical manufacturers, and it offers contract packaging, custom blending, and product research services. The company operates two facilities in northern New Jersey, where it serves more than 1,000 customers over a 200 mile radius.

Address: 302 W. Oakland Ave.Oakland, NJ 07436-1309 Phone: 201-337-0900 Fax: 201-337-9026


• President and COO: Doug Brown • VP, Finance and Operations; Director, Purchasing: Dave Lyle • VP, Sales and Marketing: Patrick Brown

Caffaro is really chemically dependent, and the industry's given it the shakes of late. Caffaro, a subsidiary of the diversified Italian company Snia S.p.A., makes base, fine, and specialty chemicals. Some of the company's products include organic additives, detergents, biocides, water treatment products, textile and paper production chemicals. Like the rest of the industry, it's been hit hard lately by high raw-material costs coupled with lower demand for its products. In addition to selling Caffaro's agrochemical business, Snia has also sold Caffaro's 50% interest in a hydroelectricity plant and shuttered two manufacturing facilities.

Address: Via Friuli, 5520031 Cesano Maderno, Milano, Italy Phone: +39-0362-514-1 Fax: +39-0362-514-889 (454)

• Chairman: Mario Chiti • Managing Director: Umberto Rosa • CFO: L. Bonalanze

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Callahan Chemical Company

cleaners, and cosmetics. The distribution company's chemicals are also used in inks, adhesives, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and vitamin products. Product categories include antimicrobials, silicones, solvents, urethanes, surfactants, humectants, preservatives, and specialty resins. The company's suppliers include Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, Rhodia, and Stepan. Callahan transports products from four warehouses in the northeastern US and in Puerto Rico; it also offers packaging and blending services. The family-owned company was formed in 1958 by James Callahan Sr.

Address: 200 Industrial Ave.Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660-1388 Phone: 201-440-9000 Fax: 201-440-5441

• President: Ted Burke • VP, Operations: Tom O'Donnell • VP, Finance and Administration: Greg Shetler

Canada Colors and Chemicals Limited

Canada all you have to do is remember the three C's: Canada Colors and Chemicals. The firm is Canada's largest chemical distributor (ahead of Quadra Chemicals) and has 85 years in the business, eight warehouses, and a distribution network that spans the country. A wholesale distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals and resins, Canada Colors and Chemicals serves the plastics, paints, water treatment, and food ingredients industries. It manufactures sulfuric acid and oleum through its Sulco Chemicals subsidiary. Canada Colors and Chemicals, founded by R. R. Carr-Harris in 1920, is a member of chemical distribution association Omni-Chem.

Address: 80 Scarsdale Rd.Don Mills, Ontario M3B2R7, Canada Phone: 416-449-7750 Fax: 416-449-4269

• Chairman and CEO: Guy S. Carr-Harris • Business Development Specialist, Chemical Distribution: Sam Joshi

Canpotex Limited

it. The company is the world's largest potash exporter, bringing Canadian potash to countries throughout the world. Canpotex was created in 1972 and distributes the products of its major shareowners, Canadian crop nutrient companies Agrium, Potash Corp., and The Mosaic Company 's Canadian unit (Mosaic Canada ULC). It sells about 8 million metric tons of potash per year, primarily to countries in Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. Canpotex maintains an office in Singapore to direct its international marketing activities.

Address: 111 2nd Ave. South, Ste. 400Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 1K6, Canada Phone: 306-931-2200 Fax: 306-653-5505

• President and CEO: Steven Dechka • VP, Finance and CFO: Dwayne N. Dahl • VP Operations: Scott Rudderham

Celanese Canada Inc.

Canada's good for more than just sketch comedy and hockey. It also makes quite a lot of specialty chemicals. Celanese Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of specialty chemicals maker Celanese. The company makes basic chemicals, acetate products, polymers, polypropylene films, and food ingredients. Its manufacturing plant is located in Edmonton, Alberta, which, like many of Celanese's facilities, underwent some restructuring in 2004. The company shuttered its formaldehyde production that year and announced it would do the same with its line of acetate products by 2007.

Address: PO Box 99, Stn. MainEdmonton, Alberta T5J 2H7, Canada Phone: 780-471-0511 Fax: 780-471-0144

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2004): 194.70 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-25.80%) Employees (2004): 400 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• President, Site Director, Edmonton: Andy Day • Coordinator, Communications: Bob Leman

Celanese Corporation

Celanese Corporation was created in late 2004 and owns just over 95% of Celanese AG after a series of 2004 transactions led by the Blackstone Group. The company is the ultimate parent of all of the Celanese companies. Its primary operations include the manufacture of building block chemicals like acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomers (VAM). With Canadian acetyls maker Acetex as a subsidiary, it's the world's largest acetyls manufacturer. Those chemicals are used in everything from paints and inks to agricultural products and chewing gum. Nearly two-thirds of the company's sales come from the US and Germany. After a public offering in 2005 Blackstone still owns 62% of the company.

Address: 1601 W. LBJ Fwy.Dallas, TX 75234-6034 Phone: 972-443-4000 Fax: 972-443-8555


• EVP and CFO: John J. Gallagher III • CEO and Director: Chinh E. Chu • President, CEO, and Director: David N. Weidman

Charkit Chemical Corporation

Who hasn't run out of hydrazine right in the middle of something? Well, Charkit Chemical not only distributes hydrazine and hydrazine derivatives (for oxidation and corrosion inhibitors), but also imaging chemicals including emulsion and photo processing formulas, and toluene derivatives like benzyl alcohol and benzyl chloride (for industrial and personal care products). It serves customers in the imaging, food, cosmetic, metal and water treatment, and pharmaceutical industries from 11 US locations.

Address: 9 Old Kings Hwy. SouthDarien, CT 06820-1725 Phone: 203-655-3400 Fax: 203-655-8643

• President and CEO: Charles A. Hinnant • CFO: Fred Wirth • COO and Director, Legal Affairs: Bryant Hinnant

CHEMCENTRAL Corporation

CHEMCENTRAL is in the center of a chemically dependent world. The company is one of the top chemical distributors in North America. It carries products made by BASF, Dow Chemical, DuPont, and others. Key customers for CHEMCENTRAL's more than 8,000 chemical products include companies that manufacture adhesives, caulks, and sealants; cleaning agents; cosmetics and personal care products; inks and paint coatings; and plastic and rubber compounds. Once know as William J. Hough Company of Chicago, CHEMCENTRAL was established in 1926 by entrepreneurs Halbert Sampson and William Hough.

Address: 7050 W. 71st St.Bedford Park, IL 60499 Phone: 708-594-7000 Fax: 708-594-6382

• President and CEO: John R. Yanney • VP and CFO: John G. LaBahn • SVP and Director, Sales and Marketing: Phillip A. Scafido

Chemical Lime Company

Don't put "this" lime in your gin and tonic. Chemical Lime, as its name would suggest, provides lime and lime-based products (including quicklimes and hydrated limes) for use in steel making, ore processing, industrial manufacturing, and construction. The company's products also serve environmental purposes such as wastewater treatment and softening drinking water, as well as roadbed stabilization. Chemical Lime provides lime slurry (hot liquid lime) to its customers from its PORTA BATCH concentrated production units. Chemical Lime's quarries and plants are primarily located in the southern and western US. Lhoist Group of Belgium owns Chemical Lime, which was founded in 1966.

Address: 3700 Hulen St.Fort Worth, TX 76107 Phone: 817-732-8164 Fax: 817-732-8564

• President and CEO: David M. Reilly • CFO: Steve Barnish • Manager, Marketing: David C. (Dave) Hoffman

Chevron Oronite Company LLC

Chevron Oronite Company's additives subtract the bad elements from oil and fuel. Oronite additives disperse deposits, control corrosion, and execute oxidation, thereby reducing wear and friction in fuel-burning engines. The company is a subsidiary of Chevron and affiliated with its chemical joint venture, CP Chem. Its products are divided into components and chemicals (detergents, dispersants, polybutene), oronite fuel additives (gasoline, diesel, and aftermarket additives), lubricating oil additives (hydraulic, engine, industrial, and marine oils), and viscosity index improvers (under the brand name PARATONE).

Address: 1301 McKinney St.Houston, TX 77010 Phone: 713-754-5300 Fax: 713-754-5523

• President: Ronald (Ron) Kiskis • Marketing Manager: Susan Boyle

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

A coin toss determined which company's name would go first when Chevron and Phillips Petroleum (now ConocoPhillips) formed a new 50-50 joint venture, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem), in 2000. Among the largest US petrochemical firms, CPChem produces ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, and polypropylene -- sometimes used as building blocks for the company's other products such as pipe. CPChem also produces aromatics such as benzene and styrene, specialty chemicals such as acetylene black (a form of carbon black), and drilling and mining chemicals. The company has formed several petrochemicals joint ventures in the Middle East. Most of CPChem's operations are located in the US.

Address: 10001 6 Pines Dr.The Woodlands, TX 77380-1498 Phone: 832-813-4100 Fax: 800-231-3890


• President and CEO: Raymond I. (Ray) Wilcox • SVP, CFO, and Controller: Greg G. Maxwell • CIO: Larry R. Frazier

Yes

China National Chemicals Import & Export Corporation

The pragmatically named China National Chemicals Import & Export (known as Sinochem) deals in chemicals, primarily in the petroleum industry, but also in rubber, plastics, and fertilizer. Founded in 1950, the state-owned company is China's largest trading company and its first multinational conglomerate. It operates through more than 100 subsidiaries in China and abroad in concerns ranging from petroleum trading to real estate. One of only a handful Chinese companies ranked in "FORTUNE" magazine's Global 500, Sinochem has diversified into technology, finance, and information businesses.

Address: Sinochem Tower, A2 Fuxingmenwai DajieBeijing 100045, China Phone: +86-10-8807-8888 Fax: +86-10-8807-8890

• President and CEO: Liu Deshu • CFO: Chen Guogang • VP Strategic Planning, Information Technology, and Administr: Luo Dongjiang

Clariant GmbH

From painting to printing, Clariant GmbH makes it brighter. The company makes pigments for paints, lacquers, plastics, and other specialty applications. The company also makes printing inks for ink jet and laser printing, additives to improve heat resistance, and aluminum paints. Other Clariant GmbH divisions make surfactants, polymers, pharmaceutical and agricultural fine chemicals, and distribute color and additive concentrates. Clariant GmbH sells to the automotive, electronics, consumer goods, medical, packaging, and textiles markets. The company, which also has research and development operations, is part of specialty chemical giant Clariant International.

Address: Am Unisys-Park 165843 Sulzbach, Germany Phone: +49-6-196-757-60 Fax: +49-6-196-757-88-56

• Managing Director: Herbert Link • Member, Management Board: Alexander Klak • Member, Management Board, Finance and Administration: Henri Schlömer

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.

to counteract global warming. The company is starting to commercialize its chemical fuel additives and other products for reducing diesel engine emissions and improving fuel economy. These include its platinum fuel catalysts, which are marketed in Europe and the US under the Platinum Plus brand. Clean Diesel Technologies also manufactures and licenses nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction systems (under the brand name ARIS 2000) and chemical fuel additives to help control diesel engine emissions. The company has a licensing deal with Mitsui to use the ARIS technology in stationary engines in Japan. Former parent Fuel-Tech N.V. owns 11% of the company.

Address: 300 Atlantic St., Ste. 702Stamford, CT 06901 Phone: 203-327-7050 Fax: 203-323-0461


• President, CEO, and Director: Bernhard Steiner • SVP, Administration, CFO, and Treasurer: David W. Whitwell • VP, Sales and Marketing: R. Glen Reid

Cognis Corporation

Cognis Corporation is the North American presence of the German chemical manufacturer Cognis Deutschland. Cognis Corp. focuses on three product lines: care chemicals, coating technology, and oleochemicals. The company also has a patent law department. Cognis Corp. accounts for about a quarter of its parent's total sales. An investment group bought Cognis from Henkel in 2001 and took it private; management has plans to go public on its own in the coming years.

Address: 5051 Estecreek Dr.Cincinnati, OH 45232-1446 Phone: 513-482-3000 Fax: 513-482-5503

• President: Paul S. Allen • Chief Administrative Officer: Greg Pflum • Communications Manager: Kathy Bollmer

Cole Chemical & Distributing Inc.

petrochemical manufacturers. The company's products include acids, alcohols, amines, chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, lubricants, and resins from suppliers including BASF, Cargill, and Dow Corning. It offers safety training, custom blending, warehousing, logistics, and custom packaging services from its locations throughout the US; the company also has import and export operations. Cole Chemical is a minority- and woman-owned business; it was formed by CEO Donna Fujimoto Cole in 1980.

Address: 8915 Gaylord St.Houston, TX 77024-2903 Phone: 713-465-2653 Fax: 713-461-3462


• President and CEO: Donna F. Cole • Manager, Sales and Marketing: Dave Luther • Manager, Business Development: Hilda Rader

CP Kelco

Composites One LLC

Composites One (C1) helps composites fabricators compose their products. The company distributes a variety of fiberglass and composite materials, such as additives, adhesives, gel coats, pigments, putties, polyester, and vinyl ester resins. A joint venture of GLS and Cook Composites and Polymers, C1 maintains more than 30 distribution centers and serves 7,000 customers throughout the US and in Canada.

Address: 723 W. Algonquin Rd.Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Phone: 847-437-0200 Fax: 847-437-0664


• CEO: Steve Dehmlow • President and COO: Leon Garoufalis • CFO: Jim Sieber

Contran Corporation

Give Texas billionaire Harold Simmons a 10-yard penalty, because the company he founded, Contran, is a holding company. Through subsidiaries and affiliations, Valhi, Inc. (a publicly traded company about 90% controlled by Contran) conducts diversified operations in chemicals (NL Industries and Kronos Worldwide), metals (Titanium Metals Corporation), waste management (Waste Control Specialties), computer support systems, and precision ball bearing slides and locking systems (CompX International). Contran also has a controlling interest in Keystone Consolidated Industries, a maker of fencing and wire products. Trusts benefiting Simmons' family (with Simmons as the sole trustee) own pretty much all of Contran.

Address: Three Lincoln Centre, 5430 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 1700Dallas, TX 75240 Phone: 972-233-1700 Fax: 972-448-1444

• Chairman: Harold C. Simmons • President and Director: Steven L. Watson • VP and Controller: Gregory M. (Greg) Swalwell

entire class. Formed in 2000 by the combination of Hercules' Copenhagen Pectin/Food Gums unit and the Kelco unit of Monsanto, CP Kelco's products include carrageenan, gellan gum, xanthan gum, and microparticulated whey protein. The company, a subsidiary of J. M. Huber, makes additives used to give food, industrial, personal care, and pharmaceutical products (everything from jam and ketchup to paint and cosmetics) the desired texture, viscosity, and stability. Until 2004 Lehman Brothers and Hercules had owned 71% and 29% of Kelco, respectively. Huber bought out Hercules in a deal that closed early in 2004 and acquired Lehman's in the Fall.

Address: 123 N. Wacker Dr., Ste. 2000Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: 312-554-7800 Fax: 312-554-7810


• President and CEO: Thomas B. (Tom) Lamb • SVP, Technology: Akiva T. Gross • VP, Operations and Business Management: Robert Bruce Dructor

CPH Holding Corp.

halls with performance additives. Through its CPH Solutions and RTD Hallstar subsidiaries, the company makes polymer and personal care product additives used to improve the quality of rubber, plastics, adhesives, coatings, cosmetics, skin care items, and industrial products. It operates two US manufacturing facilities and distributes products to customers in the US and abroad. The company's brands include Paraplex, Plasthall, Hallcote, Quikote, Suprmix, Maglite, and Marinco. CPH Holding is owned by members of its executive staff.

Address: 311 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 4700Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: 312-554-7400 Fax: 312-554-7499

• Chairman: George A. Vincent • President and COO: John J. Paro • VP and CFO: Thomas (Tom) Seum

CRI Asia Pacific

Doing the dirty work that helps to keep skies blue is what's at issue for CRI Asia Pacific. The company, a unit of the US-based CRI Catalyst (which itself is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies), distributes flue gas treatment catalysts and the related technology to chemical, environmental emission control, and petrochemical companies. Chief among the company's products are catalysts used to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and dioxin removal (pollutants created as a byproduct of incinerating solid and liquid hazardous waste materials).

Address: 298 Tiong Bahru Rd., 07-03/04/05 Central Plaza168730 Singapore Phone: +65-6276-3631 Fax: +65-6276-7456

• President: Robert Trout • Business Manager, Environmental Catalysts and Systems: Harry Tang • Business Director, EO & KataLeuna Catalyst: King Way Ma

CRI Catalyst Co.

Chemically speaking, CRI Catalyst (CRICC) is known for its chain reactions. The company, a part of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies' Catalyst Technology unit, manages catalyst development centers, research laboratories, support groups, and manufacturing plants. Along with its CRI Asia Pacific subsidiary the company provides flue gas treatment catalysts used to reduce harmful emissions produced at chemical and petrochemical facilities. CRICC provides services such as silver management and silver recovery for the production of ethylene oxide.

Address: 16825 Northchase Dr., Ste. 1110Houston, TX 77060 Phone: 281-874-2490 Fax: 281-874-2499

• President; President, CRI/Criterion Catalyst: Robert Trout • Business Manager: John Walker • Business Director, Technology and Development: Alan Del Paggio

CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company Ltd

chemically challenged. The company acts as the European distributor for its parent, CRI Catalyst (which is a subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies). Through its subsidiary, Criterion Catalysts & Technologies, CRI/Criterion Catalyst provides hydroprocessing chemicals used by petrochemical companies. Along with ABB Lummus Global and Catalytic Distribution Technologies (CD Tech), it has developed a new, economically viable process to create low sulfur diesel and low sulfur gasoline with reduced emissions.

Address: 1650 Parkway, The Solent Business ParkWhiteley Fareham, Hampshire PO15 7AH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1489-881-881 Fax: +44-1489-881-882

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 133.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-6.30%) Employees (2004): 48 Employee Growth (1 yr): 4.30%

• President: Robert Trout • Business Manager, Environmental Catalysts and Systems: Onno Maaskant • Business Director, EO Catalyst: James McAteer

D.H. Litter Company, Inc.

D.H. Litter scatters specialty chemical products across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The distribution company sells to customers in the plastics, adhesives, paint and coatings, printing ink, paper, textile, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food industries. It also provides product research and technical training to its customers. D.H. Litter represents product manufacturers such as Alcoa, Bayer, and Degussa. The company was founded in 1921.

Address: 565 Taxter Rd., Ste. 610Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: 914-592-1077 Fax: 914-592-1499


• President: Michael Granito • Sales Manager: David Penichter • Business Manager: Charlie Snyder

Dakota Gasification Company

A miracle on the prairie? A subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Dakota Gasification does not turn water into wine, but it does the next best thing, it turns coal into natural gas. The Great Plains Synfuels Plant harnesses the abundant lignite resources underlying the North Dakota prairie. Through a complex gasification process the company transforms more than 6 million tons of coal into more than 54 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas annually, which is then used to supply homes and businesses across the Eastern US. In addition to natural gas, the company's Synfuels plant produces carbon dioxide, fertilizers, solvents, phenol, and other chemicals.

Address: 1600 E. Interstate Ave.Bismarck, ND 58501-0561 Phone: 701-221-4411 Fax: 701-221-4450


• Chairman: Don Applegate • President and CEO: Ronald R. (Ron) Harper • VP and COO: Alan C. (Al) Lukes

DC Chemical Co., Ltd.

of chemicals. DC Chemical (DCC) makes basic chemicals (soda ash, acetic acid, etc.), fine chemicals (ingredients for rubber and glyphosate), and petrochemicals (carbon black, benzene, and xylene). DC Chemical maintains nine manufacturing plants in South Korea and subsidiary offices throughout Asia as well as in Belgium, Turkey, and the US. The company was formed in 1959 -- then known as Oriental Chemical Industries (OCI) -- and changed its name following the 2001 merger of OCI and Korea Steel Petrochemical.

Address: Oriental Chemical Bldg., 50 Sogong-dong, Jung-guSeoul, South Korea Phone: +82-2-727-9500 Fax: +82-2-757-4111


• Chairman, Representative Director: Soo Young Lee • Honorary Chairman: Hoi Rim Lee

Yes

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha's name is as complicated as some of the chemicals it manufactures. The company operates four business segments: petrochemicals, specialized chemical products, cement and construction materials, and pharmaceuticals and other operations. It makes products such as fertilizers, synthetic rubber, cement additives for construction and cement production, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinyl acetate resins used to produce synthetic rubber and plastics, and semiconductor-related electronic materials (including styrene resins used in semiconductor chips). Founded in 1915, Denki Kagaku Kogyo has subsidiaries worldwide.

Address: Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, 1-1,Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome, Chuo-Tokyo 103-8338, Japan Phone: +81-3-3507-5055 Fax: +81-3-3507-5059

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 2377.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 16.80% Employees (2004): 5,618 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.00%) • President and Director:

Toshio Hiruma

DNT Corporation

DNT doesn't provide TNT, but it does supply a variety of other volatile substances. The company, which does business as E.W. Kaufmann, distributes specialty chemicals and equipment throughout the northeastern US from warehouses in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. E.W. Kaufmann began as a sales representative organization in 1956; the employee-owned company now distributes chemicals from some 30 different manufacturers. Its suppliers include BASF, Huntsman, and Reichhold. Subsidiary E.W. Kaufmann Services provides storage and transportation tanks and maintenance and installation services.

Address: 1320 Industrial Hwy.Southampton, PA 18966 Phone: 215-364-0240 Fax: 215-364-4397

• President: Brian Gilbert • Controller: Robin Connor • Director, Marketing: Jim Goldsmith

Dorsett & Jackson, Inc.

Dorsett & Jackson distributes raw materials in the western US. The company provides specialty chemicals such as amines, food additives, pigments, plasticizers, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, and thickening agents. It serves customers in the paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and plastics and rubber industries. Dorsett & Jackson's suppliers include Alcoa, Degussa, and Hexion. The company serves California, Nevada, and Arizona from locations in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The company was formed in 1954 by Bob Dorsett and Hartley Jackson and is owned by executives Paul Grubs, Donald Witteman, and Romer Johnson.

Address: 3800 Noakes St.Los Angeles, CA 90023 Phone: 323-268-1815 Fax: 323-268-9082


• Chairman: Paul E. Grubs • President and CEO: Donald F. (Don) Witteman • EVP and COO: Romer E. Johnson

Durr Marketing Associates, Inc.

Durr Marketing Associates' forte is raw materials for the specialty chemical market. The company distributes catalysts, inorganic chemicals, pigments, lubricants, rust/corrosion/stain inhibitors, plasticizers, resins, and thickening agents. Its customers include companies in the adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, plastics and rubber, and electronics industries. Durr Marketing's suppliers include Interplastic, PPG Industries, and Huntsman.

Address: 1300 Lower Rodi Rd.Turtle Creek, PA 15145 Phone: 412-829-2300 Fax: 412-829-7680

• President: David R. Durr • VP, Operations: Debra Ladley • VP, Sales: Keith Standbridge

DynaMotive Energy Systems Corporation

It takes Mother Nature millions of years to brew a barrel of oil, but DynaMotive Energy Systems wants to accelerate the process with its BioOil product. Clean-burning BioOil, made from forest and agricultural wastes, can be used as a substitute for fossil fuels in diesel engines, gas turbines, and boilers. BioOil, which is being tested by engine manufacturers in preparation for a commercial rollout, also can be used as raw material for fertilizer and specialty chemicals. DynaMotive Energy Systems sold its DynaPower unit in 2002. It has offices in Massachusetts and London, and sells to customers in Asia, Canada, Europe, and the US.

Address: 1700 W. 75th Avenue, Suite 105Vancouver, British Columbia V6P 6G2, Canada Phone: 604-267-6000 Fax: 604-267-6005


• Chairman: Richard Chen Hsing Lin • President, CEO, and Director: R. Andrew Kingston • CFO: Brian Richardson

Yes

Yes

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

E. I. du Pont de Nemours (DuPont) is focusing on chemicals and profits. The #3 US chemical maker (behind Dow and ExxonMobil Chemicals) has undergone a restructuring that consolidated eight business units into five. These segments produce coatings (automotive finishes and coatings), crop protection chemicals and genetically modified seeds, electronic materials (LCDs, sensors, and fluorochemicals), polymers and resins for packaging and other uses, and safety and security materials and chemicals. The company has slimmed down, exiting the pharmaceutical business and fibers industry (INVISTA -- including Lycra and Stainmaster), and is focusing more and more on biotechnology and safety and protection.

Address: 1007 Market St.Wilmington, DE 19898 Phone: 302-774-1000 Fax: 302-999-4399


• Chairman and CEO: Charles O. (Chad) Holliday Jr. • EVP and COO: Richard R. Goodmanson • SVP and CFO: Gary M. Pfeiffer

E. T. Horn Company

E. T. Horn wants chemical makers to phone home... the company's home office, that is. The company distributes chemical ingredients in the western US. Customers include manufacturers of coatings, lubricants, elastomers and composites, building materials, food, and personal care products. E. T. Horn maintains warehouses in California, Oregon, and Utah and serves customers in 11 western US states. Its suppliers include Aqualon, Cabot, and Degussa. The employee-owned company was founded by E. T. "Jack" Horn in the 1960s.

Address: 16141 Heron Ave.La Mirada, CA 90638 Phone: 714-523-8050 Fax: 714-670-6851

Revenue (2005): 26.10 M Employees (2005): 100

• CEO: Gene Alley • President: Patrick Marantette • VP, Finance and Administration: Julie Wubbena

Eaglebrook, Inc.

Eaglebrook hopes to make rivers flow cleaner. The company manufactures a wide range of iron and aluminum coagulants for the wastewater and potable water industries. The company has offices in the US and Canada and has been acquired by Kemiron Companies, making it one of North America's largest suppliers of inorganic coagulants. Kemiron Companies is the US subsidiary of Finnish chemical company Kemira Oyj.

Address: 4801 Southwick Dr., Ste. 200Matteson, IL 60443 Phone: 708-747-5038 Fax: 708-747-3278


• Chairman: Alfred M. Tenny • President: Bill Wowchuk • Marketing Manager: Steve Tenny

Eastman Chemical Company

Eastman Chemical can recall its past through photos -- it was once part of film giant Eastman Kodak. The company has developed into a major producer of chemicals, fibers, and plastics. Its Polyesters business group is responsible for Eastman's polymers and specialty plastics manufacturing operations. While the Chemicals & Fibers business group is comprised of the company's performance chemicals and intermediates; fibers; and coatings, adhesives, specialty polymers, and inks units. Eastman's products go into such items as food and medical packaging, films, and toothbrushes. Eastman is the #1 maker of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a plastic used to make packaging for soft drinks, food, and water.

Address: 200 S. Wilcox Dr.Kingsport, TN 37660 Phone: 423-229-2000 Fax: 423-229-2145


• Chairman and CEO: J. Brian Ferguson • President; Head of Chemicals and Fibers Business Group: James P. Rogers • SVP and CFO: Richard A. (Rich) Lorraine

Ecolab Limited

thanks to Ecolab Limited. The UK subsidiary of American specialty chemicals company Ecolab Inc, it has bought the UK businesses of pest elimination company Terminix and Adams Healthcare, a maker of hospital hygiene products, since late 2002. The acquisitions have greatly increased the scope of the company's business in Great Britain, which previously had been concentrated in the food and beverage industry as a provider of cleaning and disinfecting systems and services. Ecolab Limited operates from two locations in England.

Address: David Murray John Bldg.Swindon SN1 1NH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1793-51-12-21 Fax: +44-1793-61-85-52

• Regional VP: Ronald J. Lindsay Pringle • Finance Director: Stephan W. Weber

Eka Chemicals AB

Eka Chemicals is able to eke out a fine living by providing chemicals to, primarily, the paper and pulp industry. A division of Dutch chemicals colossus Akzo Nobel, Eka reorganized in 2003. It now has two divisions: Pulp and Paper -- which itself is divided along geographic lines -- and Specialty Products. Eka's bleaching chemicals provide more than half of the company's total sales. The remaining portions of the Pulp and Paper unit provide everything from monitoring units for chem labs to coating additives. The Specialty Products division manufactures tall oils and other products for the glue, paint, and rubber industries.

Address: Lilla Bommen 1445 80 Bohus, Sweden Phone: +46-31-58-70-00 Fax: +46-31-58-72-12


• President: Jan Svärd • Head of Control and Information Technology: Gijsberth de Ruiter • Head of Business Development, BU-project: Ulf Liljestrand

Eka Chemicals Inc.

If it's chemicals for the North American pulp and paper industry you seek-a, then head right on over to Eka. The American arm of Eka Chemicals (a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel), the company is located throughout the US, with nine manufacturing plants. In addition to bleaching and water treatment chemicals, Eka Chemicals USA markets specialty products like adhesive resins and colloidal silica, which is used as a sealant by the electronics industry. Eka announced in late 2003 that it would restructure its North American business; it closed down one plant and ramped up production at two others.

Address: 1775 W. Oak Commons Ct.Marietta, GA 30062 Phone: 770-578-0858 Fax: 770-578-1359

• President: Mario Houde • VP, Operations: Roger Harcrow

Elementis Specialties, Inc.

Elementis Specialties focuses on the elements of specialty chemicals. The company manufactures additives that improve the various properties of products made by the coatings, building products, and cosmetics industries. A division of Elementis plc, it manufactures rheological additives (that impact thinning and thickening and affect flow). The company also manufactures a line of pigment dispersions and a variety of other specialty additives and polymers. In 2004 Elementis bought Sasol's Servo unit and began integrating it within the Specialties' portfolio. Although its parent is based in the UK, Elementis Specialties makes its home in New Jersey and has operations worldwide.

Address: 329 Wyckoffs Mill Rd.Hightstown, NJ 08520 Phone: 609-443-2500 Fax: 609-443-2422


• Managing Director: Neil Carr • VP, Operations: Martin Neil • VP, Finance: Zahir Ibrahim

EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.

EMCO Chemical Distributors has developed a special chemistry with its Midwest manufacturing customers. With a fleet of nearly 60 tankers, trailers, trucks, and vans, EMCO distributes chemicals that include acids, alcohols, aldehydes, surfactants, amines, solvents, and other industrial and specialty chemicals. The company's custom packaging facility provides contract blending and packaging services and concentrates on filling orders for hazardous chemicals. Its waste services division has an agreement to supply processed non-hazardous waste to American Ref-Fuel's New York waste-to-energy facility; the unit also provides hazardous waste disposal. President, CEO, and owner Edward Polen founded EMCO in 1971.

Address: 2100 Commonwealth Ave.North Chicago, IL 60064 Phone: 847-689-2200 Fax: 847-689-8470


• President and CEO: Edward Polen • VP and General Manager: Randall Polen • Controller: David Sigafus

EMD Chemicals Inc.

pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA (not to be confused with American pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. -- they're separate and unrelated and have been since 1917). EMD Chemicals specializes in producing pigments for automotive, packaging, plastics, and printing applications. The company is the result of the January 2003 combination of four Merck KGaA divisions: EM Science, EM Industries, EMD Pharmaceuticals, and EMD Biosciences. EMD Chemicals also makes raw ingredients for cosmetics through its subsidiary Rona.

Address: 480 S. Democrat Rd.Gibbstown, NJ 08027 Phone: 856-423-6300 Fax: 856-423-4389

• President and CEO: Douglas S. Brown • CFO: Kathie Lamb • VP and General Manager, Analytics and Reagents: Bill Molnar

Ercros, S.A.

Yes

Equistar Chemicals, LP

Someone's got to build the building blocks too, you know? Equistar Chemicals, a subsidiary of Lyondell Chemical, does just that. Equistar's primary product is ethylene, which is the world's most-used petrochemical and the basis for any number of other chemicals, plastics, and synthetics. Among the company's other products are propylene, butadiene, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, benzene, and toluene. Polyethylene is used in plastic bags and bottles; polypropylene is used in plastic caps, rigid packaging, automotive components, and carpet. The company was jointly owned by Lyondell and Millennium Chemicals until the former bought the latter in 2004.

Address: 1221 McKinney St., Ste. 700Houston, TX 77010 Phone: 713-652-7300


• CEO: Dan F. Smith • COO: Morris Gelb • SVP and CFO: T. Kevin DeNicola

Ercros is made up of five divisions: basic chemicals (caustic soda and ethyl acetate), agrochemicals and animal feed (dicalcium phosphate, industrial salt, and rock salt), emulsions (polymers in suspension), and pharmaceuticals (erythromycin and phosphomycin), and International. The company was formed in 1989 by the merger of Spain's two largest private chemical companies: S.A. Cros and Unión Explosivos Río Tinto. Cepa, another predecessor of Ercros, was the first company to produce penicillin in Spain. Ercros acquired Uralita's Aragonesas unit in 2005.

Address: Avenida Diagonal 595, Plant 508014 Barcelona, Spain Phone: +34-934-393-009 Fax: +34-934-308-073


Executive: Antonio Zabalza Martí • General Manager, Corporative and Business Development: José L. Muñiz Álvarez • Director, Communications: Teresa Conesa Fábregues

Ethyl Corporation

Ethyl hears you knocking and it hopes you let its products in. The company is a subsidiary of NewMarket (formerly Ethyl), which was restructured in June 2004 as a holding company for Ethyl and sister company Afton Chemical. The new Ethyl markets its gasoline performance additives and diesel cetane improver (which increases ignition quality in diesel fuel) throughout North America. It also makes and markets anti-knock additive tetraethyl lead (TEL), mostly through a partnership with Octel, which sells TEL in places that still use leaded gasoline. TEL once was a primary product line for Ethyl but has seen diminishing returns since the U.S. Clean Air Act and others like it were put in place.

Address: 330 S. 4th St.Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-788-5600 Fax: 804-788-5688 • President: Russell L.

Gottwald Jr.

ExxonMobil Chemical Company

No surprise that a subsidiary of the world's #1 oil company, Exxon Mobil, is among the world's top chemical companies. ExxonMobil Chemical ranks #1 or #2 in making many petrochemicals, including benzene and toluene, as well as polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) and high-density and linear low-density polyethylene (HDPE and LLDPE, respectively). The company also is a major producer of olefins (such as ethylene and propylene, used to make polyolefins), aromatics, and specialty chemicals. ExxonMobil uses its polyolefins to make films for packaging and labeling and also licenses some of its process technology. It has operations in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia/Pacific region.

Address: 13501 Katy Fwy.Houston, TX 77079-1398 Phone: 281-870-6000 Fax: 281-870-6661


• President: Michael J. (Mike) Dolan • VP, Global Operations: Bruce G. Macklin • VP, Marketing: Frank S. Panebianco

FinishMaster, Inc.

Accidents are why pencils have erasers and why FinishMaster sells tons of paint. The company is a top US distributor of automotive paints, coatings, and accessories, which it sells mainly to customers in the collision repair industry. FinishMaster distributes a wide variety of brand name products from such producers as BASF, DuPont, 3M, and PPG (its top suppliers). It also makes and markets refinishing accessories under the PrivateBrand label. The firm's distribution network serves its customers from about 170 sales outlets in 28 states. Chairman and CEO Andre Lacy controls 76% of FinishMaster through holding company LDI, Ltd.

Address: 54 Monument Circle, Ste. 800Indianapolis, IN 46204-2942 Phone: 317-237-3678 Fax: 317-237-2150


• President, COO, and Director: John A. Lacy • SVP, Business Development: Charles (Chuck) VanSlaars • SVP, Finance, and CFO: Robert R. (Bob) Millard

Yes

Floridienne s.a.

Floridienne, originally named for its mining activities in Florida, now focuses on inorganic chemistry, food, and the life sciences. The holding company's agro-food division specializes in French seafood, snails, and truffles, as well as international food products. The company's chemical unit focuses in making zinc, lead, nickel, cadmium, and bismouth salts. In addition, Floridienne develops enterprises in the biotechnological, food-processing, and chemical industries through its life sciences division. Beluflo S.A. owns about 26% in the company.

Address: Chaussée de Tervuren 198F1410 Waterloo, Belgium Phone: +32-2-353-00-28 Fax: +32-2-353-05-81

• Chairman: Philippe Bodson • Managing Director and Board Member: Jean-Marie Delwart • Group Financial and Central Services Manager: Gaëtan Waucquez

FMC CORPORATION

E may = mc2, but FMC = chemicals. Once in areas as diverse as oil field equipment and food machinery, FMC Corporation now focuses on industrial, specialty, and agricultural chemicals. The company's industrial chemicals include soda ash (it's one of the largest producers), hydrogen peroxide, and phosphorus chemicals. The rest of its sales come from agricultural products (insecticides and herbicides) and specialty chemicals (food and pharmaceutical additives). FMC and partner Solutia sold Astaris (now called ICL Performance Products LP), its phosphorus compounds joint venture, to Israel Chemicals Limited in late 2005.

Address: 1735 Market St.Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: 214-299-6000


• Chairman, President, and CEO: William G. (Bill) Walter • SVP and CFO: W. Kim Foster • CIO: Michael F. Giesler

FMC Wyoming Corporation

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, and sometimes a company's name says exactly what that company is. FMC Wyoming Corporation is pretty much as it sounds, a division of the FMC Corporation that is based in Green River, Wyoming. FMC Wyoming mines and manufactures sodium carbonate and soda ash for pulp and paper companies; its products also go into the making of livestock feed and other parts of the agricultural industry. Its caustic soda and soda ash also are used to make glass and in the manufacture of chemicals. FMC Wyoming accounts for the majority of its parent company's alkali chemicals segment.

Address: Westvaco Rd.Green River, WY 82935 Phone: 307-875-2580 Fax: 307-872-2308


• Manufacturing Director: Jim Pearce • IT Manager: Richard (Dick) Bardwell

Fuchs Lubricants Co.

Lubricants, the US operating unit of Germany-based Fuchs Petrolub, one of the world's top independent manufacturers of specialty lubricants and greases. Its products, including heavy-duty greases, hydraulic fluids, industrial grease and maintenance lubricants, and metal working fluids, are used by customers in the food processing, industrial equipment, metals and mining, and pharmaceutical industries. Fuchs Lubricants also provides chemical process management services, including process control, optimization, usage reduction, and waste minimization services. Its Brooks Steel Division offers expertise on lubricants to the North American steel industry.

Address: 17050 Lathrop Ave.Harvey, IL 60426 Phone: 708-333-8900 Fax: 708-333-9180

• Chairman and CEO: L. Frank Kleinman • President: David Hughey • VP Finance: Pamela (Pam) Watson

FUCHS PETROLUB AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

one of the world's leading independent manufacturers of automotive and industrial lubricants. Its products include engine and gear oils, metalworking fluids, metal forming lubricants, corrosion preventatives, quenching oils, biodegradable lubricants, and greases. The company also provides polishing pastes and tools as well as anti-freeze, mining products, and vaselines. FUCHS PETROLUB operates through more than 50 production facilities and about 70 subsidiaries worldwide. It operates in the US through Fuchs Lubricants and in the UK through FUCHS LUBRITECH, which makes specialty lubricants for the food and beverage industries in the UK.

Address: Friesenheimer Str. 1768169 Mannheim, Germany Phone: +49-621-3802-0 Fax: +49-621-3802-190


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Jürgen F. Strube • Chairman of the Executive Board: Stefan R. Fuchs • Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and Financial Director: Alexander Selent

Yes

G.S. Robins and Company

G.S. Robins flits from manufacturer to manufacturer dropping raw materials as it goes. Founded in 1923, the company is a family-owned business that distributes chemicals such as acids, adhesives and sealants, dyes, esters, flavors and fragrances, food additives, and intermediates for the food, cleaning product, coatings, metal treatment, and water treatment industries. Its suppliers include Akzo Nobel, DuPont, Georgia Gulf, and Hercules. G.S. Robins also offers storage, custom blending, bulk handling, contract packaging, and product research services.

Address: 126 Chouteau Ave.St. Louis, MO 63102-2490 Phone: 314-621-5155 Fax: 314-621-1216


• President: G. Stephen (Steve) Robins • CFO: Bob Branson

Gallade Chemical, Inc.

Gallade Chemical gallantly delivers chemicals far and wide. The company is a family-owned business that distributes chemicals such as acids, alcohols, chlor-alkali, polyglycols, solvents, thickening agents, and reagents to companies in industrial manufacturing, microelectronics, research and analysis, and specialty chemical industries. It also supplies laboratory, safety, and industrial products such as beakers, protective clothing, and testing kits. Gallade Chemical's suppliers include Sigma-Aldrich, 3M, EMD Chemicals, and Mallinckrodt. Founded in 1964, the company delivers products throughout the US from its four locations in California.

Address: 1230 E. St. Gertrude PlaceSanta Ana, CA 92707 Phone: 714-546-9901 Fax: 714-546-2501

• President and CEO: Richard A. (Rick) Gallade

Gantrade Corporation

Gantrade gallivants about the globe trading chemical commodities. The company is a petrochemicals firm and producer of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), as well as carbon black and ethylene and propylene derivatives. The company has marketing and storage operations in the US and throughout Europe. The Parekh family owns Gantrade and has interests in various other chemical companies through a venture with Citicorp Venture Capital. The venture controlled synthetic rubber manufacturer Ameripol Synpol, which liquidated under bankruptcy protection in 2003.

Address: 210 Summit Ave., Ste. 1Montvale, NJ 07645 Phone: 201-573-1955 Fax: 201-573-8617


• President: Mahendra Parekh • CFO: Mark Cerepak • VP, Sales: Jai Moorthy

Gaylord Chemical Corporation

Gaylord Chemical Corporation manufactures just three products: dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl sulfone. But those three chemicals go into a number of end products, including the production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, petrochemicals, inks, and solvents, as well as in semiconductor manufacturing. The company is a subsidiary -- for now -- of Temple-Inland's corrugated packaging unit, as a result of that company's 2002 purchase of the former Gaylord Container Company. Temple-Inland plans to sell off the Gaylord Chemical as soon as the company concludes some litigation.

Address: 106 Galeria Blvd.Slidell, LA 70459-1209 Phone: 985-649-5464 Fax: 985-649-0068


• Chairman and CEO: Louie Zeillmann • President and COO: Paul Dennis • CFO: Jim LeBlanc

General Chemical Industrial Products Inc.

General Chemical Industrial Products makes soda and another product that is rich in calcium, but don't be tempted to take drink. The company's products are soda ash (a raw ingredient in glass, soap, textiles, and detergent) and calcium chloride (which can be used to melt ice from roads and also to bind together the dust, dirt, and rock that make up an unpaved road). The firm, formerly called General Chemical Group, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2003. It emerged in April of the following year as General Chemical Industrial Products. Subsidiary General Chemical Canada filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005.

Address: 120 Eagle Rock Ave.East Hanover, NJ 07936 Phone: 973-599-5500

• Chairman: Eugene I. (Gene) Davis • President, CEO, and Director: DeLyle W. Bloomquist

George S. Coyne Chemical Co., Inc.

Flipping a coin to find a chemical distributor might bring up George S. Coyne Chemical. The company distributes industrial chemicals (for pharmaceuticals, food, and cosmetics), consumer products (pool chemicals, de-icing chemicals, solar salt), and metal finishing and plating chemicals, primarily in the Eastern US. Coyne Chemical also provides related valued-added services, such as warehousing, custom blending and packaging, and environmental consulting. The company was formed in 1868 by George S. Coyne and is operated by the founder's descendants.

Address: 3015 State Rd.Croydon, PA 19021-6697 Phone: 215-785-3000 Fax: 215-785-1585


• President and CEO: Thomas H. (Tom) Coyne • VP, Finance and Operations: Donald C. (Don) Helwig

Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc.

From one corner of the US all the way to the other, Georgia-Pacific Resins manufactures adhesives resins and wood chemicals for its corporate parent, paper and building products giant Georgia-Pacific. The wholly owned subsidiary functions as the chemical division of the parent, manufacturing adhesives, thermoset resins, and wood and paper chemicals; it also manufactures formaldehyde. Georgia-Pacific maintains 17 manufacturing facilities in the US and another four in South America. It ranks, along with Hexion Specialty Chemicals, as the world's largest thermoset and forest product resins makers.

Address: 55 Park Place, 16th Fl.Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 404-652-4000 Fax: 404-747-2682


• President: Richard G. (Rick) Urschel • Senior Manager, Accounting: Randy Brackett • Manager, IT: Roger Watson

Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan Co., Ltd.

Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co. (GNF-J) is part of a joint venture formed by General Electric, Toshiba, and Hitachi in 2001. General Electric has the controlling 51% stake in the venture, and Toshiba and Hitachi split the remaining share. The company develops, manufactures, and sells nuclear fuel in Japan. Formerly Japan Nuclear Fuel Co., GNF-J evolved from a joint venture formed between Toshiba and Hitachi as early as 1967 to introduce to Japan a boiling water reactor (BWR) developed by GE. The nuclear fuel company is affiliated with US-based Global Nuclear Fuel Americas and GE Nuclear Energy.

Address: 2-3-1, UchikawaYokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0836, Japan Phone: +81-46-833-2323 Fax: +81-46-835-2326 • President and CEO:

Hiroshi Machiba

Gulf Coast Chemical Corp.

Gulf Coast Chemical serves Florida chemical consumers. The company supplies industrial chemical compounding components and equipment. It distributes products from 30 different manufacturers, including colorants, adhesives, resins, preservatives, filaments, and metal and plastic containers. The firm's suppliers include 3M, Degussa, and Ferro. Gulf Coast Chemical also provides warehousing services. The company was founded in 1957 and delivers by train and truck.

Address: 101 Wayne PlaceTampa, FL 33619 Phone: 813-623-5471 Fax: 813-620-0462


• Chairman: Frederick Walter • President and CEO: Daryl Allen • Manager, Operations: Brian McCullough

H&R WASAG Aktiengesellschaft

Although H&R WASAG has exploded in growth by acquiring explosive companies, the specialty chemicals company remains most profitable in manufacturing chemical and pharmaceutical raw materials and plastics. With its 2005 acquisition of Westspreng, the group has become a leading explosives company in Germany. In 2004 it acquired the specialty products business of BP and agreed to acquire two Australian chemical plants from Exxon Mobil. Formerly Wasag-Chemie, the company added H&R to its name for major shareholder Hansen & Rosenthal and dropped "chemie." The group is involved in such operations as precision-molded parts (Gaudlitz), industrial explosives (WASAG-Chemie), gunpowder (WANO), and blasting machines (ZEB).

Address: Neuenkirchener Strasse 848499 Salzbergen, Germany Phone: +49-5976-945-300 Fax: +49-5976-945-308

• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Bernd Günther • Chairman; Head of Plastics Division: Horst Hollstein • VP Sales, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Raw Materials Division: Niels H. Hansen

Haber, Inc. Yes

H. M. Royal, Inc.

H. M. Royal is distinguished in its ability to distribute chemicals throughout the US. The company's products include compound ingredients, fillers and reinforcements, fire retardants and smoke suppressants, plasticizers, polymers, and performance additives. It serves customers including manufacturers, compounders, and formulators in the plastic, rubber, protective coating, adhesive, and sealant industries. H. M. Royal's suppliers include Albemarle, DuPont, and Rohm and Haas. The company operates distribution facilities in New Jersey and California and provides warehousing services across the US through affiliates.

Address: 689 Pennington Ave.Trenton, NJ 08618 Phone: 609-396-9176 Fax: 609-396-3185


• President: Joseph E. (Joe) Royal • Director, Finance: Daniel G. Myers • Director, Operations: Terry Smith

All that glitters may not be gold, but Haber makes the shiny stuff that really is gold a little easier to get. The company's Haber Gold Process is used to extract gold much the same way as cyanide, but without the toxic side effects. It licenses its technology to gold exploration companies. Haber's other operations include the development of electromolecular propulsion (EMP), an electrochemical process used to evaluate and identify biological stains. In 2005 the company, along with its joint venture partner Gold City, acquired a gold exploration concession in Ghana.

Address: 58 Medford St.Arlington, MA 02474 Phone: 781-643-2727 Fax: 781-643-6164

• Chairman and CEO: Norman Haber • President and COO: Albert B. Conti • EVP, CFO, and Director: Peter R. (Pete) D'Angelo

Harcros Chemicals Inc

Harcros Chemicals is poised for organic growth. The company distributes its own line of organic specialty chemicals, as well as thousands of other chemical products from other manufacturers (including BASF, DuPont, and Elementis). Harcros distributes through nearly 30 facilities found throughout the US. The company's organics division manufactures antifoams, emulsifiers, phosphate esters, and surfactants for nearly every major industry, including aerospace, furniture, metal working, personal care, rubber, water treatment, and more. Formerly a division of British chemicals maker Elementis, Harcros was taken private in 2001 through a management-led buyout assisted by GE Capital.

Address: 5200 Speaker Rd.Kansas City, KS 66106 Phone: 913-321-3131 Fax: 913-621-7718

• President and CEO: Kevin Mirner • VP, Finance and Administration: John F. Felix • VP, Sales and Marketing: Susan Locke

Hatco Corporation

Hatco Corporation lost its Grace more than a quarter century ago but still does alright. The lubricant and ester manufacturer was formerly a part of W. R. Grace & Co. but has been privately held since 1978. In addition to making synthetic lubricants and lubricant-grade esters for aviation, automotive, refrigeration, and industrial applications, Hatco manufactures specialty plasticizers, dielectric fluids, personal care product esters, and other specialty chemicals. The company also provides research and development and custom manufacturing services. Hatco is a subsidiary of chemical company Kaufman Holdings; Kaufman also owns lubricant maker Anderol.

Address: 1020 King George Post Rd.Fords, NJ 08863 Phone: 732-738-1000 Fax: 732-738-9385

• Chairman and CEO: Alex Kaufman • CFO: Joseph (Joe) Rall • SVP: Avron (Av) Magram

Haviland Enterprises Inc.

Haviland Enterprises distribute chemicals such as acids, alcohols, amines, chelating agents, lubricants, solvents, and surfactants. The company also provides contract blending and packaging, research and development, technical service, compliance training, and supply chain management services. It primarily serves customers in the midwestern US. Associated companies include Haviland Contoured Plastics, which makes spiral-wound plastic hose, and Haviland Consumer Products, which blends and packages swimming pool chemicals for private-label customers.

Address: 421 Ann St.Grand Rapids, MI 49504-2075 Phone: 616-361-6691 Fax: 616-361-9772


• CEO: Tom Simmons • President: E. Bernard Haviland • CFO: Terry Schoen

HELM U.S. Corporation

Chemical distributor HELM U.S. (a subsidiary of Germany-based HELM Aktiengesellschaft ) distributes specialty and industrial chemicals from chemical producers to industrial customers in the Americas. Founded in 1976, the company specializes in distributing raw materials for producers of thermoset resins and coatings. Typical products include both liquid (acetone, acrylates, methanol, propylenes, xylenes) and solid (borax, fumaric acid, melamine, titanium dioxide) chemicals. The company also offers logistics services such as chemical tanker chartering, documentation, and import and export regulatory assistance.

Address: 1110 Centennial Ave.Piscataway, NJ 08854-4169 Phone: 732-981-1116 Fax: 732-981-0528

• President and CEO: Andreas Weimann • CFO: Bill Van Fossen

Huntsman Base Chemicals

Like flour, sugar, and eggs are to bakers, so are building block chemicals like ethylene, propylene, and butadiene for chemicals makers. Huntsman Base Chemicals manufactures base commodity chemicals (including ethylene and propylene) for clients in the petrochemicals and plastics industries. The company makes up nearly a third of the business of Huntsman Corporation. Much of its product (especially the ethylene and propylene) is used by the parent company's Polyurethanes and Performance Products segments. Outside customers include INVISTA and Goodyear, which uses Huntsman's butadiene to make fibers for carpet and rubber for tires, respectively.

Address: 10003 Woodloch Forest Dr.The Woodlands, TX 77380 Phone: 281-719-6000


• President: Kevin J. Ninow

Huntsman International LLC

Not that it can't keep a secret, but Huntsman International is no longer private about its business. It is among the world's largest makers of basic chemicals and petrochemicals like ethylene and propylene. Huntsman also produces surfactants (used in cleaning and personal care products) and specialty chemicals like polyurethanes, propylene oxides, and propylene glycol. Huntsman also is among the largest makers of titanium dioxide, the most commonly used white pigment, with 15% of the world market. Huntsman International operates the business of Huntsman Corporation, which was created in 2004 to take the Huntsman family's business public, which occurred the following year.

Address: 500 Huntsman WaySalt Lake City, UT 84108 Phone: 801-584-5700 Fax: 801-584-5781


• Chairman: Jon M. Huntsman Sr. • President, CEO, and Director: Peter R. Huntsman • EVP and CFO: J. Kimo Esplin

ICC Chemical Corporation

ICC Chemical Corporation has a quick cure for manufacturers' chemical dependencies. The company acts as the international trading arm of parent ICC Industries, which manufactures chemicals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals. ICC Chemical markets products such as petrochemicals; plastic resins and raw materials; organic, inorganic, and specialty chemicals; performance products; and pharmaceutical and food ingredients. It has bulk storage and warehouse locations throughout the US, as well as a fleet of trucks, railcars, and isocontainers. ICC Chemical has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Address: 460 Park Ave.New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-521-1700 Fax: 212-521-1970

• Chairman: John J. Farber • President and CEO: William Brunger • Executive Vice President: Naveen Chandra

ICC Industries Inc.

ICC Industries supplies the dealers who supply the public with drugs. ICC makes the raw materials that pharmaceutical companies use to manufacture drugs and trades many basic and specialty chemicals around the world. An international maker and marketer of chemicals, plastics, and pharmaceutical products, ICC also trades and distributes nutritional supplements and food ingredients. Its main subsidiary, ICC Chemical, maintains trading and marketing offices in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. ICC Industries owns a majority of Pharmaceutical Formulations, a manufacturer and distributor of generic over-the-counter drugs. The Farber family, including chairman John Farber, owns ICC.

Address: 460 Park Ave.New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-521-1700 Fax: 212-521-1970

• Chairman: John J. Farber • President: John Oram • VP and CFO: Blaise Sarcone

Imerys

Yes

ICL Industrial Products

Producing about a third of the world's supply of bromine, ICL Industrial Products can make nearly 250,000 tons of bromine a year. The company (also called ICL-IP and formerly known as the Dead Sea Bromine Group) also manufactures magnesia and chlorine from Dead Sea brines. The bromine compounds are used in flame retardants, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Other sectors targeted by the company include the oil drilling, plastics and polymers processing, water treatment, and photography markets. ICL-IP, one of the four operating segments of Israel Chemicals (also known as the ICL Group), markets its products worldwide through business partners and a sales network.

Address: 14 Kreutzer St.Beer Sheva 84101, Israel Phone: +972-8-629-7222


• President and CEO: Yosef Shahar • VP, Finance: David Shear • VP Business Development: Haim Kosen

ICL Performance Products LP

ICL Performance Products LP is phosphorific! The North American unit of Israel Chemicals Limited's performance products segment produces phosphorus chemicals, phosphoric acid, and phosphate salts. The chemicals are used in foods, cleaners, water treatment, flat panel televisions, oral care products, paints and coatings, and pharmaceuticals. ICL Performance Products was formed in 2000 as a joint venture of FMC and Solutia. ICL, wanting to expand its operations in North America, bought the company, formerly called Astaris, for $255 million in late 2005.

Address: 622 Emerson Rd., Ste. 500St. Louis, MO 63141-1160 Phone: 314-983-7500 Fax: 314-983-7638


• President and CEO: Richard V. (Dick) Kennedy Jr. • VP and CFO: Paul M. Schlessman • VP, Operations: James J. Kaiman

Ideal Chemical & Supply Company

Hoping to perfectly meet the needs of its customers, Ideal Chemical & Supply distributes industrial and specialty chemicals to wholesale, retail, and manufacturing companies. The company's products include acids, alcohols, chlorinated solvents, esters, fatty chemicals, glycol ethers, and hydrogen peroxide. It serves customers across the southeast through its fleet of tankers, trailers, and trucks. The company also offers custom blending and packaging services.

Address: 4025 Air Park St.Memphis, TN 38118 Phone: 901-363-7720 Fax: 901-366-0864

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 38.00 M Employees (2005): 105

• President: Sam Block Jr. • CFO: Donna Brockman • VP, Operations: Kelly L. McCabe

focus is on the production of industrial minerals and pigments. A giant in natural clay production, Imerys is the world's #1 producer of kaolin, a white clay used in the production of paints, plastics, adhesives, porcelain, paper, rubber, and textiles. Imerys structures its operations in four divisions: Specialty Minerals (kaolin, calcium carbonate); Pigments for Paper (production and commercialization of kaolin and precipitated calcium carbonate); Refractories and Abrasives (raw materials for ceramics); and Building Materials (clay roof tiles and bricks). Investment firm Pargesa Holding controls 35% of Imerys.

Address: Tour Maine Montparnasse - 33, avenue du Maine75755 Paris Cedex 15, France Phone: +33-1-45-38-43-00 Fax: +33-1-45-38-74-78


• Chairman: Aimery Langlois-Meurinne • CEO: Gérard Buffière • EVP, Finance and Strategy: Jérôme Pecresse

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC

Empire may not be such a popular word any longer, but Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is still among the chemical royalty. Its specialty products group consists of National Starch and Chemical (industrial adhesives, starch), Quest (fragrance and flavors), and Uniqema (natural and synthetic lubricants and personal care products). Its paint offerings include the Alba, Dulux, and Glidden brands. ICI's regional and industrial chemicals segment (subsidiaries in Argentina, India, and Pakistan) makes explosives, soda ash, sulfur-related products, and fibers. The company announced in early 2006 its intention to sell Uniqema.

Address: 20 Manchester Sq.London W1U 3AN, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7009-5000 Fax: +44-20-7009-5001


• Chairman: Peter B. Ellwood • CEO: John D. G. McAdam • EVP, Mergers & Acquisitions, General Counsel, and Company Se: Andy Ransom

Independent Chemical Corporation

Independent Chemical Corporation distributes chemicals such as chelating agents, hydrogen peroxide, inorganics, and surfactants and offers custom blending and contract packaging for the textiles, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food industries. It carries products from over 70 major chemical manufacturers, including ASHTA, Degussa, Dow Chemical, Rhodia, Shin-Etsu, and U.S. Borax. Independent Chemical is a family-owned and -operated company and was founded in 1948 by Benjamin Spielman.

Address: 79-51 Cooper Ave.Glendale, NY 11385 Phone: 718-894-0700 Fax: 718-894-9224

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2005): 27.50 M Employees (2005): 40 • President: Stanley

Spielman

Ineos Chlor Limited

alkali it produces ends up in products such as detergents, diapers, nylon seat belts, PVC pipes, and pharmaceuticals. A major chlor-alkali producer in Europe, it is also a top sulfur chemicals manufacturer and a major player in electrochemical technology. It manufactures caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, bulk liquid chlorine, and sulfuric acid, among other products. It is one of the major producers of chlorinated paraffin. Ineos Chlor shares common ownership with the Ineos group of companies, but is a separate entity. It was formed in 2001 when Ineos bought an 85% stake in ICI's chlor-alkali businesses; Ineos purchased the remaining 15% in 2004.

Address: Runcorn Site, South ParadeRuncorn, Halton WA7 4JE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1928-516-512 Fax: +44-1928-515-253


• CEO: Thomas P. (Tom) Crotty • Operations Director: Anthony (Tony) Traynor • Business Director: Chris Tane

Ineos Fluor Limited

Ineos Fluor manufactures hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) for a range of uses, from refrigerators to air conditioners to household insulation. The company, which is a member of the Ineos Group of chemical companies, also makes hydrofluoroalkanes (HKAs), which are used as propellants in medicinal inhalers, and fluoronated feedstocks, which are used as the building blocks for specialist polymers, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals. Ineos Fluor's manufacturing facilities are located in the UK and in Louisiana in the US; there's also one in Japan that is operated by Teijin. The company was established in 1989 after the mandatory phasing out of chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

Address: The HeathRuncorn, Halton WA7 4QX, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1928-515-525 Fax: +44-1928-513-890


• Chairman: Andrew C. (Andy) Currie • CEO: David (Dave) Price • Finance Director: Roger Bell

Ineos Group Limited

businesses. Product lines include silicas and zeolites, ethylene oxide-based specialty and intermediate chemicals, fluorochemicals used as refrigerants and propellants, and phenol and acetate products. Ineos Chlor, a maker of chlor-alkali chemicals, shares controlling ownership but is technically separate from the group. Ineos Group has acquired BASF's US and Canadian polystyrene business and the amino resins business of US-based Cytec Industries. In 2005 it acquired petrochemicals group Innovene from BP for $9 billion. Ineos Group was formed in 1998 after a management buyout led by chairman and CEO Jim Ratcliffe, who controls the group.

Address: Hawkslease, Chapel LaneLyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7FF, United Kingdom Phone: +44-23-8028-7067 Fax: +44-23-8028-7054


• Chairman and CEO: James A. (Jim) Ratcliffe • Finance Director: John Reece

Ineos Oxide Ltd.

Killing bugs, sterilizing medical instruments, and keeping your car warm -- the products made at Ineos Oxide help with all of that. A member of the Ineos Group of companies, Ineos Oxide makes, primarily, ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG). The first can be used to manufacture sterilants and pesticides, while ethylene glycol is a chief component of antifreeze and de-icing fluids and is used to produce polyester, PET resin, and coatings. Ineos Oxide is among the world's leading manufacturers of EO, EG, and their derivatives, along with chemical manufacturers BASF, BP, and Dow. It works through third-party agreements with companies like Crompton, Dow, and BASF.

Address: Hawkslease House, Chapel LaneLyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7FG, United Kingdom Phone: +44-23-8028-7067 Fax: +44-23-8028-7054

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 805.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.30% Employees (2004): 546 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.90% • Chairman: Antoine

Verrijckt

Ineos Phenol GmbH & Co. KG

Ineos Phenol produces phenol and acetone, two basic chemicals used in the manufacture of products ranging from aspirin to home appliances. A member of the Ineos Group of companies, Ineos Phenol is the world's largest phenol producer, ahead of the likes of Sunoco, Shell, and Dow. Acetone is a by-product of the process that manufactures phenol, the oxidation of cumene. Ineos Phenol is also the largest consumer of cumene. The company maintains two manufacturing facilities in Europe (in Antwerp, Belgium, and Gladbeck, Germany) and one in the US (in Mobile, Alabama). Ineos Phenol also acquired a cumene plant in Texas from Chevron Phillips Chemical in 2005.

Address: Dechenstrasse 345966 Gladbeck, Germany Phone: +49-2043-958-302 Fax: +49-2043-958-947


• CEO: Alberto Spera • VP, Operations: Otto Schnurr • CFO: Graeme Leask

Infineum International Limited

Add the additives product line of ExxonMobil Chemical Company to that of Shell Chemicals and you'll get, if not infinity, at least Infineum. The joint venture was formed in 1999 and makes petroleum additives for fuel and lubricants. Infineum divides its products along five distinct lines: driveline additives (for transmission fluids and axle lubrication), engine oil additives (for everything from lawnmowers to heavy-duty diesel engines), fuel additives (including refinery additives and those designed to improve fuel performance), industrial products (compressor, metalworking, and hydraulic fluids), and marine additives (for fuel and oil).

Address: Milton Hill Business & Technology CentreAbingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 6BB, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1235-54-9500 Fax: +44-1235-54-9523

• President and CEO: Tony Gaskell • VP, Finance: Iain Richardson • VP, Technology: Shaun Kennedy

Interchem Corporation

Interchem is a leading international supplier of fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, pharmaceutical bulk actives, and other compounds. The company's customers include pharmaceutical developers and other manufacturers. In addition to matching chemical manufacturers with drugmakers, Interchem verifies that the chemicals it distributes meet the US Food and Drug Administration's ever-changing regulations. It also offers new product research and development, innovative packaging, and multimedia and marketing services. Interchem was founded in 1981.

Address: 120 Rte. 17 NorthParamus, NJ 07653-1579 Phone: 201-261-7333 Fax: 201-261-7339

• CEO: Joseph M. Pizza • VP, Marketing: Theresa Kelly • VP, Sales: David Hanson

Interstate Chemical Company, Inc.

Interstate Chemical Company delivers the goods. Founded in 1968, the company has developed from a small regional chemical distributor to a firm with operations in the northeastern, midwestern, and western US. It operates warehouse and terminal facilities with a total storage capacity of about 17 million gallons, as well as a fleet of company-owned tractor-trailers (over 200 trucks, trailers, and tankers). Services include barge terminaling, custom chemical blending, food and pharmaceutical packaging, and liquid packaging. Interstate Chemical also provides intermediate bulk containers to its customers. President and chairman Albert Puntureri controls Interstate Chemical.

Address: 2797 Freedland Rd.Hermitage, PA 16148-0600 Phone: 724-981-3771 Fax: 724-981-3675


• Chairman and President: Albert R. Puntureri • CFO: Paul Cirillo • Director, Marketing and Communications: Bill Merz

Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC

Corn can give you meal, muffins, bread, fritters, tortillas, and succotash. So why not fuel, too? Iroquois Bio-Energy is building a dry-mill ethanol production plant in Indiana for the manufacture of ethanol as a fuel. The company will also sell distillers grains and carbon dioxide, both of which are byproducts of the ethanol manufacturing process.

Address: 6317 E. 181st Ave.Hebron, IN 46341-9302 Phone: 219-996-4925 Fax: 219-996-4925

• President: Michael J. Aylesworth • Assistant VP and COO: Keith A. Gibson

Israel Chemicals Limited

The Dead Sea has given life to Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL). That body of water is rich in bromine, potash, salt, and magnesium, minerals that ICL turns into fertilizers and other products. Bromine commonly is used in flame retardants, and potash is a common fertilizer. The company accounts for about 35% of the world's bromine production and about 11% of the world's potash. ICL produces magnesium alloys -- used in auto parts -- through a joint venture with Volkswagen. Although most of the company's chemicals are produced in Israel (from the Dead Sea), it sells mainly outside of its home country (90% of sales). Investment firm Israel Corporation, controlled by The Ofer Group, owns about 52% of the company.

Address: Millenium Tower, 23 Aranha St.Tel-Aviv 61070, Israel Phone: +972-3-6844-401 Fax: +972-3-6844-428


• Chairman: Yossi Rosen • President and CEO: Akiva Mozes • CFO: Avi Doitchman

ITOCHU Chemicals America Inc.

ITOCHU Chemicals America Inc. (ICAI) doesn't make any chemicals, but it sure can get them to your door when you need them. The company, a subsidiary of ITOCHU International, distributes a variety of chemical products, from specialty chemicals like adhesives and acids to plastic resins and ion exchange filters. ICAI serves chemical manufacturers, the pulp and paper, paints and coatings, and food and beverage industries. The company changed its name from ITOCHU Specialty Chemicals at the beginning of 2005 and is among the top 10 chemical distributors in the US.

Address: 360 Hamilton Ave., 6th Fl.White Plains, NY 10601 Phone: 914-333-7800 Fax: 914-333-7848


• President: Hiroaki (Bob) Yamashita • SVP and Controller: Alex Tabaco • SVP, Sales and Marketing: Norihito Sasaki

Iwatani International Corporation

Iwatani International is all about gas and energy. The company's largest business unit, energy and general household products, supplies liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to both businesses and consumers, as well as related household products. The company also is a major supplier of industrial gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide to electronics, steel, chemical, and paper manufacturers, among others. Iwatani's other business activities include producing materials used in semiconductor manufacturing, stainless steel processing, homebuilding, and pig breeding.

Address: 21-8, Nishi-Shimbashi 3-chome, Minato-kuTokyo 105-8458, Japan Phone: +81-3-5405-5741 Fax: +81-3-5405-5737


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J.M. Huber Corporation

As great as toothpaste, paint, and tires are, J.M. Huber claims to make them even better. Hard to believe, we know. Founded in 1890 by Joseph M. Huber (and still owned by his heirs), the company makes specialty additives and minerals used to thicken and improve the cleaning properties of toothpaste, the brightness and gloss of paper, the strength and durability of rubber, and the flame retardant properties of wire and cable. The diverse company also makes oriented strand board (a plywood substitute), explores for and produces oil and gas, and provides technical and financial services. Huber has acquired hydrocolloids (thickeners for gums) maker CP Kelco from Lehman Brothers and Hercules.

Address: 333 Thornall St.Edison, NJ 08837-2220 Phone: 732-549-8600 Fax: 732-549-7256

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Peter T. Francis • Director, Corporate Communications: Robert (Bob) Currie

Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc.

Jacob Stern & Sons, which primarily operates through its Acme-Hardesty division, is a global oleochemicals marketer. Acme-Hardesty distributes an array of oil- and fat-based chemicals, as well as flavor and fragrance ingredients and industrial chemical products. Its customers include manufacturers of adhesives, coatings, lubricants, soaps, food, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products. Most of Acme-Hardesty's oleochemicals are imported from Asia, the Middle East, and South America. Jacob Stern & Sons was founded in 1857 by Jacob Stern; the family-owned company continues to be managed by the founder's descendants.

Address: 1464 E. Valley Rd.Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Phone: 805-565-1411 Fax: 805-565-1415

• President: Philip Berstein • VP Finance: Marven Pierson • VP Sales and Marketing: Jerome Weisberg

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JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc.

From a garage bathtub in rural New York, John Wiley Jones launched what has become a leading repackager of chlorine and other chemicals used for water purification. JCI Jones Chemicals, formerly Jones Chemicals, also makes and distributes caustic soda, sodium bisulfite, and sodium hypochlorite. The company delivers its chemicals to water-treatment plants and sells its chlorine to private-label companies for repackaging and resale as household bleach. Founded in 1930, JCI has remained a family-owned business; current CEO Jeffrey Jones is the founder's grandson.

Address: 1515 Ringling Blvd., Ste. 900Sarasota, FL 34236 Phone: 941-330-1537 Fax: 941-330-9657


• President and CEO: Jeffrey W. Jones • EVP, Finance and CFO: Angela L. Marvin • SVP, Purchasing and Sales: James Chappel

Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited

Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited (JCIC) could write the book for Chemistry 101. As one of China's leading producers of basic chemicals and chemical raw materials, the company has four principal product groups: petroleum products, petrochemicals and organic chemicals, synthetic rubber and chemical fertilizers, and inorganics. The largest units are petroleum and petrochemical products, such as gasoline and ethylene. After much wrangling and restructuring involving state-owned corporations and agencies, PetroChina (itself a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation) now controls two-thirds of Jilin Chemical.

Address: No. 9 Longtan Rd., Longtan DistrictJilin 132021, China Phone: +86-432-390-3912 Fax: +86-432-302-8126


• Deputy Chairman: Xu Fengli • General Manager and Director: Shi Jianxun • Deputy General Manager and Director: Zhang Xingfu

JLM Industries, Inc.

JLM Industries knows how to perform. Most of the company's sales come from distributing performance chemicals, olefins, and specialty plastics. JLM also produces and sells phenol and acetone for use in making adhesives, coatings, plastics, and solvents. Phenol is used to make resins that go into bonding agents and wood adhesives; acetone is an intermediate for acrylic sheeting and other products. JLM also sells propylene (used in plastic film and molded parts) and inorganic and specialty chemicals. The company has about 1,000 clients worldwide, including Celanese, DuPont, Eli Lilly, 3M, and Shell Chemicals. Founder and CEO John Macdonald and an investor group have taken JLM private.

Address: 8675 Hidden River Pkwy.Tampa, FL 33637 Phone: 813-632-3300 Fax: 813-632-3301

• Chairman, President, and CEO: John L. Macdonald • CFO: Michael J. Molina • VP, Operations: Scott MacDonald

Johnson Matthey Inc.

Johnson Matthey Inc. holds the precious metals, catalysts, coatings, and pharmaceutical businesses in the US. Pharm-Eco Laboratories (renamed Pharma Services in 2005) provides contract research and development for the pharmaceutical industry. The West Deptford subsidiary in New Jersey manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients in the US. Its New York precious metals office sells platinum sheet, tube, and wire to jewelers. Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells is also based in the US.

Address: 435 Devon Park Dr., Ste. 600Wayne, PA 19087 Phone: 610-971-3000 Fax: 610-971-3022

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 470.70 M Employees (2005): 1,650 • CEO, Johnson Matthey

Plc: Neil A. P. Carson

Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

to 1817, is an established world leader in the refining and distributing of gold, silver, and platinum group metals (about 65% of sales). It is the sole marketing agent for Anglo Platinum, the world's largest platinum producer. Johnson Matthey's next largest unit, the Catalysts division, produces environmental catalysts for vehicles, fuel cells, and process catalysts. The company's Colours and Coatings business focuses on supplying decorative materials for ceramics. Its Pharmaceutical Materials division makes active ingredients, such as codeine, sold to pharmaceuticals manufacturers.

Address: 2-4 Cockspur St., Trafalgar Sq.London SW1Y 5BQ, England Phone: +44-20-7269-8400 Fax: +44-20-7269-8433


• Chairman: Sir John Michael Middlecolt Banham • Chief Executive and Director: Neil A. P. Carson • Executive Director, Group Corporate Development, Colors and: D. W. Morgan

K.A. Steel Chemicals Inc.

K.A. Steel Chemicals has grown organically and inorganically -- literally and figuratively. The company's specialty is the distribution of bulk inorganic commodity chemicals. It is the largest US distributor of caustic sodas (used in making soap, rayon, and paper, among other applications) and is a major producer and distributor of sodium hypochlorite (used to bleach pulp and in water purification). K.A. Steel also distributes hydrochloric acid (used to clean metals and as a chemical intermediate). The company has more than 20 plants and terminals in the US. Kenneth A. Steel Sr. founded K.A. Steel in 1953 and second-generation Steel family members Robert and Ken Jr. own the company.

Address: 15185 Main St.Lemont, IL 60439 Phone: 630-257-3900 Fax: 630-257-5096

• President: Robert (Bob) Steel • CFO: Bernie Ludwig • EVP, Operations and Administration: Brad Davidson

Kaneka Corporation

Kaneka Corporation is part of the solution, but contributes maybe a little to the problem as well. The diversified company's products include anti-hypertensive intermediates, but also margarine and shortening. Its largest segment makes basic chemicals, resins, and plastics (caustic soda, PVC, and sealants), while Kaneka's other big business line makes food products and pharmaceutical intermediates. The company's third unit manufactures magnet wire, optical films, and synthetic fibers.

Address: 3-2-4, Nakanoshima, Kita-kuOsaka 530-8288, Japan Phone: +81-6-6226-5050 Fax: +81-6-6226-5037


• Chairman: Masatoshi Takeda • President: Masami Onishi • Executive Director; General Manager, Finance and Accounting: Setsuo Shimazaki

KIC Chemicals, Inc.

KIC Chemicals distributes food, pharmaceutical, industrial, and personal care products. A short list of distributed offerings includes castor oil and castor seed derivatives, fatty acids, soap and cosmetic ingredients, flavor and fragrance ingredients, glycerin and vegetable oils, industrial chemicals, and plasticizers. KIC also provides custom packaging and labeling services. The company was established in 1985. KIC Chemicals is owned by Edward Kort, the company's president.

Address: 84 Business Park Dr.Armonk, NY 10504 Phone: 914-273-6555 Fax: 914-273-6760

• President: Edward Kort • Controller: Dierdre O'Keefe • VP: Eric Kort

King Industries, Inc.

It doesn't turn things to gold with a single touch, it doesn't have a dream, and it has nothing at all to do with burgers. But this King -- King Industries -- is master of its own domain. A manufacturer of additives for coatings and lubricants, King Industries has a distribution network that spans the globe and maintains sales operations in the Netherlands. The company serves customers in the industrial manufacturing, metalworking, rust prevention, and paint industries. Founded in 1932, King Industries is still controlled by the family of founder Robert J. King.

Address: Science Rd.Norwalk, CT 06852 Phone: 203-866-5551 Fax: 203-866-1268

• President and CEO: Richard S. King • CFO: Robert DiPani • EVP, Operations: F. Abi Karam

Kohl Marketing, Inc.

Chemical manufacturers in the southeastern US never mind getting a lump of Kohl at Christmas or any other time of year. Kohl Marketing moves products for companies like Degussa, Johnson Polymer, and Akzo Nobel; the chemical distributor's wingspan stretches from eastern Pennsylvania down to Florida and west to Tennessee and Mississippi. It distributes raw chemical materials to makers of paints, plastics, textiles, adhesives, graphic arts, and building materials. Kohl Marketing has distribution centers in North Carolina, Florida, and at its home base in Roswell, Georgia.

Address: 1103 Bombay Ln.Roswell, GA 30076 Phone: 770-753-4979 Fax: 770-753-4980

• President: Bob Niccol • VP, Logistics and Finance: Paul Englert • Manager, Marketing and Production: Bill Stobierski

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LG Chem, Ltd.

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Lonza Inc

Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Korea Kumho Petrochemical manufactures synthetic rubbers and resins, rubber chemicals, and electronic components for the semiconductor industry. Its products are found in everything from tires and shoes to office supplies and building materials. The company also builds heat and power plants that supply steam and electricity. Founded in 1970, Korea Kumho operates through several domestic offices and plants and international locations in Frankfurt, Germany; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; Los Angeles, US; Shenzhen, China; and Guangzhou, China. It is the holding company for the Kumho Asiana Group, (land and sea transportation, construction, tire manufacturing, and financial services, among others).

Address: 15/16F, Kumho-Asiana Bldg., 57, Shinmunno 1-ga, Jongno-guSeoul, South Korea Phone: +82-2-6303-0114 Fax: +82-2-6303-3179

• Vice Chairman and CEO: Park Chan-Koo • President and CEO: Kim Heung-Gee • President and CEO: Kim Wan-Jae

L'Air Liquide S.A.

Forget the outer planets, the earth has its own gaseous giant in the form of L'Air Liquide (Air Liquide). The world's largest industrial gas supplier, Air Liquide has more than 130 subsidiaries in 65 countries. It specializes in industrial gases (oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, acetylene, and helium) used in welding, heat treatment, plastic production, and other processes; the company also sells medical gases (oxygen, nitrogen, nitrous oxide). Its markets range from aerospace and food processing to steel and oil refining. Air Liquide took advantage of the break-up Messer Griesheim in 2004, buying a large portion of that company's operations -- in Germany, the UK, and the US -- for more than $3 billion.

Address: 75, Quai d'Orsay75007 Paris, France Phone: +33-1-40-62-55-55 Fax: +33-1-40-62-54-65


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Alain Joly • Chairman, Management Board: Benoît Potier • VP, Finance and Administration: John Glen

LG Chem got there first. Founded in 1947, it was Korea's first chemical company. The chemical division of the LG Group, the company produces a variety of products, including cosmetics, personal care products, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals. It's divided into three segments. The Chemicals and Polymers unit makes PVC, acrylates, and engineering plastics; its Industrial Materials division manufactures window frames, flooring materials, and other construction-industry products; and the company's Information and Electronic Materials segment produces rechargeable batteries and display materials.

Address: LG Twin Tower, East Tower, 20 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-guSeoul 150-721, South Korea Phone: +82-2-3773-5114 Fax: +82-2-3773-7813


• President, CEO, and Director: No Ki-Ho • President and CTO: Yeo Jong-Kee • EVP and CFO: Cho Han-Young

Linde Aktiengesellschaft

Much of Linde's business is lighter than air. The company is divided into two units: Gas and Engineering and Material Handling. A leading producer of industrial and medical gases, Linde also has an engineering unit that builds process plants for companies in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and gas manufacturing industries. But don't call Linde a lightweight. Its material handling division is one of the world's top makers of forklifts and also manufactures warehouse equipment, transmission systems, and hydraulic control devices. The company also made refrigeration equipment and cooling systems for retail food stores, but sold that business to Carrier for $400 million in a deal that closed in September 2004.

Address: Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 2165189 Wiesbaden, Germany Phone: +49-611-770-0 Fax: +49-611-770-269


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Manfred Schneider • Chairman of the Executive Board, President, and CEO: Wolfgang H. Reitzle • Member of the Executive Board, Accounts, Controlling, Financ: Peter Diesch

From poisoning garden pests to exfoliating dry skin, Lonza Inc puts itself in the middle of things. As the US operations of its parent company, Lonza Inc accounts for about a third of the Lonza Group's $1 billion in annual sales. While Lonza doesn't actually make consumer products, the company provides chemical ingredients and intermediates for the personal care, water treatment, and plastics industries, from its five locations (four manufacturing and one R&D) throughout the US.

Address: 90 Boroline Rd.Allendale, NJ 07401 Phone: 201-316-9200 Fax: 201-785-9989


• President and CEO: Stephan Kutzer • CFO: Vincent L. DiVito

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Lynx Chemical Group

Quick as a cat, Lynx Chemical has joined the performance-chemicals fray. The company was founded in mid-2003 by veterans of Eastman Chemical and the former Vulcan Chemicals (now part of Occidental Chemical). Lynx got its start by purchasing two plants in Georgia from Vulcan after the company had sold most of its performance-chemicals business line earlier that year; Lynx later acquired a third facility. The company isn't interested in competing with the big boys -- it is content to work in its small-market niche, making and marketing batches as small as less than a million pounds (quantities that are just not profitable for larger companies).

Address: 2000 Riveredge Pkwy., Ste. 750Atlanta, GA 30328 Phone: 678-990-5020 Fax: 678-990-5021

• President and CEO: James A. (Jim) Lewis • COO: Daniel (Danny) McCaul • VP, Research and Development: John Newlove

additives to oil and gas companies in more than 70 countries worldwide. Its fluids cool and lubricate drill bits, remove rock cuttings, and maintain the stability of the wellbore. Through M-I's Swaco division, the company provides pressure control, rig instrumentation, and drilling waste management products and services. It is also a worldwide producer of barite and bentonite used by the oil and gas and industrial markets. M-I Swaco is a joint venture of Smith International (60%) and Schlumberger Limited (40%).

Address: 5950 North Course Dr.Houston, TX 77072 Phone: 713-739-0222 Fax: 713-308-9626


• President and CEO: Loren K. Carroll • SVP and CFO: Chris Rivers • SVP, M-I Production Chemicals: John Kelly

Magruder Color Company, Inc.

The world isn't black and white for Magruder Color. The company manufactures organic pigments for the ink, plastics, and paint industries. It produces flushed and dry color dispersions, acrylic chips, alkyd resins, ink vehicles, and specialty colors and varnishes. Magruder, founded in 1927, primarily serves graphic arts customers. The firm markets its pigments throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The company has sold subsidiary Radiant Color, a maker of fluorescent pigments. The Weissglass family bought Magruder Color from founder Robert Magruder in 1962 (upon his retirement) and has expanded it over the decades through organic growth and acquisitions.

Address: 1029 Newark Ave.Elizabeth, NJ 07208 Phone: 973-242-1300 Fax: 973-242-4087


• Chairman: Allan Weissglass • President: Abdul Saleh • VP, Sales and Marketing: Evan Weissglass

Malaco International Inc.

Malaco International distributes chemicals and petroleum products. Chemicals used by oil refineries account for much of the company's business; Chevron has been a major customer. Other chemical products handled by Malaco include caustic soda, glycerine, and surfactants, which are used by manufacturers in a variety of industries. Most of Malaco's customers are on the West Coast or the Gulf Coast of the US. The company distributes gasoline and diesel fuel primarily to government entities in California. Malaco doesn't maintain storage facilities, and transportation is handled by contractors. The family of company president and CEO Peter Llama owns Malaco, which was founded in 1977.

Address: 1990 N. California Blvd., Ste. 608Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: 925-280-8710 Fax: 925-280-4580

• President: Peter Llama • VP: Elizabeth (Liz) Llama

Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, LLC

Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties works the dynamics of dolomite and magnesium. A subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials, the company manufactures and sells dolomitic lime and magnesia-based chemicals to customers in the industrial, agricultural, and environmental sectors. Magnesia Specialties' dolomitic lime products are primarily sold to customers in the steel industry. The firm's chemicals segment includes products used for animal feed, flame retardant, wastewater treatment, and paper production purposes. The company has manufacturing facilities in Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Address: 195 Chesapeake Park Plaza, Ste. 200Baltimore, MD 21220 Phone: 410-780-5500 Fax: 410-780-5777

• Chairman: Philip J. (Phil) Sipling • President: Daniel G. (Dan) Shephard

Materia Inc.

Materia manufactures catalysts and provides process technologies to companies in the agrochemical, fine chemical, materials, and pharmaceutical industries. The company's catalyst technology aids in the production of small, medium, and large molecules. Originally known as Advanced Sports Materials, Materia was founded in 1997 to commercialize metathesis polymer technology created at the California Institute of Technology.

Address: 60 N. San Gabriel Blvd.Pasadena, CA 91107 Phone: 626-584-8400 Fax: 626-584-1984


• President, CEO, CTO, and Director: Michael A. (Mike) Giardello • Director, Finance: Ron Chang

Matteson-Ridolfi, Inc.

resins, solvents, surfactants, and thickening agents to companies in the adhesives and sealants, automotive, glass and refractory, paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, and soaps and detergents industries. The company maintains facilities in Cleveland; Detroit; and Louisville, Kentucky. Customers include Cabot and other major chemical manufacturers. The family of company president Scot Westerbeek owns Matteson-Ridolfi, which was founded in 1932.

Address: 14450 King Rd.Riverview, MI 48192-7939 Phone: 734-479-4500 Fax: 734-479-1630


• President and CEO: Scot Westerbeek • VP, Sales: Maynard Pittenger • Controller: Bill Riggs

Mays Chemical Company, Inc.

Mays Chemical doesn't make its clients say "Mother, may I?" before shipping them desired products. The company distributes chemicals and raw materials to customers in the automotive, cosmetics, electronics, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, paint, and pulp and paper industries. Mays Chemical's product lines include acids, alcohols, chlor-alkali products, chlorinated solvents, flavors and fragrances, food additives, glycol ethers, and inorganic chemicals. The company also offers chemical management services, cleaning and sanitation systems, formulated chemical products, and outsourcing services. Mays has customers in 14 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The firm is owned by president William Mays.

Address: 5611 E. 71st St.Indianapolis, IN 46220 Phone: 317-842-8722 Fax: 317-842-4604

• President: William G. Mays • CFO and Controller: Eric Gillespie • COO: Bill West

Merichem Company

Merichem will give you chemicals and send you on your merry way. The company produces phenol and cresylic acids at its plant in Houston, Texas. It produces naphthenic acids (used in paint driers and wood preservatives) at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Merichem also owns Gas Technology Products (GTP), which produces sulfur removal systems. Merichem was founded in 1945. The company is divided into two subsidiaries: Merisol USA handles all the phenolic products, and Merichem Chemicals & Refinery Services provides caustic management, sulfur removal, naphthenic acids, and other products and services to the refinery and coal processing industries.

Address: 5455 Old Spanish TrailHouston, TX 77023 Phone: 713-428-5000 Fax: 713-688-2626

• Chairman and CEO: Kenneth F. Currie • EVP: John M. (Johnny) Walbrick • VP, Finance, and Treasurer: Bruce D. Upshaw

Messer Group GmbH

Messer Group (formerly Messer Griesheim) has rid itself of some of that gassy feeling. The company, a major producer of industrial gases, has sold about 70% of its gas holdings to industry giant Air Liquide for about $3.3 billion. It still operates in 32 countries but has shifted its focus from Western Europe and the US to Central and Eastern Europe and China. In addition to supplying gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and helium, Messer builds gas plants for customers. Goldman Sachs and Allianz each owned a third of the company (along with the founding Messer family) but have sold their stakes back to the Messer family, who financed that purchase with the Air Liquide deal.

Address: Limespark, Otto-Volger-Straße 3cD-65843 Sulzbach, Germany Phone: +49-6196-7760-0 Fax: +49-6196-7760-501


• CEO: Stefan Messer • CFO: Hans-Gerd Wienands • Director, Corporate Communications: Diana Buss

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) is Japan's largest chemical company. Heading a list of subsidiaries and affiliates longer than a complex chemical formula, MCC is a major player in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, carbon, and pharmaceuticals. Roughly a third of its sales come from petrochemicals such as ethylene, vinyl chloride, and raw materials for synthetic fibers. The company's functional materials segment produces plastics and films. The company also makes chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing and data storage products such as CDS and DVDs. MCC owns almost 60% of Mitsubishi Pharma, which makes plasma derivatives, allergy medications, and cardiovascular pharmaceuticals.

Address: 33-8, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-kuTokyo 108-0014, Japan Phone: +81-3-6414-3730 Fax: +81-3-6414-3745


• Chairman: Kanji Shono • President, CEO, and Board Member: Ryuichi Tomizawa • Deputy CEO; Supervising Special Mission, Internal Audit; Boa: Masaoki Funada

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings was created in 2005 as a holding company for Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Pharma, which both became wholly owned subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings after its establishment. As the largest chemical company in Japan, Mitsubishi Chemical (MCC) produces a wide variety of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and the like. Other products include plastics and films, data storage devices such as CDs and DVDs, as well as chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing. Mitsubishi Pharma (MPC) makes pharmaceutical products for central nervous system, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal disorders, in addition to OTC and anti-inflammatory drugs. MCC holds almost 60% of MPC.

Address: 33-8 Shiba 5-chome, Minato-kuTokyo 108-0014, Japan Phone: +81-3-6414-3730 Fax: +81-3-6414-3745

• Representative Director, Member of the Board, and President: Ryuichi Tomizawa

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

chemicals? We know what Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) would say. The company makes chemicals through four major units. Its Natural Gas Chemicals unit is primarily engaged in producing methanol, formaldehyde, and ammonia. Its Aromatics Chemicals unit produces xylenes, nylon, and plasticizers. The company's Specialty Chemicals unit makes hydrogen peroxide and plastic resins. Through its Information & Advanced Materials unit, MGC also is involved in producing materials such as plastics and circuit boards for electronics manufacturers. The company was formed in 1971 when Japan Gas Chemical merged with Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical.

Address: Mitsubishi Bldg., 2-5-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8324, Japan Phone: +81-3-3283-5000 Fax: +81-3-3287-0833


• Chairman: Akira Ohira • President: Hideki Odaka • Senior Managing Executive Officer and Executive Assistant to: Hiromi Nakamura

Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc.

As can be gleaned from its name, Mitsui Chemicals America is the American home base of the Tokyo-based Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. With headquarters in Purchase, New York, the company makes adhesive resins, electronic materials, specialty polymers, and engineering plastics. Mitsui Chemicals America has locations and affiliates throughout the US, including in California, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Address: 800 Westchester Ave., Ste. N607Purchase, NY 10573 Phone: 914-253-0777 Fax: 914-253-0790


• President: Kensaku Maruyama • Director, Finance: Koji Ito • Corporate Marketing Manager: Jennifer Giuliano

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Mitsui Chemicals stays chemically balanced as one of Japan's largest producers of petrochemicals and its leading producer of phenols (building blocks for plastics). The company produces petrochemicals for use in the manufacture of such items as synthetic rubber and pigments. Applications of phenols include pharmaceuticals, ink, and adhesives. Mitsui Chemicals' other chemical products include fiber intermediates used in polyester, industrial chemicals used in paper, polymers used in pipes and films, and specialty resins used in adhesives. The company also makes polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and agrochemicals.

Address: Shiodome City Centre, 1-5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-kuTokyo 105-7117, Japan Phone: +81-3-6253-2100 Fax: +81-3-6253-4245


• Chairman: Hiroyuki Nakanishi • President: Kenji Fujiyoshi • Managing Director, Corporate Communications, Legal and Admin: Ritsuo Yamamoto

MORRE-TEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

Depending on the situation, Morre-Tec Industries can bring home the bacon or fry it up in the pan. (If, by bacon, you mean bromine- and chlorine-based chemicals.) Not only does the New Jersey company distribute chemicals through its partnerships with ICL Industrial Products and others, but Morre-Tec also manufactures its own line of specialty chemicals. Through affiliated companies (including Blenco Industries, JEDCO Adhesives, and Repackaging Services Corporation), Morre-Tec also manufactures adhesives and solvents and imports chemicals for the food and cosmetics industries. The company was formed in 1987.

Address: 1 Gary Rd.Union, NJ 07083-5527 Phone: 908-688-9009 Fax: 908-688-9005

• President: Leonard (Len) Glass • Controller: Steve Wigodsky • Sales Director: Alan Wirsul

Nagase & Co., Ltd.

now a major Japanese trader, developer, and manufacturer of chemical products. Although chemicals, plastics, and related production machinery account for much of its sales, Nagase also produces and distributes electronics, medical supplies, and health care and beauty products. Nagase maintains a worldwide network of sales and distribution branches in Asia, Europe, and North America. The company operates through subsidiaries and alliances with companies such as Eastman Chemical Company and Union Carbide.

Address: 1-1-17, Shinmachi, Nishi-kuOsaka 550-8668, Japan Phone: +81-6-6535-2114


• Chairman: Hideo Nagase • President, CEO, and Director: Hiroshi Nagase • Managing Executive Officer, Plastics, Life Sciences, Fine Ch: Yoshizo Shibata

Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc.

Founded in 1935 to produce carbide, Nippon Carbide has grown with the times. The company still makes basic chemicals, but it now also makes films, synthetic resins, and electronic materials. Nippon Carbide's films segment is its largest and makes wrapping film and reflective films for street signs. The company's resins unit makes melamine resins (for tableware), resins used in glue, and heat-resistant resins (used in pipes). Its electronic materials segment makes ceramic wiring boards and specialty resins. The chemical segment still makes carbide derivatives and basic and fine chemical products ranging from pharmaceuticals to pesticides.

Address: 2-11-19 Kohnan, Minato-kuTokyo 108-8466, Japan Phone: +81-3-5462-8200 Fax: +81-3-5462-8244


• President and Director: Tokushiro Hosoda • Director, General Affairs, Legal, General Accounting, and Bu: Yukio Yokoyama

Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Industrial has grown organically. The company has five chemical plants in Japan. Two plants in Fukushima produce barium compounds and lithium chemicals used in electronics and organic and inorganic phosphorus compounds. The other three plants produce silicate compounds, phosphorus compounds, and chromic acid compounds (used to finish metals). Nippon Chemical Industrial has ventures with Dowa Mining (Barium Chemicals), Fuji Chemical (Keiyo Chemical), and Asahi Denka (Kanto Sodium Silicates Glass), among others. Affiliate JCI USA Inc. handles sales of industrial chemicals in the US.

Address: 9-11-1, Kameido, Koto-kuTokyo 136-8515, Japan Phone: +81-3-3636-8111 Fax: +81-3-3636-6817


• Chairman: Jun-ichi Tanahashi • President, CEO, and Director: Gen-ichi Satoh

Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.

Feeling parched? Then don't drink the products made by Nippon Soda Co. (NISSO) -- it's caustic. NISSO manufactures basic chemicals, including caustic soda and chlorine used for industrial purposes. The company also produces specialty and performance chemicals such as dyes and poultry and pig feed additives; agrochemicals such as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides; and pharmaceuticals. NISSO's non-chemical operations include warehousing, transportation services, construction, and non-ferrous metals operations. The company sells its products primarily in Japan but also in other parts of Asia, North America, and Europe.

Address: 2-1, 2-Chome, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8165, Japan Phone: +81-3-3245-6054 Fax: +81-3-3245-6238


Katsunobu Inoue

Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Since its founding in 1887 as Japan's first chemical fertilizer manufacturer, Nissan Chemical Industries has grown to include a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, electronic materials, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Nissan Chemical Industries' basic chemical products include melamine, ammonia derivatives, silica products and electronic coatings, and acids. Its smallest chemical segment, pharmaceuticals, includes anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and lipid-lowering drugs.

Address: 3-7-1, Kanda Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 101-0054, Japan Phone: +81-3-3296-8320 Fax: +81-3-3296-8210


• President: Nobuichiro Fujimoto • Managing Director: Suketoshi Tsukamoto

NOF Corporation

If you should find yourself in the market for exploding pastries, NOF might be your one-stop bakery. The company is a major processor of oilseeds, from which it produces oleochemicals (common in personal care items such as detergents and shampoos) and food staples such as margarine, shortening, and processed oils. It also produces explosives used in construction and in military and space applications. In addition, NOF produces materials for electronics and petroleum-based chemicals such as surfactants, polymers, and paints for ships and automobiles. The company was founded in 1937 by a merger of four firms involved in the manufacture of oil and fats, edible oils, coatings, and soap.

Address: Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3, Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-kuTokyo 150-6019, Japan Phone: +81-3-5424-6600 Fax: +81-3-5424-6800


• Executive Chairman: Masayasu Uno • President and CEO: Youhei Nakajima

Northern Growers, LLC

The members of the Northern Growers Cooperative have had enough of cooperation and have decided to get down to business. Northern Growers, LLC provides corn to Northern Lights Ethanol (a joint venture with Broin Companies). The company grew out of the cooperative and is comprised of corn producers in South Dakota. Northern Lights operates an ethanol plant near Big Stone City, South Dakota that produces 40 million gallons annually. It receives incentive payments on both the state and federal levels to produce ethanol as an alternative fuel product.

Address: 48416 144th St.Big Stone City, SD 57216 Phone: 605-862-7902 Fax: 605-862-7904

• CEO, CFO, and Manager: Robert Narem • President and Manager: Steve Street

Occidental Chemical Corporation

It doesn't have a screaming, bearded man hawking its products on TV commercials, but OxyChem does all right nonetheless. Occidental Chemical, the chemicals business of Occidental Petroleum, is manufactures basic chemicals, vinyls, petrochemicals, and specialty chemicals. It is the top US maker of chlorine and caustic soda (used in bleach, plastics, and pulp and paper) and the top producer of potassium hydroxide or caustic potash (used in fertilizers). Through its 76% stake in OxyVinyls, it's the leading North American maker of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), used to make PVC resins. It bought the chemicals unit of Vulcan Materials for $360 million in a deal that closed in mid-2005.

Address: 5005 LBJ Fwy.Dallas, TX 75244-6152 Phone: 972-404-3800 Fax: 972-404-3669


• President: B. (Chuck) Anderson • Director, Communications and Web Development: Bill Dykes

Odebrecht S.A.

Brash new company Braskem has become the top money maker for holding group Odebrecht. Braskem, a leading thermoplastic resin producer in Latin America, was formed in 2002 when Odebrecht merged its chemical business with that of Copene and Mariana. Braskem makes plastics and acrylics, synthetic fibers, chemical compounds, pipes and tubes, and gasoline and solvents, among other products. Flagship company Construtora Norberto Odebrecht leads Odebrecht's engineering, heavy construction, and specialized technology operations, such as its electromechanical structures and offshore drilling services. Formed in 1944, Odebrecht is focusing on two areas: engineering and construction and chemicals and petrochemicals.

Address: Av. Luis Viana, 2841, Paralela., Edifício Odebrecht41827-900 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Phone: +55-71-2105-1111 Fax: +55-71-230-0701


• Chairman: Emílio Odebrecht • President and CEO: Pedro Augusto Ribeiro Novis • Director, Finance: Alvaro Novis

Orica USA Inc.

Olin Chlor Alkali Products

Sure, there may be chlorine in your water, but it's also in the pipes, the soap, and your clothes too. Olin Chlor Alkali manufactures chlorine, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydrosulfite, and other chemicals. Chlor alkali chemicals are the basis for a vast array of pharmaceutical products, plastics, household cleaners, and clothing as well. Olin ranks as the #4 chlor alkali chemical maker in the US, after the likes of Dow and PPG. While many chlor alkali makers consume their own products as raw materials for other downstream products, Olin sells most of its own chlorine chemicals to third parties. The company accounts for about a quarter of Olin Corporation's sales.

Address: 490 Stuart Rd. NECleveland, TN 37312 Phone: 423-336-4850 Fax: 423-336-4830


• President: John L. McIntosh • Marketing Manager, Chlorine and Caustic Soda: Tom Rice

Orgasynth S.A.

Chemicals maker Orgasynth proves organic and synthetic chemicals don't have to be mutually exclusive. The company specializes in the synthesis of organic molecular chemicals. Fine chemicals account for a little more than one-third of its sales; specialty chemicals (flavorings, fragrances, dyes, and agrochemicals) make up the balance. Orgasynth sells its products to primarily European clients in a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, electronics, cosmetics, food, and animal nutrition. Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Alves, a former executive of Rhône-Poulenc (now Sanofi-Aventis after successive mergers), and his family control nearly 85% of Orgasynth.

Address: 211 Boulevard Vincent Auriol75013 Paris, France Phone: +33-1-56-61-72-80 Fax: +33-1-56-61-72-99


• Chairman and Managing Director: Emmanuel Alves • Deputy Managing Director: Carole Alves Abdelli • Finance Manager: Richard Michalak

Orica USA (formerly Energetic Solutions) belongs to a big, loud family. The company makes explosives and is part of Australian chemicals and explosives behemoth Orica Limited (formerly ICI Australia). The company is a leading supplier of commercial explosives and detonating systems to the mining, quarrying, and construction markets. In addition to providing blasting products, the company provides blast management services and technology. In 2005 the company entered a long-term contract with Terra Mississippi, a unit of Terra Industries, in which Orica will be supplied with industrial-grade ammonium nitrate and nitrate solution. Orica UA traces its history to 1912.

Address: 33101 E. Quincy Ave.Watkins, CO 80137 Phone: 303-268-5000 Fax: 303-268-5250

• President: Donald O. (Don) Brinker • VP Marketing: Brian Wallace

ORYXE Energy International, Inc.

Blue skies, puffy white clouds, maybe even a pretty little rainbow -- ORYXE Energy wants you to be able to see these things clearly. The company develops fuel additives that make engines run cleaner, thereby reducing the resulting pollution. Among the products ORYXE offers are additives for gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels. Its OR-LED diesel fuel additive has been approved by the state of Texas for sale, and the company has begun marketing the product in that state. OR-LED is used to help reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides as well as carbon monoxide, allowing engines to meet tougher emission standards. The company was founded by executive officers Fred and Chris Jordan in 2001.

Address: 6 ThomasIrvine, CA 92618-2512 Phone: 949-452-9272 Fax: 949-452-9274

Chairman and CEO: Walter L. Schindler • Vice Chairman and CTO: Frederick L. (Fred) Jordan • President and Chief Marketing Officer: Kevin McGlensey

Pain Enterprises Inc

No Pain, no gain. Pain Enterprises helps customers in a number of industries (including the chemicals, food processing, hospitality, medical, packaging, and restaurant markets) by supplying them with carbon dioxide as gas (in bulk, cylinder, and nitrogen/CO2 mix forms) and as dry ice (in pellet or block versions). Pain Enterprises also retails dry ice through its BerryCold Retail Dry Ice division. The company was established in 1957.

Address: 101 Daniels WayBloomington, IN 47404 Phone: 812-330-1400 Fax: 812-330-1544


• Chairman: John F. Pain • CFO: Sheila Pain • VP, Business Development and Marketing: Gil D'Arcy

Penreco • President: Tom Readal

Specialty chemicals maker Penreco manufactures white mineral oils, petrolatums, specialty hydrocarbon fluids, petroleum sulfonates, cable-filling compounds, refrigeration oils, food grade compressor lubricants, and gelled products. Its products are used in cosmetics, skin and hair care products, and candles as well as in pharmaceuticals. The company is 50%-owned by ConocoPhillips; M.E. Zukerman Specialty Oil Corporation bought the other half of Penreco from the former Pennzoil-Quaker State in 2001. It was founded as the Pennsylvania Refining Company in 1878.

Address: 4401 Park Ave.Dickinson, TX 77539 Phone: 281-337-1534 Fax: 281-337-1200


Petrochem Carless Ltd

Petrochem Carless wants to keep drivers from being carless. Petrochem Carless offers products such as antifreeze, brake fluids, de-icers, and racing fuels. It also supplies chemical solvents such as alcohols, amines, and esters. The company is one of the top European refiners and distributors of specialty hydrocarbons and advanced automotive fluids, as well as a leading supplier of drilling fluids. Petrochem Carless was formed in 2000 when Petrochem bought Carless (which traces its history back to 1859) from Spanish petrochemical manufacturer Repsol and merged the two companies' operations. The company underwent a management buyout (backed by Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance) in early 2005.

Address: Cedar Court, Guildford Rd.Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9RX, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1372-360-000 Fax: +44-1372-380-400


• CEO: Paul Gemski • Finance Director: Vincent Fannon • Commercial Director: David Little

Phosphate Chemicals Export Association, Inc.

Pssst. Hey, Buddy. Want some diammonium phosphate, monoammonium phosphate, or even any triple superphosphate? Because Phosphate Chemicals Export Association (PhosChem) knows a guy who can hook you up. PhosChem was organized in 1974 to market phosphate fertilizer chemicals internationally for its member companies. Its current membership is made up of Mississippi Phosphates (formerly part of Mississippi Chemical, which is now part of Terra Industries), two units of The Mosaic Company (Mosaic Fertilizer and Mosaic Phosphates), and PCS Phosphate (a subsidiary of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan). The association is a top exporter of phosphate fertilizers and ships its products from nine ports in the southern US.

Address: 100 S. SaundersRd., Ste. 300Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 847-739-1200 Fax: 847-739-1614

• Founder and President; President, Mosaic Phosphates Company: Steven H. (Steve) Paxton

Polimeri Europa SpA

Europe needs chemicals, too, and Polimeri Europa is more than happy to provide them. Polimeri Europa, the petrochemical arm of Italy-based oil behemoth Eni, produces and distributes a wide range of chemicals, operating through three main divisions: basic chemicals, polyethylene, and elastomers and styrenics. Polimeri Europa sells more than 5 billion tons of materials a year and has a sales network that is present in 17 countries. (Italy still accounts for more than half of company sales.) The company has its headquarters and numerous plants in Italy, and it also has plants in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, and the UK.

Address: Piazza Boldrini, 120097 San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy Phone: +39-02-520-1


• Chairman: Giorgio Clarizia • Managing Director and Board Member: Piero Raffaeli

Praxair Distribution, Inc.

Perhaps you know a better method of getting your gas out into the world, but industrial gas heavyweight Praxair is content to use Praxair Distribution. The company distributes industrial, medical, and other gases to more than 600 Praxair locations in the US and Canada. Praxair Distribution delivers industrial gases and hardware to welders; respiratory gases and healthcare equipment to hospitals and homecare patients; and specialty gases and equipment to electronics, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and chemical companies. It uses a line of stores and depots, cylinder-filling plants, homecare service locations, and distribution centers to serve its customers needs.

Address: 39 Old Ridgebury Rd.Danbury, CT 06810-5113 Phone: 716-879-4077 Fax: 716-879-2040

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 900.00 M Employees (2005): 4,000 • President: Wayne J.

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Praxair, Inc. Yes

At Praxair, doing business is always a gas. The company produces and sells atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and others) as well as process and specialty gases (CO2, helium, and hydrogen) for the chemicals, food and beverage, semiconductor, and health care industries. Depending on a client company's gas needs, Praxair can build an on-site gas plant or provide gases by the cylinder. The company's Praxair Surface Technologies subsidiary supplies high-temperature and corrosion-resistant metallic, ceramic, and powder coatings mainly to the aircraft, plastics, and primary metals industries. Praxair Healthcare Services supplies hospitals and the medical homecare industry.

Address: 39 Old Ridgebury Rd.Danbury, CT 06810-5113 Phone: 203-837-2000 Fax: 716-879-2040


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Dennis H. Reilley • President and COO: Stephen F. Angel • SVP and CFO: James S. (Jim) Sawyer

Pride Solvents & Chemical Co.

You can clean with pride. Pride Solvents & Chemical distributes chemicals such as alcohols, amines, chlorinated solvents, esters, surfactants, glycol ethers, and ketones. Industries and applications include metal cleaning, pharmaceuticals, paints and coatings, personal care products, flavors and fragrances, and compounding products. The company also provides custom blending and packaging services. Pride Solvents & Chemical's product suppliers include Celanese, Dow Chemical, and Rhodia. Formed in 1970, the family-owned company maintains five distribution locations and has a fleet of nearly 40 vehicles.

Address: 6 Long Island Ave.Holtsville, NY 11742 Phone: 631-758-0200 Fax: 631-758-0290

• CEO: A.W. Dhom Sr. • VP, Finance: Gary Klundt • VP, Sales: James Stipicevic

PVS Technologies, Inc.

PVS Chemicals makes undrinkable sodas, sulfur-based chemicals, and acids that not even Timothy Leary would find palatable. The company's product list includes sulfuric and hydrochloric acids, liquid caustic soda, ferric chloride, and ammonium thiosulfate. These intimidating-sounding chemicals are used in applications such as water treatment (wastewater, process, and municipal), electronics manufacture (including semiconductor etching), metal finishing and plating, and food and pharmaceutical production. PVS Chemicals' subsidiaries include PVS Technologies (water treatment), Dynecol (transportation, analysis, treatment, and recycling of chemicals), and PVS Nolwood (chemical distribution).

Address: 10900 Harper Ave.Detroit, MI 48213 Phone: 313-921-1200 Fax: 313-921-1378


• President and CEO: James B. (Jim) Nicholson • VP and CFO: Donald R. Sosnoski

Quadra Chemicals Ltd.

Quadra Chemicals markets and distributes commodity and specialty chemicals and provides related services to customers throughout Canada. Quadra serves a broad customer base from a large range of industries, including animal feed, cosmetics, food processing, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, petroleum, and textiles. The Canadian company, which acquired US-based Great Western Chemical in 2001, sold its US operations in 2005 to chemicals distributor Brenntag. Quadra also operates a fleet of trucks and trailers, as well as tankers and railcars. Owners include company chairman and president Tony Infilise.

Address: 370 Blvd. Joseph-CarrierVaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec J7V 5V5, Canada Phone: 450-424-0161 Fax: 450-424-9458

• Chairman and President: Anthony (Tony) Infilise • CFO: Pierre Thivierge

Rasa Industries, Ltd.

three major business segments: machinery, chemicals, and electronic materials. Its machinery segment makes pipe-jacking machines used for tunneling in the installation of sewer, gas, and water lines and electricity and communication networks; it also makes screens and pumps for dealing with the slurry that its pipe-jacking machines produce. The chemical products include phosphorous, ferric oxide, and phosphoric acid. The electronics division recycles silicon wafers for re-use, produces dummy and test wafers, and makes high-purity materials such as gallium and phosphorus for electronics.

Address: 1-1-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Yaesu Dai Bldg.Tokyo 104-0031, Japan Phone: +81-3-3278-3801 Fax: +81-3-3281-6699

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 234.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 6.40% Employees (2004): 748 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-8.20%)

• Managing Director: Masato Ryuman • President: Atsuhiro Ohi • Director: Katsuhiko Yamada

RÜTGERS AG

Refron Inc.

Yes

Through its subsidiaries, RÜTGERS makes chemicals that include aromatics, cosmetics, organic intermediates, petroleum products, and pharmaceuticals. A subsidiary of RAG, RÜTGERS also has interests in the construction, electronics, and plastics industries. The company's subsidiaries are: RÜTGERS Chemicals, Bakelite, and HT Troplast. RÜTGERS is in the process of exiting the plastics business. It has sold engineering plastics maker Isola to investment firm Texas Pacific Group and thermosetting resins producer Bakelite to the former Borden Chemical (now called Hexion Specialty Chemicals).

Address: Rellinghauser Strasse 345128 Essen, Germany Phone: +49-201-1-77-02 Fax: +49-201-1-77-21-08

Board: Heinz Rzehak • Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations: Klaus Langhoff • Corporate Communications, RÜTGERS Chemicals AG: Detlef Markmann

Baby, it's cold outside -- or inside. Refron distributes refrigerants such as CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs throughout the US. The company operates roughly 100 stockpoints and sales offices nationwide and provides delivery services. It also offers retrofit blending, recycling and reclamation, purity testing, technical support, and information sharing services. Refron's customers include HVAC contractors, facility owners, government agencies, and manufacturing and transportation companies. The company was created in 1950 under the name Refrigeration Sales Co.

Address: 38-18 33rd St.Long Island City, NY 11101-2211 Phone: 718-392-8002 Fax: 718-392-8006

Key People • President: Jay Kestenbaum • VP, Sales: Gerald Kestenbaum

Reliance Industries Limited

India and Reliance Industries rely on each other. The company is India's largest petrochemical firm and second largest company (behind Indian Oil and just ahead of Hindustan Petroleum). It contributes about 3% of India's GDP and is the country's largest exporter. Polyesters and polymers account for most of Reliance's sales. In 2006 the company demerged into four separate entities: Reliance Capital Ventures, Reliance Communication Ventures, Reliance Energy Ventures, and Reliance Natural Resources. Reliance intends to take these companies public.

Address: Reliance Center, 19, Walchand Hirachand Marg., Ballard EstateMumbai 400038, India Phone: +91-22-3032-7000 Fax: +91-22-2287-0072


• Chairman and Managing Director: Mukesh D. Ambani

Ribelin Sales, Inc.

Ribelin Sales distributes additives, containers, extenders, fillers, inks, and pigments to markets that include the adhesives and sealants, construction and building materials, paints, cosmetics, plastics, printing, and textiles industries. The company, which primarily serves the southeast, has distribution centers in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Arizona.

Address: 3857 Miller Park Dr.Garland, TX 75042 Phone: 972-272-1594 Fax: 972-404-9683

• Chairman: Chuck Ribelin • President: Michael A. Ribelin • Controller: Rod Jenkins

Rit-Chem Co., Inc.

It's all in the family at Rit-Chem. The family-run business is a go-between company that imports, exports, markets, and contracts for custom, high-quality, and hard-to-find chemicals. Its imports are primarily chemicals that are no longer made in the US, chemical preparations custom-produced for Rit-Chem, or chemicals of a higher quality than are typically made domestically. The company was founded by president Henry Rittel, who remains at the helm of business.

Address: 109 Wheeler Ave.Pleasantville, NY 10570-3011 Phone: 914-769-9110 Fax: 914-769-1408

• President and CFO: Henry L. Ritell • VP, Market Development: Gary Rittel • VP, Sales: Wayne Rittel

Rohm and Haas Company

Rohm and Haas is the one to blame if you can't get that paint out of your hair. The company's operations are divided among six segments, the largest of which is the coatings group, which makes additives and binders used by paint makers. The performance chemicals unit makes plastics additives and antimicrobials, while the electronic materials division manufactures photoresists and materials for making printed wiring boards. Acrylates make up most of its Monomers division, and Rohm and Haas' salt group markets salt for road ice control, table salt (Morton Salt), and water softening. The smallest unit manufactures adhesives and sealants. The Haas family controls 28% of the company.

Address: 100 Independence Mall WestPhiladelphia, PA 19106-2399 Phone: 215-592-3000 Fax: 215-592-3377


• Chairman and CEO: Rajiv L. (Raj) Gupta • VP and CFO: Jacques M. Croisetiere • VP, CIO, and Director, Human Resources: Anne M. Wilms

Yes

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials

And two shall become one. Shipley and Rodel have gotten married and become Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, a subsidiary of specialty chemicals giant Rohm and Haas. Its three product lines are: Semiconductor Technologies (products for chemical mechanical polishing, which creates flawless chip surfaces, the unit's largest division), Circuit Board Technologies (chemicals and materials for printed circuit boards used in cell phones and computers), and Packaging and Finishing Technologies (coatings for integrated circuit packaging and connectors). The company accounts for almost 20% of Rohm and Haas' revenue.

Address: 455 Forest St.Marlborough, MA 01752 Phone: 508-481-7950 Fax: 508-485-9113


• President and CEO: Pierre R. Brondeau • VP and CFO: Robert Harrer • VP and CTO: Gary S. Calabrese

Rowell Chemical Corporation

Rowell Chemical keeps rolling, rolling, rolling... chemical ingredients to its customers. Along with its subsidiary, Milport Enterprises, the company distributes inorganic compounds, including acids, alkalis, bleaching agents, chelating agents and polymers, phosphates, potassium salts, sodium salts, surfactants, and metal and water treatment chemicals, primarily in the midwestern US. Rowell Chemical also offers custom compounding, repackaging, and some chemical manufacturing services, and it operates a fleet of distribution trucks, trailers, and tanks.

Address: 15 Salt Creek Ln., Ste. 205Hinsdale, IL 60521 Phone: 630-920-8833 Fax: 630-920-8994


• Chairman and CEO: Nat J. Rowell • President: Terrence J. Matray • VP, Operations: Matt Koupal

Royster-Clark, Inc.

Royster-Clark has been spreading it on thick for more than 125 years. The company makes and distributes fertilizer and crop-protection products. It also processes seed for other companies and sells seed under its own label. Operations include some 30 fertilizer granulation and blending and seed-processing plants; 250 retail farm supply centers; and 75 distribution terminals and warehouses. The company operates primarily in the midwestern and southeastern US. A majority of Royster-Clark's sales come from the distribution of fertilizers bought from third parties. Royster-Clark was acquired by Agrium for $515 million in 2006.

Address: 1251 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 900New York, NY 10020 Phone: 212-332-2965 Fax: 212-332-2999


• Chairman and CEO: Francis P. Jenkins Jr. • President and COO: G. Kenneth (Ken) Moshenek • CFO: Paul M. Murphy

SABIC Europe

SABIC isn't meant to be an anagram for basic; that's just a happy accident. SABIC Europe manufactures, markets, and distributes basic and intermediate petrochemicals, including hydrocarbons, polyethylene, polypropylene, and other polyolefins, to customers throughout Europe. SABIC Europe is the European arm of petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC). It produces nearly three million tons of polyethylene and polypropylene per year, and the company, formerly named SABIC EuroPetrochemicals, also markets its parent's products throughout the continent

Address: Poststraat 16135 KR Sittard, The Netherlands Phone: +31-46-4767-000 Fax: +31-46-4760-530

• CEO: Frans H. Noteborn • COO: Boy Litjens

Samsung America, Inc.

Got it, got it, need it, need it, got it, and got it. It is Samsung, but it's not the guys who make all that stuff you see at the electronics store. Rather, Samsung America Inc. (SAI) is the US arm of the Korean commodities trading, marketing and distribution, and investment company Samsung Corporation (a part of the Samsung chaebol, or industrial group). As a commodities trader, SAI deals in chemicals, steel, metals, textiles, and natural resources. The company's marketing and distribution efforts include consumer products ranging from health care products to FUBU clothing and Astra golf wear.

Address: 105 Challenger Rd., Ste. 1Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Phone: 201-229-5000 Fax: 201-229-5080

• President and CEO: Jae Hyung Lee • Treasurer: Kenny Cho

Sarcom Inc.

Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.

Samsung Total Petrochemicals sticks to the basics. The company manufactures building block chemicals that go into the making of a host of other chemicals needed to make the stuff we can use. It starts with a naphtha cracker, yielding propylene and ethylene, which are the raw materials in the production of polymers. Samsung Total divides its operations in three: polymer production (polyethylene, polypropylene, high- and low-density polyethylene), base chemicals (selling the ethylene and propylene the company does not use itself, as well as aromatics used to make the materials that go into synthetic fibers and such), and petrochemicals like solvents and liquefied petroleum gases (propane, butane, etc.).

Address: 411-1, Dokgod Ri, Daesan UpSeosan, Chungchong-nam 356-711, South Korea Phone: +82-2-772-6642 Fax: +82-2-772-6618 • President and CEO: Ko

Hong-Sik essential. The company distributes essential oils and fine and specialty chemicals for the flavors and fragrance industry; typical products include aromatic chemicals, terpenes, menthol crystals, psyllium seed husk, water-soluble gums, and vanilla beans. In addition to its New York State headquarters, Sarcom has offices in Florida and in China, and it has distribution deals with companies in France, China, and the US. It has a joint venture that produces essential oils in China, and its subsidiary AEP Colloids imports and distributes food ingredients. The company was founded in 1982 by Bob Palagonia.

Address: 393 Church St.Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone: 518-580-9740 Fax: 518-580-8577

• President and CEO: Stephen (Steve) Strouse • Comptroller: Roy Arnold

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

SABIC's is an acronym for the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, but it could stand for "seriously big industrial chemicals company." Saudi Arabia's largest non-oil company, SABIC produces chemicals through six business units: basic chemicals, intermediates, polyolefins, PVC and polyester, fertilizers, and metals. The company is one of the world's largest makers of polyethylene and polypropylene. The Saudi government owns 70% of SABIC but has plans to privatize the company. The remaining 30% of the company is owned by private investors in Saudi Arabia and the other counties of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Address: P.O. Box 5101Riyadh 11422, Saudi Arabia Phone: +966-1-225-8000 Fax: +966-1-225-9000

• President and CEO: Stephen (Steve) Strouse • Comptroller: Roy Arnold

S·Science Company, Ltd.

SScience Company, formerly Shimura Kako, imports nickel ingots from Canada-based Inco Limited. and processes the metal into nickel salts such as nickel chloride and nickel sulfate (90% of sales). Nickel salts are used in electroplating, ceramics, and pigments, and as catalysts. SScience has ended its nickel smelting operations to concentrate on nickel ingot processing. The company has expanded into new materials, including magnets and metallic particles. It has developed a method for creating tiny "nanoparticles" for use in catalysts; the method could be used in the creation of "nanomachines." SScience's other businesses include real estate, construction materials, and environmental equipment.

Address: 3-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-0005, Japan Phone: +81-3-3216-6431 Fax: +81-3-3214-3630

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 23.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.40% Employees (2004): 46 Employee Growth (1 yr): 17.90%

• President and CEO: Moritoshi Shinada • Managing Director: Yozo Ohta

Süd-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft

From manure to your sewer, Süd-Chemie's products help make a nasty world a nicer place. The company's adsorbents and additives division (more than half of its sales) makes chemicals for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, bleaching agents for the purification of edible oils and fats, and additives for the treatment of solid and liquid manure. The division's other products include thickening agents for paints, glues, and cosmetics, as well as desiccants for controlling moisture in pharmaceuticals. Süd-Chemie's catalysts are used in the manufacture of synthetic gases, biocides, and air-pollution control systems. One Equity Partners (OEP) owns about 40% of the company.

Address: Lenbachplatz 6D-80333 Munich, Germany Phone: +49-89-5110-0 Fax: +49-89-5110-375


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Jürgen F. Kammer • Chairman, Managing Board: Günter von Au • COO and Head of the Absorbents and Catalysts Division: Hans Jürgen Wernicke

Shintech, Inc.

Süd-Chemie Inc.

Süd-Chemie Inc. (SCI) is a catalyst for many things. The company's catalysts are used in gases (by ammonia plants making fertilizers and methanol plants for fuel additives), hydrogenation (for the cosmetics and consumer products industries), and in the refining and petrochemical processes. It also produces dessicants, humidity indicators, industrial minerals, skin protectants, and ingredients to help the flow of things (rheological additives). The company also offers emissions control products and services. SCI is the US division of German chemical big wig Süd-Chemie.

Address: P.O. Box 32370Louisville, KY 40210 Phone: 502-634-7200 Fax: 502-634-7739


• President and CEO: Thomas A. Marx • Lands and Contract Manager and Media Relations Contact: Richard Power

Schenectady International, Inc.

Schenectady International came to life by bringing good varnishes to life for General Electric. Founded by Howard Wright in 1906, the company was established to develop insulating varnishes for GE's early electrical devices. Schenectady International has sold its electrical insulating business to ALTANA, but it still makes friction material resins for use in making brake linings and clutch facings. The company's other products include alkylphenols, phenolic resins, and electronic chemicals used in the production of semiconductors, imaging products, packaging, rubber compounds, agrochemicals, dyes, fuel additives, and flavoring agents. Descendants of Wright still own the company.

Address: 2750 Balltown Rd.Schenectady, NY 12304 Phone: 518-347-4200 Fax: 518-346-3111

• Chairman and CEO: Wallace A. Graham • President and COO: Charles G. Griswold • SVP, Financial and CFO: John C. Obst

Shell Chemicals Limited

Like peas and carrots, so go gigantic oil companies and less gigantic but still formidable petrochemical companies. Thus, you get Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Shell Chemicals. The division manufactures all manner of petrochemicals and is a leader or among the leaders in producing olefins, aromatics, solvents, phenols, and glycols for customers that make products such as plastics, coatings, and detergents. Shell and BASF had been partners in a polyolefins-making joint venture called Basell but sold the JV in 2005 to private investment firm Access Industries. Infineum is another joint venture (with ExxonMobil Chemical) that makes lubricant additives.

Address: Shell Centre, 2 York Rd.London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7934-1234 Fax: +44-20-7934-7703


• EVP, Chemicals; President and CEO, Shell Chemical LP: Fran Keeth • VP, Asia/Pacific/Middle East Ventures and Development: Tan Ek Kia • VP, Strategy, Acquisitions, and Divestments: Sven Royall

Shintech produces PVC (the chemical also known as polyvinyl chloride). Based in Houston, Shintech also has plants in Freeport, Texas and in Louisiana. Shintech serves customers primarily in North American, but also exports its products worldwide. Established in 1973, Shintech is a US subsidiary of Japanese diversified chemicals giant Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.

Address: #3 Greenway Plaza, Ste. 1150Houston, TX 77046 Phone: 713-965-0713 Fax: 713-965-0629


• President and CEO, Director: Chihiro Kanagawa • Senior Managing Director: Yasuhiko Saitoh

Showa Denko K.K.

Showa Denko is one of Japan's leading producers of chemicals and industrial materials. The company's sectors include petrochemicals (olefins, organic chemicals, plastic products), aluminum (aluminum cans, sheets, ingots, foils), electronics (semiconductors, ceramic materials, hard disks), chemicals (industrial gases, ammonia, agrochemicals), and inorganic materials (ceramics, graphite electrodes). Showa Denko, which is part of Japan's Fuyo Group, has more than 180 subsidiaries and affiliates. In 1939 Nihon Electrical Industries and Showa Fertilizers combined to form Showa Denko.

Address: 13-9 Shiba-Daimon 1-Chome, Minato-kuTokyo 105-8518, Japan Phone: +81-3-5470-3235 Fax: +81-3-3436-2625


• Chairman: Mitsuo Ohashi • President and CEO: Kyohei Takahashi • Managing Director; Business Support Center: Hiroshi Ito

Siel Ltd.

• Chairman: Dai Houliang

SNF Inc.

Snia S.p.A.

Siel Ltd. helps make India a bit cleaner and fatter. The conglomerate's businesses manufacture cleaning chemicals (caustic soda, chlorine, bleaching powder), and edible vegetable oils. Its consumer oils are sold under the Cornola, Panghat, Ruby, and Sunbeam brands . As part of a plan to restructure the company's debts, spun off its sugar operations into a new company, Mawana Sugars Ltd. Other associated, joint venture, or subsidiary companies include Honda Siel Power Products (portable generators, pumps), Usha International (electronic products).

Address: Kirti Mahal, 5, 19 Rajendra Pl.New Delhi 110 008, India Phone: +91-11-25739103 Fax: +91-11-25743659

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 50.20 M

• Chairman: Siddharth Shriram • Wholetime Director, Secretary, and Compliance Officer: K. P. Singh

Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical manufactures chemicals from petroleum chemical fibres, polyester plastic, chemical raw materials and products, crude oil, petroleum refined products, hydrocarbon compound derivatives, fuel and equipment. Major products include ethylene, butadiene, polyethylene, polypropylene, refined PTA, ethylene glycol, aromatic hydrocarbons, acetic acid, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and liquefied gas. The company operates close to 35 manufactuing plants. China Petroleum & Chemical (Sinopec), which is controlled by the Chinese government, owns a controlling interest in Yangzi Petrochemical. Sinopec has announced plans to buy back the company and privatize it.

Address: 777 Xinhua Rd., Yanjian Development Zone, Luhe DistrictNanjing 210048, China Phone: +86-25-5778-2200 Fax: +86-25-5778-4389

Revenue (2004): 3835.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.40% Employees (2004): 8,731

SNF Floerger SAS

SNF Floerger is among the world's leading manufacturers of synthetic flocculants, laying claim to more than 25% of the world's market. (Synthetic flocculents are used in water treatment.) SNF Floerger also makes other products, including acrylamides and acrylates. The company has more than 30 subsidiaries and operations in more than 140 countries around the world, including SNF Inc. in the US and SNF (India), which is building a new facility with backing from the Indian government. SNF Floerger generates nearly all of its sales outside of France.

Address: ZAC de Milieux42163 Andrézieux Cedex, France Phone: +33-4-77-36-86-00 Fax: +33-4-77-36-86-96


• Chairman and President: René Pich • CFO: Philippe Chaut • Technical Director: René Hund

manufactures synthetic flocculant, coagulant, and dispersant polymers used for municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment. Other industries served by SNF include paper processing, textile printing, oil production, agriculture, and personal-care products manufacturing. The American arm of French polymer maker SNF Floerger, the company has nine polymer production facilities around the US. Business units include Chemtall, Floquip (polymer preparation equipment), Pearl River Polymers, Polychemie, and Polydyne.

Address: 1 Chemical Plant Rd.Riceboro, GA 31323 Phone: 912-884-3366 Fax: 912-884-5031

• President: Peter Nichols • VP, Finance: James Carlson • Business Development and Marketing Manager: Scott Ramey

Mamma mia, it's Snia! The company, a leading Italian manufacturer of chemical and fiber products, has spun off its medical products businesses to concentrate on chemicals and textiles. Snia's chemical division, operating through subsidiary Caffaro, produces base, specialty, and fine chemicals. Snia's textile yarn business, Nylstar (run as a joint venture with Rhodia), produces cellulose acetate filament, nylon, and rayon. Italian financial company Bios S.p.A. owned just over 50% of Snia until 2005 when it spun off its holding to Bios shareholders, including Hopa S.p.A. (controlled by financier Emilio Gnutti), banking group Antonveneta, and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

Address: Via Friuli, 5520131 Cesano Maderno, Milano, Italy Phone: +39-02-63321 Fax: +39-02-6332-358

• Chairman: Umberto Rosa • Operating Vice Chairman: Andrea Matiussi • CEO and Board Member: Carlo Vanoli

SOL S.p.A.

Solvay SA Yes

Société d'Oxygène et d'Acetylène d'Extrême-Orient

Société d'Oxygène et d'Acetylène d'Extrême-Orient (SOAEO) provides a basic element of manufacturing (not to mention life): oxygen. A publicly traded subsidiary of French gas manufacturer Air Liquide, SOAEO packages and distributes oxygen, acetylene, and other gases and equipment used for welding; the company's products also have medical applications. Customers include the chemical, steel, electronics manufacturing, and health care industries. Although SOAEO is based in France, all of the company's manufacturing operations are in Asia. Air Liquide owns 87% of SOAEO.

Address: 75, Quai d'Orsay75321 Paris Cedex, France Phone: +33-1-40-62-55-55 Fax: +33-1-40-62-54-65


• Chairman: Jean-Claude Buono • CEO: Lee Chun Wah • Head of Communications: Dominique Maire

Look to SOL for more than sunlight. SOL S.p.A., the major operating entity of the SOL Group, produces and distributes industrial gases -- oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, gas mixtures, and more -- used in the technical and medical arenas. Sister companies include Vivisol (oxygen and related respiratory treatment equipment) and Sol Welding (equipment and materials for the welding market sold under the Esseti and Overweld brands, among others). Headquartered in Italy, SOL has operations located in 15 countries in Europe.

Address: Piazza Diaz, 120052 Monza, Milano, Italy Phone: +39-039-239-61 Fax: +39-039-239-6371


• Chairman and Managing Director: Aldo Fumagalli Romario • Vice Chairman and Managing Director: Marco Annoni • Finance Officer: Marco Filippi

Solvay Chemicals, Inc.

Despite the address in Belgium, Solvay doesn't waffle at all when it comes to the chemical sector. The industrial giant's chemicals division, Solvay Chemicals, accounts for about a third of its business. The unit's products include soda ash, calcium carbonate, and both organic and inorganic fluorides. Solvay Chemicals is comprised primarily of three formerly separate subsidiaries: Solvays Interox, Minerals, and Fluorides. The company is among the world leaders in a number of product lines, including fluorochemicals, hydrogen peroxide, detergents, and electrochemical specialties. Its more than 40 plants are spread throughout the world.

Address: 3333 Richmond Ave.Houston, TX 77098-3099 Phone: 713-525-6500 Fax: 713-525-7806


• President and CEO: Richard L. Hogan • VP, Finance and Customer Order Services: Stephen Kovar

Like Jean-Claude Van Damme rendered as a scientific equation, specialty chemicals company Solvay is the muscles from Brussels. With subsidiaries and affiliated companies in about 50 countries, the Belgium-based Solvay operates in three sectors: chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and plastics. Its chemicals sector makes hydrogen peroxide and soda ash (used to make glass). Solvay's pharmaceuticals include cardiological drugs, gastrointestinal enzymes, and antidepressants. And the company's plastics compounds include vinyl and polyethylene products; it also processes plastics into pipe, waterproofing foils, and fuel and air intake systems for automobiles. Belgian holding company Solvac owns 26% of Solvay.

Address: Rue du Prince Albert, 33B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32-2-509-6111 Fax: +32-2-509-6617


• Chairman, Executive Committee, and Director: Aloïs Michielsen • General Manager, Chemicals: Christian Jourquin • Chairman: Baron Daniel Janssen

Solvents and Chemicals, Inc.

Just as its name suggests, Solvents and Chemicals distributes chemicals and solvents such as acids, alcohols, amines, chlorinated solvents, esters, glycol ethers, ketones, plasticizers, and sulfates. The company's customers include members of the paints and coatings, petroleum refining, and plastic industries. It delivers products throughout four states in the southwestern US and exports commodities to Latin America and the Middle East. Suppliers include Equistar Chemicals, Lyondell Chemical, and Shell Chemical. Founder Gabriel Baizan formed the company in the late 1960s.

Address: 4704 Shank Rd.Pearland, TX 77581 Phone: 281-485-5377 Fax: 281-485-6129


• President: Gabriel Baizan • Controller: Carl Caldwell • EVP: Jean-Pierre Baizan

SRF Limited

Yes

Yes

Specialty Minerals, Inc.

Specialty Minerals Inc. (SMI) has a knack for developing industrial minerals and chemicals for the paper, coatings, building materials, ceramic, glass, polymer, and food industries. Its primary product is precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), which brightens and whitens paper, teeth, and paint. In addition to the paper industry, pharmaceutical companies also are big users of PCC (as a buffering agent in tablets). Other mineral products include quicklime, limestone, and talc. SMI is a subsidiary of Minerals Technologies, accounting for about two-thirds of its parent's sales.

Address: The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Ave.New York, NY 10174 Phone: 212-878-1800 Fax: 212-878-1801


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Paul R. Saueracker • EVP: Anton Dulski • Group SVP, Finance; CFO; and Treasurer: John A. Sorel

SRF Limited is a diversified manufacturer with three core businesses: chemicals, industrial fabrics, and industrial synthetics. The company's chemicals are used for refrigeration and air conditioning. Its fabrics are fashioned into conveyor belts used in such industries as mining and utilities. SRF Limited's synthetic packaging films are used to contain consumer goods like soap, shampoo, and tea. Founded in 1974 as a manufacturer of nylon tire cord fabric, today the company is one of the world's largest producers of tire cord and a leading maker of belting fabrics.

Address: Express Bldg., 1st Fl. 9-10, Bahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi 110002, India Phone: +91-11-237-384-94 Fax: +91-11-233-240-52


• Chairman and Managing Director: Arun Bharat Ram • VP, IT & HR: Kartikeya Bharat Ram • CFO: S.G.Y. Narayanan

Sterling Chemicals, Inc.

A not so sterling record is being burnished by petrochemical manufacturer Sterling Chemicals. Sterling is focused on producing core products, including styrene (ultimately used to produce disposable cups, packaging, and plastic products), and acetic acid (an ingredient in adhesives, coatings, and fibers). Its products are primarily sold to other chemical producers, as well as consumer and industrial product manufacturers. The company (formerly Sterling Chemicals Holdings) came out of bankruptcy in late 2002 and went public again in mid-2003. Resurgence Asset Management owns about 80% of the company. Sterling left the acrylonitrile business in 2005 due to a history of losses in the division.

Address: 333 Clay St., Ste. 3600Houston, TX 77002-4109 Phone: 713-650-3700 Fax: 713-654-9551


• CEO, President, and Director: Richard K. Crump • SVP, Finance, and CFO: Paul G. Vanderhoven • SVP, Commercial: Paul C. Rostek

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Japan's #3 chemical producer behind Mitsubishi Chemical and Asahi Kasei, Sumitomo Chemical makes chemicals for almost everything made and grown under the sun. About one-third of the company's sales come from petrochemicals such as polypropylene, ethylene, and elastomers. Sumitomo's other major units make pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals (insecticides, herbicides, and fertilizers), and basic chemicals such as caustic soda and methanol. The company also makes chemicals for electronics and fine chemicals. The company is part of Japan's Sumitomo Group.

Address: 27-1, Shinkawa 2-chome, Chuo-kuTokyo 104-8260, Japan Phone: +81-3-5543-5102 Fax: +81-3-5543-5901


• President: Hiromasa Yonekura • EVP, Technology and Research and Development: Satoshi Kawachi • Managing Director, Finance and Accounting Office, Investor a: Yuji Ito

Summit Environmental Corporation, Inc.

If you can't stand the heat, use one of the chemicals that Summit Environmental distributes. The company is the sole marketer and distributor of FlameOut, an EPA-approved (and thus environmentally friendly) replacement for Halon for both commercial and residential fire fighting. FlameOut is also approved for use by the US Forestry Service; it is manufactured by BioGenesis. Additionally, Summit distributes a similar product, FirePower, as well as kind-to-the-Earth cleaning products (Ultimate Clean) and a line of cosmetics (Pannache). The company markets its products through strategic alliances and distribution agreements in the Asia/Pacific region, Europe, North America, and South America.

Address: 210 S. GreenLongview, TX 75601 Phone: 800-522-7841 Fax: 903-758-1903


• Chairman and CEO: B. Keith Parker • CFO and Director: Chris Dellinges • VP Shareholder and Public Relations, Secretary, and Director: Paula B. Parker

Sunoco Chemicals

Sunoco Chemicals has bulked up on polypropylene and phenol. In addition, the company produces benzene (and its derivatives) for manufacturers of fibers and detergents; toluene and xylenes for makers of fibers, film, and urethane products; and ethylene for specialty chemical companies. Sunoco Chemicals produces chemicals at eight facilities in the US. Most of the company's sales are in the US. The chemical producer, a unit of oil refiner and marketer Sunoco, Inc., doubled in size with its 2001 purchase of Aristech Chemical, formerly a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp.

Address: 10 Penn Center, 1801 Market St.Philadelphia, PA 19103-1699 Phone: 215-977-3321 Fax: 215-977-3470


• President: Bruce G. Fischer • Director, Information and Technology: Michael B. Yuhas

Superior Oil Company, Inc.

Despite the oily name, Superior Oil actually distributes industrial products and provides chemical and waste services. Superior's solvents and chemicals division -- which has nine stocking facilities and a fleet of some 160 trucks, trailers, and tankers -- supplies manufacturers of paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, fabricated metal products, and adhesives. The fiberglass and resins unit sells to clients that make products ranging from parts for recreational vehicles to bathtubs and showers. Superior Oil also provides blending, solvent reclamation, and hazardous waste removal services. Suppliers include BASF, Celanese, and Chevron Phillips. The company is owned by members of its management team.

Address: 400 W. Regent St.Indianapolis, IN 46225 Phone: 317-781-4400 Fax: 317-781-4401

• President: Ray Roembke • CFO and Director, Human Resources: Robert Andersen

Sutcliffe Speakman Limited

Anyone who's grilled with charcoal would question its ability to make water cleaner, but Sutcliffe Speakman swears by it. The company makes activated carbon (which has charcoal as a precursor) as a filter for water treatment, gas and air purification, and solvent recovery; its large internal surface area allows activated carbon to act as an adsorbent. In addition to supplying activated carbons, Sutcliffe Speakman supplies emission contol systems worldwide for industries that include the chemical, pharmaceutical, printing, and food and beverage sectors. Global activated carbon maker Calgon Carbon, which operates in Europe through Chemviron Carbon, bought Sutcliffe Speakman in 2004.

Address: Edgar House, Lockett RoadAshton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire WN4 8DE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1942-275-400 Fax: +44-1942-275-600

• Managing Director: Allan Singleton • Sales and Marketing Director: Ralph Lowery

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation is a diversified company that makes industrial gases, gas-handling equipment (including high-purity systems for semiconductor production), packaged foods, and house wares. The company markets its products to the food and beverage, shipbuilding, aerospace, chemical, and steel industries. Nippon Sanso maintains the Thermos brand of vacuum bottles in Japan. Effective October 1, 2004 the company merged with Taiyo Toyo with the surviving company taking the combined new name

Address: 16-7, Nishi-Shinbashi 1-chome, Minato-kuTokyo 105-8442, Japan Phone: +81-3-3581-8200 Fax: +81-3-3581-8755


• Chairman: Konosuke Ose • President and CEO: Hiroshi Taguchi

Tanner Industries, Inc.

Tanner plies the trade of chemical shipping and warehousing. The company distributes anhydrous ammonia and ammonium hydroxide by tank truck, railcar, drum, and cylinder to US customers from approximately 20 facilities east of the Mississippi. It also provides custom blending, contract packaging, and safety training services. Tanner's products are sold to companies in the refrigeration, metal treatment, agriculture, chemical production, personal care product, pulp and paper, and water treatment industries. The company, which was founded in 1954 by Lawrence Tanner, is run by a third generation of Tanner family members.

Address: 735 Davisville Rd.Southampton, PA 18966 Phone: 215-322-1238 Fax: 215-322-7791


• CEO: Raymond C. Tanner • President and COO: Stephen B. Tanner • Director, Sales: Tom Hearn

Yes

TCR Industries, Inc.

TCR doesn't make chemicals, it sells them. The company markets specialty chemicals to companies that use them to make adhesives, coatings, inks, food, sealants, plastics, and building products. TCR, which maintains six warehouses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah, distributes the goods of some 25 manufacturers. Typical products distributed include epoxies, resins, additives, latex, carbon black, calcium carbonate, waxes, pigments, polymers, vegetable oils, and dispersants and surfactants.

Address: 26 Centerpointe Dr., Ste. 120La Palma, CA 90623 Phone: 714-521-5222 Fax: 714-521-1636


• CEO: Anthony Rumfola • President and COO: Sam Rumfola • VP, Finance: Don Smith

Technology Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

Technology Flavors & Fragrances (TFF) would like you to come to your senses by way of its products. Just as its name indicates, TFF makes flavors and fragrances used in a wide variety of beverages, cosmetics, foods, liquors, and pharmaceuticals. The company, founded in 1989, works with its clients to develop unique tastes and aromas for both consumer and institutional products; it has some 36,000 flavor and fragrance product formulations in its library. Formulations developed by TFF are used in more than 1,200 products sold worldwide. TFF has been acquired by industry rival FFG Industries, which is owned by investment firm Nautic Partners.

Address: 10 Edison St. E.Amityville, NY 11701-2814 Phone: 631-842-7600 Fax: 631-842-8332


• Chairman and CEO: Philip (Phil) Rosner • VP, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: Joseph A. Gemmo • VP, Business Development Worldwide: Phillip D. (Phil) Ross

Tekcor Technology, Ltd.

completion chemicals. The company is a distributor of drilling fluids and specialty chemicals to oil and gas customers operating primarily in the Gulf Coast region of the US. Tekcor Technology's products include completion, corrosion control, displacement, fluid loss control, polymer, and surfactant fluids. The company was founded in 2000.

Address: 1525 N. Post Oak Rd.Houston, TX 77055 Phone: 713-688-3278 Fax: 713-688-3620

• CEO: Thomas (Thom) Venus • President: Tim Harris

Texas Petrochemicals LP

The road does get bumpy, doesn't it? The road to success for fuel-additive maker Texas Petrochemicals (TPC) had been smoothed by the US Clean Air Act of 1990, which requires an oxygenate be added to gasoline in heavily populated areas. The company had been getting about half its sales from the production of MTBE, the predominant oxygenate used in the US; however, it is reducing its dependence on MTBE following several contamination incidents. TPC's product line now focuses on C4 hydrocarbons, including butadiene (for synthetic rubber), butene-1 (used in the production of ethylene), high-purity isobutylene (an intermediate for lube oils and specialty resins), and diisobutylene (a raw ingredient for surfactants).

Address: 3 Riverway, Ste. 1500Houston, TX 77056-1935 Phone: 713-627-7474 Fax: 713-626-3650

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 646.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-8.80%)

• Chairman: Mark C. Demetree • President, CEO, and Director: Charles W. (Charlie) Shaver • CFO: Ruth I. Dreessen

TH Hilson Company

than 20 companies such as Akzo Nobel, Dover Chemical, International Specialty Products, and PolyOne. Products include resins, colloids, specialty amines, silicas, carbon black, flame retardants, cosmetic ingredients, biocides, polymers, catalysts, lubricants, and epoxies. Customers include businesses in the coatings, adhesives, lubricants, industrial, and personal care markets.

Address: 1761 S. Naperville Rd.Wheaton, IL 60187 Phone: 630-665-3085 Fax: 630-665-0196

• CEO: Terry Hilson • President: Lori Hilson • Manager, Accounting: Diana Hennig

Thai Petrochemical Industry PCL

Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) is the leading integrated petrochemical company in Thailand, producing naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, and lubricant oils. The bankrupt company is being reorganized by the Thai government -- the country's largest such restructuring case -- and plans to emerge from bankruptcy in 2006. PTT Plc, Thailand's largest oil and gas group, purchased a 31.5% stake in the company in late 2005, although a legal battle to win majority control of the company waged on into the following year.

Address: TPI Tower, 11th Fl., 26/56 Chan Tat Mai Rd.Bangkok 10120, Thailand Phone: +66-0-2678-5000 Fax: +66- 0-2678-5001-5


• CEO: Prachai Leophairatana • SVP, Finance and Accounting: Prasert Ittimakin

Yes

The Chemical Company

If you don't know what The Chemical Company (TCC) sells then you're probably not that smart. (Hint: It starts with a C and rhymes with schmemicals.) The company distributes a wide variety of specialty and commodity chemicals, from resins and polymers to acids and flame retardants. Its chemicals are used in a range of products, including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, food, and paper. TCC operates nearly 20 warehouses and provides delivery services to customers throughout the US and Canada. The company also offers custom manufacturing services.

Address: 19 Narragansett Ave.Jamestown, RI 02835 Phone: 401-423-3100 Fax: 401-423-3102

Address: 19 Narragansett Ave.Jamestown, RI 02835 Phone: 401-423-3100 Fax: 401-423-3102

• CEO: Robert N. (Nick) Roach Jr. • CFO: Frances H. Gammell-Roach • EVP, Sales: Forest Goodman

The Dow Chemical Company

production of plastics, chemicals, hydrocarbons, and herbicides and pesticides. The largest chemical company in the US and #2 worldwide (ahead of ExxonMobil and behind BASF), Dow also is a leader in performance plastics (engineering plastics, polyurethanes, and Dow Automotive). Other products include polyethylene resins for packaging (including Styrofoam brand insulation), fibers, and films, as well as performance chemicals like acrylic acid. The company also manufactures commodity chemicals (chlor-alkalies and glycols) and agricultural chemicals. Its smallest unit, Hydrocarbons and Energy, makes petrochemicals. Dow makes more than 3,500 products.

Address: 2030 Dow CenterMidland, MI 48674 Phone: 989-636-1000 Fax: 989-636-3518


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Andrew N. Liveris • EVP, CFO, and Director: Geoffery E. (Geoff) Merszei • EVP, Performance Plastics and Chemicals Portfolio: Romeo Kreinberg

The M.F. Cachat Co.

M.F. Cachat distributes a cachet of specialty chemical products. The company supplies chemicals such as adhesives and sealants, food additives, inorganics, pigments, polyglycols, resins, surfactants, and thickening agents to members of the adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, food, plastics, and rubber industries. The company's operations are focused in the midwestern and northeastern US. M.F. Cachat, founded in 1977, has expanded through acquisitions of other distributors.

Address: 14600 Detroit Ave.Lakewood, OH 44107 Phone: 216-228-8900 Fax: 216-228-9916


• President: Michael Cachat • VP, Finance: Bruce Jarosz • President, Sales: John Mastrantoni

The Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry doesn't run a charity, but it does have a soup kitchen of sorts. The company makes specialty polymer chemicals like Gohsenol, a polyvinyl alcohol that affects water solubility, and Soarnol, a resin for use with food packaging and fuel tanks. Most of the company's products -- produced by the acetyl and fine chemical, functional resin, and advanced product (electronic components, film) divisions -- are synthetic raw materials used in consumer products. Nippon Synthetic Chemical creates vinyl resins, polymers, and liquefied acetylene that end up in agriculture, packaging, and electronic products. Mitsubishi Chemical owns more than a third of the company.

Address: Umeda Sky Building Tower East, 1-1-88 Ohyodo-Naka, Kita-kuOsaka 531-0076, Japan Phone: +81-6-6440-5300 Fax: +81-6-6440-5330


Yoshiaki Hirai

The Plaza Group

The Plaza Group (TPG) is an international distributor of petrochemical solvents and chemical intermediates. Established in 1994, TPG is the exclusive marketer of some products from companies such as Shell Oil and Frontier Oil. The company markets to FORTUNE 500 companies, major international enterprises, direct consumers, and chemical distributors. Its products are used in the production of resins, coatings, and adhesives. TPG partners with global suppliers in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas. The company is owned by president Randy Velarde and is one of the largest minority-owned business in Houston, as well as in the US.

Address: 10375 Richmond Ave., Ste. 1620Houston, TX 77042-4143 Phone: 713-266-1059 Fax: 713-266-8660

• President: Randy E. Velarde • Financial Director: Robert (Bob) Imm • Director, Business and Sales: Wilfred J. (Wilf) Kimball

Thunder Sword Resources Inc.

Thunder Sword Resources gets its power from many places. Its main properties include the Pilot Harbour gold exploration project (Ontario) and the Geermu magnesium chloride project (China). It is also looking into importing magnesium chloride from Israel (due to lower shipping costs). The company plans to import the liquefied magnesium and sell it for use in dust control, fertilizer, and highway de-icing products. Thunder Sword Resources is also researching other uses for magnesium chloride.

Address: 736 Granville St., Ste. 1006Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1G1, Canada Phone: 604-682-4429 Fax: 604-682-4624

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-41.40%)

• President, CEO, and Director: Siegfried (Siggy) Naguschewski

Tilley Chemical Company, Inc.

Tilley distributes chemicals, oils, and lubricants over roads both flat and hilly. The company offers a full range of chemicals, specialty chemicals, and solvents for customers in the food, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries. Its oil and lubricant products -- motor oils, hydraulic oils, transmission fluids, rust preventers, metalworking fluids -- are typically used by those in the automotive and manufacturing industries. Tilley also provides packaging, transfer, and handling services. Founded in 1952, Tilley's suppliers include Morton Salt, BASF, Rhodia, and Dow.

Address: 501 Chesapeake Park PlazaBaltimore, MD 21220 Phone: 410-574-4500 Fax: 410-391-6665

• President and CEO: John Tilley • Controller: Kirk Izer • VP, Sales: Richard Mumley

Tiszai Vegyi Kombinát Rt.

Tiszai Vegyi Kombinát Rt. (TVK) began as a factory commissioned to produce paint for the Soviet Union; after a switch to the production of fertilizer, today it manufactures petrochemicals, primarily polyolefins, from about seven plants. TVK is Hungary's sole manufacturer of polyolefins and has 20% of Central Europe's petrochemical market share. The company sells its products to small- and medium-sized plastics makers in more than 40 countries, though primarily in Europe. TVK is majority owned by Hungary's largest company, oil biggie MOL Group; it merged with another member of the MOL Group, the Slovak petrochem company Slovnaft in early 2004.

Address: TVK Ipartelep, Gyári út3581 Tiszaújváros, Hungary Phone: +36-49-522-222 Fax: +36-49-521-322


• Chairman: György Mosonyi • CEO and Deputy Chairman: Árpád Olvasó • Director, Operations: László Sebestyén

Toagosei Co., Ltd.

company's largest business segments produce acrylic acids and esters (used in fibers, rubber, and paper processors) and chloralkali chemicals, including caustic soda and chlorine. Toagosei also is a major producer of plastic products such as PVC pipe and couplings and other inorganic chemicals such as sulfuric acid (used in fertilizers) and industrial gases (oxygen and nitrogen) for medical use. The company also produces adhesives, including instant adhesive Aron Alpha, which is better known as Crazy Glue in the US.

Address: 1-14-1, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-kuTokyo 105-8419, Japan Phone: +81-3-3597-7215 Fax: +81-3-3597-7217


• Chairman: Bunshiro Fukuzawa • President and CEO: Akihiko Yamadera • Director, New Business Planning and Development and Director: Hideki Kato

Tomen America Inc.

Don't be fooled; it's a big distributor to women, too. Tomen America Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese trading conglomerate TOMEN, has divisions that deal in chemicals, food & produce, lumber, machinery, real estate, and textiles. Active in the US since 1950, Tomen America maintains branch offices Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, and San Jose. A sample of operations: subsidiary Deepwater Chemicals provides iodine derivatives to the agriculture, photography, ink and colorants, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries; Tomen Grain Co., transports corn, soy, and other grains from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast for shipment around the world.

Address: 1285 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-397-4600 Fax: 212-582-2007


• President: Tatsushi Yano • VP and CFO: Minoru Hirata

Tosoh America Inc.

Tosoh America is a holding company for several chemical and specialty materials subsidiaries of Tokyo-based parent company Tosoh Corporation. Tosoh America provides finance, human resources, and information technology services for its Japanese parent's American operations. Tosoh America, founded in 1989, maintains facilities in California, Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The Tosoh USA division handles sales, marketing, and business development.

Address: 3600 Gantz Rd.Grove City, OH 43123-1895 Phone: 614-539-8622 Fax: 614-539-8722


• President, Tosoh Corporation: Katsumi Ishikawa • Treasurer: Joel Moor

Tosoh Corporation

Founded in 1935 as a maker of caustic soda, Tosoh (a Japanese abbreviation of oriental soda) still produces caustic soda but has expanded into a number of other areas. Today Tosoh's three core businesses -- petro-, basic, and specialty chemicals -- account for roughly equal portions of sales. The company's basic chemicals include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), and chlorine. Petrochemicals include olefins such as benzene, toluene, and ethylene, as well as various polymers. Tosoh has been focusing on higher-margin specialty chemicals like ethylene amines and specialty materials such as quartz. The company has more than 140 affiliates worldwide but gets about 90% of sales from Japan.

Address: 3-8-2, Shiba, Minato-kuTokyo 105-8623, Japan Phone: +81-3-5427-5118 Fax: +81-3-5427-5198


• Chairman and CEO: Madoka Tashiro • President and COO: Takashi Tsuchiya

Total Petrochemicals

Total Petrochemicals is just a small portion of a very large TOTAL. The company is the business unit in charge of the French energy giant's worldwide production of base petrochemicals (olefins and aromatics), polyethylene, polypropylene, and styrenics (styrene, polystyrene, and elastomers). Olefins are the basic building blocks of the chemical world, such as ethylene and propylene, which are manufactured primarily from natural gas and naphtha; they are the raw materials used in just about everything the company makes. Total Petrochemicals operates facilities that are integrated with TOTAL's refining plants. Its main production operations are located in Belgium, China, France, Singapore, and the US.

Address: Rue de l'Industrie 521040 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32-2-288-9111 Fax: +32-2-288-3369

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 12276.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 46.00% Employees (2004): 7,000 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.70%) • President: Jean-Bernard

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Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc.

from France. But Total Petrochemicals USA, the North American arm of French energy giant Total's basic chemicals unit, is doing just fine in Houston. The company manufactures base and petrochemicals from its facilities in Texas and Louisiana and also operates a refinery in Texas. Total Petrochemicals produces polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, and transportation fuels. Total operates on the theory that a petrochemical company is run best when it's tightly integrated with its petroleum company parent. And so Total Petrochemicals USA runs its facilities in conjunction with Total's plants in the US.

Address: 1201 Louisiana St., Ste. 1800Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-483-5000

• President and CEO; VP, Base Chemicals: Bernard Claude • CFO: Bertrand de La Noue • VP and CIO: Lee O'Shields

TR International Trading Company, Inc.

TR International Trading Company (TRI) walks softly and carries a big chemical distributorship. The company distributes all manner of chemicals and raw materials from locations worldwide. TRI has its headquarters in Seattle and branch offices in Chicago and New Jersey. TRI maintains warehouses in Asia, Europe, and the US and ships its products to Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and South America.

Address: 1218 3rd Ave., 21st Fl.Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-505-3500 Fax: 206-505-3501

• President: Anthony Ridnell • CFO: Jeff Wright • CIO: Brian Gorzoch

Treatt plc

Transchemical, Inc.

Convinced that good chemical products translates into good profits, Transchemical distributes chemicals including alcohols, esters, ketones, solvents, and surfactants. It also provides solvent reclamation and blending services. Transchemical supplies customers in the adhesives and sealants, cosmetics and personal care, food and beverage, paints and coatings, plastic and rubber, and other industries.

Address: 419 E. DeSoto Ave.St. Louis, MO 63147 Phone: 314-231-6905 Fax: 314-231-5851


• President: William F. (Fletch) Stovall Sr. • CFO: Sean Simmonds • Manager, Marketing: Daniel (Dan) Croghan

Treatt tricks your nose and taste buds into liking a thing. Although the company points out that it is not a flavor and fragance company, Treatt does make and supply raw materials used in the flavor and fragrance and food and beverages industries. It blends and distills essential oils. Products include flavor-enhancing citrus oils and Treattarome, a line of flavors named after the food from which they are distilled. The company's ingredients are used in air fresheners, cosmetics, soaps, soft drinks, confectionery, and pharmaceuticals. The Bovill family, including managing director Hugo Bovill, control 29% of the company. Treatt, founded in 1886, operates as R C Treatt in the UK and Treatt USA in the US.

Address: Northern WayBury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6NL, England Phone: +44-1284-702-500 Fax: +44-1284-703-809

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 57.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.20% Employees (2005): 173 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.50%

• Chairman: Edward W. Dawnay • Managing Director: Hugo W. Bovill • Director, Finance and Secretary: Richard Hope

Treibacher Industrie AG

Treibacher Industries' chemical and metallurgy business is elemental. Its Steel and Foundry Products unit manufactures noble alloys like vanadium and molybdenum, while the Recycling division takes care of industrial metals that result as waste product from the first unit (recycling vanadium, nickel, and molybdenum). Treibacher's High Performance Materials division produces carbide powders used to manufacture tools and electrical parts, and the company's Rare Earths and Chemicals unit's products are used to manufacture batteries, electronics, ceramics, and catalysts. Treibacher has a subsidiary in Slovenia and a sales unit in Canada.

Address: Auer von Welsbach Str. 19330 Althofen, Austria Phone: +43-4262-505-0 Fax: +43-4262-2005


• CEO: Reinhard Iro • CFO: Rainer Schmidtmayer • Head of Marketing and Public Relations: Helene Leitner

Ulrich Chemical, Inc.

Ulrich Chemical wants to make its clients chemically rich. The company is a chemical distributor in the midwestern US. It serves customers from industries including metals and automotive, paint and coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, cosmetics and personal care, food and beverage, and water and electric utilities. Products include acids, solvents, reagents, and lubricants. Ulrich Chemical also provides custom blending and repackaging, manufacturing, hazardous waste removal, laboratory analysis and troubleshooting, and information technology services. The family-owned company was formed in 1919.

Address: 3111 N. Post Rd.Indianapolis, IN 46226 Phone: 317-898-8632 Fax: 317-895-0614


• President and CEO: Edward M. (Ed) Pitkin • CFO: James P. (Jim) Fohl • VP, Sales: Suzie Pitkin Shaw

Union Carbide Corporation

Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) makes the legos of the chemicals world. The company, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, turns out building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene, which are converted into the most widely used plastics resins: polyethylene and polypropylene. It is also a leading producer of ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol used to make polyester fibers and antifreeze, respectively. Although the name Union Carbide may conjure up nightmarish images of the Bhopal disaster in India (1984) or the company's more recent landslide of asbestos litigation, the Houston-based company originally made its name as a major global chemical producer and continues today as a major basic chem maker.

Address: 400 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. SouthHouston, TX 77042 Phone: 713-978-2016 Fax: 713-978-2394


• President and CEO: John R. Dearborn • VP, CFO, and Treasurer: Edward W. Rich

Univar Ltd

Univar N.V.

Union Industrial Gas Group

Tums can't stop it. Rolaids can't even hope to contain it. Union Industrial Gas Group (UnionGas) gives people gas from 45 locations across eight states. UnionGas operates a number of subsidiary companies (BMS/BTU, Doussan, Gulf Oxygen, Union Gas & Supply, United Welding, and Valley Gas & Specialty) that manufacture and deliver various industrial, medical, and specialty gases. Subsidiary Liquilux/Texgas provides propane and propane accessories to the Houston and Southeast Texas areas. Among the company's customers are HVAC contractors, research laboratories, chemical manufacturers, mining companies, and pipe fabricators.

Address: 4545 Fuller Dr., Ste. 336Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-893-5600 Fax: 972-893-5690

• President and CEO: Jeffrey (Jeff) Ellis • CFO: John Olsen

United Mineral & Chemical Corporation

United Mineral & Chemical distributes high-purity metals, such as aluminum, boron oxide, silicon, and tellurium. It also has a vast supply of coatings, industrial, food, and pharmaceutical chemicals. The company also distributes organic, inorganic, special effect, fluorescent, and phosphorescent pigments. United Mineral & Chemical was founded in 1956 by Alfred Frankel, Jacques Leviant, and Ralph W. Firman.

Address: 1100 Valley Brook Ave.Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Phone: 201-507-3300 Fax: 201-507-1506


• Chairman and CEO: Jacques Leviant • President and General Manager: A. Nurhan Becidyan

Univar Canada Ltd.

Univar N.V., distributes agricultural and industrial chemicals from 20 locations across Canada. The company also offers custom blending, repackaging, and private label packaging services. Univar Canada provides logistics and warehousing services though its Fort Storage division, which operates warehouses in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The company targets industries that include oil and gas exploration and production, agriculture, mining, coatings and adhesives, food, pharmaceuticals, and water treatment.

Address: 9800 Van Horne WayRichmond, British Columbia V6X 1W5, Canada Phone: 604-273-1441 Fax: 604-273-2046


• President: Larry Bullock • VP, Finance: Joel Kallner

A business unit of global chemical distributor Univar N.V., Univar Ltd caters to the distribution and logistical needs of UK customers. Through its three major business operations -- Chemical Distribution, Supply Chain Services, and Industrial Consumables (RW Greeff) -- the company serves customers in industries that include construction and engineering, personal care and pharmaceuticals, transportation, and water treatment. The company operates a network of logistics centers throughout the UK and Ireland to ensure a regional supply and to provide service support in any market. Its RW Greeff unit, established in 1880, was the first company in the UK to sell 3M products. Univar UK was founded in 1862.

Address: 46 Peckover St.Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 5BD, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1274-377000 Fax: +44-1274-377088


• CEO: David Jukes • Financial Director: Mike Latham • Business Director, Performance Chemicals, PCPE and Fiske: Martin Pugh

Univar is a leader in the universe of independent chemical distributors. The company buys chemicals in bulk and blends and packs them for customers in the agricultural, coating/ink/adhesive, electronics, food and beverage, forestry, mining, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, personal care, pest control, polymer, waste management, and water treatment industries. Univar also offers inventory management, custom labeling, custom packaging, waste management, warehouse management, and technical support services. The company serves about 250,000 industrial end-users through more than 160 distribution centers.

Address: 333 Blaak, 11th Fl.3011 GB Rotterdam, The Netherlands Phone: +31-10-275-78-00 Fax: +31-10-414-68-63


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Gary E. Pruitt • SVP and CFO: Patrick D. Tole • SVP, Strategic Planning and Business Development: David W. Mahon

Univar USA Inc.

Univar USA has an unvarying devotion to distributing chemicals across the US. Univar USA was once the US distribution arm of Royal Vopak, but the latter spun off all of its chemical distribution operations as Univar N.V., a separate publicly traded company, and Univar USA now operates as a Univar N.V. subsidiary. Univar USA distributes hundreds of chemicals, including acids, alcohols, catalysts, solvents, and flavorings. Its customers include manufacturers in such industries as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foods, pulp and paper, electronics, oil and gas, inks, and adhesives, as well as waste management companies.

Address: 6100 Carillon PointKirkland, WA 98033 Phone: 425-889-3400 Fax: 425-889-4100

• President: Terry Hill • SVP, Finance and Administration: Frank Mirabelli

Van Diest Supply Company

Van Diest Supply Company has tied itself up with a corn belt. The agricultural chemical distributor and maker sells its wares under the Corn Belt Products brand name. Those wares include herbicides, pesticides, adjuvants (which enhance the properties of herbicides and pesticides), and spray drift management products (which keep the herbicides and pesticides where they're intended to be and not drifting off to harm the surrounding environment). With a fleet of more than 175 trucks and pickups, Van Diest ships its products from about a dozen distribution centers spread throughout a 15-state area of the Midwest. The family-operated company was founded by Bob Van Diest in 1956.

Address: 1434 220th St.Webster City, IA 50595 Phone: 515-832-2366 Fax: 515-832-2955

• President: Robert (Bob) Van Diest • VP, Marketing: John Van Diest • Treasurer: Dalene Schlitter

Van Horn, Metz & Co., Inc.

Van Horn, Metz & Co. distributes chemical ingredients such as pigments, dyes, extenders, additives, resins, lubricants, and base stocks. The company's customers include makers of plastic and rubber products, inks, adhesives and sealants, and paints and coatings. Founded in 1950 by Harold Van Horn and Donald Metz, the serves customers from Maine south to the Carolinas' and as far west as Michigan. Van Horn Metz operates 10 warehouses and eight sales offices.

Address: 201 E. Elm St.Conshohocken, PA 19428 Phone: 610-828-4500 Fax: 610-828-0936


• President: H. Morgan Smith • Controller: Anthony Crisafulli • EVP: Barrett C. Fisher

Velsicol Chemical Corporation

Velsicol Chemical knows what it takes to make things flexible. The company produces specialty chemicals based on benzoic acid and cyclopentadiene, including specialty plasticizers (used to give resins and rubbers flexibility). Velsicol's major products, plasticizers, include benzoate esters, high-performance polymerics, and monomerics, and are used in adhesives, caulks, coatings, sealants, and PVC resins. The company is a top producer of cyclopentadiene-based intermediates for flame retardants and pesticides; it also makes additives for the food industry. Velsicol was founded in 1931; the company was the subject of a management buyout in 1986 and then was acquired by private equity firm Arsenal Capital in 2005.

Address: 10400 W. Higgins Rd., Ste. 600Rosemont, IL 60018-3713 Phone: 847-298-9000 Fax: 847-298-9014

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Arthur R. Sigel • EVP and CFO: Lawrence (Larry) Hartman • Director, Global Sales: Sherman Friedman

VeraSun Energy Corporation

VeraSun Energy hopes its profits rise with the progress of the US quest for energy independence. The company is one of the nation's leading producers of ethanol, a type of alcohol that can be blended with gasoline and used to fuel motor vehicles. In the US, ethanol is made primarily from corn, and VeraSun maintains production facilities in the corn-growing states of Iowa and South Dakota. A third plant is under construction in Iowa, and VeraSun has announced plans to build two additional facilities, in Iowa and Minnesota. The company is selling a branded fuel, VE85, at service stations in the Midwest. CEO Don Endres owns just over 50% of VeraSun Energy; South Dakota investment firm Bluestem Funds owns 33%.

Address: 100 22nd Ave.Brookings, SD 57006 Phone: 605-696-7200 Fax: 605-696-7250


• CEO and Director: Donald L. (Don) Endres • President and Director: Bruce A. Jamerson • SVP and CFO: Danny C. Herron

Vivion, Inc

Virotec International Ltd

Virotec International develops and manufactures chemicals to minimize the environmental effects of industrial activity. The company provides technologies to treat contaminated waste in rock, soils, wastewater, and sludge. Building from its platform technology, Bauxsol, the company has developed several product lines, including ViroFlow, ViroSewage, ViroMine, ViroSoil, and ViroConcrete. In 2005 the company sold its HydroDec Technology unit. The group has expanded in North America and Europe and received regulatory approval for its products in the US and the UK. Among projects in the US has been work for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to treat pyritic rock at Interstate 99.

Address: Administration Bldg. 50B, Pinewood Drive, Sanctuary CoveHope Island, Queensland 4212, Australia Phone: +61-7-5530-8014 Fax: +61-7-5530-8052

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 1.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 15.40% Employees (2004): 32 Employee Growth (1 yr): 23.10%

• Chairman: Brian Sheeran • CEO: John R. Catling • Finance Director: Bruno Bamonte

A modern-day Merlin might go to Vivion for ingredients for his potions. The company distributes chemicals and ingredients for use in the food, nutraceutical, industrial, personal care, pharmaceutical, and water treatment industries. It serves customers through a network of offices and warehouses in the western US. Vivion sells products, including acids, humectants, oils, anti-oxidants, coagulants, sweeteners, preservatives, solvents, biocides, and binders, from suppliers such as Akzo Nobel, Archer Daniels Midland, Dow Chemical, and Morton International. The company was founded in 1957.

Address: 929 Bransten Rd.San Carlos, CA 94070 Phone: 650-595-3600 Fax: 650-595-2094

• President: Edward Poleselli • Controller: Vince Duardo • VP: Michael Poleselli

Wacker Chemie AG

Wacker-Chemie puts the silicon in the chip industry -- literally. The German chemicals company supplies silicon, silicone, and silanes to the personal computer, telecom, and electronics industries. Split into two main units -- Chemicals and Semiconductors (including Siltronic) -- Wacker manufactures surface coating resins, industrial salt, acetyls, and insulation materials. Wacker has again announced plans to float Siltronic AG in an IPO (previous plans for an IPO were postponed in late March 2003). In 2005, Sanofi-Aventis sold its 44% stake in the company to the Wacker family. It is now publicly traded, with the Wacker family still controlling two-thirds of the company.

Address: Hans-Seidel-Platz 481737 Munich, Germany Phone: +49-89-6279-0 Fax: +49-89-6279-1770


• President and CEO: Peter-Alexander Wacker • Member, Executive Board: Joachim Rauhut • SVP, Corporate Communications: Peter Polzer

Walsh & Associates, Inc.

Walsh & Associates fills its tote with chemical products and carries it throughout North America. The company distributes chemical ingredients and raw materials (for ink, paints and coatings, plastics, soaps, sealants, food, and personal care products), containers (paint cans, plastic pails, and plastic drums), and equipment (can crushers, filling machines, and mixers). Suppliers include Akzo Nobel, Degussa, and Rhodia. Walsh & Associates maintains locations in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. The company was founded in 1968 by Robert Walsh, Arthur Schmidt, and George Claytor.

Address: 1400 Macklind Ave.St. Louis, MO 63110-2004 Phone: 314-781-2520 Fax: 314-781-9424

• President and CEO: Ellen M. Murphy • Comptroller: Brian T. Walsh • Director Operations: Randall D. Lewis

Warwick International Group Limited

Warwick International has been cleaning up in the chemicals business for more than a quarter century. The company is a leading manufacturer of a bleach activator called MYKON that its based on the chemical tetra acetyl ethylene diamine (TAED). The activator allows detergents to become more powerful at lower temperatures and more quickly. Additionally, the Warwick Group maintains a number of chemical distribution companies worldwide. The company is a subsidiary of American aerospace and manufacturing company Sequa Corporation. In addition to serving the household and industrial detergents industry, the group targets such industries as water treatment, textile processing, coatings, and personal care.

Address: MostynHolywell, Flintshire CH8 9HE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1745-560-651 Fax: +44-1745-561-353


• Managing Director: Robert F. (Bob) Ellis • VP, Finance: Steve Williams • VP, Sales and Marketing: E. Barry Tilby

Wausau Chemical Corporation

It's an old saw, but Wausau Chemical does what its name says it does. It manufactures and distributes chemical products from its base in Wausau, Wisconsin. The company acts as a retailer and wholesaler. Its products include chemicals used for carwashes, boiler treatment, dairy cleaners, hay treatment, janitorial supplies, and laundry detergents. Wausau Chemical operates a fleet of trucks that serves all locations in Wisconsin, as well as eastern Minnesota, northern Illinois, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Address: 2001 N. River Dr., P O Box 953Wausau, WI 54402-0953 Phone: 715-842-2285 Fax: 715-842-9059

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2005): 8.70 M Employees (2005): 35

• Acting President, Operations Manager, and Chemical Engineer: Arthur (Art) Flashinski • Manager, Accounting: Larry Theel

Webb Chemical Service Corp.

Chemical Service will deliver your hydrochloric and sulfuric acid, saving you a trip. The nationwide chemical distributor based in Michigan has a fleet of tankers, trailers, and freight boxes that it uses to transport chemicals to customers. Chemicals transported by Webb include acids (Webb distributes more than a million pounds a week), chlor-alkalis, alcohols, ketones, and acetates. In addition to transportation, the company also provides safety training, inventory management, warehousing, liquid blending, and contract packaging services.

Address: 2708 Jarman St.Muskegon, MI 49444-0348 Phone: 231-733-2181 Fax: 231-739-5454


• Chairman and President: Robert N. Hilleary • Director, Finance: Richard Topp • VP and Director, Operations: Patrick O' Toole

Wego Chemical & Mineral Corporation

chemical products. It distributes acids, adhesives and sealants, colorants, dyes, pigments, esters, flavors and fragrances, food additives, and intermediates throughout the Americas as well as Asia and Europe. Customers include the agriculture, cosmetics, detergent, food, organic intermediates, mining, pharmaceutical, photographic, paper, textile, water treatment, and wood treatment industries.

Address: 239 Great Neck Rd.Great Neck, NY 11021 Phone: 516-487-3510 Fax: 516-487-3794


• President: Bert Eshaghpour • Controller: Martin Ferber • VP: Edward Khalily

Whitaker Oil Company, Inc.

chlor-alkali, chlorinated solvents, esters, flavors and fragrances, and glycol ethers from locations in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The company also provides blending and custom packaging services. It sells chemicals from suppliers such as Akzo Nobel, Clariant, Flint Hills, Ineos Chlor, Lanxess, and Sunoco Chemicals. Whitaker Oil is a family-owned company that was founded in the 1920s.

Address: 1557 Marietta Rd. NWAtlanta, GA 30318 Phone: 404-355-8220 Fax: 404-355-8217


White Martins Gases Industriais Ltda.

White Martins doesn't mind giving its customers gas. The company, a subsidiary of global industrial gas giant Praxair, is South America's largest provider of industrial, specialty, and medical gases. White Martins serves customers in the chemical, health care, metal fabrication, and the food and beverage, industries, among others. The company also manufactures welding and cutting equipment, as well as equipment for the transportation and storage of industrial gases. White Martins was delisted from Brazilian exchanges when Praxair upped its ownership to more than 99%.

Address: Rua Mayrink Veiga, 920090-050 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Phone: +55-21-2588-6622 Fax: +55-21-2588-6683


• President: Domingos H. G. Bulus • VP, Industrial: Marcelo Pereira Quintaes • VP, Business: Murilo Melo

Witton Chemical Co Ltd

Witton Chemical manufactures polyurethane and silaneted prepolymers for use in adhesives and sealants. It also makes a line of polyacrylic dispersants (produced by its Acriflow division) used by the water treatment, paints and coatings, and paper industries. Based in the UK, the company also has international operations headquartered in Cyprus. Witton Chemicals, which has produced fine chemicals and polymers for multinational companies for more than 35 years, has been experiencing a slump in sales over the past two years. It has had to cut staff to make up for the shortfall in sales.

Address: Southgate AvenueMildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7AT, England Phone: +44-1638-716-001 Fax: +44-1638-717-658

• Chairman: Andrew Wrench • Head of Sales and Marketing: Tony Butcher • Operations Manager: Steve Owen

zuChem, Inc.

Wynn Oil Company

The products made by Wynn Oil have been to the moon and featured in Steve Martin's The Jerk. (No judgment implied, just stating a fact.) Wynn Oil and its subsidiaries (the Wynn's Specialty Chemical Group) develop, manufacture, and market specialty chemical products and automotive service equipment. The company's lubricating oils reduce friction in car engines and NASA rockets alike. Wynn's products include engine oil, coolants, transmission and brake fluids, and HVAC chemicals. Those products are sold under the brand names Friction Proofing, XTend, and Du All.Wynn Oil was founded in 1939 by Chestien Wynn, was bought by Parker Hannifin in 2000, and is now a subsidiary of ITW.

Address: 1050 W. 5th St.Azusa, CA 91702 Phone: 626-334-0231 Fax: 626-334-1456

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 110.00 M

• President: Donald J. (Don) DiCostanzo • Marketing: Rosemary Torez

Young Chemical Company

Young Chemical is not old, more middle aged, really, but it knows what it's doing. Founded in 1959 by Donald Young, the company distributes chemicals throughout the Midwest, from western New York to Kentucky and north into Michigan. Young's products are made by such companies as BASF, DuPont, Millennium, and Solvay and are shipped from warehouses in Ohio and Michigan. The firm supplies chemical materials to companies in the cleaning, metal finishing, food, personal care, pharmaceutical, paint, specialty chemical, and chemical processing industries. Young Chemical is owned and operated by Donald Young's sons-in-law, president Todd Kroehle and EVP Bob Lisey.

Address: 6465 Eastland Rd.Brook Park, OH 44142-1305 Phone: 440-234-3200 Fax: 440-234-3255


• President: Todd Kroehle • EVP: Bob Lisey • Operations Manager: John Bennett

zuChem's the one they call Dr. Feel Good. Its products are the ones that'll make you feel all right. In addition to making chemicals for pharmaceuticals, the Chicago-based, development stage company is in the process of making an artificial sweetener that can give that sugar high you crave without the calories you don't. zuChem manufactures glycochemicals for the pharmaceutical, food, flavor and fragrance, and specialty chemicals industries.

Address: 2201 W. Campbell Dr., Ste. 215Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: 312-997-2150 Fax: 312-997-2160

• President and Director: David C. Demirjian • COO, President, Food Ingredients: Michael Friesema • VP, Corporate Development: Rajni Aneja


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A. Cohen & Co. plc

A. Cohen & Co. was formerly a manufacturer of phosphor copper and other non-ferrous metal products. The company also provided metal recycling services. A. Cohen & Co., since ceasing all of its operations in 2004, continues to seek further investment in order to establish new business activities. The company currently is not involved in trade of any kind.

Address: Purland Rd., West Thamesmead Business ParkLondon SE28 0AT, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-8310-3354 Fax: +44-20-7636-5857

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 0 • Chairman: Graham

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Adastra Minerals Inc.

Adastra Minerals is based in London, but has mining projects in development in Central Africa (Angola, Congo, and Zambia). The company owns exploration and mining concessions to diamond and mineral (including copper, cobalt, and zinc) properties. Upon acquiring the concessions, the company conducts feasibility studies to determine if reserves can be recovered profitably. Founder Jean-Raymond Boulle owns nearly 10% of the company through his America Diamond Corp. and Gondwana (Investments) companies. Top UK insurer Prudential plc owns 14% of the company. First Quantum Minerals agreed to buy Adastra for $245 million in cash and stock in early 2006; Adastra later rejected a counter offer from Mwana Africa.

Address: St. Georges' House, 15 Hanover Sq.London W1S 1HS, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7355-3552 Fax: +44-20-7355-3554

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 49 Employee Growth (1 yr): 28.90%

• Chairman: Bernard Vavala • President, CEO, and Director: Timothy (Tim) Read • COO and Director: Bernard Pryor

Ansonia Copper & Brass Inc.

Rod, wire, and tubing are the specialities of Ansonia Copper & Brass. The company casts, extrudes, and draws copper and copper alloys. The result is semi-finished products that undergo additional modification by the company's customers. Ansonia Copper & Brass operates from two facilities in Connecticut, one devoted to rod and wire and the other devoted to tubing. The company was founded in 1845.

Address: 75 Liberty St.Ansonia, CT 06401 Phone: 203-732-6600 Fax: 203-735-3787


• President and CEO: Raymond L. McGee • CFO: Steven Turner • VP, Sales and Marketing: Jeff Lawlor

Antofagasta is one of the world's leading copper miners. It produces about 470,000 metric tons of copper annually. Antofagasta's road and railway operations transport mine output and consumable products in northern Chile and Bolivia. The company operates a joint venture, called Cordillera de las Minas, with the Brazilian mining company, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. Antofagasta also owns a water distribution company in Chile. Chile's Luksic family owns 65% of Antofagasta through the E. Abaroa Foundation.

Address: 5 Princes GateLondon SW7 1QJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7808-0988 Fax: +44-20-7808-0986


• Managing Director and Director: Philip J. Adeane • CFO: Hussein Barma • VP, Finance and Development and CFO, Antofagasta Minerals: Alejandro Rivera

Aries Resource Corp.

Aries Resource, formerly Truax Ventures, isn't looking to the stars for help in finding copper and gold in Canada. The company has a copper exploration and development project located in the Liard mining division of British Columbia. It has another copper and nickel property in southwestern British Columbia. Aries Resource also has ventured to Brazil to explore for diamonds.

Address: 1255 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1H2, Canada Phone: 604-681-0004 Fax: 604-681-0014

• President and CEO: Reza A. Mohammed • Chairman: Rt. Hon. Edward Lawson

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Boliden AB

ASARCO Incorporated

mettle. The company, a subsidiary of diversified mining firm Grupo México, is a leading miner, refiner, and smelter. Each year it produces around 600 million pounds of copper, 300 million pounds of zinc, and 20 million ounces of silver. ASARCO's mines are primarily in the southwestern US. The company also produces such copper products as rod, cake, and billet and sulfuric acid as a by-product of the smelting process. Several of ASARCO's assets, including its majority stake in Southern Copper Corp. (SCC), were sold to Grupo México in 2003 in an effort to improve ASARCO's financial picture. It didn't work; the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2005.

Address: 2575 E. Camelback Rd., Ste. 500Phoenix, AZ 85016 Phone: 602-977-6500 Fax: 602-977-6700

• Chairman, CEO, and President: Daniel Tellechea Salido • VP, CFO and Treasurer: Genaro Guerrero Diaz Mercado • VP, Environmental Affairs: Tom Aldrich

Atlantic Copper, S.A.

Atlantic Copper smelts and refines copper producing anodes, cathodes, wire rod, and wire and cables. The company is a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoran, with operations in Cordoba (continuous casting/wire drawing), Huelva (metallurgical complex), and Barcelona (wire plant). Atlantic Copper purchases copper concentrate from fellow Freeport-McMoran subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia. Customers include Draka, General Cable/BICC, IBMei, Nexans, Pirelli, and Tyco. Founded in 1873 as The Rio Tinto Company, Atlantic Copper was acquired by Freeport-McMoran in 1993.

Address: Paseo de la Castellana, 95, Torre Europa - Plant 1728046 Madrid, Spain Phone: +34-91-334-94-00 Fax: +34-91-334-94-53


• Managing Director: Javier Targhetta • SVP, Corporate Development: Patricio Barrios

Aur Resources Inc.

When it comes to natural resources, what's mine is Aur's. Mining company Aur Resources' active operations include the Quebrada Blanca and Andacollo mines in Chile and the Louvicourt site in Quebec, Canada. These three mines produce more than 240 million pounds of copper annually, along with significant amounts of gold, silver, and zinc. Chilean operations account for the majority of sales. Aur Resources has development projects in Panama (Cerro Colorado, one of the world's largest copper reserves) and Canada (the Duck Pond project in Newfoundland).

Address: 1 Adelaide St. East, Ste. 2501Toronto, Ontario M5C 2V9, Canada Phone: 416-362-2614 Fax: 416-367-0427


• Chairman: Martin Claude Lepage • President, CEO, and Director: James W. Gill • EVP, Business Development: David W. Brace

Aztec Resources Limited

Aztec Resources has gone to the ends of the Earth to serve its customers. The company is an iron ore producer in the state of Western Australia. The company's brownfield iron ore project is situated on the Koolan Island located off the Western Australian coastline in the Kimberley region north of Derby. London-based Cambrian Mining owns about 19% of Aztec Resources.

Address: 6 Kings Park Rd.West Perth 6005, Australia Phone: +61-8-9420-1700 Fax: +61-8-9420-1777


• Chairman and CEO: Ian Fred Burston • Marketing Manager: Warren Gilhome

Boliden is one of Europe's leading mining and smelting companies. It concentrates on zinc and copper and is the largest producer of mined zinc in Europe. It also produces lead, precious metals, sulfur, and lead and tin alloys. The company operates smelters in Sweden, Finland, and Norway and has mines in Sweden and Ireland. In 2003 Boliden sold its fabrication and engineering operations to Outokumpu and purchased Outokumpu's copper and zinc mining and smelting business. After the transaction Outokumpu became the largest shareholder, with 49% of the company. The group began restructuring after Outokumpu and Boliden combined their mining and smelting holdings. Outokumpu reduced its stake to 16% in 2005.

Address: Klarabergsviadukten 90, 101 20Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46-8-610-15-00 Fax: +46-8-31-55-45


• Chairman: Risto Virrankoski • President, CEO, and Director: Jan C. Johansson • Deputy CEO: Tom Niemi

Cumerio NV/SA

Chino Mines Company

Chino Mines Co., a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge's Mining subsidiary, is a copper mining and processing company headquartered in New Mexico. The company operates an open-pit mine, a smelter, and a concentrator. Copper giant Phelps Dodge became the sole owner of Chino Mines in 2003 when it bought the remaining third of the company that had been controlled by Heisei Minerals Corp. (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation). The mine dates back to 1910, but mining at the company's Hurley, New Mexico location was first done by American Indians and then the Spaniards who then controlled the American Southwest.

Address: 210 Cortez Ave.Hurley, NM 88043 Phone: 505-537-3381 Fax: 505-537-3694


• Unit General Manager, New Mexico Operations: Richard N. Mohr

Colonial Metals Co.

up to date. Colonial Metals is a nonferrous metal smelting company. It primarily produces brass, bronze, and aluminum from purchased copper and from scrap and recycled materials. It sells its products mainly to makers of defense, housing, and industrial equipment. Customers of Colonial Metals have included the US Naval Supply Systems Command. (An unrelated company, Colonial Metals, Inc., supplies precious metals and precious metal-based chemicals.)

Address: 217 Linden St.Columbia, PA 17512 Phone: 717-684-2311 Fax: 717-684-9555


• CEO: David Serls • COO: Michael R. Mann • Director, Sales: Gilda Hartman

Constellation Copper Corporation

Constellation Copper is hoping the stars align in their quest for copper. The company is a copper exploration and mining firm with projects mainly in Utah and Mexico. It also has a stake in a copper mining company located in Australia. End uses for copper include wire, tubing, electric motors, and electronics. Resource Capital Funds (RCF) is a major shareholder in Constellation Copper.

Address: 1040-999 W. Hastings St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2W2, Canada

• Chairman: Patrick M. James • President, CEO and Director: Gregory A. Hahn • VP, Operations: Micheal P. Attaway

Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile

Codelco is a different kind of high-energy copper top. Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) is the world's top producer of copper (ahead of US-based Phelps Dodge), controlling some 20% of the world's known copper reserves and mining around 1.8 million tons of copper annually. Copper accounts for some 40% of Chile's exports and, as the top copper firm, Codelco is responsible for around 3% of the country's gross domestic product. It is also a major producer of molybdenum (used for ferroalloys). Codelco's joint development partners on Chilean projects include Canadian firm Placer Dome, Australian firm Xstrata, and US firm CCM Ojos del Salado.

Address: Huérfanos 1270Santiago, Chile Phone: +56-2-690-3000 Fax: +56-2-690-3059


• Chairman and Minister of Mining: Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret • President and CEO: Juan Villarzú Rohde • SVP, Mining Development and Projects: Juan Enrique Morales Jaramillo

Cumerio fully understands the merits of the chemical Cu. The copper processor, which was spun off from big metals processor Umicore early in 2005, operates through two units. Its Copper Refining division smelts and refines copper anodes and cathodes. The Copper Products division produces copper wirerod, speciality rod, billets, and cakes; ordinary and high-performance wire; and speciality chemicals and engineering metal powders. Cumerio's main operations in Belgium have been refining copper since the 1920s; the company also has processing operations in Bulgaria and Italy.

Address: Broekstraat, 311000 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32-2-227-1200 Fax: +32-2-227-1201


• Chairman: Karel Vinck • CEO and Director: Luc Delagaye • CFO and Director: Michel Moser

Dia bras Exploration Inc.

company explores properties in northern Mexico for precious and base metals. Its projects include the Bolivar and Promontorio copper, gold, silver, and zinc properties along the Sierra Madre mineral belt in Chihuahua, Mexico. In 2005 Dia Bras Exploration dropped its plans to explore diamond properties in Ontario in order to focus on its projects in Mexico.

Address: 630 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Ste. 2930Montreal, Quebec H3B 1S6, Canada Phone: 514-866-6001 Fax: 514-866-6193


• Chairman: Thomas L. Robyn • President, CEO, and Director: Réjean Gosselin • CFO: Léonard Téoli

Doublestar Resources Ltd.

Doublestar Resources oversees mining interests in Honduras that include copper, gold, lead, silver, and zinc deposits. The company also has a diamond development property in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada. Through his interests in Southern Gold, Alan Savage, Doublestar Resources' CEO, controls more than 10% of the company.

Address: 885 Dunsmuir St., Ste. 350Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1N5, Canada Phone: 604-688-7377 Fax: 604-688-7307

• Chairman: Robert J. Gayton • President, CEO, Secretary, and Director: Alan C. Savage • CFO: Simon J. Anderson

DOWA MINING CO., LTD.

Do you know about DOWA? The company processes and sells copper, gold, silver, and other metals, supplying its smelters with ore from its mining ventures in Mexico. DOWA also produces electronics materials, including metal powders for data storage tapes, gallium arsenide wafers for integrated circuits, and zinc powder for alkaline batteries. The company offers heat-treatment services and makes industrial furnaces, mainly for the automotive industry, at plants in Asia and North America. Other DOWA units are involved in real estate, recycling, and provide construction and engineering services.

Address: 8-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8282, Japan Phone: +81-3-3201-1061 Fax: +81-3-3201-1259


• President, CEO, and Director: Hirokazu Yoshikawa • COO: Kenichi Watanabe • CFO and Director: Kazumasa Suezawa

Eureka Resources Inc.

discovery before it shouts Eureka! The junior natural resources company owns interests in two properties in the Cariboo Mining Division in British Columbia. Eureka Resources explores for copper on the 10,000-acre Lottie Lake project, which it has an option to acquire. The company wrote off its 2,300-acre Fraser Gold project in 1998 after it determined gold could not be economically mined there. An increase in the price of gold, however, has prompted the company to perform more geophysical soils and sampling programs at the site. President John J. O'Neill owns 67% of the company.

Address: 355 Burrard St., Ste. 1000Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G8, Canada Phone: 604-608-6154 Fax: 604-602-1989 • President and Director:

John J. O'Neill

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

First Quantum Minerals knows the dynamics of mining in Africa's Copper Belt. The company owns all or part of several copper mining operations in Africa, and it has another site in development. Most of First Quantum's revenues come from its 17% stake in Mopani Copper Mines, which has mining and smelting operations in Zambia and Congo. However, the company has begun production at its 80%-owned Kansanshi site in Zambia. Its Frontier Copper and Guelb Moghrein deposits are in development. In 2006 the company made an offer to acquire UK-based Adastra Minerals, which also has projects in Africa. Adastra rejected the offer as too low but later agreed to a price of $245 million.

Address: 543 Granville St., 8th Fl.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1X8, Canada Phone: 604-688-6577 Fax: 604-688-3818


• Chairman and CEO: Philip K. R. Pascall • President and Director: G. Clive Newall • CFO and Director: Martin R. Rowley

Yes

Yes

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) really digs its profits. The company's 91%-owned subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI) operates the vast open-pit Grasberg gold, copper, and silver mine in Indonesia. (The government of Indonesia owns the other 9% of PT-FI.) Through its stake in PT-FI, FCX controls proved and probable reserves of about 37 billion pounds of copper and about 40 million ounces of gold. In addition to its mining operations, FCX engages in smelting and refining. Copper, in the form of concentrates and in refined products such as cathodes and anodes, accounts for most of FCX's sales.

Address: 1615 Poydras St.New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-582-4000 Fax: 504-582-1847


• Chairman and President Commissioner, PT Freeport Indonesia: James R. (Jim Bob) Moffett • President and CEO; EVP, PT Freeport Indonesia: Richard C. Adkerson • SVP and COO: Mark J. Johnson

G.I.M. - Generale Industrie Metallurgiche S.p.A.

than a phrase. GIM is a holding company for Germany's KM Europa Metal (KME), one of the world's top producers of semi-finished copper and copper alloys. In addition to the coin blanks used for the euro, KME also produces laminated metal, brass bars, cathodes, tubes, rolled products, and high-tech products (cables and superconductor wires). KME is owned by Societa Metallurgica Italiana (SMI), which in turn is controlled by GIM. The company sells to customers in the building, electronics, telecom, and transportation industries. GIM's board is headed by members of the Orlando family, which has been involved with the company for more than 100 years.

Address: Via dei Barucci 250127 Florence, Italy Phone: +39-055-4411-1 Fax: +39-055-4411-681


• Honorary Chairman: Luigi Orlando • Chairman: Salvatore Orlando • Deputy Chairman: Vincenzo Manes

Global Copper Corporation

Global Copper Corporation acquires, develops, and operates copper and gold mines in South America. The company currently owns and is developing properties in Relincho and Vizcachitas, Chile and in Taca Taca and San Jorge, Argentina. The Chilean properties contain copper/molybdenum porphyry deposits. The sites in Argentina contain copper/gold porphyry deposits.

Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Canada Phone: 604-687-0407 Fax: 604-687-7041

• President and CEO: Ross J. Beaty • CFO: Sandra Lim • VP, Exploration: Leo Hathaway

Grupo México S.A. de C.V.

Mexico's largest mining company, Grupo México is the world's #3 copper producer, behind Chile's Codelco and US-based Phelps Dodge. The company's mining segment (about 75% of sales) has operations in Mexico (Minera México), the US (ASARCO), and Peru (75%-owned Southern Copper). The segment mines and refines copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, lead, and other metals, as well as coal. It also produces intermediate copper products (cathodes and rods) and sulfuric acid. The company's Ferrocarril Mexicano (Ferromex) rail transport division operates Mexico's largest rail fleet (15,000 railcars) and has 6,000 miles of track.

Address: Avenida Baja California 200, Colonia Roma Sur06760 México, D.F., Mexico Phone: +52-55-5080-0050 Fax: +52-55-5564-7677


• Chairman and CEO; Executive President, Southern Peru Copper;: Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco • VP, International Relations: Juan Rebolledo Gout • President, Finance and Administration: Daniel Tellechea Salido

I. Schumann & Co.

copper, brass, and bronze and manufactures copper-based alloys from its facilities in Ohio. The company processes the scrap into ingots and pellets, which are then sold to customers in the metal foundry industry. Members of the Schumann family own and run I. Schumann, which was founded in 1917.

Address: 22500 Alexander Rd.Bedford, OH 44146-5533 Phone: 440-439-2300 Fax: 440-439-0317


• President and CEO: Michael A. Schumann • VP, Finance: William D. Knight

Yes

Jiangxi Copper Yes

Imperial Metals Corporation

Imperial Metals wants to rule its share of the mining business in British Columbia. The company explores, develops, and produces base and precious metals, mainly copper, gold, and molybdenum. Its primary properties are located in British Columbia (Mount Polley mine, Nak property, and Huckleberry mine) and Nevada (Sterling property). Imperial Metals was formed in 2001.

Address: 580 Hornby St., Ste. 200Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, Canada Phone: 604-669-8959 Fax: 604-687-4030

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-97.40%) Employees (2004): 190 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-9.50%)

• Chairman: Pierre B. Lebel • President and Director: J. Brian Kynoch • CFO and Corporate Secretary: André H. Deepwell

Inca Pacific Resources Inc.

Fans of French cookware, telecommunications cable and wire, and the penny will love Inca Pacific Resources. An exploration and mining company focused primarily on copper, though it also explores for silver and molybdenum, it is developing multiple properties in Peru. Inca Pacific's primary location is the Magistral mine project in northern Peru. It and another project at Antoro Sur are scheduled for large-scale exploration operations in 2005. The company also operates another exploration project at Cueva Blanca. Inca Pacific began operations with a 1999 agreement with the government of Peru to acquire what would become its Magistral project.

Address: 625 Howe St., Ste. 1550Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Canada Phone: 604-687-3727 Fax: 604-687-7041

• President, CEO, and Director: Anthony (Tony) Floyd

Inlet Resources Ltd.

Inlet Resources hopes to find copper at the end of the rainbow. The company is active in copper and nickel mining development in Canada. Inlet Resources owns mineral properties including Red Lake Gold (in Ontario) and Ungava (in Quebec). The company, which is exploring its properties for mineral deposits, also believes platinum group metals are in the area.

Address: 700 W. Pender St., Ste. 802Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1G8, Canada Phone: 604-605-0777 Fax: 604-683-8087 • President and Director:

David Baker

Inmet Mining Corporation

Inmet Mining believes it has a solid base for growth in base metals. The mining company emphasizes base metals such as copper and zinc, although gold accounts for about 30% of its sales. Inmet is involved in four producing mines: Troilus, a wholly owned gold mine in Quebec, Canada; Çayeli, a 55%-owned joint venture in Turkey that produces copper and zinc concentrates; Ok Tedi, an 18%-owned copper mine in Papua New Guinea; and Pyhäsalmi, a copper and zinc mine in Finland. It also has a zinc mine in Canada and a copper mine in Turkey, both in development. The company explores in other areas of Europe and the Americas.

Address: 330 Bay St., Ste. 1000Toronto, Ontario M5H 2S8, Canada Phone: 416-361-6400 Fax: 416-368-4692


• Chairman and CEO: Richard A. Ross • President and COO: Jochen E. Tilk • VP, Corporate Development: Frank Balint

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited is China's largest copper producer. The company manufactures 340,000 tons of copper annually from 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.

Address: 15 Yejin Ave.Guixi, Jiangxi 335424, China Phone: +86-701-377-7735 Fax: +86-701-377-7013


• Chairman: He Changming • CFO: Wu Jinxin • Executive Director and General Manager: Li Yihuang

Kazakhmys PLC

When it comes to copper, Kazakhmys does everything from dig it up to refine it. Among the top ten copper producers in the world, the company mines, processes, smelts, and refines copper and copper cathode and rod products. It annually produces about 397,000 tons of copper cathode (used in computers, electric motors, automobiles, and other products). In addition, Kazakhmys processes and sells by-products such as gold, silver, and zinc. The company operates primarily in Kazakhstan (where it has about 15 mines), as well as in Germany and the UK. China accounts for most of the company's sales. Chairman Vladimir Kim has a controlling stake in Kazakhmys.

Address: 4 New Sq., Bedfont Lakes, FelthamLondon TW14 8HA, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-8636-7900 Fax: +44-20-8636-7920

• Chairman: Vladimir Kim • CEO: Ruslan Yun • COO: Alexander Yun

Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

Kennecott Utah Copper, a subsidiary of mining giant Rio Tinto, operates Bingham Canyon, one of the world's biggest open pit mines. (It's even visible from space.) Annual production at Bingham Canyon is nearly 300,000 tons of copper, nearly 400,000 ounces of gold, 3 million ounces of silver, and 18 million pounds of molybdenum. In operation since 1906, Bingham Canyon has produced about 17 million tons of copper -- more than any other mine in history. It has plenty of ore left, and Kennecott expects to continue open pit mining until 2013 followed by years of underground mining afterward. The company has its own smelter and refinery and sells its copper to fabricators.

Address: 8362 W. 10200 SouthBingham Canyon, UT 84006 Phone: 801-569-6000 Fax: 801-569-6045


• President and CEO: William (Bill) Champion • CFO: Robert L (Rob) Light • VP, Marketing and Sales: James Cowley

KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.

KGHM Polska Miedz is one of the largest Polish exporters. The company mines ores, primarily copper and silver, in Poland. Mined copper is smelted and refined into cathodes, wire rod, and round copper billets. It also produces gold, lead, aggregates, salt, as well as being involved in waste management. About 80% of sales comes from its copper operations; silver accounts for nearly 15% of sales. Formerly state-owned, the company began trading on the stock exchange in 1997. The Polish State Treasury still holds about 45% of KGHM Polska Miedz.

Address: Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie 4859-301 Lubin, Poland Phone: +48-76-84-78-200 Fax: +48-76-84-78-500

Address: Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie 4859-301 Lubin, Poland Phone: +48-76-84-78-200 Fax: +48-76-84-78-500

• Chairman: Elzbieta Niebisz • President: Marek Szczerbiak • First VP, Finance and Economics: Jaroslaw Andrzej Szczepek

Laramide Resources Ltd.

mineral exploration. Spread throughout the world, the company has gold and base metals projects in Argentina, Australia, China, Canada, and Mexico. Laramide Resources' best bet may be its Westmoreland project (copper, gold, uranium) in Queensland, Australia. The company holds investments in Aquiline Resources and Alliance Pacific Resources.

Address: Exchange Tower, 130 King St. West, Ste. 3680Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B1, Canada Phone: 416-599-7363 Fax: 416-599-4959


• President: Marc Henderson • Secretary: Chris Irwin

Latitude Resources plc

Latitude Resources (formerly Latin American Copper) is not about to cop out on its search for base metals in Chile. The junior mining company is involved in drilling, exploration, and excavation activities primarily related to iron oxide copper gold deposits. Its exploration efforts also extend to porphyry copper deposits. Latitude Resources operates in areas including Cerro Sur, El Teno, and Lillian; its joint venture with US-based Phelps Dodge focuses exploration efforts on the Candelaria Belt region in Northern Chile. Latitude Resources was founded in 2000. Resourceworks owns about 15% of the company.

Address: 43 N. Audley St.London W1K 6WH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20 7493 9116 Fax: +44-20 7493 9118

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 9 Employee Growth (1 yr): 80.00%

• Chairman: Anthony Joseph (Tony) Williams • CEO: Martin Konig • COO: Sally Joy Schofield

Madeco S.A. Yes

Leader Mining International Inc.

Leader Mining International explores for such minerals as copper, tantalum, and magnesium in Canada. The company's projects include a magnesium claim near Vancouver, British Columbia; a tantalum deposit in north central Sasketchewan; and a copper deposit near Flin Flon, Manitoba. Leader Mining has a joint venture agreement with Kores Canada, a subsidiary of the Korean government, was established in 1987.

Address: 505 6th St. SW, Ste. 2806Calgary, Alberta T2P 1X5, Canada Phone: 403-234-7501 Fax: 403-234-7504

• President and CEO: R.J. (Bob) McGowan • CFO: Christopher Gulka • VP, Corporate Affairs, Europe: Roland Kesselring

Lumina Resources Corp.

Lumina Resources Corp explores and develops copper mines in Canada. The company operates the Hushamu property on northern Vancouver Island; it is made up of 18,200 hectares of mineral claims and contains copper/gold porphyry deposits. Lumina also owns the Redstone property located in the Northwest Territories; it contains copper mineralization deposits. Another site called Casino is located in the Yukon; it contains a lower grade copper/gold/molybdenum porphyry deposit.

Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Canada Phone: 604-687-0407 Fax: 604-687-7041

• Chairman: Ross J. Beaty • President and CEO: Anthony (Tony) Floyd • CFO: Sandra Lim

If you call a "copper" in South America, don't be surprised if you get Madeco. The company is one of Chile's leading manufacturers of copper wire and cable (building wire, fiber-optic telecommunications cable, and power cable), brass (pipes, bars, and sheets), aluminum (window and door frames, hardware), and flexible packaging (aluminum foil). Madeco sells its products to companies in the construction, consumer product packaging, energy, mining, and telecommunications industries. The company's Armat subsidiary makes coin blanks for the Chilean mint. Diversified Latin American investment enterprise Quiñenco owns more than 50% of Madeco.

Address: Ureta Cox, 930San Miguel, Santiago, Chile Phone: +56-2-520-1000 Fax: +56-2-520-1140


• Honorary Chairman: Oscar Ruiz-Tagle Humeres • Chairman: Guillermo Luksic Craig • CEO: Tiberio Dall'Olio Lenzini

Mediterranean Resources Ltd.

Mediterranean Resources (formerly Mediterranean Minerals) is searching out gold and base metal deposits at mineral properties located in Turkey and other countries. The company also maintains subsidiaries in Peru in order to oversee administrative operations related to mineral properties in which it retains arbitration rights. Toronto-based Dundee Precious Metals holds 30% of the company.

Address: 890 - 885 Dunsmuir St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1N5, Canada Phone: 604-669-3397 Fax: 604-669-3357

• Executive Chairman: Lawrence M. Glaser • President, CEO, and Director: Peter J. Guest • CFO: Winnie Wong

MK Resources Company

Once a gold miner, MK Resources has switched to copper. MK Resources focuses on exploration and the purchase of promising metal properties. The company's key property is the Las Cruces copper deposit in Spain, which is estimated to have proven and probable reserves of more than 2.3 million pounds of copper. MK Resources also is engaged in exploration programs elsewhere in Spain and in Nevada. In 2005 MK Resources sold a 70% stake in Las Cruces to Inmet Mining, and in a related transaction, holding company Leucadia National took full ownership of MK Resources.

Address: 60 E. South Temple, Ste. 1225Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Phone: 801-297-6900 Fax: 801-297-6950


• Chairman and CEO: G. Frank Joklik • President and Director: Thomas E. Mara • CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: John C. Farmer

Monster Copper Corporation

Mining for metals can be a big, hairy ordeal, but Monster Copper is up for the task. The company primarily seeks mineral deposits known as iron oxide hosted copper gold (IOCG). Monster Copper has exploration and development properties in the Yukon Territory, Labrador, and Nova Scotia and has formed a partnership with Noranda Exploração ( a subsidiary of Falconbridge) to explore a copper and gold property in northern Brazil. In Labrador the company was at first exploring for copper and gold, but has since partnered with Santoy Resources to focus on uranium exploration.

Address: 11 Rocksprings Ave.Richmond Hill, Ontario L4S 1R2, Canada Phone: 905-780-8783 Fax: 905-780-8790

• President, CEO, and Director: Michael J. Downes

Monterrico Metals Plc

Monterrico Metals hopes to find its fortunes in Peru. The company primarily explores the Rio Blanco copper and molybdenum project in northern Peru, on the border of Ecuador. It has various other base and previous metal projects that aren't advanced as Rio Blanco. For these exploration projects Monterrico Metals looks for partners. None of its properties are in production.

Address: No. 2 London Wall BuildingsLondon EC2M 5UU, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7448-5088 Fax: +44-20-7448-5089


• Managing Director and Board Member: Christopher J. (Chris) Eager • COO and Director: Raymond J. (Ray) Angus

Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.

Mueller Copper Tube, part of the Mueller Industries group of companies, manufactures drawn copper tubing and copper fittings. Products include tubing designed to carry water and to carry refrigerants, as well as line sets. Fittings made by Mueller Copper Tube are used in plumbing and other pressure applications. Other Mueller Industries units make fittings from plastic, brass, and other metals.

Address: Rte. 25 SouthFulton, MS 38843 Phone: 662-862-2181 Fax: 662-862-3002


• President and CEO: William D. O'Hagan • CFO: Kent A. McKee

Murchison United NL

Murchison United acquires, explores, and develops industrial mining properties in western Australia and Tasmania. The company's Millenium leases located in Queensland is being explored for copper and other minerals. Murchison United is studying the viability of acquiring properties in Africa and the Republic of Guinea for the purpose of uranium exploration.

Address: 2 Centro Ave., SubiacoPerth 6008, Australia Phone: +61-8-9381-4711 Fax: +61-8-9381-4722


• Chairman: Glenn R. Featherby • Managing Director: Mark D. Reilly

NGK Metals Corporation

NGK Metals manufactures beryllium copper metal alloy products. The company's products are offered in forms including bar, plate, rod, strip, and tube. It also sells such other goods as chill vents and safety tools. NGK Metals operates from facilities in France, Japan, and the US. The company is a subsidiary of Japan based maker of insulation for utility and industrial electric lines NGK INSULATORS.

Address: 917 US Hwy. 11 SouthSweetwater, TN 37874 Phone: 423-337-5500 Fax: 423-337-5540

• President: Glade Nelson • Director of Technology: Nate Gildersleeve

Norddeutsche Affinerie AG

metal. The company is made up of two main business segments. The company's copper production unit produces copper cathodes (a 99.9%-pure form of copper) from ore, recycling materials, and scrap. Its second business unit, copper processing, then uses this copper to cast wire rod and shapes, copper alloys, and rolled products. The company produces about 800,000 tons of copper each year. Customers include companies in the chemical, electronics, automotive, and construction industries. NA also produces precious metals (gold and silver) as a byproduct of copper processing.

Address: Hovestrasse 50D-20539 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49-40-7883-3224 Fax: +49-40-7883-3003

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 3639.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 19.00% Employees (2005): 3,158 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.50%)

• Chairman of the Executive Board: Werner Marnette • CFO: Toralf A. Haag • Head of Public Relations: Simone Tasche

Novicourt Inc.

Peru Copper Inc. Yes

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Northern Peru Copper Corporation

Norther Peru Copper owns and develops the Galeno Cu-Au and Pashpap Cu-Mo copper properties located in Northern Peru. Galeno, located near the largest gold mine in South America, is made up of a porphyry deposit. The company has plans to explore the Pashpap property, which is made up of 5 known porphyry deposits, through a joint venture with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.

Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Canada Phone: 604-687 0407 Fax: 604-687 0407

• Chairman: Robert P. Pirooz • CEO and President: Marshall Koval • CFO: Sandra Lim

Novicourt mines for several specific types of metals, including copper and zinc, in the Louvicourt region of Canada. Its primary asset is the company's 45%-stake in the Louvicourt mine (production ceased at the mine in 2005). The company also partners with Canadian mining firms on several other projects. It is exploring properties in Brazil and Canada (near the Louvicourt mine.) Novicourt is 60%-owned by copper and nickel mining giant Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda).

Address: 181 Bay St., Ste. 200Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada Phone: 416-982-7145 Fax: 416-982-7490


• President and CEO: George Jones • VP Finance and Controller: Michael Boone

Outokumpu Copper Products Oy

mainly for markets in Europe and the US. Products include copper rods, bars, sheets, plates, strips, wire, and tubes. Its operations are separated into five divisions: Americas, Appliance Heat Exchangers and Asia, Automotive Heat Exchangers, Europe, and Forming Equipment. The company, which was formerly part of Finland-based Outokumpu, was sold to private equity firm Nordic Capital for about $770 million.

Address: Tuulikuja 2, TapiolaFIN-02101 Espoo, Finland Phone: +358-10-4255-700 Fax: +358-10-4255-747


• Chairman: Finn Johnsson • President and CEO: John Peter Leesi • CFO: Jyrki Vesaluoma

explanatory. The company explores and develops copper deposits in Peru. Its primary exploration project is the Toromocho deposit in the Morococha district, located in the central part of the country. In 2003 Peru Copper acquired the option to develop the Toromocho property from government-owned Empresa Minera del Centro del Peru (known as Centromin). The company is also acquiring interests in other concessions adjacent to Toromocho. Founder and chairman J. David Lowell and his family hold about 15% of the company.

Address: 475 W. Georgia St., Ste. 920Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4M9, Canada Phone: 604-689-0234 Fax: 604-688-0094

• Chairman: J. David Lowell • President, CEO, and Director: Charles G. Preble • CFO: Thomas J. Findley

Phelps Dodge Corporation

Phelps Dodge (PD) may produce the metal found in pennies, but its rank in the copper business is no small change. PD is the world's second-largest copper producer, after Chile's Codelco. Copper accounts for most of PD's sales, but the company also produces gold, silver, molybdenum, and other mineral and chemical by-products of its copper operations. Other businesses -- under its Phelps Dodge Industries division -- include Phelps Dodge Wire & Cable (specialty conductors for the aerospace, computer, and automotive industries and telecommunications cables). The company produces more than half of the copper mined in the US. It sold Columbian Chemicals, which makes carbon black, to DC Chemical in early 2006.

Address: 1 N. Central Ave.Phoenix, AZ 85004-4414 Phone: 602-366-8100


• Chairman and CEO: J. Steven Whisler • President and COO: Timothy R. Snider • EVP and CFO: Ramiro G. Peru

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Phelps Dodge Mining Company

a lot to Phelps Dodge Mining Company (PDMC). The mining and metals division of Phelps Dodge maintains copper and molybdenum mining operations (Climax Molybdenum) in the US and South America. Much of its copper is used as the primary raw materials for the electrical wire and cable industry, while molybdenum is used by the steel industry, primarily, and also chemical manufacturers. PDMC also produces gold, silver, and other metals as a by-product of its copper mining. The company operates three copper smelters in the US. PDMC, which produces more than a million tons of copper annually, accounts for about 70% of Phelps Dodge's total sales.

Address: 1 N. Central Ave.Phoenix, AZ 85004-4415 Phone: 602-366-8100 Fax: 602-366-7329


• President: David C. Naccarati • President, Phelps Dodge Sales Company: Arthur R. Miele • SVP, South American Mining Operations and Development: Harry M. (Red) Conger

Quadra Mining Ltd.

Quadra Mining is doing a little gambling in Nevada, but it's not at the casino. The company owns the Robinson Mine in eastern Nevada. Through mining contractor Washington Group, the company produces copper and gold. Originally formed back in 2002, Quadra Mining bought the Robinson Mine from BHP Billiton in 2004. The company also owns the Sierra Gorda project in Chile.

Address: 1177 W. Hastings St., Ste. 2000Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2K3, Canada Phone: 604-689-8550 Fax: 604-689-8556


• Chairman: Alexander M. Laird • CEO: William H. (Bill) Myckatyn • President: Paul M. Blythe

Regalito Copper Corp.

Regalito Copper (formerly Lumina Copper) hopes to shine in the copper mining business. The company has the rights to copper exploration properties in Chile. Regalito Copper is waiting for mineral prices to rise before it initiates the development of these properties. Chairman Ross Beatty, also the chairman and CEO of Pan American Silver, controls about 30% of the company. Pan Pacific Copper Co., a joint venture of Mitsui Mining & Smelting and Nippon Mining & Metals, made an offer to acquire Regalito Copper in 2006; Regalito's board endorsed the takeover bid.

Address: 1550 - 625 Howe St., Ste. 1550Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T6, Canada Phone: 604-687-0407 Fax: 604-687-7041

• Chairman: Ross J. Beaty • President: David Strang • CEO and Director: Robert P. Pirooz

Rockwell Ventures Inc.

Rockwell Ventures has mining operations (primarily copper) in northern Chile through subsidiary Minera Ricardo Resources. The company is exploring and developing the properties in Chile in partnership with Rio Tinto. Rockwell Ventures is also involved in exploration projects in British Columbia. Officers and directors of the company hold more than15% of its shares.

Address: 800 W. Pender St., Ste. 1020Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2V6, Canada Phone: 604-684-6365 Fax: 604-684-8092

• Chairman: Robert A. Dickinson • President, CEO, and Director: Ronald W. Thiessen • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Jeffrey R. Mason

South American Gold and Copper Company Limited

As its name suggests, South American Gold and Copper Company (SAGC) explores and develops gold, silver, copper, and other industrial mineral properties in South America. The company's Pimenton mine in Chile started production in 2004. In addition, SAGC holds interests in several limestone deposits in Chile and the company is exploring a copper deposit adjacent to the Pimenton mine. SAGC is also investigating the viability of a gold prospect in Peru.

Address: 67 Yonge St.Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8, Canada Phone: 416-369-9359


• Chairman: Paul J. DesLauriers • President and CEO: Stephen W. Houghton • EVP and CFO: William C. O'Donnell

YesSouthern Copper Corporation

copper -- its mines are high in the Andes Mountains. One of the largest miners in the world, SCC mines, smelts, and refines copper at its Toquepala and Cuajone mines, about 400 miles from Lima. It produces blister copper and copper cathodes at the smelter and refinery in Ilo, Peru. SCC produces better than 1.5 billion pounds of copper annually, making it the No. 1 copper producer by reserves. Its copper is sold in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, where it's used mainly for building, construction, and electronics. The company also recovers silver and molybdenum from copper ore. Americas Mining Corporation, a subsidiary of Grupo México, owns 75% of SCC.

Address: Avenida Caminos del Inca No. 171, Chacarilla del Estanque, SantiLima 33, Peru Phone: +51-1-372-1414 Fax: +51-1-372-0262


• President, CEO, and Director: Oscar González Rocha • EVP and COO: Xavier Garcia de Quevedo Topete • VP, Finance, CFO, and Director: J. Eduardo González Felix

Sumitomo Electric Wintec America, Inc.

Sumitomo Electric Wintec America manufactures wire and electric cable. The company's specialty is wire used in the production of magnets for electrical machinery. It serves customers involved in the manufacture of air conditioners, automobiles, hand tools, refrigeration equipment, and televisions among other products. Sumitomo Electric Wintec America is a subsidiary of Japan-based Sumitomo Electric Industries.

Address: 909 Industrial Dr.Edmonton, KY 42129-8944 Phone: 270-432-2233 Fax: 270-432-2838

• President and CEO: Masahara (Mark) Kurata • Sales Manager: Tim Dubree

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

since 1691 -- 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 Hishikari gold mine), 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. Founded in 1590, SMM is part of the "keiretsu" Sumitomo Group.

Address: 5-11-3, Shinbashi, Minato-kuTokyo 105-8716, Japan Phone: +81-3-3436-7701 Fax: +81-3-3434-2215

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 3806.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 28.40% Employees (2004): 8,187

• President: Koichi Fukushima • Senior Managing Executive Officer: Hirosuke Chihara

Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.

Getting the lead (and zinc) out is paramount to Toho Zinc. The company is a leading Japanese producer of zinc and lead. The bulk of Toho Zinc's sales are from its smelting and refining operations, which produce lead, silver, sulfuric acid, and other nonferrous products. The company also manufactures electronic parts (noise-absorbing coils, noise filters, and high-frequency transformers), materials for gold coating, and products used by the aerospace and nuclear industries such as high-purity iron powder and flake used in the manufacture of superalloys.

Address: 1-6-1, Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-kuTokyo 103-8437, Japan Phone: +81-3-3272-5611 Fax: +81-3-3271-0137


• President, CEO, and Director: Tadashi Aoki • Managing Director: Toshio Kurigami

Uganda Gold Mining Ltd.

Like its name says Uganda Gold Mining explores for gold in Africa. The company started out in Uganda exploring for gold, but now has moved on to a promising copper and cobalt property in the Rwenzori Mountains. Back home, Uganda Gold also holds two gold properties in British Columbia, which it might explore with the help of joint venture partners. Officers and board members hold about 20% of the company.

Address: 307 Granville St.Vancouver, British Columbia V7K 1H2, Canada Phone: 604-682-2245 Fax: 604-682-2775 • President and CEO: Allan

J. Beaton

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Vedanta Resources plc

Vedanta Resources explores, mines, and refines copper, zinc, and aluminum with operations located in Australia, Zambia, and India. Vedanta does business in India through its copper-producing subsidiary Sterlite Industries. Sterlite holds stakes in Hindustan Zinc and Bharat Aluminum Company. In Australia, Vedanta has copper mines in Queensland and Tasmania.

Address: 16 Berkeley StLondon W1J 8DZ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7499-5900 Fax: +44-20-7491-8440


• Chairman: Anil K. Agarwal • CEO: Kuldip K. Kaura • Finance Director and Director: Peter E. Sydney-Smith

Wolverine Tube, Inc.

Wolverine Tube helps refrigerators and air conditioners chill out. One of North America's largest makers of copper and copper alloy tube for commercial products, Wolverine sells directly to original equipment manufacturers. The company makes a broad range of commercial custom tubing, including industrial (for residential air conditioning units), technical (for heat exchangers), copper alloy (for utilities), and fabricated (for automotive, electrical, HVAC, and other applications) products, as well as wholesale tube for standard air conditioning, plumbing, and refrigeration.

Address: 200 Clinton Ave. West, 10th FloorHuntsville, AL 35801 Phone: 256-353-1310 Fax: 256-580-3659


• Chairman: Dennis J. Horowitz • CEO, President, and COO: Johann R. (Chip) Manning Jr. • SVP, CFO and Secretary: James E. Deason

Zambia Copper Investments Limited

Zambia Copper Investments' portfolio is heavy on copper. The company primarily mines copper and cobalt through 28%-owned Zambian mining company Konkola Copper Mines (KCM). Other shareholders in KCM include Vedanta Resources (51%) and ZCCM Investments (21%). KCM also has smelting and refining operations. Copper Development Foundation has a 44% stake in Zambia Copper.

Address: Clarendon House, 2 Church St.Hamilton, Bermuda Phone: 352-40-25-05-1 Fax: 352-40-25-05-66

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 440.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 23.70% Employees (2004): 0 • Chairman: Jean-Pierre

Rozan


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Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

Even in bad times, Agnico-Eagle Mines has always followed the Golden Rule: gold rules. The Canadian gold producer has limited its mining production to its 100%-owned LaRonde Mine in Quebec, which produced about 270,000 ounces of gold in 2004. LaRonde holds more than 5 million ounces of gold in proven and probable reserves -- one of the largest gold deposits ever found. The mine also produces copper, zinc, and silver as a byproduct of its gold mining. Through its Contact Diamond unit (formerly Sudbury Contact Mines), the company conducts diamond exploration at properties in Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

Address: 145 King St. East, Ste. 500Toronto, Ontario M5C 2Y7, Canada Phone: 416-947-1212 Fax: 416-367-4681


• Chairman: James D. Nasso • Vice Chairman, CEO and Director: Sean Boyd • President, COO and Director: Eberhard (Ebe) Scherkus

AngloGold Ashanti Limited

All that glitters is not AngloGold Ashanti, but much of it is. The company (a result of the 2004 merger of AngloGold and Ashanti Goldfields) is a contender with Newmont and Barrick to be known as the world's largest gold miner. AngloGold Ashanti has 63 million ounces of proven and probable reserves and mines about 6 million ounces from its open-pit and underground mines in Africa, Australia, and the Americas; it also has many exploration projects. In all, the company operates 20 mines in 10 countries. Prior to the merger, most of AngloGold's mines were high-overhead, deep-level, hard-rock operations in South Africa (now less than half of sales). South African minerals giant Anglo American owns 51% of AngloGold.

Address: 11 Diagonal St.Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Phone: +27-11-637-6000 Fax: +27-11-637-6624


• Chairman: Russell P. Edey • CEO and Executive Director: Robert M. (Bobby) Godsell • President and Director: Sir Sam Esson Jonah

Apollo Gold Corporation

Apollo Gold is not something you might find on Mount Olympus, but rather a mining company operating in Canada and the US. The company has gold, silver, lead, and zinc mine operations in Montana, Nevada, and Ontario. The company's Montana Tunnels facility produces about 35,000 ounces of gold annually along with a majority of the company's silver, lead, and zinc. Its Florida Canyon property (sold in late 2005) in Nevada produced more than 70,000 ounces of gold annually. Apollo is primarily focused on developing its Black Fox Project gold mine operation in Ontario.

Address: 204 Black St., Ste. 300Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2M9, Canada Phone: 867-668-5252


• Chairman: Charles E. Stott • President, CEO, and Director: R. David Russell • CFO: Melvyn Williams

Banro Corporation

Banro is looking for a jewel in Africa's gold belt. The company explores and develops gold properties along the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt in the Congo. It is currently developing four gold projects (Kamituga, Lugushwa, Namoya, Twangiza) that cover more than 1,600 square miles in the Maniema and South Kivu provinces. It has identified about 2 million ounces of measured and indicated resources on the properties. The Congolese government holds a small ownership stake in the company's operations. Banro has a 40% ownership interest in Canadian mining company BRC Development.

Address: 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King St. West, Ste. 7070Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E3, Canada Phone: 416-366-2221 Fax: 416-366-7722

• Chairman: Simon F. W. Village • President, CEO, and Director: Peter N. Cowley • CFO: J. Gregory (Greg) Short

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Cambior Inc. Yes

Barrick Gold Corporation

In the world of mining, Barrick's name is golden. The company became the world's #1 gold producer, ahead of Newmont Mining and AngloGold Ashanti, after acquiring Placer Dome in 2006. Barrick alone churns out some 5 million ounces of gold annually and has 90 million ounces in proved and probable reserves. More than half of the company's production comes from its North America operations, which include the 9,900-acre Goldstrike property, located in Nevada's Carlin Trend gold-producing region. Its properties outside of North America include the Bulyanhulu mine in Tanzania, the Pierina mine in Peru, and the Kalgoorlie mine in Australia. Barrick bought fellow Canadian gold miner Placer Dome for $10.4 billion.

Address: BCE Place, Canada Trust Tower, 161 Bay St., Ste. 3700Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, Canada Phone: 416-861-9911 Fax: 416-861-2492


• Chairman: Peter Munk • President, CEO, and Director: Gregory C. (Greg) Wilkins • EVP and CFO: Jamie C. Sokalsky

Bema Gold Corporation

Bema Gold beams most when it finds a rich gold strike. The gold and silver mining company owns the Julietta Mine (79%-owned, Russia) and the Petrex Mines (South Africa), both currently its primary assets in production. The company produces about 230,000 ounces of gold annually. Other interests include the Aldebaran Property (Chile), the Cerro Casale Deposit (Chile), the Yarnell Property (US), the Refugio Mine (Chile), and Russia's Kupol gold and silver project, which was acquired in 2003. The Refugio Mine (50%-owned) was brought into production in 2005.

Address: 3100 Three Bentall Centre, 595 Burrard St.Vancouver, British Columbia V7X IJI, Canada Phone: 604-681-8371 Fax: 604-681-6209


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Clive T. Johnson • SVP, Operations: George Johnson • VP, Development and Production: Dennis Stansbury

Birch Mountain Resources Ltd.

Birch Mountain Resources is trying to climb to the top of the heap in the industrial minerals business. The company was exploring and developing precious metal properties, but is now concentrating on industrial mineral properties (primarily lime and concrete aggregate) in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta. Formed in 1994, the company has three major divisions: Mineral Exploration, Mineral Technology, and Industrial Minerals. In 2004 Birch Mountain Resources announced the Hammerstone limestone project, which is waiting regulatory approval.

Address: 250 6th Ave. SW, Ste. 300Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H7, Canada Phone: 403-262-1838 Fax: 403-263-9888

• Chairman: Kerry E. Sully • President, CEO, and Director: Douglas J. (Doug) Rowe • VP, Finance and CFO: Hansine Ullberg

construction is. One of the top gold producers in the world, the company operates six mines -- including underground and open-pit projects -- primarily in Canada, Guyana, and Suriname. Cambior produces about 700,000 ounces of gold annually and has total proven and probable reserves of 3.5 million ounces. The company's Omai mine in Guyana (expected to shutdown in 2005) produces about 240,000 ounces annually, or 35% of the company's gold. Meanwhile, its Rosebel gold mine in Suriname began production in 2004; the mine produced about 270,000 ounces the first year it came online. Cambior also mines ferroniobium and bauxite.

Address: 1111 St. Charles St. West, East Tower, Ste. 750Longueuil, Quebec J4K 5G4, Canada Phone: 450-677-0040 Fax: 450-677-3382


• Chairman: Guy G. Dufresne • President, CEO, and Director: Louis P. Gignac • VP, Business Development and Exploration: François Viens

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Canyon Resources Corporation

Canyon Resources operates a gold mine in California. Its Briggs Mine, located in the southeastern part of the state, produced about 30,000 ounces of gold and 8,500 ounces of silver in 2004. The company is engaging in reclamation operations at its Kendall Mine, near Lewistown, Montana. In addition, Canyon Resources is exploring for gold and silver on properties elsewhere in the western US and in Africa and Latin America. The main customer for the company's gold is Standard Bank London; Metalor USA Refining is the main customer for the silver produced by Canyon Resources.

Address: 14142 Denver West Pkwy., Ste. 250Golden, CO 80401 Phone: 303-278-8464 Fax: 303-279-3772


• Chairman: Richard H. De Voto • President, CEO and Director: James K. B. Hesketh • VP and Chief Accounting Officer: David P. Suleksi

Cardero Resource Corp.

Cardero Resource is hot on the trail for mineral deposits. The company is primarily exploring copper, iron, gold, and silver properties in Argentina, Mexico, and Peru. In Mexico, where most of its projects are located, Cardero Resource has exploration operations in the Baja California State, the Coahuila de Zaragoza State, the San Luis Potosi State, and the Sonora State. The company is involved in a joint venture agreement with Anglo American to explore and develop the properties in the Baja California State. Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is involved in one of Cardero Resource's projects in Peru. Cardero Resource also has a silver project in Argentina.


• President, CEO, and Director: Hendrik (Henk) van Alphen • CFO: Michael W. (Mike) Kinley

Claude Resources Inc.

Claude Resources digs up dirt clods to get to precious metals. The company is currently mining gold only at its Seabee mine in northern Saskatchewan, but has other exploration projects underway in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. Claude produces about 40,000 ounces of gold annually at its Seabee mine; it has proven and probable reserves of about 160,000 ounces of gold. While Gold accounts for about 90% of the company's sales, the company also produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil in Alberta and southeastern Saskatchewan.

Address: 224 4th Ave. South, Ste. 200Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 5M5, Canada Phone: 306-668-7505 Fax: 306-668-7500

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 21.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-5.30%) Employees (2004): 171

• Chairman: Arnie E. Hillier • President, CEO, and Director: A. Neil McMillan • COO: Raymond G. Gagnon

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.

Through sheer concentration and might, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura extracts metals in the form of silver-lead, silver-gold, zinc, and lead-gold-copper concentrates. Gold accounts for about 50% of the company's sales. Minas Buenaventura has an interest in Latin America's largest gold mine (about 45%, Minera Yanacocha, Peru), with 32 million ounces in mineable proved and probable reserves. It operates three mining units and has a controlling interest in five mining companies. The company has exploration projects in Peru and other parts of South America, mostly through joint ventures. It also has electric power transmission and engineering services companies for the mining industry.

Address: Carlos Villarán 790, Santa CatalinaLima 13, Peru Phone: +51-1-419-2538 Fax: +51-1-471-7349


• Chairman: Alberto Benavides de la Quintana • President, CEO and Director: Roque Benavides Ganoza • VP, CFO: Carlos E. Gálvez Pinillos

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Entrée Gold Inc. Yes

Crystallex International Corporation

"Hello" to Venezuela. Crystallex's main development project is the Las Cristinas gold mine in Venezuela. After a protracted court battle, in 2002 Crystallex was finally chosen to develop the Las Cristinas property (expected to begin production in 2007) located in Bolivar State. Other operations include the Tomi mine (gold in Venezuela), Lo Incréible mine (gold in Venezuela), and the Revemin Mill (ore processing in Venezuela). These operations are currently Crystallex International's only revenue generating projects.

Address: 18 King St. East, Ste. 1210Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4, Canada Phone: 416-203-2448 Fax: 416-203-0099


• Chairman: Robert A. Fung • President, CEO, and Director: Todd Bruce • CFO: Dan Hamilton

DRDGOLD Limited

DRDGOLD, formerly Durban Roodepoort Deep, roots deep for profits. The gold mining and refining company has been mining west of Johannesburg since 1895. DRDGOLD produces about 400,000 ounces of gold annually, and it has more than 5 million ounces in ore reserves. It pursues ultra-deep mining at depths of almost 2.5 miles. DRDGOLD focuses on three main projects in South Africa: the Blyvoor Section, the ERPM Section, and the Crown Section. Recent growth for the company has come through its operations in Papua New Guinea, where it owns the Tolukuma gold mine and has a 20% joint venture stake in the Porgera mine. DRDGOLD also has interests in Fiji.

Address: 299 Pendoring Ave., BlackheathRandburg 2195, South Africa Phone: +27-11-219-8700 Fax: +27-11-476-2637


• Chairman: Molton P. Ncholo • CEO and Director: Mark M. Wellesley-Wood • COO and Director: Louis C. Lamsley

Eldorado Gold Corporation

While it's not looking for a fabled city of gold, the company does have various exploration and development operations located in Brazil, China, and Turkey. Eldorado Gold primarily operates the São Bento Mine (the company's only producing mine) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In Turkey, the company is exploring and developing several projects including the Kisladag and Efemçukuru properties. In 2005 Eldorado Gold entered China by acquiring Afcan Mining and obtaining the Tanjianshan gold development project.

Address: 550 Burrard St., Ste. 1188Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2B5, Canada Phone: 604-687-4018 Fax: 604-687-4026


• Chairman: Hugh C. Morris • President, CEO, and Director: Paul N. Wright • COO: Norm S. Pitcher

Entrée Gold hopes to serve up a heaping helping of gold. The company explores and develops gold and copper prospects in Mongolia. Its holdings primarily include the Lookout Hill and Turquoise Hill properties, both located in the southern Gobi Desert. Entrée Gold has an agreement with Ivanhoe Mines to help develop the Lookout Hill project. None of the company's projects are in production. The company had been exploring Costa Rica in the 1990s, but pulled out after no luck. In 2002 Entrée Gold became involved in option agreements for property in Mongolia.

Address: 1166 Alberni St., Ste. 1201Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3Z3, Canada Phone: 604-687-4777 Fax: 604-687-4770

• President, CEO, and Director: Gregory (Greg) Crowe

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FNX Mining Company Inc.

FNX Mining Company hopes the effects of its projects pay off. The company produces metals from Canada's Sudbury Basin, primarily mining for nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, and gold. It owns the Sudbury Basin project; partner Inco Limited processes and sells the production from the property. In order to concentrate on developing Sudbury the company sold off its stake in an Alaska property, but still holds an option on a property in Guinea. In 2005 the company acquired Dynatec's interest in the Sudbury project (making it 100%-owned by FNX) and its 50% holding in Aurora Platinum. In return Dynatec received a 20% stake in FNX.

Address: 55 University Ave., Ste. 700Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7, Canada Phone: 416-628-5938 Fax: 416-360-0550


• President, CEO, and Director: A. Terrance (Terry) MacGibbon • SVP and COO: Anthony P. (Tony) Makuch • VP and CFO: Ronald P. Gagel

Gammon Lake Resources Inc.

Gammon Lake Resources hopes to find itself swimming in a pool of gold. The company explores for precious metals, primarily gold in Canada and Mexico (including its main Ocampo gold and silver project in Chihuahua). The company has about 40 concessions at the Ocampo project and is expected to begin production in 2006. Gold was first discovered in the remote area of Ocampo in 1804 and was actively mined until the Mexican revolution of 1912. Gammon Lake also holds more than 25% of Mexgold Resources, which has gold and silver properties in Chihuahua and Guanajuto.

Address: 202 Brownlow Ave., Cambridge 2, Ste. 306Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1T5, Canada Phone: 902-468-0614 Fax: 902-468-0631

• Chairman and President: Fred George • CEO and Director: Bradley H. Langille • COO: John C. Thornton

Most of what glitters for Glamis Gold can be found in Honduras, Mexico, and the US. The company gets more than 80% of its revenue from two properties: the 67%-owned Marigold Mine, a joint venture with Barrick Gold's Homestake Mining unit, in Nevada, and the San Martin Mine, in Honduras. Glamis also owns a producing property in Mexico, El Sauzal Mine, which yields silver as well as gold. The company's Rand Mine, in California, has been shut down. Glamis is developing the Marlin project in Guatemala, another gold and silver property. Overall, Glamis has reserves of some 6.3 million ounces of gold. The company moved to expand in 2006 when it bought the Canadian minerals company Western Silver.

Address: 5190 Neil Rd., Ste. 310Reno, NV 89502 Phone: 775-827-4600 Fax: 775-827-5044


• Chairman: A. Dan Rovig • President, CEO, and Director: C. Kevin McArthur • EVP and COO: James S. Voorhees

Gold Fields Limited

This company's not interested in "greener" fields. Gold Fields is one of the world's largest gold exploration and development companies. It ranks as South Africa's #2 gold producer, after AngloGold Ashanti. Gold Fields produces more than four million ounces of gold a year at mines in South Africa (Beatrix, Driefontein, Kloof), Ghana (Damang, Tarkwa), and Australia (St. Ives, Agnew). The company has mineral reserves and resources of more than 200 million ounces of gold. Norilsk Nickel is Gold Fields' largest shareholder, with a 20% stake in the company.

Address: 24 St. Andrews Rd.Parktown, Gauteng 2193, South Africa Phone: +27-11-644-2400 Fax: +27-11-644-0626

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 1893.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Employees (2005): 50,500 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman: Alan J. Wright • CEO and Director: Ian D. Cockerill • CFO and Director: Nicholas J. (Nick) Holland

Gold Reserve Inc. Yes

Goldcorp Inc. Yes

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Venezuela, which contains proven and probable reserves of about 10 million ounces of gold and 1.3 billion pounds of copper. Gold Reserve has been developing Brisas since 1992, and the company is still working to raise money to begin mining. A feasibility study completed for Gold Reserve in early 2005 suggested that the company would need more than $550 million to put the Brisas project into production.

Address: 926 W. Sprague Ave., Ste. 200Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: 509-623-1500 Fax: 509-623-1634


• Chairman: James H. Coleman • CEO and Director: Rockne J. Timm • President and Director: A. Douglas Belanger

Precious few companies have a name as self-explanatory as Goldcorp. The gold mining company operates the Red Lake Mine in Ontario (its largest gold mine), a 38% stake in the Alumbrera gold and copper mine in Argentina, the Luismin Mine in Mexico, the Peak Mine in Australia, and the Wharf Mine in the US. Goldcorp's mines produce more than 1 million ounces of gold annually; the precious metal accounts for nearly all of the company's sales. In 2005 the company acquired Wheaton River Minerals, which operated mines in Argentina, Australia, and Mexico. The company's recent string of acquisitions has placed it among the top five gold mining companies in the world.

Address: Waterfront Centre, 200 Burrard St., Ste. 1560Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L6, Canada Phone: 604-696-3000 Fax: 604-696-3001


• CEO, President, and Director: Ian W. Telfer • EVP and COO: Russell C. Barwick • EVP and CFO: Lindsay Hall

Golden Star Resources Ltd.

Gold gets top billing at Golden Star Resources. The company's main assets are in southern Ghana, in West Africa's Ashanti gold belt, and include the Bogoso, Prestea, Prestea Underground (inactive), and Wassa properties. Overall, the company has proven and probable reserves of about 3.8 million ounces of gold. Golden Star owns a controlling stake in EURO Ressources (formerly Guyanor Ressources), which is developing a gold mining project in French Guiana, in South America. In addition, the company has interests in gold exploration projects elsewhere in Africa (Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone) and South America (Chile, Peru, Suriname). In 2005 Golden Star expanded in Africa by acquiring St. Jude Resources.

Address: 10901 W. Toller Dr., Ste. 300Littleton, CO 80127-6312 Phone: 303-830-9000 Fax: 303-830-9094


• Chairman: Ian A. MacGregor • President, CEO, and Director: Peter J. Bradford • SVP and CFO: Allan J. Marter

Great Basin Gold Ltd.

Great Basin Gold is sinking a lot into its mining efforts. Great Basin, part of minerals exploration and development company Hunter Dickinson's portfolio, is focused on its 25-sq.-mi. Ivanhoe Project in Nevada's Carlin Trend gold belt. Initial exploration of just part of the property has identified a possible 900,000 ounces of gold in reserves. Ivanhoe has had a surface mine, but Great Basin has located feeder veins of gold and silver for underground mining. The company is teaming up with fellow Canadian Hecla Mining to develop identified deposits. Great Basin also explores the Burnstone gold property in South Africa.


• Co-Chairman: Robert A. Dickinson • Co-Chairman: Ronald W. Thiessen • President, CEO, and Director: Ferdi Dippenaar

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Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited

Harmony Gold Mining Company specializes in turning old digs into new digs. The company generally buys under-performing gold operations and turns them into low-cost, high-productivity mines. Harmony is South Africa's third largest gold miner and the sixth largest in the world. In South Africa (accounting for 90% of sales) it operates 12 shafts in the Free State Province. The company produces more than 3 million ounces of gold annually and has another 55 million ounces in reserves. Outside of South Africa, it also operates mines in Australia (New Celebration, South Kalgoorlie, and Mt. Magnet) and exploration projects in Peru and Papua New Guinea.

Address: 4 The High St., 1st Fl., Melrose ArchMelrose North, Gauteng 2196, South Africa Phone: +27-11-684-0140 Fax: +27-11-684-0188

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 1265.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-10.50%) Employees (2005): 47,988 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-15.50%)

• Chairman: Patrice Motsepe • CEO and Director: Z. Bernard Swanepoel • Group Finance and Director: Nomfundo Qangule

IAMGOLD Corporation

IAMGOLD--see me shine. The Canadian gold miner owns stakes in Mali's adjoining Yatela and Sadiola gold mines (40% and 38%, respectively); both are joint ventures with South African firm AngloGold Ashanti and the government of Mali. The Sadiola mine produces 450,000 ounces of gold annually and the Yatela mine produces about 240,000 ounces of gold annually. The two mines combined contain more than 3 million ounces of gold reserves. IAMGOLD also has ownership interests in various exploration projects in other parts of West Africa as well as the Americas.

Address: 220 Bay St., 5th Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5J 2W4, Canada Phone: 416-360-4710 Fax: 416-360-4750


• Chairman: William D. Pugliese • President, CEO, and Director: Joseph F. (Joe) Conway • CFO: Grant A. Edey

IMA Exploration Inc.

IMA Exploration is digging where the Atlantic and Pacific mix, and it has its sights set on silver. The Canadian company operates a silver and lead mining interest in southern Argentina, where its Navidad project has an estimated potential reserve of 300 million ounces of silver and 1.2 million tons of lead. The company discovered the silver mineralization and galena (typical lead mineralization) throughout this region in 2003. IMA is managed and partially financed by the Grosso Group, a Canadian mining specialist firm, chaired by IMA's CEO Joseph Grosso.

Address: 837 W. Hastings St., Ste. 709Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3N6, Canada Phone: 604-687-1828 Fax: 604-687-1858

• Chairman: Gerald G. Carlson • President, CEO, and Director: Joseph Grosso • VP, CFO, and Director: Arthur Lang

Kimber Resources Inc.

a rocky business, but that hasn't stopped them from venturing to the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico. Formed in 1995, the company's primary project is the Carmen deposit at its Monterde property in the state of Chihuahua. Carmen was originally an underground mine in the 1930s and is believed by Kimber Resources to have potential again as an open pit mine. None of the company's properties are in production. Fund manager and company director James Puplava holds approximately 20% of Kimber Resources.


• President, CEO, and Director: Robert V. Longe • CFO: Peter J.A. de Visser

Kinross Gold Corporation

Kinross Gold digs gold mining so much, especially since prices have risen, that it acquired fellow Canadian gold miners Echo Bay Mines and TVX Gold. Those deals made Kinross one of the world's top 10 gold miners, upping its production to approximately 1.6 million ounces of gold annually. In addition, the company has proven and probable reserves of 19 million ounces of gold and more than 32 million ounces of silver. About half of the company's revenues come from its Fort Knox and Round Mountain properties in the US. Other operations are located in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Russia, and Zimbabwe.

Address: 40 King St. West, 52nd Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2, Canada Phone: 416-365-5123 Fax: 416-363-6622


• Chairman: John E. Oliver • President, CEO, and Director: Tye W. Burt • EVP, COO, and Director: Scott A. Caldwell

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Lihir Gold Limited

and it likes it that way. The company operates a gold mine on Papua New Guinea's Lihir Island, a volcanic island that contains one of the world's largest gold bodies. Lihir Gold produces over 600,000 ounces of gold annually and has reserves of more than 15 million ounces. Plant modifications -- particularly in the company's autoclaves (used to extract gold from ore) and a heat recovery project that allows ore containing lower sulfur grades to be treated more efficiently -- have improved Lihir Gold's production. Global mining giant Rio Tinto Group formerly controlled a 15% stake in Lihir Gold.

Address: Pacific Place, 7th Fl., Cnr. Champion Parade and Musgrave St.Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Phone: +675-321-7711 Fax: +675-321-4705


• Chairman: Ross Garnaut • CEO: Arthur Hood • CFO and General Manager, Finanacial and Commercial: Paul Fulton

Meridian Gold Inc.

Miner Meridian Gold seeks the longitude and latitude of paydirt. The company's top producing project is its El Peñón operation in Chile, which yields about 314,000 ounces of gold and some 4.8 million ounces of silver annually. Other operations include a joint venture with Barrick Gold at the Rossi site in Nevada and the Esquel gold project in Argentina, along with exploration projects in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. The company's total proven and probable reserves include 4.4 million ounces of gold at the El Peñón and Esquel sites.

Address: 9670 Gateway Dr., Ste. 200Reno, NV 89521-3952 Phone: 775-850-3777 Fax: 775-850-3733


• Non-Executive Chairman: Christopher R. Lattanzi • Vice Chairman, President, and CEO: Brian J. Kennedy • EVP and Secretary: Edward H. Colt

Mines Management, Inc.

Mines Management explores and develops silver and copper properties in the US. The company's primary property is the Montanore project in northwestern Montana, which was operated between 1988 and 2002 by Noranda Minerals. Mines Management would like to further develop the Montanore property, and the company is working to complete the required environmental and engineering studies and to determine an economically viable way to conduct mining operations.

Address: 905 W. Riverside, Ste. 311Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: 509-838-6050 Fax: 509-838-0486


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Glenn M. Dobbs • VP Business Development and Corporate Secretary: Douglas D. Dobbs • CFO and Treasurer: James H. Moore

Miramar Mining Corporation

Miramar Mining's gold is no mirage. The company's primary operation is the exploration of the Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut, Canada. In addition, it operates the Con and Giant Mines near Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territory. The two mines are winding down, with production dropping to about 15,000 ounces of gold in 2004. In order to focus on its promising Hope Bay project, Miramar divested most of its interest in Northern Orion Explorations, which has mining operations in Argentina and Cuba. Miramar Mining formed a joint venture in 2004 with Kinross Gold to explore the Back River gold projects in Nunavut.

Address: 889 Harbourside Dr., Ste. 300North Vancouver, British Columbia V7P 3S1, Canada


• Chairman: Anthony J. Petrina • President, CEO, and Director: Anthony P. (Tony) Walsh • EVP and COO: Brian M. Labadie

Nevsun Resources Ltd.

Nevsun Resources is looking to heat things up in the mining business. The company explores and develops gold and base metal properties in Africa. It expects its Tabakoto gold project in Mali to begin commercial production after it completes construction in 2006. Its other main projects include the exploration of the Segala gold project in Mali and the Bisha property (which includes gold, copper, and zinc) in Eritrea. Nevsun also holds the Kubi gold project in Ghana, with major player AngloGold Ashanti (formerly Ashanti Goldfields).

Address: 1075 W. Georgia St., Ste. 800Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9, Canada Phone: 604-623-4700 Fax: 604-623-4701

• Chairman: Gary E. German • President, CEO, and Director: John A. Clarke • COO: Gerald J. (Gerry) Gauthier

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Newmont Mining Corporation

Newmont Mining certainly goes for the gold. The company is among the world's top gold producers (with Barrick ahead of AngloGold Ashanti), following acquisitions in Canada, Bolivia, and Australia. Newmont produces some 8 million ounces of gold annually; it has proven and probable reserves of more than 90 million ounces of gold. Other metals that the company mines include copper, silver, and zinc. Operations in North America and South America account for more than half of Newmont's production. It also has mining facilities in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Uzbekistan.

Address: 1700 Lincoln St.Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303-863-7414 Fax: 303-837-5837


• Chairman and CEO: Wayne W. Murdy • President and Director: Pierre Lassonde • SVP, Operations: Thomas L. Enos

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.

American mining business for a long time to come. The company is putting all of its effort into exploring and developing the Pebble Property in Alaska, about 230 miles from Anchorage. The property is believed to contain more than 25 million ounces of gold and about 15 billion pounds of copper. Once owned by Canadian zinc miner Teck Cominco, the property's option rights were acquired by Northern Dynasty Minerals in 2004. Deposit developer Hunter Dickinson provides management services for the company.


• Chairman: Robert A. Dickinson • President, CEO, and Director: Ronald W. Thiessen • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Jeffrey R. Mason

Northgate Minerals Corporation

Minerals nevertheless dates back to 1919. The company, formerly called Northgate Exploration, mines gold and copper at its Kemess South open pit mine in British Columbia. The mine produces some 300,000 ounces of gold and more than 75 million pounds of copper annually. Northgate's adjacent property, Kemess North, contains an estimated 4 million ounces of gold and nearly 1.5 billion pounds of copper; it's expected to begin producing around 2007. The company is also involved in several joint ventures including the Hyland Gold property with StrataGold and the Sustut Copper project with Doublestar Resources.

Address: 815 Hornby St., Ste. 404Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2E6, Canada Phone: 604-681-4004 Fax: 604-681-4003


• Chairman: Terrence A. (Terry) Lyons • President, CEO, and Director: Kenneth G. Stowe • SVP and CFO: Jon A. Douglas

NovaGold Resources Inc.

NovaGold Resources is hitching its star to gold and copper prospecting. The company explores and develops mineral properties across Alaska and Canada. Its main projects include the Ambler (in partnership with Rio Tinto), Donlin Creek (in partnership with Placer Dome), and Nome operations in Alaska. In British Columbia, NovaGold Resources is exploring the Galore Creek gold and copper project. None of its mining operations are in production. The company does earns revenue from sand-and-gravel production (at its Nome property) and from the sale of land.

Address: 200 Granville St., Ste. 2300Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1S4, Canada Phone: 604-669-6227 Fax: 604-699-6272

Fiscal Year End: November Revenue (2005): 1.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-9.50%) Employees (2004): 40

• President, CEO, and Director: Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse • SVP, CFO, and Secretary: Robert J. (Don) MacDonald • SVP and COO: Peter W. Harris

Orezone Resources Inc.

Orezone Resources hopes to find that elusive strata of gold in the earth. To accomplish this task, the company has concentrated on exploring and developing gold properties in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Some of its properties in Burkina Faso include Bondi, Essakan, and Sega. Founded in 1995, Orezone Resources partners with other miners, most notably Gold Fields Limited, to move a project into production.

Address: 290 Picton St., Ste. 201Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8P8, Canada Phone: 613-241-3699 Fax: 613-241-6005

Director: Ronald N. (Ron) Little • CFO: Douglas (Doug) Perkins • VP, Corporate Development: Greg Bowes

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Pacific Rim Mining Corp.

Pacific Rim Mining hopes it has found the gold coast. The company is focusing on developments (primarily gold deposits) in the Americas. Its most advanced property is the El Dorado gold project in El Salvador. Its other assets include a 49% interest in the Denton-Rawhide gold mine in Nevada as well as various exploration projects in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador. Kennecott Minerals holds the remaining shares in the Denton-Rawhide mine. The company was formed by the 2002 merger of US-based Dayton Mining and a Canadian company, also called Pacific Rim Mining, in an all-share deal.


Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2005): 11.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.70%) Employees (2004): 134 Employee Growth (1 yr): 16.50%

• Chairman: Catherine E. McLeod-Seltzer • CEO, President, and Director: Thomas C. (Tom) Shrake • CFO: F. John Norman

Queenstake Resources Ltd.

Queenstake Resources rules over gold mines in Nevada. The mining and exploration company's only property in production is the Jerritt Canyon gold mine, which was acquired from AngloGold and Meridian Gold in 2003. Jerritt Canyon is expected to produce about 275,000 ounces of gold annually from its mines in Nevada. The mine has been in production for about 25 years. Queenstake Resources had originally been involved in developing the Magistral mine, but decided to sell it in order to focus its resources on maximizing production at the Jerritt Canyon mine.

Address: 204 Lambert St., Ste. 200Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3T2, Canada


• Chairman: Robert L. Zerga • CEO and President; EVP, Director of Exploration, and Directo: Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol • VP, Finance and CFO: Eric H. Edwards

Randgold Resources Limited

Randgold Resources hopes its Morila mine is a golden gorilla. The exploration and mining company's chief asset is its stake in the Morila Limited gold mine located in Mali. Morila is a joint venture with leading gold miner AngloGold Ashanti. Randgold Resources has holdings in projects in Mali (the Loulo operation, which began production in 2005) and Côte d'Ivoire (the Tongon operation). It also has exploration projects in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Tanzania. The company has proven and probable reserves of about 2.5 million ounces of gold. Randgold Resources was spun off from Randgold & Exploration in 1995 and in 2006 Randgold & Exploration sold its remaining holding in the company.

Address: La Motte Chambers, La Motte StreetSt. Helier, Jersey JE1 1BJ, Channel Islands Phone: +44-1534-735-333 Fax: +44-1534-735-444


• Chairman: Philippe Liétard • CEO and Director: D. Mark Bristow • Finance Director and Director: Roger A. Williams

Richmont Mines Inc.

name. The company's Canadian mines produce about 70,000 ounces of gold annually and have total gold reserves of more than 600,000 ounces. It owns the Beaufor Mine, it's largest producing mine, in southwestern Quebec (half of its Beaufor stake is through 70%-owned subsidiary Louvem Mines Inc.). Richmont's nearby Camflo Mill processes mine production. The company's Francoeur and Nugget Pond mines have played out, but it expects the East Amphi and Island Gold properties to begin production in 2007.

Address: 110 avenue PrincipaleRouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 4P2, Canada Phone: 819-797-2465 Fax: 819-797-0166


• President and CEO: Martin Rivard • VP, Operations: Christian Pichette • Finance Director: Nicole Veilleux

Rio Tinto Group Yes

Royal Gold, Inc. Yes

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Rio Tinto is always on the lookout for pay dirt. Rio Tinto Group, one of the world's largest mining operations, comprises dual-listed sister companies Rio Tinto Limited (based in Melbourne) and Rio Tinto plc (based in London). Although each company trades separately, the two Rio Tintos operate as one business. Rio Tinto mines coal (about 20% of sales), iron, copper, uranium, industrial minerals (borax, salt, talc), aluminum, gold, and diamonds. The company has operations worldwide, but most of its mines are located in politically stable areas of Australia, Europe, and North America. Mining operations in these areas account for nearly 80% of sales. Subsidiaries include Kennecott Utah Copper.

Address: 55 Collins St., Level 33Melbourne 3000, Australia Phone: +61-3-9283-3333 Fax: +61-3-9283-3707


• CEO and Director: R. Leigh Clifford • Finance Director and Director: Guy R. Elliot • Head of Communication and Sustainable Development: Andrew Vickerman

gold mines, the company buys the right to collect royalties from mine operators. This strategy allows Royal Gold to minimize its exposure to the costs of mineral exploration and development. More than 80% of the company's revenue comes from its royalty interests related to the Pipeline Mining Complex, a project in Lander County, Nevada, operated by affiliates of Placer Dome and Rio Tinto. Royal Gold holds royalty stakes in other producing properties in the western US and in Argentina. The company also owns interests in exploration- and development stage projects in the US and in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Finland, and Russia.

Address: 1660 Wynkoop St., Ste. 1000Denver, CO 80202-1132 Phone: 303-573-1660 Fax: 303-595-9385

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2005): 25.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 18.20% Employees (2005): 14 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-6.70%)

• Chairman and CEO: Stanley Dempsey • President, COO, and Director: Tony Jensen • Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer: Stefan L. Wenger

Rubicon Minerals Corporation

Rubicon hopes to find the mother lode in Mother Earth. The company primarily has operations near Red Lake, Ontario, that it hopes to mine for gold; the properties are called the McFinley Gold Project and the McCuaig Property joint venture. Through subsidiaries, Rubicon also owns interests in properties in other parts of Canada and Alaska. Its Toquima Minerals subsidiary explores for gold and base metals in Alaska and Nevada. All the properties are in exploration stage, meaning the company has not yet determined whether removing minerals from them would be feasible.



• Chairman: J. Garfield MacVeigh • President, CEO, and Director: David W. Adamson • CFO: Peter G. Wong

Seabridge Gold Inc.

exploration. The company is mainly exploring the Courageous Lake project in the Northwest Territories, the Grassy Mountain project in Oregon, and the Kerr-Sulphurets and Red Mountain projects in British Columbia. Seabridge acquired the Noche Buena gold mining project located in Mexico from Hecla Mining in early 2006. It also holds options to form joint ventures in numerous other properties located in North America. Albert Friedberg, through Pan Atlantic Bank and Trust, holds a 20% interest in Seabridge Gold.

Address: 172 King St. East, Ste. 300Toronto, Ontario M5A 1J3, Canada Phone: 416-367-9292 Fax: 416-367-2711


• President, CEO, and Director: Rudi P. Fronk • Chairman: James S. Anthony • CFO and Secretary: Roderick (Rod) Chisholm

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Vista Gold Corp. Yes

Yamana Gold Inc. Yes

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration, formerly Tan Range Exploration, is more interested in gold than a golden tan. The company acquires prospecting licenses in East Africa and options out exploration and development rights under royalty agreements to larger mining companies. Tanzanian Royalty holds 140 mineral properties in Tanzania's Lake Victoria Greenstone belt and Kabanga regions (the sites of small scale mining in the past). In addition to gold, Greenstone deposits contain diamonds, copper, nickel, and zinc. While none of its properties are in production, the company has agreements with industry giants Barrick Gold and AngloGold Ashanti, as well as smaller firm Northern Mining Explorations.

Address: 355 Burrard St., Ste. 1400Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G8, Canada Phone: 604-669-5598 Fax: 604-669-8915

• Chairman and CEO: James E. (Jim) Sinclair • President: Jonathan G. Deane • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Victoria Luis

Taseko Mines Limited

Taseko Mines owns and operates a copper mine and two properties where gold has been discovered, all in British Columbia. The company's Gibraltar Mine produces copper concentrate and molybdenum. Taseko's also owns the Prosperity project, which contains an estimated 2.3 billion pounds of copper and 6.7 million ounces of gold, and the Harmony property with an estimated 3 million ounces of gold. Taseko is part of the stable of mining companies managed by Hunter Dickinson, Inc.


Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 75.50 M Employees (2004): 15 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Co-Chairman: Robert A. Dickinson • Co-Chairman: Ronald W. Thiessen • President and CEO: Russell E. Hallbauer

When it views its holdings, Vista Gold hopes its prospects for gold are good. The company's principal property is its Hycroft mine in Nevada. Hycroft -- an open-pit, heap-leach gold and silver mine -- produced more than a million ounces of gold between 1983 and 1999. Vista Gold has since suspended mining at Hycroft and has frozen development of its Amayapampa property in Bolivia, and both properties are being sold. Vista Gold owns other properties in the US (California, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada) and in Bolivia, as well as interests in gold projects in Mexico and Indonesia. The company has agreed to buy the Mt. Todd gold mine in northern Australia.

Address: 7961 Shaffer Pkwy., Ste. 5Littleton, CO 80127 Phone: 720-981-1185 Fax: 720-981-1186


• President, CEO, and Director: Michael B. Richings • CFO: Gregory G. Marlier • VP, Business Development: Howard M. Harlan

Yamana Gold (formerly Yamana Resources) does its business in Brazil. The company has operating mines (Fazenda Brasileiro and Fazenda Nova) that produce some 130,000 ounces of gold annually. It has two other mines under construction in Brazil (with plans to begin mining production in 2006). Yamana Gold also expects to mine for copper as part of its expansion plans. In 2006 the company acquired Canada-based RNC Gold, giving Yamana several mines in production and various exploration operations in Latin America. That year Yamana also bought Desert Sun Mining, which complements the company's Brazilian operations.

Address: 150 York St., Ste. 1902Toronto, Ontario M5H3S5, Canada Phone: 416-815-0220 Fax: 416-815-0021


• Chairman: Victor H. Bradley • President, CEO, and Director: Peter Marrone • COO and Director: Antenor Silva


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Abraxas Petroleum Corporation [ABP]

number 365 in Greek, and Abraxas Petroleum is working hard as a 365-day-a-year oil and gas company. The independent energy company is engaged in natural gas and crude oil exploration, development, and production. It operates primarily in Texas (along the Gulf Coast and in the Permian Basin) and in Wyoming, and reports estimated proved reserves of 75.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 3.1 million barrels of oil. In 2003 Abraxas sold its Canadian subsidiaries to a royalty trust for approximately $138 million, and reorganized its remaining Canadian assets as Grey Wolf Exploration, Inc. In 2005 Grey Wolf Exploration was spun off in an IPO.

Address: 500 N. Loop 1604 E., Ste. 100San Antonio, TX 78232 Phone: 210-490-4788 Fax: 210-490-8816


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Robert L. G. (Bob) Watson • EVP, CFO, and Treasurer: Chris E. Williford • VP Land and Marketing and Secretary: Stephen T. Wendel

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC

Just like "Allegheny Moon" Patti Page sang about, Allegheny Energy Supply can really "shine, shine, shine." The company is the power production business segment of utility holding company Allegheny Energy (AE). The unit owns and operates about 20 fossil-fueled and hydroelectric power plants, but about 95% of its power is generated by coal (the company burns 18 million tons of coal a year). Located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US, Allegheny Energy Supply plants have a generating capacity of approximately 11,000 MW and supplies power to AE's distribution subsidiaries as well as to customers in deregulated markets.

Address: 4350 Northern PikeMonroeville, PA 15146-2841 Phone: 412-858-1600 Fax: 412-856-3725

• Chairman and CEO: Paul J. Evanson • President: John P. Campbell • Chief Commercial Officer: Philip L. Goulding

Altek Power Corporation [APKKF.PK]

Altek Power hopes it has all the technology it needs to become a top player in the global electricity market. The independent power producer is a manufacturer of distributed generation plants. It operates a generation facility in Alberta that is fueled with solution gas (a waste product of the petroleum industry). Altek Power also sells distributed generation equipment, including waste gas-fired turbine generators and biomass (organic waste) energy systems. It provides engineering and construction services for power plants and other heavy industrial facilities. Altek Power expanded in 2004 with the acquisition of an 80% stake in Focus Industrial Contractors, which provides biomass and gas power construction.

Address: 1708 Dolphin Ave., Ste. 1004Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 9S4, Canada Phone: 250-717-3707 Fax: 250-717-3708


• Chairman and CEO: Byron P. Loewen • President, CFO, Secretary, and Director: Rodney W. (Rod) Reum • Manager Distribution and Sales: James W. (Jim) Lehman

AmerGen Energy Company, LLC

Three Mile Island looked like an opportunity, not a disaster, to AmerGen Energy, which acquires and operates nuclear plants as an independent power producer in North America. AmerGen was formed to capitalize on a marketplace in which utilities were unloading their nukes due to new laws or high operational costs. AmerGen acquired three nuclear stations in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in 1999 and 2000; its assets give it a generating capacity of about 2,500 MW. More bidders have entered the nuclear market since then, and several acquisition attempts by AmerGen have been rejected by utilities that instead wanted to auction off the assets. AmerGen is a part of utility holding company Exelon.

Address: 300 Exelon WayKennett Square, PA 19348 Phone: 610-765-5493 Fax: 610-765-5789

• President and CEO: Christopher M. (Chris) Crane

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American Oil & Gas, Inc. [AEZ]

untapped natural gas deposits, and American Oil & Gas is searching for them. The exploration and production company is focusing its efforts on Montana and Wyoming, a region with one of the largest undeveloped natural gas fields in the US. American Oil & Gas has acquired stakes in more than 180,000 gross acres in its five core project areas, and has estimated proved reserves of 321,710 barrels of oil and 346.3 million cu. ft. of natural gas, The company was formed via a strategic alliance between North Finn LLC and Tower Colombia Corporation. In 2005 American Oil & Gas acquired Tower Colombia Corp.

Address: 1050 17th St., Ste. 1850Denver, CO 80265 Phone: 303-991-0173 Fax: 303-595-0709


• Chairman and CEO: Patrick D. (Pat) O'Brien • President, CFO, and Director: Andrew P. (Andy) Calerich

Americas Power Partners, Inc. [APPN.PK]

Generating profits through cogeneration, Americas Power Partners focuses on cogeneration technologies as it develops small-scale independent power plants in the US and sells electricity to utilities, marketers, and industrial and commercial users. The company also provides on-site distributed generation and optimization services (whereby it improves plant operations but leaves ownership in the hands of the client). In addition, Americas Power Partners improves some plant's utility and distribution systems while taking ownership and operation of the plant. Armstrong International owns 41% of Americas Power Partners; chairman and CEO Mark Margason holds a 31% stake.

Address: 710 N. York Rd.Hinsdale, IL 60521 Phone: 630-325-9101 Fax: 630-325-8167

• Chairman and CEO: Mark A. Margason • President, COO, and Director: Gordon B. Mendelson • CFO: Jerome P. Frett

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation [APC]

Anadarko Petroleum has ventured beyond its original area of operation -- the Anadarko Basin -- to explore for, develop, produce, and market oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and related products worldwide. The large independent company has proved reserves of 1.1 billion barrels of crude oil and 7.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas. More than half of the company's reserves are in the US (Alaska, Louisiana, Texas, the midcontinent and Rocky Mountain regions, and the Gulf of Mexico). Other activities include coal, trona, and other mineral mining.

Address: 1201 Lake Robbins Dr.The Woodlands, TX 77380-1046 Phone: 832-636-1000 Fax: 832-636-8220


• Chairman, President, and CEO: James T. (Jim) Hackett • SVP and CFO; CEO, Anadarko Algeria Company: R. A. (Al) Walker • VP Corporate Development: Albert L. (Al) Richey

Apache Corporation [APA]

Apache is an oil and gas exploration and production company with onshore and offshore operations in North America and in Argentina, Australia, China, Egypt, and the UK. The company has proved reserves of 2.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent, mostly from five North American regions: the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma, and Canada. In 2004 it acquired more than two dozen mature US and Canadian fields from Exxon Mobil for $347 million and Gulf of Mexico properties from Anadarko Petroleum for $525 million. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyed 8 of its 241 rigs in the Gulf.

Address: 2000 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 100Houston, TX 77056-4400 Phone: 713-296-6000 Fax: 713-296-6496


• Chairman: Raymond Plank • President, CEO, COO, and Director: G. Steven (Steve) Farris • EVP and CFO: Roger B. Plank

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Apco Argentina Inc. [APAGF]

Aptly named, Apco Argentina exploits oil and gas resources in Argentina. Deregulation gave Apco Argentina's joint venture with Perez Companc and Petrolera Perez Companc the right to pump oil from the Entre Lomas concession in southwestern Argentina until 2026. The exploration and production company (69%-owned by US powerhouse The Williams Companies) holds a 53% stake in the Entre Lomas venture. Apco Argentina, which also holds interests in other oil and gas concessions in Argentina, has proved reserves of 22.6 million barrels of oil and 65.1 billion cu. ft. of gas.

Address: One Williams Center, 26th Fl.Tulsa, OK 74172 Phone: 918-573-2164 Fax: 918-573-6546


• Chairman and CEO: Ralph A. Hill • President, COO, and General Manager: Thomas Bueno • CFO, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer: Landy L. Fullmer

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation [ATPG]

ATP Oil & Gas looks for its revenues where others have shelved their operations. The company's strategy is to exploit continental shelf assets that are being sold by larger oil companies searching for higher returns in deeper waters. It explores and develops natural gas and oil properties primarily on the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, where it has interests in 52 blocks, 26 platforms, and 68 wells, and in the Southern Gas Basin of the UK's North Sea. Its proved reserves total 275.2 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent; natural gas makes up the bulk of the reserves. Employees and directors, led by founder and CEO Paul Bulmahn, control 37% of ATP Oil & Gas.

Address: 4600 Post Oak Place, Ste. 200Houston, TX 77027 Phone: 713-622-3311 Fax: 713-622-5101


• Chairman and President: T. Paul Bulmahn • SVP Operations: Leland E. Tate • SVP and CFO: Albert L. Reese Jr.

Barnwell Industries, Inc. [BRN]

Barnwell Industries has more than a barnful of assets. Its interests range from oil and gas production, contract well drilling operations, and Hawaiian property investments. Barnwell Industries explores for and produces oil and natural gas primarily in Alberta, Canada. It has proved reserves of 1.3 million barrels of oil and 25.2 billion cu. ft. of gas. Subsidiary Water Resources International drills water and geothermal wells and installs and repairs water pump systems in Hawaii. The company also owns a 78% interest in Kaupulehu Developments, which owns leasehold rights to more than 1,900 acres in Hawaii.

Address: 1100 Alakea St., Ste. 2900Honolulu, HI 96813-2833 Phone: 808-531-8400 Fax: 808-531-7181


• Chairman and CEO: Morton H. Kinzler • President, COO, General Counsel, and Director: Alexander C. Kinzler • EVP, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Russell M. Gifford

Berry Petroleum Company [BRY]

It may be small fruit in the giant petroleum industry, but Berry Petroleum delivers the juice. The company buys properties with heavy crude oil reserves for exploitation and sale to refining companies. Berry Petroleum's core properties are in California's Kern, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties, and its proved reserves of 126 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company squeezes the most from its assets by using thermal recovery: Steam is injected into heavy crude oil reserves to reduce oil viscosity and allow it to flow to the surface. Berry Petroleum also owns three gas-fired cogeneration facilities. In 2005 the company acquired 130,000 acres of oil and gas assets in Colorado from J-W Operating Company.

Address: 5201 Truxtun Ave., Ste. 300Bakersfield, CA 93309-0640 Phone: 661-616-3900 Fax: 661-616-3881


• Chairman: Martin H. Young Jr. • President , CEO, and Director: Robert F. Heinemann • EVP and CFO: Ralph J. Goehring

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Blue Dolphin Energy Company [BDCO]

Blue Dolphin Energy is trying to stay afloat in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Blue Dolphin Energy explores for and acquires, develops, and operates oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Texas Gulf Coast. The company owns offshore pipeline operations and its Petroport subsidiary develops deep-water terminals and storage facilities, allowing large tankers to deposit crude oil directly into a pumping facility. Blue Dolphin Energy swam in choppy waters in 2003 and 2004, running up heavy debts in its exploration and production activities. In 2004 it reported proved reserves of only 400 barrels of oil and 35.3 million cu. ft. of natural gas.

Address: 801 Travis, Ste. 2100Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-227-7660 Fax: 713-227-7626


• Chairman and CEO: Ivar Siem • President and Secretary: Michael J. (Mike) Jacobson • VP, Business Development: John P. Atwood

Renewable energy never gets old to Boralex. The company produces wood-residue, natural gas-fired cogeneration, hydroelectric, and wind energy in Quebec, the northeastern US, and France. Boralex owns and operates power stations with a combined capacity of about 250.2 MW: eight hydroelectric plants (Canada, France, and US), five wood-residue thermal power stations (Maine and New York), and a natural gas cogeneration power station and three wind farms (France). It also manages several power generating facilities (191 MW of electricity) owned by Boralex Power Income Fund, in which it owns a 23% stake. Canada-based paper and packaging group Cascades owns 43% of Boralex, which was incorporated in 1982.

Address: 36, rue LajeunesseKingsey Falls, Quebec J0A 1B0, Canada Phone: 819-363-5116 Fax: 819-363-5127


• Chairman and CEO: Bernard Lemaire • President, COO, and Director: Claude Audet • VP and CFO: Jean-François Thibodeau

Brigham Exploration Company [BEXP]

first small independent exploration and production firms to use 3-D seismic imaging. The company continues to rely on 3-D and other advanced technologies for onshore exploration. It explores mainly in the Anadarko Basin, the onshore Texas Gulf Coast, and West Texas. Since its founding in 1990, it has drilled more than 650 wells. Brigham Exploration has net proved reserves of about 101.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 3.2 million barrels of oil. Founder and CEO Bud Brigham and his wife, Anne, control 7% of the company.

Address: 6300 Bridge Point Pkwy., Building 2, Ste. 500Austin, TX 78730 Phone: 512-427-3300 Fax: 512-427-3400


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Ben M. (Bud) Brigham • EVP and CFO: Eugene B. Shepherd Jr.

British Energy Group plc [BEYGF.PK]

in the wake of the UK's 1957 Windscale plant nuclear accident, the 1979 Three Mile Island incident in the US, and the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. But British Energy is still a believer. The group is the UK's largest electricity generator and produces about 20% of the UK's power through its eight nuclear facilities in Scotland and England (total capacity is 9,600 MW). British Energy also owns the 2,000-MW coal-fired plant (Eggborough) in England; it has sold its North American power generation operations. The company, affected by a slump in wholesale power prices, has completed a two-year restructuring and a government bailout.

Address: 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel ParkEast Kilbride, South Lanarkshire G74 5PR, United Kingdom Phone: +44-135-526-2000 Fax: +44-135-526-2301

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 905.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-40.30%) Employees (2005): 5,451 Employee Growth (1 yr): 5.50%

• Chairman: Adrian A. Montague • CEO and Director: William A. (Bill) Coley • Finance Director and Director: Stephen Billingham

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Brookfield Power Corporation

Brookfield Power (formerly Brascan Power) isn't brash when it comes to producing electricity. The subsidiary of real estate firm Brookfield Asset Management generates more than 2,600 MW of capacity at hydroelectric plants in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, as well as in the US (Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, and New York) and Brazil. Brookfield Power also has power transmission and distribution operations (11,000 customers) in northern Ontario. Both the company and its parent have snapped up more than 70 hydroelectric generating stations in the US since September 2004.

Address: BCE Place, 181 Bay St., Ste. 300Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada Phone: 416-363-9491 Fax: 416-363-2856

• Co-Chairman: Ed Kress • Co-Chairman and CEO: Harry A. Goldgut • President and COO: Richard Legault

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation [COG]

Like a cog on a gear in a well-oiled machine, Cabot Oil & Gas (ticker symbol: COG) has engaged in the oil industry very efficiently. Cabot explores for and produces natural gas and oil, and it sells gas to industrial customers, local utilities, and gas marketers. It has estimated proved reserves of 1.2 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Major areas of operation include Appalachia, the Anadarko Basin (Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas), the Rocky Mountains (Wyoming), and the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. The company also has reserves in Alberta and British Columbia.

Address: 1200 Enclave Pkwy.Houston, TX 77077 Phone: 281-589-4600 Fax: 281-589-4828


• Chairman, CEO, and President: Dan O. Dinges • SVP and COO: Michael B. Walen • VP and CFO: Scott C. Schroeder

Callon Petroleum Company [CPE]

Callon Petroleum can call on new technologies to find old petroleum resources, employing computer-aided techniques such as 3-D surveys to explore and develop oil and gas properties. It also focuses on acquiring properties. Most of the firm's holdings are in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, although some are onshore in Alabama and Louisiana. Callon's estimated proved reserves stand at 188.6 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. The firm owns working and/or royalty interests in about 231 producing oil wells and 242 producing gas wells. Natural gas accounts for the bulk of its daily production. The company collaborates with Murphy Oil, BP, and others in its offshore exploration.

Address: 200 N. Canal St.Natchez, MS 39120 Phone: 601-442-1601 Fax: 601-446-1410


• Chairman, Callon Petroleum and Callon Petroleum Operating: John S. Callon • President, CEO, Acting CFO, and Director, Callon Petroleum a: Fred L. Callon • Corporate Information Officer: H. Clark Smith

Calpine Corporation

Calpine may get hot, but it also knows how to blow off some steam. The independent power producer and marketer controls more than 26,000 MW of generating capacity through interests in natural gas-fired power plants in the US, Canada, and the UK. Calpine is also a top geothermal producer; it owns 90% of the plants at the largest geothermal facility in the US (The Geysers in northern California), where electricity is produced from natural steam. Calpine has 750 MW of capacity from these plants. In addition, the company owns approximately 500 billion cu. ft. equivalent of proved natural gas reserves and has gas gathering and transportation assets. Calpine filed Chapter 11 late in 2005.

Address: 50 W. San Fernando St.San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: 408-995-5115 Fax: 408-995-0505


• Chairman: Kenneth T. Derr • CEO and Director: Robert P. (Bob) May • CFO: Scott J. Davido

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Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. [CHDVF.PK]

Canadian Hydro Developers wants to fill up the Canadian energy market with water, wind, and wood-waste generated electricity. The company builds and operates independent power plants that focus on low-impact renewable energy technologies, such as hydroelectric, biomass, and wind energy, in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. It has 17 low-impact renewable power plants with a combined net capacity of 162 MW. In 2005 it signed a 20-year contract to sell green power to the Ontario Electricity Finance Corporation for the Melancthon Grey Wind Project near Shelborne.

Address: Ste. 500, 1324 17th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2T 5S8, Canada Phone: 403-269-9379 Fax: 403-244-7388


• CEO and Director: John D. Keating • President, COO, and Director: J. Ross Keating • CFO: Kent E. Brown

Canadian Natural Resources Limited [CNQ]

Canadian Natural Resources has exploited Canada's resources to become one of the country's largest gas producers. The company has large oil and natural gas holdings in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as in Saskatchewan. It also has holdings in the North Sea and offshore West Africa. Canadian Natural has proved reserves of 1.1 billion barrels of oil and 2.7 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas and produces an average of 514,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company has begun development of its C $10.8-billion Horizon Oil Sands Project, which is Canada' fourth major open-pit oil sands development. Horizon is projected to produce up to 110,000 barrels of bitumen per day by mid-2008.

Address: 855 - 2 St. SW, Ste. 2500Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J8, Canada Phone: 403-517-6700 Fax: 403-517-7350


• Chairman: Allan P. Markin • President and Director: John G. Langille • COO: Steve W. Laut

CanArgo Energy Corporation [CNR]

CanArgo make a go of it? Apparently so. CanArgo Energy, formerly Fountain Oil, is an independent oil and gas company that primarily acquires, develops, and exploits gas and oil properties in Eastern Europe. The main focus of CanArgo Energy is the Ninotsminda field in the Republic of Georgia, where the company's Ninotsminda Oil subsidiary operates a production-sharing venture with Georgian Oil. Proved reserves at the Ninotsminda field are 6.3 million barrels of oil and 2.6 billion cu. ft. of gas. CanArgo also explores in Georgia's Samgori field and holds interests in Kazakhstan. CanArgo has disposed of its oil and gas interests in Ukraine and its petroleum product marketing and refining operations in Georgia.

Address: St. Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 3RR, Channel Islands Phone: +44-1481-729-980 Fax: +44-1481-729-982


• Chairman, President, and CEO: David Robson • CFO: Richard J. Battey • COO: Vincent McDonnell

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. [CRZO]

Carrizo Oil & Gas sees its future in 3-D. An independent exploration and production company that drills in proven onshore fields along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, Carrizo aggressively acquires 3-D seismic data and arranges land lease options in conjunction with conducting seismic surveys. As part of a new strategy, the company is exploiting deeper, over-pressured targets, which generally require higher cost. To reduce its risk, it is selling some of the prospects. Carrizo has additional properties in North Texas, the Rockies, and in the UK North Sea. Its total proved reserves stand at 109.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Chairman Steven Webster owns 11% of Carrizo.

Address: 14701 St. Mary's Ln., Ste. 800Houston, TX 77079 Phone: 281-496-1352 Fax: 281-496-1251


• Chairman: Steven A. Webster • President, CEO, and Director: S. P. Johnson IV • VP, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: Paul F. Boling

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• CEO: Li Xiaopeng

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation [CHK]

Chesapeake Energy knows the peaks and valleys of the oil and gas business. The independent exploration and production company concentrates on building natural gas reserves through acquisitions in the US midcontinent region. This region accounts for the vast majority of the company's estimated proved reserves of 4.9 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, but Chesapeake also has assets along the Gulf Coast, in the Permian Basin, and in the Ark-La-Tex region. In 2005, in a major move, the company acquired Columbia Natural Resources for $2.2 billion. Chesapeake co-founders Tom Ward (president) and Aubrey McClendon (CEO) own 5.9% and 5.5% of the company, respectively.

Address: 6100 N. Western Ave.Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Phone: 405-848-8000 Fax: 405-843-0573


• Chairman and CEO: Aubrey K. McClendon • EVP and CFO: Marcus C. Rowland • EVP Operations and COO: Steven C. Dixon

China HuaNeng Group

China Huaneng Group (CHNG) is one of China's five largest power conglomerates. The company oversees government interests in 10 subsidiaries, including more than 40% in Huaneng Power International. Through subsidiaries it develops and operates more than 85 thermal and hydro power plants. CHNG is responsible for close to 195 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. In addition to its power-generation business, the company plans to enter other sectors, including finance, transportation, information technology, and renewable energy.

Address: 40 Xueyuan NanluBeijing 100088, China Phone: +86-10-6229-1888 Fax: +86-10-6229-1899

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation [SNP]

is the largest refiner and petrochemical producer in China. Its parent, state-owned China Petrochemical (Sinopec Group), reorganized in 2000 and pooled the best of its assets as Sinopec Corp. Sinopec Corp.'s businesses include oil and gas exploration and production; crude oil processing; oil products trading, transportation, distribution and marketing; and petrochemical products production, marketing and distribution. It has proved reserves of 3.3 billion barrels of oil and 2.9 trillion cu. ft. of gas, and owns more than 29,400 gas stations. The government of China owns 55% of the company.

Address: 6A Huixin East St., Chaoyang DistrictBeijing 100029, China Phone: +86-10-6499-0060 Fax: +86-10-6499-0022


• Chairman: Chen Tonghai • President: Wang Tianpu • SVP, CFO, and Director: Zhang Jiaren

Cimarex Energy Co. [XEC]

Cimarex Energy's energy is devoted to oil and gas exploration and production. The company was formed in 2002 by the spinoff of a unit of contract driller Helmerich & Payne's Cimarex Energy subsidiary and that unit's consequent acquisition of oil and gas explorer Key Production. Cimarex Energy is focusing its operations on the Midcontinent, Gulf Coast, Permian Basin, and Gulf of Mexico. The company has estimated proved reserves of more than 1.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. In 2005 Cimarex Energy acquired Magnum Hunter Resources in a $2.1 billion stock deal that doubled the size of the company.

Address: 1700 Lincoln St., Ste. 1800Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303-295-3995 Fax: 303-295-3494


• Chairman, President, and CEO: F. H. Merelli • SVP Business Development and Land: Stephen P. Bell • VP, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: Paul J. Korus

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CKX Lands, Inc. [CKX]

Revenues come naturally to CKX Lands. Formerly called Calcasieu Real Estate and Oil, CKX Lands owns about 14,000 acres in Louisiana that host oil and gas wells, mines, timber, and agricultural operations. Formed in 1930, the company does not perform any mining or oil and gas operations. Instead, it generates revenues through royalties from the natural resources produced from its land. Originally set up to receive mineral royalties spun off by a bank to its shareholders, CKX Lands' growth strategy is built around acquiring landholdings in southwest Louisiana. Its largets customer, Cox & Perkins accounts for about a third of the company's sales; Kerr-McGee and Unit Petroleum each account for about 15%.

Address: 3401 Ryan St.Lake Charles, LA 70601 Phone: 318-494-4256


• President and CEO: Arthur Hollins III • VP and Treasurer: William D. Blake

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. [CWEI]

Former Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams once devoted his energy to politics. Now he's devoted to the independent oil and gas firm that he founded. Clayton Williams Energy explores for oil and gas deposits in Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas and exploits those resources. The company has proved reserves of 299 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Most of those reserves are in the Permian Basin and in East Texas. It also operates 94 miles of gas pipeline and processing plants in Texas and Mississippi. Williams is CEO and owns approximately 48% of the firm. In 2004 Clayton Williams Energy boosted its reserves by 150% with the acquisition of Southwest Royalties Inc. for $188 million.

Address: 6 Desta Dr., Ste. 3000Midland, TX 79705-5510 Phone: 432-682-6324 Fax: 432-682-1452


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Clayton W. Williams • EVP, COO, and Director: L. Paul Latham • SVP, Finance, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Mel G. Riggs

CNOOC Limited [CEO]

CNOOC manages China's offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities, in partnership with international oil and gas firms. Under Chinese government-regulated production sharing contracts, CNOOC has the sole right to acquire up to 51% of any successful discovery offshore China made by foreign partners. CNOOC has 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in proven reserves, primarily in the South China Sea. CNOOC is also engaged in oil refining, natural gas processing, and refined and processed products marketing. The oil producer has a net production of 320,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, making it China's third largest oil company. CNOOC is 71%-owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation.

Address: 65th Fl., Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Rd., CentralHong Kong Phone: +852-2213-2500 Fax: +852-2525-9322


• Chairman and CEO: Chengyu Fu • President and Director: Shouwei Zhou • CFO: Hua Yang

Coast Mountain Power Corp.

Coast Mountain Power develops and operates independent hydroelectric power projects in British Columbia. Through its Coast Mountain Hydro Corp., the company is developing two hydroelectric-generating facilities on the Iskut River in northwestern British Columbia: the 112-MW (installed capacity) Forrest Kerr and the 19-MW More Creek project. In conjunction with the Forrest Kerr and More Creek projects, it has filed an application for a license for a 60-MW run-of-river hydroelectric generating plant on Mclymont Creek in British Columbia. The three projects will give the company a combined installed capacity of nearly 195 MW. It is also developing a transmission line to deliver electricity to the BC Hydro grid.

Address: Ste. 707, 1281 W. Georgia St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3J7, Canada Phone: 604-681-8680 Fax: 604-681-8646

• Chairman: J. Christopher Lay • President, CEO, and Director: Clifford A. (Cliff) Grandison • CFO and Director: Peter J. Sproston

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Cogentrix Energy, Inc.

Tricks are for kids, but Cogentrix Energy is for electric generating facilities, silly rabbit. The company develops, owns, and operates independent power plants, located primarily in the US. Cogentrix Energy has an operational generating capacity of 3,300 MW from its stakes in more than 25 coal- and gas-fired facilities. The company also sells electricity wholesale to utilities and power marketers, primarily through long-term purchase or conversion contracts. New York-based investment firm Goldman Sachs Group acquired Cogentrix Energy in December 2003.

Address: 9405 Arrowpoint Blvd.Charlotte, NC 28273-8110 Phone: 704-525-3800 Fax: 704-529-5313

• President: Larry Kellerman • Group SVP and CFO: Thomas F. Schwartz • Group SVP, Development, Mergers, and Acquisitions: Tom Bonner

Comstock Resources, Inc. [CRK]

and oil. The midsized independent oil and gas company has proved reserves of 504.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent (86% in the form of natural gas) on its properties in four major areas -- East Texas and North Louisiana, Mississippi, South Texas, and Southeast Texas. Comstock Resources operates 334 of the 670 producing wells in which it holds an interest. The company has grown by exploiting its existing reserves and through acquisitions. In 2004 Comstock Resources acquired producing properties from Ovation Energy for $62 million. In 2005 the company acquired assets from EnSight Energy Partners for $192.5 million.

Address: 5300 Town and Country Blvd., Ste. 500Frisco, TX 75034 Phone: 972-668-8800 Fax: 972-668-8812


• Chairman, President, and CEO: M. Jay Allison • SVP, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Roland O. Burns • VP Corporate Development: Michael W. Taylor

Constellation Generation Group, LLC

Constellation Generation is a real star when it comes to power generation. The company is a key element of parent Constellation Energy Group's nonregulated merchant energy division. The unit has more than 12,000 MW of generating capacity from 30 power and fuel processing facilities in 10 states. Its power is sold to wholesale customers through affiliate Constellation Energy Commodities Group (formerly Constellation Power Source).

Address: 1997 Annapolis Exchange Pkwy., Ste. 500Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: 410-897-5000 Fax: 410-234-5220


• President; EVP, Constellation Energy: Michael J. (Mike) Wallace • CFO: James (Jim) Walkington • SVP, Business Development: Joe C. Turnage

Contango Oil & Gas Company [MCF]

successful independent oil and natural gas company. Contango Oil & Gas (named after a term used by oil and gas traders to describe anticipated rising prices in the futures market) explores for and acquires oil and gas properties along the Gulf Coast. Contango, which holds proved reserves of 911 million cu. ft. of natural gas and 77,000 barrels of oil, has strategic exploration alliances with Juneau Exploration, Alta Resources, and others. In 2004 the company sold its south Texas natural gas and oil assets to Edge Petroleum for $50 million. CEO Kenneth Peak owns 18.5% of Contango.

Address: 3700 Buffalo Speedway, Ste. 960Houston, TX 77098 Phone: 713-960-1901 Fax: 713-960-1065

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 4.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-84.40%) Employees (2005): 6 Employee Growth (1 yr): 50.00%

• Chairman, President, CEO, CFO, and Secretary: Kenneth R. Peak

Covanta Energy Corporation

The power ball is back in Covanta Energy's court. The power producer has interests in plants located in the Americas, Asia, and Europe that generate some 2,000 MW of capacity. More than half of its power supply is derived from fossil-fueled and hydroelectric facilities; the rest comes from its alternative energy facilities, including its waste-to-energy plants in the US. It also provides contract construction, maintenance, and operation services for water and wastewater systems in the US. Covanta Energy emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection when it was acquired by Covanta Holding (then Danielson Holding) in 2004.

Address: 40 Lane Rd.Fairfield, NJ 07004 Phone: 973-882-9000 Fax: 973-882-7234


• President and CEO: Anthony J. Orlando • SVP and CFO: Craig D. Abolt • SVP, Operations: John M. Klett

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CREDO Petroleum Corporation [CRED]

CREDO Petroleum believes strongly in fossil fuels: It explores for, produces, and markets natural gas and crude oil in the US Gulf Coast, Midcontinent, and Rocky Mountain regions. The company has traditionally concentrated on shallow and medium-depth properties (7,000-10,000 ft.), but in 2005 it launched new projects in Kansas and South Texas (where it is drilling to well depths ranging from 10,000 to 15,500 feet). The company has estimated proved reserves of 15.5 billion cu. ft. of gas and 386,000 barrels of oil. Subsidiary United Oil operates the company's properties in Oklahoma, and CREDO Petroleum's other subsidiary, SECO Energy, owns royalty interests in the Rocky Mountains.

Address: 1801 Broadway, Ste. 900Denver, CO 80202-3837 Phone: 303-297-2200 Fax: 303-297-2204

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2005): 13.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 38.00% Employees (2004): 10 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman, President, CEO, and Treasurer: James T. Huffman • VP and CFO: David W. Vreeman

Crosstex Energy, L.P. [XTEX]

Across the Gulf of Mexico region of the US, Crosstex Energy is hard at work pushing natural gas. The company gathers, transports, treats, and processes natural gas through more than 5,000 miles of pipeline, nine processing plants, four fractionatiors, and 190 gas treating plants. Its revenues are generated through the purchase and resale of natural gas from more than 40 independent producers located along the US Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. Through its treating division, Crosstex cleans carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from natural gas, enabling it to meet pipeline quality requirements. Crosstex Energy Inc. owns and controls the general partner of Crosstex Energy.

Address: 2501 Cedar Springs, Ste. 600Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: 214-953-9500 Fax: 214-953-9501


• Chairman: Bryan H. Lawrence • President CEO, and Director: Barry E. Davis • EVP and CFO: William W. Davis

Datang International Power Generation Company Limited [DIPGY.PK]

Datang Power is a zinger in the Chinese power market. Datang International Power Generation (Datang Power), formerly Beijing Datang Power Generation, operates and develops power plants, sells electricity, and provides power equipment maintenance services throughout the country. The company is one of China's largest independent power producers; it has a generating capacity of about 11,300MW from interests in coal-fired and hydroelectric facilities. Datang Power owns and operates 4 power plants and manages 15 power companies. Government-owned China Datang Corp. owns about 35% of Datang Power.

Address: 482 Guanganmennei Ave., 8th Fl., Xuanwu DistrictBeijing 100053, China Phone: +86-10-8358-1901 Fax: +86-10-8358-1911


• Chairman: Zhai Ruoyu • Vice Chairman and President: Zhang Yi • CFO: Wang Xianzhou

Delta Petroleum Corporation [DPTR]

An independent oil and gas exploration and production company, Delta Petroleum has been dealt a good hand in proved reserves. It has 224.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, 54% of which is in the Louisiana and South Texas basins on the Gulf Coast. It is also active in offshore California near Santa Barbara, Colorado's Denver-Julesberg and Piceance basins, and Wyoming's Wind River basin. Delta Petroleum operates three major subsidiaries: Castle Texas Exploration Limited Partnership, Delta Exploration Company, Inc., and Piper Petroleum Company. It also owns about 92% of Amber Resources. In 2006 Delta Petroleum acquired Castle Energy.



• Chairman and CEO: Roger A. Parker • President and COO: John R Wallace • CFO and Treasurer: Kevin K. Nanke

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Delta Power Company, LLC

Delta Power is an alpha company when it comes to developing, acquiring, financing, and managing independent power projects throughout the US. The company has interests in 29 primarily fossil-fueled power plants in nine states with a combined generating capacity of more than 2,700 MW. It sells its electricity through wholesale contracts with regional utility companies and on the spot market. Subsidiary Delta Power Services provides operation and maintenance services. Financial partners include John Hancock Financial Services, ArcLight Capital Partners, and Morgan Stanley. In 2005 the company sold two hydroelectric plants to Brascan Power for $31.4 million.

Address: 67 Park Place EastMorristown, NJ 07960 Phone: 973-889-9100 Fax: 973-889-0020


• President: Dean N. Vanech • SVP Finance: Richard G. Vicens

Denbury Resources Inc. [DNR]

Denbury Resources has long since capped its oil and gas operations in its native Canada to try its luck in the Deep South. The independent exploration and production company has estimated proved reserves of nearly 130 million barrels of oil equivalent and working interests in wells across Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and in the Gulf of Mexico. In Mississippi it also owns wells that produce carbon dioxide (CO2), which it uses to force oil out of the ground at nearby abandoned wells. In 2002 Denbury Resources bought Genesis Energy LLC, the general partner of Gulf Coast crude oil marketer Genesis Energy, L.P., and the Gulf Coast properties of Coho Energy.

Address: 5100 Tennyson Pkwy., Ste. 3000Plano, TX 75024 Phone: 972-673-2000 Fax: 972-673-2150


• Chairman: Ronald G. Greene • President, CEO, and Director: Gareth Roberts • SVP, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: Phil Rykhoek

Devon Energy Corporation [DVN]

way into the big leagues. With acquisitions of PennzEnergy, Northstar Energy, and Santa Fe Snyder, it has become an oil and gas heavyweight. It got stouter by buying Anderson Exploration, and Mitchell Energy & Development. In 2003 it acquired Ocean Energy for $3.5 billion and merged it with Devon Newco. Devon has proved reserves of 649 million barrels of oil equivalent, 7.3 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 246 million barrels of natural gas liquids. It also has exploration and production assets in the Gulf of Mexico, western Canada, and in other major oil patches worldwide. In 2006 Devon agreed to buy US-based Chief Holdings LLC for $2 billion.

Address: 20 N. BroadwayOklahoma City, OK 73102-8260 Phone: 405-235-3611 Fax: 405-552-4550


• Chairman and CEO: J. Larry Nichols • President: John Richels • CFO and SVP, Corporate Finance and Development: Brian J. Jennings

Double Eagle Petroleum Co. [DBLE]

It's double or nothing for Double Eagle Petroleum (formerly Double Eagle Petroleum and Mining) which gambles on hitting pay dirt as it explores for and produces oil and gas in the Rocky Mountains of Utah and Wyoming. Double Eagle Petroleum owns interests in 524 producing wells, and natural gas accounts for 96% of the oil and gas independent's production. The company has proved reserves of more than 278,000 barrels of oil and 34.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and leases acreage in seven states. Double Eagle Petroleum sells its oil and gas on the spot market. CEO Stephen Hollis owns more than 8% of the company.

Address: 777 Overland Trail, Ste. 206Casper, WY 82602 Phone: 307-237-9330 Fax: 307-266-1823


• President, CEO, and Director: Stephen H. Hollis • CFO: David Milhom

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Drax Group Limited

Drax Group has bragging rights when it comes to operating the largest coal-fired power plant in Europe. The company's primary subsidiary, Drax Power, operates the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, England. The generation facility has a capacity of nearly 4,000 MW; its output is sold to wholesale electricity customers. Drax Group underwent a financial restructuring in 2003 after its largest customer, TXU Europe, filed for administrative protection. The company was formerly owned by US generation firm AES; it fell into the hands of AES' former project creditors in 2003. After refusing two takeover bids, the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2005.

Address: Drax Power Station, P.O. Box 3Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 8PQ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-17-5761-8381 Fax: +44-17-5761-8504


• Chairman, Drax Group and Drax Power: Gordon Horsfield • CEO and Director: Dorothy Thompson • Finance Director and Board Member: Gordon Boyd

Edge Petroleum Corporation [EPEX]

Edge Petroleum goes high-tech to gain an edge over its rivals in the oil and gas exploration and production business. The company relies on visualization software and a 3-D seismic database to find natural gas and oil prospects onshore along the Gulf of Mexico region. Edge Petroleum has proved reserves of 102.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, of which 80% is natural gas and natural gas liquids. Although its primary operations are in Texas, where most of its net developed acreage is located, the company also has major developed holdings in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Mexico. In 2004 the company acquired Contango Oil & Gas' south Texas natural gas and oil interests for about $50 million.

Address: 1301 Travis, Ste. 2000Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-654-8960 Fax: 713-654-7722


• Chairman President and CEO: John W. Elias • SVP and CFO: Michael G. Long • VP Business Development and Planning: C.W. MacLeod

Edison Mission Energy

Edison Mission Energy (EME) once wanted to conquer the nonregulated energy sector, but now it'll settle for a piece of the US market. The company, a subsidiary of Edison International, has interests in power plants in US and Turkey (Doga project) that give it a net physical generating capacity of nearly 10,000 MW. EME sells power through contracts with large utilities, regional distributors, and other energy companies; it also trades energy on the open markets. A decline in wholesale energy prices has forced EME to retreat to its home soil and sell off nearly all of its foreign holdings.

Address: 18101 Von Karman Ave.Irvine, CA 92612 Phone: 949-752-5588 Fax: 949-263-9162


• Chairman and CEO: Theodore F. (Ted) Craver Jr. • CFO and SVP: W. James (Jim) Scilacci • VP, Business Management: John P. Finneran Jr.

In business in Italy since the dawn of the electric age, Edison has grown to become Italy's leading independent power producer, with more than 6,000 MW of hydroelectric, fossil-fueled, and wind-powered generating capacity. Much of Edison's electricity goes to Italy's largest utility, Enel; Edison also sells power to commercial and industrial businesses. The company has oil and natural gas marketing, exploration, and production operations; it also distributes gas directly to 154,000 retail customers. Edison was controlled by Italenergia Bis, a group led by Fiat and Electricité de France (EDF), but in 2005 the power shifted -- EDF and Italian utility AEM S.p.A. now jointly control Edison.

Address: Foro Buonaparte, 3120121 Milan, Italy Phone: +39-02-6222-1 Fax: +39-02-6222-7379


Chairman and CEO: Umberto Quadrino • Head of Finance: Franco Balsamo • Director, External Relations and Communication: Andrea Prandi

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Electric Energy, Inc.

It does not take a genius to figure out what business Electric Energy (EEI) is involved in. The company generates nearly 1,100 MW of electric capacity at its coal-fired power plant in Joppa, Illinois. The independent producer sells its power output to its shareholders. The Missouri-based utility holding company Ameren holds an 80% stake in EEI; Ameren purchased Dynegy's 20% stake in 2004 as part of its acquisition of Illinois Power Company (which now operates as AmerenIP). Kentucky Utilities ( a subsidiary of LG&E Energy) owns the remaining 20% of the company.

Address: 2100 Portland Rd.Joppa, IL 62953 Phone: 618-543-7531 Fax: 618-543-7420

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 207.30 M Employees (2005): 257 • President: Robert L.

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Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. [EEQ]

Enbridge Energy Management, bridging the gap over a complex structure of pipeline partnerships, manages and controls the business of Enbridge Energy Partners (formerly Lakehead Pipe Line Partners). The company's only asset is an 18% limited partner interest in Enbridge Energy Partners, which owns the US part of North America's longest liquid petroleum pipeline (Lakehead System) and also has interests in natural gas gathering, treating, processing, and transmission operations in East Texas. Enbridge Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., holds a 17% stake in the company, and serves as the general partner of Enbridge Energy Partners.

Address: 1100 Louisiana, Ste. 3300Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-821-2000 Fax: 713-821-2232

• Managing Director and Director: Stephen J. J. (S.J.J.) Letwin • VP Operations and Technology: R. L. Adams • VP Finance: M. A. Maki

EnCana Corporation [ECA]

derived from Energy, Canada, and Alberta). It has proved reserves of 1.1 billion barrels of oil and 11.8 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas in Canada and the US. Boosting its North American assets, in 2004 EnCana acquired Tom Brown for about $2.2 billion and sold a portion of its assets to Harvest Energy for about $395 million. That year the company sold its UK North Sea assets to Nexen for about $2.1 billion and has agreed to sell its natural gas liquids business to Provident Energy Trust for a reported $586 million. The company agreed in 2005 to sell its gas storage facilities to a private equity fund headed by Riverstone Holdings and The Carlyle Group.

Address: 855 - 2nd St. SW, Ste. 1800Calgary, Alberta T2P 2S5, Canada Phone: 403-645-2000 Fax: 403-645-2091


• Chairman: David P. O'Brien • President and CEO: Randall K. (Randy) Eresman • EVP and CFO: Brian C. Ferguson

Encore Acquisition Company [EAC]

and CEO), Encore Acquisition is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development, and exploitation of reserves in several basins. Operations include drilling in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota, the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, and the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma. The company's total proved reserves of 196 million barrels of oil equivalent are primarily from its Cedar Creek Anticline asset (in Montana and North Dakota). Encore Acquisition was formed in 1998 by J.P. Morgan Partners, Warburg Pincus & Co., and Natural Gas Partners. In 2004 the company acquired Cortez Oil & Gas.

Address: 777 Main St., Ste. 1400Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone: 817-877-9955 Fax: 817-877-1655


• Chairman and CEO: I. Jon Brumley • President and Director: Jon S. (Jonny) Brumley • EVP, CFO, and Treasurer: Roy W. Jageman

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Endeavour International Corporation [END]

Like famous British explorer Captain James Cook's vessel, The Endeavour, Endeavour International has been on quite a journey. The company started life as a graphics company (Expression Graphics) in 2000, before changing its name and business direction in 2002, when (as Continental Southern Resources) it began to focus on oil and gas exploration in the US. In 2004 it acquired NSNV, which held a North Sea seismic database, and became Endeavour International. It then sold its US assets. The company is buying up stakes in mature North Sea fields that the majors are moving away from. Endeavour International has proved reserves of 2.2 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Address: 1000 Main St., Ste. 3300Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-307-8700


• Co-CEO and Director: John N. Seitz • Co-CEO and Director: William L. (Bill) Transier • EVP, Operations and Business Development: Bruce H. Stover

Energy Partners, Ltd. [EPL]

It pays for Energy Partners to have friends in the oil and gas business. The independent explorer and producer focuses on the shallow Gulf of Mexico waters offshore Louisiana. It partners with big oil companies to explore for reserves on properties the majors have left behind; Energy Partners earns an interest in the new reserves and production. The company has interests in 327 productive wells, and has proved reserves of 41.9 million barrels of oil equivalent. Energy Partners has grown through acquisitions, including the 2002 purchase of Hall-Houston Oil Company.

Address: 201 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 3400New Orleans, LA 70170 Phone: 504-569-1875 Fax: 504-569-1874


• Chairman and CEO: Richard A. Bachmann • President, COO, and Director: Phillip A. Gobe • Treasurer: Joseph H. LeBlanc Jr.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. [EPD]

Both enterprising and productive, Enterprise Products Partners is a leading player in the North American natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), and crude oil industries, with a range of processing, transportation, and storage services. Operations include natural gas processing, NGL fractionation, and crude oil transportation. The hub of the company's business is Houston's Mont Belvieu refinery complex. Enterprise owns interests in 18,368 miles of gas pipeline, 113,297 miles of NGL and petrochemical pipeline, and 813 miles of crude oil pipeline. It also owns salt domes, drilling platforms, and fractionation and natural gas processing plants. Chairman Dan Duncan holds a 37.4% stake in Enterprise.

Address: 2727 North Loop WestHouston, TX 77008-1037 Phone: 713-880-6500 Fax: 713-880-6668


• Chairman: Dan L. Duncan • President, CEO, and Director: Robert G. Phillips • EVP, CFO, and Director: Michael A. Creel

EOG Resources, Inc. [EOG]

EOG Resources hogs a resource -- natural gas. The independent oil and gas company is engaged in exploring for natural gas and crude oil and developing, producing, and marketing those resources. EOG, an independent offspring of the once powerful Enron, has total estimated reserves of 6.2 trillion cu. ft. equivalent, including 5.6 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas reserves and 106 million barrels of cude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquid (NGL) reserves. The company operates in major production basins in Canada, offshore Trinidad, the US, and the UK sector of the North Sea. EOG is boosting its North American exploration activities and expanding its reserves.

Address: 333 Clay St., Ste. 4200Houston, TX 77002-7361 Phone: 713-651-7000 Fax: 713-651-6995


• Chairman and CEO: Mark G. Papa • President, Chief of Staff, and Director: Edmund P. (Ed) Segner III • EVP Operations: Gary L. Thomas

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EXCO Resources, Inc. [XCO]

exploration and production operations in Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. The company, which has an ongoing acquisition program, has estimated proved reserves of 668.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. EXCO Resources holds interests in more than 5,180 wells. In 2004 the company acquired Appalachian explorer North Coast Energy for $225.1 million. In 2005 TXOK (a Boone Pickens-controlled affiliate) acquired ONEOK Energy. Following EXCO Resources' 2006 IPO, TXOK became a subsidiary in a move that added 223.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent to the company's reserves.

Address: 12377 Merit Dr., Ste. 1700 LB 82Dallas, TX 75251 Phone: 214-368-2084 Fax: 214-368-2087


• Chairman and CEO: Douglas H. Miller • Vice Chairman, President, and Secretary: Stephen F. Smith • VP, CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer: J. Douglas Ramsey

FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation [FPP]

Got oil and gas? FieldPoint Petroleum can point to its oil and gas fields and its interests in about 340 productive oil and gas wells in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. The independent oil and gas exploration company operates some 61 of these wells. FieldPoint Petroleum has proved developed reserves of 880,991 barrels of oil, and 1.4 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. In 2005 the company announced plans to explore and develop of its Palo Duro Basin acreage (some 3,235 acres in Floyd County, Texas). Chairman and CEO Ray Reaves, an oil and gas industry veteran, controls 41% of the company.

Address: 1703 Edelweiss Dr., Ste. 301Cedar Park, TX 78613 Phone: 512-250-8692 Fax: 512-335-1294


• Chairman, President, CEO and Director: Ray D. Reaves

Forest Oil Corporation [FST]

and gas business as it squeezes hydrocarbons from old forests buried deep underground. While the independent exploration and production company explores outside of North America, Forest Oil is focusing on building additional reserves in the US and expanding in Canada. It holds substantial acreage in Canada and also operates a marketing and trading unit in that country. The company reports proved reserves of 1.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Billionaire Philip Anschutz had controlled a 32.5% stake in Forest Oil. At the end of 2005 he controlled about 13%.

Address: 1600 Broadway, Ste. 2200Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303-812-1400 Fax: 303-812-1602


• Chairman: Forrest E. Hoglund • President and CEO: H. Craig Clark • EVP and CFO: David H. Keyte

Galaxy Energy Corporation [GAX]

It's not Carl Sagan's "billions and billions of stars" that Galaxy Energy Corporation is looking for, but a few stellar finds in the oil and gas exploration and production business. The company focuses on acquiring and developing coalbed methane and other natural gas properties in Montana, Texas, and Wyoming. In 2005 Galaxy Energy acquired 60% of a parcel of 4,000 undeveloped acres in the Piceance Basin in Colorado. The company is also looking into natural gas opportunities in Europe, primarily in Germany and Romania. CEO Marc Bruner controls 20.4% of the company.


Fiscal Year End: November Revenue (2005): 1.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1200.00%

• President, CEO, and Director: Marc E. Bruner • SVP, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: Christopher S. Hardesty • COO and Director: Cecil D. Gritz

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Gasco Energy, Inc. [GSX]

Gasco Energy is not your local gas company or energy provider. The exploration and production independent develops and explores for natural gas and crude petroleum primarily in the Rocky Mountains. The company's exploration activities are focused on Utah's Uinta Basin and Wyoming's Green River Basin. Gasco Energy's proved reserves are 41.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. The principal markets for its commodity products are natural gas transmission pipeline companies, private industrial companies, refining companies, and utilities. In 2004 ConocoPhillips accounted for 93% of the company's production.

Address: 8 Inverness Dr. East, Ste. 100Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: 303-483-0044 Fax: 303-483-0011


• Chairman: Marc A. Bruner • President and CEO: Mark A. Erickson • EVP and COO: Michael K. Decker

GeoResources, Inc. [GEOI]

Though most of GeoResources' products are wet and slippery, one of them is dry and powdery. The company's oil and gas operations in Montana and North Dakota generate the bulk of its revenues. It also has a contract drilling operation. GeoResources has proved reserves of 2.3 million barrels of oil and 391 million cu. ft. of gas. It also mines leonardite, an oxidized lignite coal, which it processes into a powder used primarily as a dispersant or thinner in drilling muds. In 2004 GeoResources sold 48% of its crude oil to Plains Marketing Canada. Drilling companies active in the Gulf of Mexico buy most of the company's leonardite products as mud additives in oil and gas drilling.

Address: 1407 W. Dakota Pkwy., Ste. 1-BWilliston, ND 58801 Phone: 701-572-2020 Fax: 701-572-0277


• President, CEO, and Director: Jeffrey P. Vickers • Secretary and Director: Cathy Kruse • VP Land and Finance: Jeffrey B. Jennings

GMX Resources Inc. [GMXR]

The natural resources in productive, hydrocarbon-rich geological basins are the target for GMX Resources. The Oklahoma-based independent oil and natural gas company explores on more than 20,800 combined net acres located in the Sabine Uplift in Texas and Louisiana, and the Tatum basin in New Mexico. With 66 net producing wells, GMX Resources has proved reserves of 64.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. It has a large inventory of drilling and recompletion projects with an estimated 42 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent of proved undeveloped reserves.

Address: 9400 N. Broadway, Ste. 600Oklahoma City, OK 73114 Phone: 405-600-0711 Fax: 405-600-0600


• President, CEO, and Director: Ken L. Kenworthy Jr. • EVP, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Ken L. Kenworthy Sr. • Natural Gas Marketer and Pipeline Operations Manager: Keith Leffel

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation [GDP]

rocks of ancient Mother Earth, Goodrich Petroleum brings forth oil and gas. The independent exploration and production company delves into formations dating to the Miocene and Frio Age in southern Louisiana, where it has most of its proved reserves. The company also operates in the Cotton Valley trend in Texas and leases acreage in Michigan. Goodrich Petroleum owns interests in 139 active oil and gas wells and has estimated proved reserves of 172.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Chairman Patrick Malloy owns 21% of the company; director Josiah Austin, 22%.

Address: 808 Travis St., Ste. 1320Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-780-9494 Fax: 713-780-9254


• Chairman of the Board of Directors Emeritus: Henry Goodrich • Chairman: Patrick E. Malloy III • Vice Chairman and CEO: Walter G. (Gil) Goodrich

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Gulfport Energy Corporation [GPOR]

baskets. The exploration and production company sells 99% of its oil to Shell and 88% of its gas to Chevron. It operates off the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, with a heavy concentration on two fields: West Cote Blanche Bay and Hackberry Fields. Gulfport operates about 70 producing wells and has proved reserves of nearly 25 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company emerged from the ashes of WRT Energy, which filed for bankruptcy in 1996 amid allegations of fraud. Gulfport emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1997.

Address: 14313 North May Ave., Ste. 100Oklahoma City, OK 73134 Phone: 405-848-8807 Fax: 405-848-8816


• Chairman: Mike Liddell • CEO and Director: James D. (Jim) Palm • VP and CFO: Michael G. (Mike) Moore

Harken Energy Corporation [HEC]

Harken Energy harkens back to the days when a certain President George W. Bush was an oil man. Harken Energy, which bought Bush's small oil company more than a decade ago, explores for and produces oil and gas in the US and Latin America. It has interests in oil and gas wells in the Gulf Coast region of Texas and Louisiana. Internationally, it has exploration and development operations in Colombia, Panama, and Peru. The company, which is striving to put some unprofitable years behind it, has proved reserves of 13.3 billion cu. ft. of gas and 5.6 million barrels of oil. Lyford Investments Enterprises owns 30% of the voting stock of Harken Energy.

Address: 180 State St., Ste. 200Southlake, TX 76092 Phone: 817-424-2424 Fax: 972-652-4433


• Chairman: Alan G. Quasha • President, CEO, and Director: Mikel D. Faulkner • VP, Finance, and CFO: Anna M. Williams

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. [HNR]

Harvest Natural Resources is keen to harvest the natural resources of oil and gas. The independent's main exploration and production work takes place in Venezuela, where it has proved reserves of 36 million barrels of oil equivalent. It operates through its 80%-owned Venezuelan subsidiary, Harvest Vinccler C.A., which operates the South Monagas Unit in Venezuela. Founded in 1989, the company sold its stakes in Siberian ventures Arctic Gas and Geoilbent to Yukos in 2002 and 2003, although the company is still keen on developing Russian oil and assets. It also has interests in China.

Address: 1177 Enclave Pkwy., Ste. 300Houston, TX 77077 Phone: 281-899-5700 Fax: 281-899-5702


• Chairman: Steve Chesebro' • EVP, COO, and Director: James A. Edminston • SVP Corporate Development: Byron A. Dunn

Indeck Energy Services, Inc.

Power plant developer, owner, and operator Indeck Energy Services tries to make sure it always has a project on deck. The company owns and operates 11 fossil-fueled, hydroelectric, and alternative energy generation plants -- 10 in the northeastern US and one in the UK -- that have a total capacity of more than 850 MW. Indeck Energy Services also has 2,800 MW under development in Illinois and Michigan; and it operates two plants (400-MW of capacity) in the northeastern US for NRG Energy. Affiliate Indeck Power Equipment rents or leases boilers and generators, and Indeck Operations runs and maintains power and steam plants. Chairman and CEO Gerald Forsythe owns Indeck Energy Services, which was founded in 1985.

Address: 600 N. Buffalo Grove Rd.Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 Phone: 847-520-3212 Fax: 847-520-9883

• Chairman and CEO: Gerald R. (Gerry) Forsythe • President and COO: Thomas M. Campone • SVP and CFO: Lawrence A. Lagowski

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You can probable tell by its name that InterGen is an international generator of electricity. The independent power producer has interests in projects with more than 15,000 MW of generating capacity in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe. The company provides fuel procurement and project management, financing, and negotiation services. It's power is sold to utilities, energy marketers, and end-use customers. InterGen is currently a joint venture formed by Shell Oil (68%) and Bechtel (32%) in 1995, but the parents have agreed to sell the unit to Highstar Capital (a part of American International Group) for a reported $1.75 billion.

Address: 15 Wayside Rd.Burlington, MA 01803-4609 Phone: 781-993-3000 Fax: 781-993-3005

• CEO: John Stokes • Manager Public Affairs: Sarah Webster • SVP and CFO: Martin Rees

Isramco, Inc. [ISRL]

There may be milk and honey on the other side of the River Jordan, but to date, not much oil. In Israel, Isramco has stakes in two long-term offshore leases, and serves as the operator of one (the Med Ashdod Lease). In the US the company is engaged (through subsidiary Jay Petroleum) in oil and gas exploration in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. It also had a minority interest in a Congo offshore exploration venture, which it wrote off in 2003. Isramco has proved reserves of 173,900 barrels of oil and 2.3 billion cu. ft. of gas. In 2004, the company purchased a luxury cruise liner for $8 million. Chairman and CEO Haim Tsuff owns 49.8% of Isramco.

Address: 11767 Katy Frwy., Ste. 711Houston, TX 77079 Phone: 713-621-3882 Fax: 713-621-3988


• Chairman and CEO: Haim Tsuff • President and Director: Jackob Maimon

Kerr-McGee Corporation [KMG]

and chemicals. The oil and gas company has proved reserves of about 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Kerr-McGee explores for and produces oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The company is also a major producer of titanium dioxide (a white pigment used in paint, plastics, and paper) and operates chemical plants in Australia, Europe, and the US. Kerr-McGee has agreed to sell several of its oil and gas fields in the North Sea to the UK-based Centrica and the Denmark-based A.P. Møller - Mærsk. W&T Offshore has agreed to acquire Kerr-McGee's oil and gas holdings in the Gulf of Mexico.

Address: Kerr-McGee Center, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave.Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Phone: 405-270-1313 Fax: 405-270-3029


• Chairman and CEO: Luke R. Corbett • SVP and CFO: Robert M. Wohleber • SVP and COO: David A. (Dave) Hager

Linn Energy, LLC [LINE]

It's a Linn-Linn situation. CEO Michael Linn's namesake company Linn Energy has successfully drilled for natural gas in the Appalachian Basin. The natural gas exploration and production company made seven property acquisitions (including more than 1,230 producing wells) between 2003 and 2005 in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The company, which has drilled 126 wells with a 100% success rate, has proved reserves of 100.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Linn Energy has focused on shallow drilling (2,500 to 5,500 ft.), and many of its wells are connected to multiple producing zones. Following its IPO, Quantum Energy Partners will control 45% of the company; CEO Linn, 14%.

Address: 1700 N. Highland Rd., Ste. 100Pittsburgh, PA 15241 Phone: 412-854-0470 Fax: 412-854-0474


• Chairman: Toby R. Neugebauer • President, CEO, and Director: Michael C. (Mike) Linn • EVP and CFO: Kolja Rockov

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Magellan Petroleum Corporation [MPET]

Magellan Petroleum has gone around the world to explore for oil and gas. It operates mainly through Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited (MPAL), a publicly traded Australian firm. MPAL's chief assets are interests in the Mereenie oil and gas field and the Palm Valley gas field in the Amadeus Basin in Australia's Northern Territory. MPAL and Magellan Petroleum also own interests in oil and gas properties in New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. The company has proved reserves of 25.4 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 487,000 barrels of oil. MPAL's main customer is the Northern Territory's Power and Water Authority.

Address: 10 Columbus Blvd.Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: 860-293-2006 Fax: 860-293-2349

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2005): 21.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 12.90% Employees (2005): 33 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.10%

• Chairman: Walter McCann • President, CEO, CFO and Chief Accounting Officer: Daniel J. Samela

Maxim Power Corp. [MXGFF.PK]

environmental impact. The independent power producer develops, acquires, owns, and operates generation facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its power plants are fueled by conventional fossil fuels and alternative energy technologies and combined have more than 260 MW of electric and 39 MW of thermal net generating capacity. It has another 58 MW under construction. Milner Power Limited Partnership, which operated a 144-MW power plant in Grande Cache, Alberta, acquired Maxim in a reverse takeover in 2005.

Address: 715 5th Avenue SW, Ste. 1210Calgary, Alberta T2P 2X6, Canada Phone: 403-263-3021 Fax: 403-263-9125


• Chairman: M. Bruce Chernoff • President, CEO, and Director: John R. Bobenic • SVP Business Development: Richard (Rick) Hopp

McMoRan Exploration Co. [MMR]

It's oil and gas, not sulfur, that has the sweet smell of money for McMoRan Exploration. The company sold its sulfur operations in 2002, citing low sulfur prices, in order to focus on the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Operating in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Gulf Coast, McMoRan Exploration has proved reserves of about 38.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 7.1 million barrels of oil and condensate. The company owns or has stakes in 361 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Louisiana and Texas covering about 252,000 gross acres. McMoRan Exploration is also seeking to transform its Main Pass sulfur facilities into a liquefied natural gas terminal.

Address: 1615 Poydras St.New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-582-4000 Fax: 504-582-1662


• Co-Chairman: Richard C. Adkerson • Co-Chairman: James R. (Jim Bob) Moffett • President and CEO: Glenn A. Kleinert

Mexco Energy Corporation [MXC]

Mexco Energy gets most of its energy not from Mexico, but from its close neighbor -- West Texas. The oil and gas exploration and production independent has estimated proved reserves of 7.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 151,000 barrels of oil. While the company owns oil and gas properties in other states (including Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Oklahoma), the majority of its activities take place in Texas. In 2004 the company launched a feasibility study to explore in Russia. Sid Richardson Energy Services (formerly Koch Midstream Services Company) is Mexco Energy's top customer, accounting for 21% of total revenues. Mexco Energy president Nicholas Taylor owns just under 51% of the company.

Address: 214 W. Texas Ave., Ste. 1101Midland, TX 79701 Phone: 432-682-1119 Fax: 432-682-1123


• Chairman: Thomas Graham Jr. • President and CEO: Nicholas C. Taylor • VP, CFO, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary: Tamala L. (Tammy) McComic

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Midwest Generation, LLC

As one might expect, Midwest Generation sells wholesale electricity to markets in the Midwest. The independent power producer has a generating capacity of more than 7,000 MW from its six coal-fired power plants in Illinois; it also oversees the operation of an 1,884 MW power generating plant in Pennsylvania. Affiliate Edison Mission Marketing and Trading acts as a conduit for Midwest Generation's wholesale energy activities. Midwest Generation is a subsidiary of Edison International's merchant energy business, Edison Mission Energy. Exelon Generation accounts for more that 50% of of the company's generation and capacity revenues.

Address: 1 Financial Place, 440 S. LaSalle St., Ste. 3500Chicago, IL 60605 Phone: 312-583-6000 Fax: 312-583-6111


• President: Guy Gorney • VP and Regional VP, Finance: John P. Finneran Jr.

Newfield Exploration Company [NFX]

but is happy with old reserves too. The independent oil and gas exploration and production company drills in and around the Gulf of Mexico, mostly in the shallow waters off the Louisiana coast. It works onshore, in the Gulf Coast region of Texas and Louisiana and in the Rockies. Newfield has also expanded into Oklahoma's Anadarko Basin through the acquisition of Lariat Petroleum. Outside of the US the company has interests in Brazil, China, Malaysia, and the North Sea. Newfield has proved reserves of 1.8 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. In 2002 Newfield acquired Gulf Coast explorer EEX Corporation. It acquired Inland Resources in 2004.

Address: 363 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. East, Ste. 2020Houston, TX 77060 Phone: 281-847-6000 Fax: 281-405-4242


• Chairman, President, and CEO: David A. Trice • SVP, CFO, and Secretary: Terry W. Rathert • VP Information Technology: Mark Spicer

Noble Energy, Inc. [NBL]

Noble Energy prizes petroleum and has the reserves to prove it. Noble Energy looks for oil and natural gas and produces and markets them in the US and internationally. US operations are in the West Coast, Rocky Mountain, midcontinent, and Gulf Coast regions. International operations include onshore and offshore activities in the Asia/Pacific region, the Middle East, South America, West Africa, and the North Sea. Noble has proved reserves of about 2 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas and 193.5 million barrels of oil. The company markets natural gas and oil. Noble Energy also generates electricity in Ecuador. In 2006 Noble Energy acquired United States Exploration for $411 million.

Address: 100 Glenborough Dr., Ste. 100Houston, TX 77067 Phone: 281-872-3100 Fax: 281-872-3111


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Charles D. (Chuck) Davidson • SVP and CFO: Chris Tong • VP, Business Development: David L. Stover

Occidental Petroleum Corporation [OXY]

Harnessing its heritage of Western technical know-how, Occidental Petroleum engages in oil and gas exploration and production and makes basic chemicals, plastics, and petrochemicals. The oil giant has proved reserves of 2.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the US, the Middle East, and Latin America. It owns 76% of OxyVinyls, the #1 producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin in North America. Subsidiary Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) produces acids, chlorine, and specialty products. Occidental Petroleum also has an energy trading and marketing operation, Occidental Energy Marketing.

Address: 10889 Wilshire Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201 Phone: 310-208-8800 Fax: 310-443-6690


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Ray R. Irani • SVP, CFO, and Head of Corporate Development: Stephen I. (Steve) Chazen • VP and CIO: Donald L. Moore Jr.

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Parallel Petroleum Corporation [PLLL]

Parallel Petroleum seeks unparalleled success by exploring for and producing oil and natural gas. The company has estimated proved reserves of 16.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 18.9 million barrels of oil. Parallel Petroleum operates primarily on the Gulf Coast of South Texas, in East Texas, and in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The company sells directly on a month-to-month basis to other oil and gas companies. Founded in 1979, Parallel Petroleum originally focused on acquiring relatively unproven high-risk, high-cost properties. However, heavy losses prompted the company to sell its First Permian oil and gas assets in 2002 for $31 million and rethink its development strategy.

Address: 1004 N. Big Spring, Ste. 400Midland, TX 79701 Phone: 432-684-3727 Fax: 432-684-3905


• Chairman and CEO: Thomas R. (Tom) Cambridge • President, Treasurer, and Director: Larry C. Oldham • COO: Donald E. (Don) Tiffin

Penn Virginia Corporation [PVA]

Incorporated in Virginia and based in Pennsylvania, Penn Virginia is an oil and gas exploration and production company operating primarily in the Appalachian area of the US. It also operates in onshore areas of the US Gulf Coast. The company, which has proved reserves of 314 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 6.3 million barrels of oil, and holds working interests in more than 1,400 wells, sells mostly on the spot market. It also has interests in coal (which it leases to other operators) and timber properties through 44.5%-owned Penn Virginia Resource Partners, which it spun off in 2001.

Address: 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Ste. 230, 100 Matsonford Rd.Radnor, PA 19087-4564 Phone: 610-687-8900 Fax: 610-687-3688


• Chairman: Robert (Rob) Garrett • President, CEO, and Director: A. James (Jim) Dearlove • EVP and CFO: Frank A. Pici

Petrohawk Energy Corporation [HAWK]

oil prices to higher profits. The independent company's activities include the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in the Anadarko, Arkoma, East Texas/North Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Permian Basin, and South Texas regions. Petrohawk Energy has estimated proved reserves of 437.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. In 2004 it participated in a reverse stock split with Petrohawk Energy, LLC and relocated to Houston. CEO Floyd Wilson controls 67% of the company. In 2006 the company announced plans to acquire KCS Energy for $1.6 billion.

Address: 1100 Louisiana, Ste. 4400Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 832-204-2700 Fax: 832-204-2800


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Floyd C. Wilson • EVP, CFO, and Treasurer: Shane M. Bayless • EVP Corporate Development: Stephen W. (Steve) Herod

Petroleum Development Corporation [PETD]

The hills are alive with opportunity for Petroleum Development, which produces natural gas that it finds in the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Basin; the independent also has operations in Michigan. The company owns interests in 2,700 wells and has proved reserves of 217.4 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, of which less than 10% is oil. Petroleum Development also drills and operates wells for its partners, and often sets up public limited partnerships to fund its well-drilling program. Subsidiary Riley Natural Gas markets natural gas for the company and others in Appalachia. The company has sold its Ohio-based distribution utility, Paramount Natural Gas.

Address: 103 E. Main St.Bridgeport, WV 26330 Phone: 304-842-3597 Fax: 304-842-0913


• Chairman and CEO: Steven R. Williams • President and Director: Thomas E. Riley • CFO and Treasurer: Darwin L. Stump

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PetroQuest Energy, Inc. [PQ]

Independent oil and gas exploration and production company PetroQuest Energy has focused its quest for petroleum on the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf Coast Basin, but is also looking further afield. PetroQuest has offshore operations in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and onshore operations in Louisiana and Texas. It also has assets in Oklahoma. The company, formerly known as Optima Petroleum, and previously based in Canada, has proved reserves of 79.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 3.7 million barrels of oil. PetroQuest Energy and its predecessor companies have been active in the Gulf Coast region since 1986.

Address: 400 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd., Ste. 6000Lafayette, LA 70508 Phone: 337-232-7028 Fax: 337-232-0044


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Charles T. Goodson • SVP, CFO, Treasurer, and Director: Michael O. Aldridge • SVP Business Development and Land: Dalton F. Smith III

Pioneer Natural Resources Company [PXD]

not located in the Western prairies, but below them, and below the Rocky Mountains, and the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The large independent exploration and production company, which has boosted its Gulf of Mexico properties, holds proved reserves of 986.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. The vast majority of the exploration and production company's reserves are found within the US, but Pioneer also explores for and produces oil and gas in Canada, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia. In 2006 the company sold some Gulf of Mexico oil and gas assets to Marubeni Offshore Production for $1.3 billion.

Address: 5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Ste. 900Irving, TX 75039 Phone: 972-444-9001 Fax: 972-969-3576


• Chairman and CEO: Scott D. Sheffield • President and COO: Timothy L. (Tim) Dove • EVP and CFO: Richard P. (Rich) Dealy

Plains Exploration and Production Company [PXP]

Plains Exploration and Production has ventured beyond the plains to explore for oil and gas. A former subsidiary of Plains Resources, the company targets offshore fields as well as onshore areas for acquiring, developing, and producing oil and gas. It operates primarily in the Los Angeles and San Joaquin Basins of California, the Santa Maria Basin offshore California, the Gulf Coast Basin of Louisiana, the East Texas Basin, and the Permian Basin. The company has estimated proved reserves of 401 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2003 Plains Exploration acquired 3TEC Energy, and in 2004 it acquired Nuevo Energy. In 2006 the company agreed to buy Stone Energy for $1.5 billion.

Address: 700 Milam St., Ste. 3100Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-579-6000 Fax: 713-579-6500


• Chairman, President, and CEO: James C. (Jim) Flores • EVP and CFO: Stephen A. (Steve) Thorington

Pogo Producing Company [PPP]

Pogo sticks to its core business of searching for oil and natural gas. Pogo Producing explores for, develops, and produces those resources onshore in the US (the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico; South Texas and Louisiana; and Wyoming), offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and in Canada. The company holds stakes in close to 90 federal and state lease blocks offshore from Louisiana and Texas and owns 3.9 million gross leasehold acres in North America. It also owns more than a million acres in New Zealand. Altogether, it has proved reserves of 1.2 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas and 144 million barrels of oil. Pogo sold its Hungarian and Thai assets in 2005 and bought Northrock Resources in Canada.

Address: 5 Greenway Plaza, Ste. 2700Houston, TX 77252-2504 Phone: 713-297-5000 Fax: 713-297-5100


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Paul G. Van Wagenen • EVP, Operations: Stephen R. Brunner • SVP and CFO: James P. Ulm II

PPM Energy, Inc.

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PPL Generation, LLC

In many parts of the US people are "talkin' 'bout PPL G-g-g-generation. PPL Generation, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, operates nearly 40 power plants in northeastern, northwestern, and southwestern portions of the US. Not a discriminating power producer, PPL Generation utilizes a variety of fuels at its plants, including coal, natural gas, oil, uranium, and water. The independent power producer has more than 12,000 MW of generating capacity, including a stake in a the Peru-based Aguaytia project. PPL Generation output is marketed by affiliate PPL EnergyPlus.

Address: 2 N. 9th St.Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Phone: 610-774-5151 Fax: 610-774-4198


• President and Chief Nuclear Officer: Bryce L. Shriver

PPL Montana LLC

homes and businesses. PPL Montana operates eleven hydroelectric power plants along the Missouri River, as well as two coal-burning plants, that give it a combined generating capacity of nearly 1,200 MW. PPL Montana has been a part of PPL Generation since 1999, when its parent (PPL Corporation) acquired power generation stations (coal-fired and hydro-powered) belonging to Montana Power. Basin Electric Cooperative provides nearly 100 MW of power to PPL Montana between November and April. PPL Montana's power is marketed through wholesale affiliate PPL EnergyPlus.

Address: 303 N. Broadway, Ste. 400Billings, MT 59101 Phone: 406-237-6900 Fax: 406-237-6901

• President and Chief Nuclear Officer, PPL Generation: Bryce L. Shriver • VP and COO: Bradley E. Spencer • Director Marketing and Trading: Joel D. Cook

PPM Energy is a real power player in the energy industry. The company, formerly PacifiCorp Power Marketing, holds the nonregulated North American operations of parent company Scottish Power. PPM Energy primarily develops and operates cogeneration power plants and wind farms; it has an operational generating capacity of approximately 1,600 MW in the Midwest and western US. PPM Energy also markets and trades wholesale energy and offers risk and asset management services. It has natural gas storage and hub operations through its ENSTOR affiliate. The company's customers include public and private utilities, large industrial companies, and other energy marketers.

Address: 1125 NW Couch, Ste. 700Portland, OR 97209 Phone: 503-796-7000 Fax: 503-796-6901


• President and CEO: Terry F. Hudgens • CFO: Merrick Kerr • SVP, Business Development and Origination: Peter van Alderwerelt

Premier Power Limited

Premier Power sets the stage for power generation in Northern Ireland. The independent power producer, a subsidiary of BG Group, operates the largest generation facility in the province. Its Ballylumford Power Station is a fossil-fueled plant with 1,300 MW of capacity. The company sells most of its energy to distribution utility Northern Ireland Electricity.

Address: Ballylumford, IslandmageeLarne BT40 3RS, United Kingdom Phone: +44-28-9338-1100 Fax: +44-28-9338-1240


• CEO: Bill Cargo • Business Manager: Lesley Hogg • Business Development Manager: Paddie Larkin

PrimeEnergy Corporation [PNRG]

PrimeEnergy hopes to keep the pump primed with its oil and gas exploration and production activities, which take place primarily in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia. The company has proved reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil and 37.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. Its PrimeEnergy Management unit is the managing general partner of 18 oil and gas limited partnerships. PrimeEnergy, subsidiaries Prime Operating and Eastern Oil Well Service and some affiliates operate more than 1,500 oil and gas wells. Subsidiary Southwest Oilfield Construction provides site preparation and construction services for PrimeEnergy and third parties. CEO Charles Drimal owns 29% of the firm.

Address: One Landmark SquareStamford, CT 06901 Phone: 203-358-5700 Fax: 203-358-5786


• President, CEO, and Director; President, PrimeEnergy Manage: Charles E. Drimal Jr. • EVP, Treasurer, and Director; EVP, PrimeEnergy Management: Beverly A. Cummings

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PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C.

PSEG Energy Holdings is the holding company for Public Service Enterprise Group's international energy distribution and independent power production unit, PSEG Global, and its energy investment unit, PSEG Resources.

Address: 80 Park Plaza - T20Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: 973-430-7000 Fax: 973-456-3589


• Chairman and CEO: E. James (Jim) Ferland • President and COO: Robert J. (Bob) Dougherty Jr. • EVP and CFO: Thomas M. (Tom) O'Flynn

PSEG Power LLC

Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but PSEG Power LLC markets power unambiguously. The company, created in 1999, is the independent power production and energy marketing subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). The unit manages PSEG Nuclear LLC (operating the Salem and Hope Creek generating stations) and PSEG Fossil LLC (which includes gas, oil, coal, and natural gas) power plants. Its PSEG Energy Resources and Trade unit buys and sells wholesale power, natural gas, and other energy commodities throughout New England, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

Address: 80 Park Plaza - T25Newark, NJ 07102-4194 Phone: 973-430-7000 Fax: 973-623-5389

• President and COO: Frank Cassidy • EVP and CFO: Thomas M. (Tom) O'Flynn • VP, Finance and Development: Edward (Ed) Sondey

PYR Energy Corporation [PYR]

PYR Energy has the energy to handle the peer pressure in the competitive oil and gas market. The technology-oriented oil and gas exploration firm focuses its exploration on land it controls in the Gulf Coast, Texas, and Rocky Mountain regions. PYR Energy, which has proved reserves of 7.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, uses advanced seismic imaging and other technology to enhance its exploration success rate in developing underexploited fields. The company obtained Texas and Gulf Coast assets with the acquisition of bankrupt oil and gas explorer Venus Exploration in 2004.

Address: 1675 Broadway, Ste. 2450Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303-825-3748 Fax: 303-825-

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2005): 6.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 577.80% Employees (2004): 8 Employee Growth (1 yr): 60.00%

• Chairman, President, CEO, and CFO: D. Scott Singdahlsen

Quicksilver Resources Inc. [KWK]

With mercurial speed, Quicksilver Resources seeks to turn oil and gas finds into profits, primarily through acquiring the assets of rival oil and gas firms. The independent exploration and production company owns assets in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming, and Canada, as well as interests in gas gathering pipeline systems. Quicksilver Resources has proved reserves (located primarily in Michigan and Alberta) of 1.1 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Chairman Thomas Darden, CEO Glenn Darden, and other Darden family members control 35% of Quicksilver Resources.

Address: 777 W. Rosedale St., Ste. 300Fort Worth, TX 76104 Phone: 817-665-5000 Fax: 817-665-5004


• Chairman: Thomas F. (Toby) Darden • President, CEO, and Director: Glenn M. Darden • SVP and CFO: Philip W. Cook

Range Resources Corporation [RRC]

Range Resources is riding the range as an independent acquirer and developer of US oil and gas resources. The company's long-term strategy involves acquiring long-lived established properties and it has major development areas in the Appalachian, Gulf Coast, and Southwest (West Texas, western Oklahoma, and Texas Panhandle) regions. Natural gas accounts for about 80% of Range Resources' proved reserves of about 1.4 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. The company holds more than 2,380,000 net acres of leasehold properties, and an inventory of more than 7,700 drilling locations.

Address: 777 Main St., Ste. 800Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone: 817-870-2601 Fax: 817-870-2316


• Chairman: Charles L. Blackburn • President, CEO and Director: John H. Pinkerton • EVP, COO, and Director: Jeffrey L. (Jeff) Ventura

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Remington Oil and Gas Corporation [REM]

Remington Oil and Gas is a straight shooter. The independent gas and oil company (formerly Box Energy) focuses its exploration, development, and production operations on offshore properties in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore properties along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Texas. The company has proved reserves of more than 252.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent (16.9 million barrels of oil and 150.7 billion cu. ft. of gas). Remington Oil and Gas owns interests in about 200 gross producing oil and gas wells. Idaho tater titan and spudillionaire J.R. Simplot owns 18% of the company. In 2006 Cal Dive International agreed to buy Remington Oil and Gas for $1.4 billion.

Address: 8201 Preston Rd., Ste. 600Dallas, TX 75225-6211 Phone: 214-210-2650 Fax: 214-210-2643


• President, CEO, and Director; President, CKB & Associates an: James A. Watt • SVP Exploration and Production and COO: Robert P. Murphy • SVP Finance: Frank T. Smith Jr.

Rosetta Resources Inc. [ROSE]

Rosetta Resources has set off on its own discovery for oil and natural gas. The company, which basically comprises Calpine Corporation's former domestic oil and natural gas exploration business, primarily owns acreage in California, Texas, and Colorado. Rosetta is obligated by contract to sell nearly half of its production back to Calpine. Rosetta management is largely made up of former Calpine employees.

Address: 717 Texas, Ste. 2800Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 731-335-4000 Fax: 731-335-4197


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Bulent Ayhan Berilgen • EVP, Corporate Development: Charles Frederick Chambers III • EVP, CFO, Secretary and Treasurer: Michael Joseph Rosinski

Royale Energy, Inc. [ROYL]

The geological basins of Northern California are getting the Royale treatment. Using modern computer-aided exploration technologies, Royale Energy concentrates its exploration and production efforts in the Sacramento and San Joaquin basins. The company pursues a strategy of acquiring stakes in oil and gas reserves via private joint ventures. It also owns leasehold interests in Louisana, Texas, and Utah. Royale Energy has estimated proved reserves of 15.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. CEO Donald Hosmer, CFO Stephen Hosmer, and their father and company chairman Harry Hosmer, together own approximately 38% of Royale Energy.

Address: 7676 Hazard Center Dr., Ste. 1500San Diego, CA 92108 Phone: 619-881-2800 Fax: 619-881-2899


• Chairman: Harry E. Hosmer • President, CEO, Secretary, and Director; Chairman and Presid: Donald H. Hosmer • EVP, CFO and Director; Secretary and Director, Royale Petrol: Stephen M. Hosmer

Sempra Generation

Sempra Generation (formerly Sempra Energy Resources) pools its parent's resources into generating electricity for the competitive market. The unit, which is part of Sempra Energy's Sempra Global division, has nearly 2,700 MW of generating capacity from interests in fossil-fueled power plants. It also has about 3,000 MW from power plants under construction or in development stages, and it manages about 3,800 MW of thermal and hydroelectric capacity that was acquired from AEP Texas Central by Sempra Energy's Topaz Power Partners joint venture in 2004.

Address: 101 Ash St.San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 619-696-2000 Fax: 619-696-4463


• President: Michael R. (Mike) Niggli • VP, Energy Supply: William R. Engelbrecht • VP, Project Development: Kevin F. Swartz

Southern Power Company

Southern Power develops and operates independent power plants in the southeastern US. The company, which is part of Southern Company's Generation and Energy Marketing division, has nearly 5,000 MW of generating capacity from its fossil-fueled facilities. Its electricity output is marketed to wholesale customers in the region. Southern Power also has 1,200 MW of capacity from plants under construction.

Address: 270 Peachtree St. NWAtlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 404-506-5000 Fax: 404-506-0455

• President and CEO: Ronnie L. Bates • CFO: Michael W. (Mike) Southern • Chief Production Officer: Jerry L. Stewart

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Southwestern Energy Company [SWN]

Southwestern Energy is putting a lot of energy into gas and oil exploration and production in the Southwest. The company operates in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, where it has proved reserves of 645.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, some 92% of which is natural gas. Southwestern Energy is also engaged in natural gas transportation and marketing. The company had announced plans to sell subsidiary Arkansas Western Gas, which distributes natural gas to 145,000 customers in Arkansas, to help pay a $109 million judgment in a lawsuit brought by royalty owners. However, another court ruling in its favor allowed Southwestern Energy to take the unit off the auction block.

Address: 2350 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. East, Ste. 300Houston, TX 77032 Phone: 281-618-4700 Fax: 281-618-4818


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Harold M. Korell • EVP Finance and CFO: Gregory D. (Greg) Kerley

St. Mary Land & Exploration Company [SM]

St. Mary Land & Exploration isn't afraid to travel. The oil and gas exploration and production company spreads its operations across the US: the midcontinent, the ArkLaTex region and Gulf Coast, the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana, and the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. The company has proved reserves of 794.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. In the late 1990s St. Mary Land & Exploration sold its Russian oil and North American copper mining investments to focus on its core US oil and gas properties. The company has expanded its activities in the Rockies through the acquisition of coalbed methane assets in Wyoming and Montana.

Address: 1776 Lincoln St., Ste. 700Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303-861-8140 Fax: 303-861-0934


• Chairman and CEO: Mark A. Hellerstein • President and COO: A. J. (Tony) Best • VP Finance, CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary: David W. Honeyfield

Statoil ASA [STO]

and gas exploration, production, transport, refining, and marketing giant. Statoil operates in 29 countries, focusing its upstream activities on the Norwegian continental shelf, the North Sea, the Caspian Sea, Western Africa, and Venezuela. It has proved reserves of nearly 4.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Statoil has a retail network of more than 2,000 gas stations under its own brand, as well as the 1-2-3 network of automated outlets, in nine north European countries. Statoil sold its 50% stake in petrochemicals venture Borealis in 2005. The Norwegian government, which has been divesting shares in Statoil, still owns nearly 71% of the group.

Address: Forusbeen 50N-4035 Stavanger, Norway Phone: +47-51-99-00-00 Fax: +47-51-99-00-50


• President and CEO: Helge Lund • EVP and CFO: Eldar Sætre • EVP Communication: Reidar Gjærum

Stone Energy Corporation [SGY]

You can't squeeze blood from a stone, but you can squeeze energy. Stone Energy, which in 2006 agreed to be acquired by Plains Exploration and Production for $1.5 billion) acquires and exploits mature oil and natural gas properties that have high potential. The company, which has estimated proved reserves of 593 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent, has 58 producing properties in the Gulf of Mexico, and 21 active properties in the Rockies. With rising oil prices it has been able to increase development activities and acquire more properties (including expanding into the Rockies via its purchase of Basin Exploration).

Address: 625 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd.Lafayette, LA 70508 Phone: 337-237-0410 Fax: 337-237-0426


• Chairman: James H. Stone • President, CEO, and Director: David H. Welch • EVP Business Development: Craig L. Glassinger

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STP Nuclear Operating Company

STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) is a bright idea down in Texas, but just don't ask you know who to pronounce it. The company manages the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station near Bay City, Texas. The nuclear power plant, which went into operation in 1988, produces about 2,500 MW of electricity and serves more than a million homes. The company is jointly owned by CenterPoint Energy subsidiary Texas Genco (31%), City Public Service of San Antonio (28%), and Austin Energy (16%). AEP Texas Central has sold its 25% stake to City Public Service of San Antonio and Texas Genco.

Address: FM 521Wadsworth, TX 77483 Phone: 361-972-8445 Fax: 361-972-8050

• President and CEO: Joe Sheppard • Public Information Officer: Alan Mikus • Staff Public Affairs Specialist: Edward Conaway

Suncor Energy Inc. [SU]

The company explores for, processes, and markets oil and natural gas, mainly in Canada, but also in the US. It has proved reserves of 639 million barrels of oil equivalent. The first company to produce commercial crude oil from Canada's oil sands, Suncor now produces light crude oil, diesel fuel, and custom blends from Athabasca oil sands. It produces 206,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Its Sunoco subsidiary (unrelated to the US-based company of the same name) refines crude oil and processes and distributes fuels, petrochemicals, and heating oils. Suncor markets gasoline in Ontario from some 500 gas stations (mainly Sunoco-branded).

Address: 112 4th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 2V5, Canada Phone: 403-269-8100 Fax: 403-269-6217


• Chairman: J. R. Shaw • President, CEO, and Director: Richard L. (Rick) George • SVP and CFO: J. Kenneth (Ken) Alley

Swift Energy Company [SFY]

No laggard, oil and gas exploration and production company Swift Energy has interests in more than 930 producing wells, primarily in Texas and Louisiana. It also has two major exploration regions in New Zealand. The company's core US production areas are the Lake Washington Field in Louisiana, and the AWP Olmos Field in Texas. Swift Energy aims to increase reserves and production by adjusting the balance between drilling and acquisition activities in response to market conditions. It is also expanding its production activities in New Zealand. The company's proved reserves consist of 799.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Swift Energy Company was founded in 1979.

Address: 16825 Northchase Dr., Ste. 400Houston, TX 77060 Phone: 281-874-2700 Fax: 281-874-2726


• Chairman: A. Earl Swift • CEO and Director: Terry E. Swift • President and Secretary; President, Swift Energy Internation: Bruce H. Vincent

Synex International Inc.

independent power production subsidiary, Synex Energy Resources, develops, purchases, owns, and operates generation facilities in Western Canada. Subsidiary Sigma Engineering provides consulting, design, and environmental assessment services for hydroelectric projects. The company owns and operates hydroelectric plants (15 MW of capacity) in British Columbia and the US. It is developing two new projects: the Kyuoquot Electrical Utility and the Cypress Creek Hydro Project. The company took over the operation of four hydro plants in Michigan in 2004. Synex, established in 1987, also holds a stake in Coast Mountain Hydro in British Columbia.

Address: 1444 Alberni St., 4th Fl.Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 2Z4, Canada Phone: 604-688-8271 Fax: 604-688-1286

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 2.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 70.50% Employees (2005): 26

• Chairman and Secretary: Alan W. Stephens • President, CFO, and Director: Gregory J (Greg) Sunell

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Talisman Energy Inc. [TLM]

Talisman Energy hopes its efforts to develop hydrocarbon projects worldwide will work like a charm. Canada's largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, Talisman is active in Southeast Asia, North America, and the North Sea. It also explores in North Africa and in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Talisman has proved reserves of 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent and a production rate of 438,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Talsiman acquired Norwegian company Pertra, formerly a unit of Petroleum Geo-Services, for $155 million in 2005. It has also acquired rival Paladin Resources for £1.2 billion ($2.3 billion).

Address: Ste. 3400, 888 - 3rd St. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 5C5, Canada Phone: 403-237-1234 Fax: 403-237-1902


• Chairman: Douglas D. Baldwin • President and CEO: James W. (Jim) Buckee • EVP Finance and CFO: Michael D. McDonald

Tengasco, Inc. [TGC]

just yet, but it's getting there. The firm is engaged in exploring for, producing, and transporting oil and natural gas in Tennessee (primarily in the Swan Creek Field) and Kansas (in properties near Hays). Tengasco uses 3-D seismic technology to maximize recovery of its reserves; its proved reserves are 7.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 1.1 million barrels of oil. The firm also is involved in natural gas marketing, pipeline construction, and related energy services. Its Tengasco Pipeline unit manages its pipeline operations. Dolphin Offshore Partners owns 33% of Tengasco.

Address: 10215 Technology Dr., Ste. #301Knoxville, TN 37932 Phone: 865-675-1554 Fax: 865-675-1621


• Chairman: Peter E. Salas • CEO and Director: Jeffrey R. Bailey • CFO: Mark A. Ruth

Texas Genco Inc.

From the get-go, Texas Genco aims to be a major producer of electricity in the Lone Star State. The company has interests in power plants across Texas and a generating capacity of more than 14,000 MW. Most of its plants are fossil-fueled; the firm also owns a 31% stake in the STP Nuclear facility. Texas Genco sells its power to wholesale customers in the state's newly deregulated market. Parent CenterPoint Energy (formerly Reliant Energy) spun off 19% of Texas Genco to shareholders in 2003. While Texas Genco filed an initial public offering (IPO) in 2005, NRG Energy announced intentions to buy the company for $5.8 billion.

Address: 12301 Kurland Dr.Houston, TX 77034 Phone: 713-795-6000


• Chairman and CEO: Jack Fusco • CFO: Hamsa Shadaksharappa • EVP, Business Development and Strategic Planning: Thad Hill

The Exploration Company of Delaware, Inc. [TXCO]

The Exploration Company of Delaware isn't looking to go where no one has gone before -- only where no other drillers have gone. Through its direct efforts and joint ventures with other oil and gas firms, the company explores for oil and natural gas in the Dakotas, Montana, and South Texas. It has proved reserves of 17.7 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 3.4 million barrels of oil. The Exploration Company sells its oil and gas wholesale through independent marketers. To support its core operations in the Maverick Basin in South Texas, in 2002 the company acquired a 69-mile-long pipeline gathering system. By the end of 2004 The Exploration Company was operating 90 miles of gas gathering pipeline.

Address: 500 N. Loop 1604 East, Ste. 250San Antonio, TX 78232 Phone: 210-496-5300 Fax: 210-496-3232


• Chairman: Stephen M. Gose Jr. • President CEO, and Director: James E. (Jim) Sigmon • VP, CFO, and Treasurer: P. Mark Stark

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The Houston Exploration Company [THX]

Houston, we have a platform. Houston Exploration performs some of its gas and oil exploration, development, and production from offshore platforms in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, although the majority of its reserves are located onshore. The company offsets the risks of its high-potential Gulf operations by holding lower-risk onshore properties where it generates about 55% of its production. Houston Exploration's proved reserves (94% natural gas) total 793 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Its biggest customer, ConocoPhillips, accounts for 12% of sales.

Address: 1100 Louisiana, Ste. 2000Houston, TX 77002-5215 Phone: 713-830-6800 Fax: 713-830-6885


• Chairman, President, and CEO: William G. (Billy) Hargett • SVP and CFO: Robert T. Ray • EVP and COO: Steven L. (Steve) Mueller

The Meridian Resource Corporation [TMR]

Meridian Resource knows it takes longitude and latitude to locate oil and gas reserves, and the company uses 3-D seismic technology to improve its success rate. The exploration and development company focuses on the Gulf Coast and the Gulf of Mexico; it has proved reserves of 139 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Meridian is focusing its exploration and production activities on the Biloxi Marsh Land area, in addition to the development of the Weeks Island field properties. Together these assets comprise an area of 8,000 sq. miles of 3-D seismic data.

Address: 1401 Enclave Pkwy., Ste. 300Houston, TX 77077 Phone: 281-597-7000 Fax: 281-597-8880


• Chairman and CEO: Joseph A. Reeves Jr. • President and Director: Michael J. Mayell • SVP and Chief Accounting Officer: Lloyd V. DeLano

Toreador Resources Corporation [TRGL]

Toreador Resources is looking to the bull market in oil prices to lift its revenues. The oil and gas explorer, which focuses on exploration opportunities in the international arena, owns royalty and mineral interests in properties located in France, Romania, Trinidad, and Turkey. In 2004 the company sold its US hydrocarbon properties, but retains stakes in about 900 oil and gas wells in Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Toreador, which has proved reserves of 13.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, sells its oil and gas to refiners and pipeline companies.

Address: 4809 Cole Ave., Ste. 108Dallas, TX 75205 Phone: 214-559-3933 Fax: 214-559-3945


• Chairman: John M. McLaughlin • President, CEO, and Director: G. Thomas Graves III • SVP,Finance and CFO: Douglas W. Weir

TransAlta Power, L.P.

TransAlta Power transforms fossil fuels into electricity. The company owns a 49.9% indirect interest in the Mississauga, Ottawa, and Windsor power plants in Canada. It holds the indirect interest through its 49.9% limited-partnership stake in TransAlta Cogeneration (TA Cogen), an independent power producer with interests in five gas-fired power plants in Ontario and one coal-fired, mine-mouth plant in Alberta. Ontario. The plants have a total generating capacity of 1,338 MW of electricity, which is sold under long-term contracts. TransAlta Corp. has sold its minority stake in TransAlta Power, which was formed in 1997.

Address: 110 12th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 2M1, Canada Phone: 403-267-7110 Fax: 403-267-2590


• Chairman: T. Iain Ronald • President and Director: Ian A. Bourne • VP, Finance: Marvin J. Waiand

TransGlobe Energy Corporation [TGA]

TransGlobe Energy spans the earth from North America to the Middle East. The oil and gas exploration and production company's main interests are in Yemen and in the Canadian province of Alberta (primarily in central Alberta). The company started out in 1968 as a mining company called Dusty Mac before switching to oil and gas exploration and production in 1992 and changing its name to TransGlobe Energy. TransGlobe, which has total proved reserves of more than 7.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, ramped up its exploration activities in Yemen in 2002 and 2003 and moved into Egypt in 2004. In Egypt it has a 50% working interest in the Nuqra concession on the eastern bank of the Nile.

Address: Ste. 2500, 605 - 5th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 3H5, Canada Phone: 403-264-9888 Fax: 403-264-9898


• Chairman: Robert A. Halpin • President, CEO, and Director: Ross G. Clarkson • VP, COO, and Director: Lloyd W. Herrick

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Ultra Petroleum Corp. [UPL]

Ultra Petroleum goes to geographic extremes (Wyoming and China) in the search for petroleum products. The independent exploration and production company recovers natural gas from Cretaceous sandstone deposits in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming. The oil and gas company has expanded into China though the acquisition of Pendaries Petroleum, a Houston-based oil and gas exploration company that has large oil assets in Bohai Bay. Ultra Petroleum has proved reserves of 2 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent in the US, and 45.5 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent in China. The company also has assets in Pennsylvania and Texas.

Address: 363 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E., Ste. 1200Houston, TX 77060 Phone: 281-876-0120 Fax: 281-876-2831


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Michael D. Watford • CFO: Marshal D. (Mark) Smith • VP Operations: William B. (Bill) Picquet

VAALCO Energy, Inc. [EGY]

VAALCO Energy has boldly gone where bigger players are sure to follow. The small independent, which merged with the 1818 Oil Corp. in a reverse acquisition in 1998, is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas. Its strategy is to balance its lower-risk domestic drilling with higher-potential international prospects. VAALCO holds offshore exploration assets in Gabon. The company sold its Philippine holdings in 2004. VAALCO has interests in the Texas Gulf Coast. It has proved reserves of 8.7 million barrels of oil and 54 million cu. ft. of gas. The 1818 fund, managed by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. of New York., controlled 65% of VAALCO but sold this stake in 2005.

Address: 4600 Post Oak Place, Ste. 309Houston, TX 77027 Phone: 713-623-0801 Fax: 713-623-0982


• Chairman and CEO: Robert L. Gerry III • President, CFO, and Director: W. Russell Scheirman

Whittier Energy Corporation [WHIT]

Olympic Resources) knows how to make money. The natural gas exploration and production independent has primary operations in California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company has estimated proved reserves of 6.7 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2005 Whittier Energy acquired Rimco Production for $56 million. Rimco had proved reserves of 2 million barrels of oil and 11 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. The deal also gives Whittier Energy an additional 116 active wells in 18 producing fields in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas.

Address: 3355 W. Alabama St., Ste. 950Houston, TX 77098 Phone: 713-850-1880 Fax: 713-850-1879


• Chairman: James A. Jeffs • President, CEO, and Director: Bryce W. Rhodes • COO: Daniel Silverman

XTO Energy Inc. [XTO]

XTO Energy doesn't have to cross its fingers and hope its fields produce oil and gas. It buys mostly long-lived producing properties, and has begun more exploration of unproved reserves. The large independent's holdings are mainly in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. XTO Energy owns interests in more than 18,100 wells and operates gas gathering systems in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company has proved reserves of 6.1 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas, 209 million barrels of oil, and 47 million barrels of natural gas liquids. In 2004 it purchased 150 natural gas and oil properties in seven US states from Chevron for $912 million.

Address: 810 Houston St.Fort Worth, TX 76102-6298 Phone: 817-870-2800 Fax: 817-870-1671


• Chairman and CEO: Bob R. Simpson • President and Director: Keith A. Hutton • EVP and CFO: Louis G. Baldwin

YPF, S.A. [YPF] Yes

parent: Integrated oil company YPF is 99%-owned by Repsol YPF, Spain's largest oil concern (formerly Repsol). YPF has proved reserves of about 1.2 billion barrels of oil, and 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. It produces, refines, and markets petroleum, natural gas, and petrochemicals. The company's three Argentine refineries have an annual capacity of about 116 million barrels, 51% of Argentina's total refining capacity. YPF distributes oil to its approximately 1,900 service stations in Argentina. Subsidiary YPF International has production interests in Indonesia and develops US oil and gas properties.

Address: Avenida Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña 777C. 1035 ACC Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: +54-11-4329-2000 Fax: +54-11-4329-2113


• Chairman: Antonio Brufau Niubo • CEO: Enrique Locutura • CFO and Director: Carlos A. Olivieri

Company Name Description Contact Info Financial Highlights Key People

Acier Leroux inc.

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Abington Ventures Inc.

Exploring for gold isn't exactly Bada bing, bada boom -- we're rich, but it helps to own a former producing mine. Abington Ventures focuses its gold and silver exploration activities in the Sheeptanks Mining District in southwestern Arizona. The natural resources company had an option to buy the Verdstone Mine, which operated from 1992 to 1996 when gold prices fell, where it is drilling, but it didn't renew that option in 2005. It also owns options on nearby claims. The company has working interests in two oil and gas producing wells in Saskatchewan.

Address: 125A - 1030 Denman St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 2M6, Canada Phone: 604-683-6657 Fax: 604-684-4407

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 3.50%

• President and Director: Walter Brenner • CFO and Director: J. Lewis Dillman

Academy Corporation

There's gold in them thar' scrap heaps, or there can be, and that's where Academy comes in. Academy refines precious metals, including silver and gold, from leftovers such as flake, scrap, sludges, sweepings, filings, and buffings. The company manufactures bullion, provides materials (sheet, wire, and casting grain products) for jewelry makers and silversmiths, and operates silver-recovery equipment for the photo processing, medical, and graphic arts industries. The company operates refineries in Albuquerque and Philadelphia and maintains several satellite and service locations throughout the US. Academy was founded in 1976.

Address: 5520 Midway Park Place NEAlbuquerque, NM 87109 Phone: 505-345-1805 Fax: 505-344-


• President: Keith Philippi • CFO: Dan Radford • CTO: Diane Harding

Acier Leroux, also known as Leroux Steel, processes and distributes more than 3,000 formed steel products (such as steel plates, sheet, coil, bars, and tubes) used in construction. It is one of the leading metals service centers in Canada, with operations throughout Quebec. Leroux was acquired by competing metals service center Russel Metals in 2003. Following the acquisition, Leroux's operations in the US were disposed of in 2004.

Address: 1331 Graham-Bell St.Boucherville, Quebec J4B 6A1, Canada Phone: 450-641-2280 Fax: 450-641-9024


• President and CEO: Edward M. (Bud) Siegel Jr. • EVP and CFO: Brian R. Hedges

ADS Logistics, LLC

ADS Logistics doesn't deal in music, but it is a fan of metal. ADS (formerly Alternative Distribution Systems) provides fully integrated distribution services to the US metals industry. Operating throughout the contiguous 48 states, ADS distributes steel and aluminum, serving metals producers, traders, processors, and manufacturers through a network of warehousing and distribution centers. Through its four operating units -- Area Transportation, Roll & Hold Warehousing & Distribution, Integrated Solutions, and Western Intermodal -- ADS provides transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and third-party logistics. Chicago investment firm Code Hennessy & Simmons, through its May Logistics unit, owns ADS.

Address: 935 W. 175th St.Homewood, IL 60430 Phone: 708-799-4990 Fax: 708-799-5927

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Stephen H. Fraser • EVP and COO: John Klyczek • VP, Accounting: Patrick G. Sullivan

Advanced Chemical Company

At the service of the electronics and jewelry industries, Advanced Chemical makes products used in the electroplating process and refines precious metals from waste produced in electroplating and jewelry making. The company's refining processes are designed to recover gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and silver. Advanced Chemical was founded in 1972.

Address: 105 Bellows St.Warwick, RI 02888 Phone: 401-785-3434 Fax: 401-941-9210


• CEO: Gerald Smith Jr. • President and COO: Gerald Smith III • Controller: Lou DiPaolo

AfriOre Limited

Alamos Gold Inc.

Afrasia Mineral Fields Inc.

Asia, but it does do business in Canada. The company is involved in mineral exploration with Angel Exploration in Alberta. It is looking to acquire or partner with other mineral exploration businesses in its sector. Afrasia Mineral Fields is managed and administered by venture capital firm Varshney Capital. Praveen Varshney, president of Afrasia Mineral Fields, also heads up Varshney Capital.

Address: 925 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1304, Cathedral PlaceVancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L2, Canada Phone: 604-684-2181 Fax: 604-682-4768 • President and Director:

Praveen K. Varshney

African Eagle Resources plc

African Eagle Resources is soaring over eastern and southern Africa hunting for the right spot to mine gold. This creature explores for precious and base metals. It is currently investigating the Mkushi copper project in Zambia and the Eagle Eye iron, copper, and gold project in Zambia. African Eagle Resources is also having initial success in its exploration of the Miyabi gold project in Tanzania.

Address: 6-7 Queen St., 2nd Fl.London EC4N 1SP, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-72-486059 Fax: +44-20-76-917745

Park • Managing Director and Board Member: Mark E. Parker • Finance Director, Secretary, and Board Member: Bevan J. Metcalf

African Rainbow Minerals Limited

African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) develops and operates mines in South Africa in the ferrous, platinum group metals, nickel, and gold sectors. The mining company has a 50% holding in Assmang Limited, which mines ferrous metals including iron ore, manganese, and chrome ore. Formerly Anglovaal Mining, African Rainbow operates the Modikwa and Two Rivers platinum mines, among others. The company's Nkomati mine produces nickel and copper. In 2004 the company sold its Avgold Limited subsidiary to Harmony Gold Mining and now holds a 16% stake in Harmony.

Address: ARM House, 29 Impala Rd., ChislehurstonSandton, Gauteng 2146, South Africa Phone: +27-11-779-1300 Fax: +27-11-779-1312

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 619.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-5.50%) Employees (2004): 5,162 Employee Growth (1 yr): 57.20%

• Chairman: Patrice Motsepe • CEO and Director: André Wilkens • Financial Director: Frank Abbott

AfriOre dumped coal in favor of platinum. The company used to be in the business of coal or gold, depending on how you look at it. AfriOre operated coal mining properties (which it sold in 2004) primarily in South Africa. After divesting its coal operations, AfriOre expanded into platinum group metals mining, with an interest in the Akanani platinum project in South Africa. The company has continued exploring its gold projects in Kenya, Mali, Namibia, and South Africa.

Address: Craigmuir ChambersRoad Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands Phone: 212-386-5496 Fax: 212-386-5425

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2005): 0.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 108.80% Employees (2005): 7

• Chairman: Stuart R. Comline • President and CEO: G. Michael van Aswegen • CFO: Susan M. J. (Sue) Myburgh

Aguila American Resources Ltd.

Aguila American Resources calls Peru home. The company explores and develops precious and base metals primarily at its Anogstura gold property in Peru. The mining project consists of about five concessions and is located in a mountainous area in the Department of Apurimac in southern Peru. None of Aguila American Resources' projects are in production.

Address: 1090 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1305Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3V7, Canada Phone: 604-685-9316 Fax: 604-683-1585 • President, CEO, and

Director: John F. Huguet Alamos Gold has made its way to Mexico to find gold. The company explores for and develops precious metals interests, which primarily includes its Mulatos project located on the Salamandra Property (a 16,083-hectare concession holding) in the state of Sonora. Expected to produce about 150,000 ounces of gold annually in the first phase (at the Estrella Pit), the Mulatos project is an advanced gold deposit which should begin operations in 2005. In the meantime, Alamos Gold is also exploring several other properties within its Salamandra Property.

Address: 2010-120 Ade;aode St/ W/Toronto, Ontario M5H1T1, Canada Phone: 416-368-9932 Fax: 416-368-2934

• President and CEO: John A. McCluskey • CFO: Jon Morda • VP and Chief of Operations: John F. Van De Beuken

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Aleris International, Inc. [ARS]

Aleris International was formed in 2004 when aluminum recycler IMCO Recycling bought aluminum sheet maker Commonwealth Industries. The combined company's Aleris Recycling unit processes and delivers recycled aluminum (beverage cans and scrap) and metal alloys (aluminum scrap and other metals) in molten or ingot form. Outside the US, Aleris International sells aluminum through its aluminum recycling and foundry alloy plants in Brazil, Germany, Mexico, and the UK. Aleris Rolled Products makes alloy aluminum sheet from recycled metal. Aleris Zinc recycles zinc to make galvanized steel, corrosion-resistant paint, and specialty chemicals. Aleris International expanded in 2005 by buying ALSCO Metals.

Address: 25825 Science Park Dr., Ste. 400Beachwood, OH 44122 Phone: 216-910-3400 Fax: 216-910-3650


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Steven J. (Steve) Demetriou • EVP and CFO: Michael D. (Mike) Friday • SVP, Treasurer, and Corporate Development: Sean M. Stack

Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.

When it comes to coal mining, it takes more than one company to make an Alliance. Alliance Holdings GP owns Alliance Resource Management GP, which is the managing general partner of coal mining company Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. That company has eight coal mining complexes (seven underground, one surface) in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Maryland, plus other coal interests in West Virginia. Alliance Holdings GP generates revenue from its general partnership interest and its 43% ownership stake in Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. The Alliance companies have been assembled by Joseph Craft III, who is chairman, president, CEO, and owner of Alliance Holdings GP.

Address: 1717 S. Boulder Ave.Tulsa, OK 74119 Phone: 918-295-1415 Fax: 918-295-7361


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Joseph W. Craft III • SVP and CFO: Brian L. Cantrell • SVP, Marketing: Gary J. Rathburn

Almaden Minerals Ltd. [AAU]

Almaden Minerals is an amalgamation of former mining companies. The exploration stage company plans to explore and develop copper, gold, and silver mining projects in Canada and Mexico. Its properties in Mexico include Caballao Blanco, Fuego, San Carlos, and San Jose. Almaden Minerals also has a joint venture with BHP Billiton to explore properties in eastern Mexico. In addition, the company holds a 50% stake in Canadian diamond mining firm ATW Resources.

Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste. 1103Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2T8, Canada Phone: 604-689-7644 Fax: 604-689-7645


• President and CEO: James Duane (Duane) Poliquin • CFO: Dione Bitzer

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. [ANR]

Alpha Natural Resources doesn't mind going underground. The company produces steam and metallurgical coal at more than 40 underground mines and more than 20 surface mines, primarily in central and northern Appalachia. Low-sulfur steam coal, which is used mainly as fuel for electricity generation, accounts for most of Alpha's sales. The company sells about 25 million tons of coal annually, including 20 million tons produced at its mines and 5 million tons purchased from other mining companies. Most of the purchased coal is blended with coal from Alpha's mines before being sold. Alpha controls somewhere near 500 million tons of proved and probable coal reserves.

Address: 1 Alpha PlaceAbingdon, VA 24212 Phone: 276-619-4410


• Chairman: Hans J. Mende • President, CEO, and Director: Michael J. (Mike) Quillen • VP and CFO: David C. Stuebe

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. [ALTI]

When Altair Nanotechnologies paints the town, its pigment of choice is titanium dioxide (TiO2). Through subsidiary Altair Nanomaterials, the company produces titanium dioxide particles used in paints, coatings, and sensors. Altair intends to create new applications and products with its nanocrystalline technology. Thus far, it has developed uses for TiO2 in producing white pigments, thermal sprays, water purifiers, fuel cells, and pharmaceuticals. As part of a corporate restructuring, Altair has discontinued the operations of its mineral recovery unit, including mining assets and a mineral processing machine, the centrifugal jig, for segregating and recovering fine particles of precious metals like gold.

Address: 204 Edison WayReno, NV 89502-2306 Phone: 775-856-2500 Fax: 775-856-1619


• President, CEO, and Director: Alan J. Gotcher • CFO and Secretary: Edward H. (Ed) Dickinson • SVP, Sales and Marketing: Roy Graham

• CEO: Buddy Doyle

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Amalgamated Metal Corporation PLC

Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) stays in the mix by trading, distributing, and manufacturing metals, building products, and chemicals for a wide range of industrial applications. Its metals primarily include steel and non-ferrous metals (aluminum and tin), and its chemicals operation distributes paints and coatings, specialty, and food chemicals. AMC has operations in nearly 15 countries. In North America, the company operates subsidiary Amalgamet, which trades non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and essential oils. Formerly a subsidiary of the German tourism business TUI, management led a buy-out of AMC in 2003.

Address: 55 BishopsgateLondon EC2N 3AH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7626-4521 Fax: +44-20-7623-6015


• Chairman: H. Stodieck • Chief Executive: V. H. Sher • Director, Group Financial Control; Director, North American: G. C. L. Rowan

Amarillo Gold Corporation

If it's yellow and in the ground, odds are that Amarillo Gold wants to get its hands on it. The company is now prospecting in Brazil at its Mara Rosa project (which it acquired from Metallica Resources.) It also has a deal with Phelps Dodge to develop another mining project in Brazil. Amarillo Gold is exploring other regions of Brazil for gold deposits as well. The company emerged out of Consolidated Excellerated Resources, which was developed in 2003.

Address: Exchange Tower, P.O. Box 99, Ste. 3680Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B1, Canada Phone: 416-304-4209 Fax: 416-599-4959

AmerAlia, Inc. [AALA.PK]

AmerAlia is sold on soda. Through subsidiary Natural Soda, Inc., AmerAlia owns sodium bicarbonate leases covering more than 9,540 acres. The company's main development is on 1,320 acres of federal land in Colorado's Piceance Creek Basin (leased through 2011). The adjacent White River Nahcolite Minerals site, acquired in 2003, covers over 8,000 acres. AmerAlia can produce about 110,000 tons of sodium bicarbonate per year. Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is used in animal feed, food, and pharmaceuticals. Byproducts such as soda ash and caustic soda are used to make glass, detergents, and chemicals. The Jacqueline Badger Mars Trust owns 47% of AmerAlia. (Ms. Mars is an heir to the Mars candy fortune.)

Address: 20971 E. Smoky Hill Rd.Centennial, CO 80015-5187 Phone: 720-876-2373 Fax: 720-876-2374


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Bill H. Gunn • EVP, CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Robert C.J. van Mourik • Director of Sales and Marketing, Natural Soda Inc.: Brad Bunnett

American Colloid Company

American Colloid mines bentonite clay and employs it to make products used in animal feed, cat litter, cosmetics, metal castings, and pharmaceuticals, as well as in the production of iron ore. The properties of bentonite clay allow it to be used as an absorption agent, binder, lubricant, sealant, or thickener. American Colloid constitutes a major part of the minerals business of its parent, AMCOL International.

Address: 1500 W. Shure Dr.Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Phone: 847-392-4600 Fax: 847-506-6199


• President: Gary D. Morrison • Sales Manager Asia, AMCOL Paper Technologies: Hugh Parker

American Steel and Aluminum Corporation

American Steel & Aluminum, a subsidiary of Canada-based Novamerican Steel, primarily processes and distributes carbon steel, aluminum, and stainless steel products to customers through about 10 operating plants in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern US. Its products include hot and cold-rolled carbon steel and alloy and coated bar, coil, sheet, plate, and tubular forms. American Steel was founded in 1962 and later acquired by Novamerican Steel in 1996.

Address: 1080 University Ave.Norwood, MA 02062 Phone: 781-762-8014 Fax: 781-762-8804

Fiscal Year End: November Revenue (2005): 40.70 M Employees (2005): 123

• President and COO: Stephen D. Shaw • VP Finance and Treasurer: Peter V. Balboni

AMG Resources Corporation

AMG Resources is a full-service scrap metal brokerage and processing company. The company operates 10 scrap-processing facilities in the US and two in the UK. AMG Resources sells its products to steel mills and foundries and to other scrap dealers. AMG Resources was founded in 1988 to acquire Vulcan Detinning, which was established in 1902 to remove tin from tin-plate scrap.

Address: 4100 Grand Ave.Pittsburgh, PA 15225 Phone: 412-777-7300 Fax: 412-331-0972


• President and CEO: Allan Goldstein • COO: Ronald Zorn • CFO: Brian Cohen

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Anatolia Minerals Development Limited [ALIAF.PK]

Anatolia owns land in Turkey for mining gold, copper, and other minerals. The company has focused its exploratory drilling efforts on its Çöpler gold project, which is believed to contain 4 million ounces of gold. To identify other mineral deposits on the land it controls in Turkey, Anatolia has taken on industry giant Rio Tinto as an exploration partner.

Address: 10920 W. Alameda Ave., Ste. 205Lakewood, CO 80226 Phone: 303-292-1299 Fax: 303-297-0538

• Co-Chairman: Timothy Haddon • Co-Chairman, President, and CEO: Richard C. Moores II • CFO: Douglas Tobler

Anglesey Mining plc

Anglesey is anxious to get its hands on some gold, silver, or any other minerals, for that matter. Anglesey Mining owns zinc, copper, lead, gold, and silver properties at Parys Mountain (located north of the island of Anglesey in northern Wales) and Dolaucothi (located in southern Wales). Operations at the Dolaucothi property are suspended, but the company is actively exploring the Parys Mountain property. Bermuda-based company Juno Limited maintains a 45% ownership of Anglesey Mining.

Address: Parys MountainAmlwch, Anglesey LL68 9RE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1-248-361333 Fax: +44-1-248-361419

• Chairman and CEO: John F. Kearney • Finance Director and Company Secretary: Ian Cuthbertson

Anglo American plc [AAUK]

Anglo American's name might be a little misleading -- it's never been American. The UK-based company owns stakes in leading global producers of gold (51%, AngloGold Ashanti), platinum (75%, Anglo Platinum), and diamonds (45%, De Beers Consolidated). In addition, Anglo American has interests in paper and packaging goods (more than 20% of sales), ferrous and base metals, and industrial minerals. It also is one of the world's largest independent coal miners. The company controls assets around the world. Descendants of the founding Oppenheimer family no longer control Anglo American, although Nicky Oppenheimer, who chairs De Beers, sits on the company's board.

Address: 20 Carlton House TerraceLondon SW1Y 5AN, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7968-8888 Fax: +44-20-7968-8500


• Chairman: Sir Mark Moody-Stuart • CEO and Executive Director: Anthony J. (Tony) Trahar • EVP, Group Human Resources and Business Development: Russell King

Anglo Pacific Group plc

Anglo Pacific Group is involved in the exploration, mining, and development of minerals primarily located in Australia and Canada. The company earns royalties from the Kestrel and Crinum coal mines in Australia (operated by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton) and has interests in other coal operations in Canada. Anglo Pacific has also invested in diamond, gold, and platinum mining operations in Australia and North America, but has reduced its holdings in these operations as the company looks to coal for growth. It also holds a talc deposit in Scotland.

Address: 17 Hill St.London W1J 5NZ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7409-1111 Fax: +44-20-7629-0370


• Executive Chairman: Peter M. Boycott • Finance Director: Brian M. Wides

Anglo Platinum Limited

Gold may glitter, but Anglo Platinum sees pizzaz in platinum. The company, commonly called Amplats, which is more than 70%-owned by resources giant Anglo American, is the world's largest miner of platinum group metals, or PGMs, such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium. The company produces about 2.5 million ounces of platinum and more than a million ounces of palladium annually. Its reserves include more than 220 million ounces comprising platinum, palladium, rhodium, and gold (a byproduct of PGM mining). PGMs are used in catalytic converters, electronics, fuel cells, industrial processes (as catalysts), and jewelry. Amplats operates seven mines, three smelters, and two refineries, all in South Africa.

Address: 55 Marshall St.Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Phone: +27-11-373-6111 Fax: +27-11-373-5111


• Non-Executive Chairman: Barry E. Davison • CEO and Director: Ralph Havenstein • Executive Director, Finance and Business Development and Boa: Roeland van Kerckhoven

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Angus & Ross PLC

Angus & Ross will go to great lengths to find good mineral prospects. The company is exploring Australia, Brazil, Canada, China and Greenland primarily for gold, base metals, and tantalum (used mainly in electronics manufacturing). Its Black Angel Mining subsidiary (84%-owned) operates a zinc and lead project in Greenland. Several investment firms own sizable stakes in Angus & Ross.

Address: St. Chad's House, Piercy End, KirkbymoorsideYork YO62 6DQ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1751-430-988 Fax: +44-1751-430-991

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Employees (2005): 5 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-28.60%)

• Chairman and Chief Executive: Robin Andrews • COO: Andrew P. Zemek • Finance Director and Secretary: Paul Williams

Anooraq Resources Corporation [ANO]

Anooraq Resources has platinum on its mind. The company explores and develops platinum group metals (PGM) prospects in South Africa. Anooraq Resources' mineral properties include the Drenthe and Witriver farms, as well as the Overysel Farm through a joint venture with a Anglo American Platinum subsidiary. It also holds interests in other properties, all within the prolific Bushveld Complex. Before going to South Africa, the company had been exploring for metals in Mexico. CEO Ronald Thiessen works for Hunter Dickinson, a mining management firm.


• Co-Chairman: Robert A. Dickinson • Co-Chairman: Popo S. Molefe • President, CEO, and Director: Ronald W. Thiessen

Antares Minerals Inc.

Antares Minerals likes its chances for minerals in Latin America. Formerly Planet Ventures, the company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of copper and gold. It has several prospects in northwestern Argentina as well as an agreement with Phelps Dodge for a project in Peru. None of its properties are in commercial production.

Address: 25 Main St. North, 3rd Fl.Toronto, Ontario LOR 2HO, Canada Phone: 905-667-5075 Fax: 905-689-0443 • President and Director:

John E. Black

Apolo Gold & Energy, Inc. [APLL.OB]

small island off Indonesia. When mining exploration in Latin and South America proved fruitless, the company began exploring and mining precious metals on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Apolo Gold & Energy has a partnership with PT Metro Astatama to develop gold and silver properties on the island. Its primary property is the NUP project. In addition, Apolo Gold & Energy also holds an interest in an oil property in Kazakhstan. Founder and former CEO Martial Levasseur controls about 15% of the company.

Address: 409 Granville St., Ste. 1209Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1T2, Canada Phone: 604-687-4150 Fax: 604-687-4155


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Peter Bojtos • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Robert G. Dinning

Aquarius Platinum Limited

Aquarius Platinum wants platinum lovers to pour it on. The company mines for platinum and other platinum group metals (PGMs) in South Africa's highly productive Bushveld Complex and in Zimbabwe through its 50% stake in Mimosa Investments. PGMs, including palladium and rhodium, are used in electronics, catalytic converters, and jewelry. Aquarius Platinum focuses on small deposits and a capital-intensive (mechanized) rather than a labor-intensive mining model. Founded in 1996, the company produces around 330,000 PGM ounces annually, mostly at its 50%-owned Kroondal mine (a partnership with Anglo Platinum).

Address: Level 4, Ste. 5, South Shore Centre, 85 The EsplanadeSouth Perth 6151, Australia Phone: +61-8-9367-5211 Fax: +61-8-9367-5233


• Chairman: Stuart A. Murray • Managing Director: Gert R. Ackerman • Finance Director: Ayanda Khumalo

YesArch Coal, Inc. [ACI]

What powers your power company? Perhaps Arch Coal. About half of the electricity generated in the US comes from coal, and Arch Coal is one of the country's largest coal producers, behind industry leader Peabody Energy. Arch Coal produces more than 125 million tons of coal a year from nearly two dozen mines in the western US and Central Appalachia; the company has proved and probable reserves of about 3.1 billion tons. Steam coal -- low-ash coal used by electric utilities to produce steam in boilers -- accounts for the vast majority of the company's sales. To store and ship its Appalachian coal, the company operates the Arch Coal Terminal near the Ohio River.

Address: 1 CityPlace Dr., Ste. 300St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: 314-994-2700 Fax: 314-994-2878


• Chairman and CEO: Steven F. Leer • President, COO and Director: John W. Eaves • SVP and CFO: Robert J. Messey

Archipelago Resources PLC

Archipelago Resources is engaged in the exploration and production of gold and other base metals. The company's primary holding is an 85% interest in the Toka Tindung Gold project (acquired in 2002) located in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Toka Tindung is expected produce 160,000 ounces of gold annually once it begins production in 2006. It has an estimated resource of 1.75 million ounces of gold. Archipelago Resources also explores for gold in Vietnam and the Philippines. The UK-based investment firm Ocean Resources Capital holds a 33% stake in the company.

Address: 17 Strome Rd.Applecross, Perth 6153, Australia Phone: +61-00-618-9364-8301 Fax: +61-00-618-9316-3819

• Managing Director: J. Colin Loosemore • Finance Director: Barry J. Casson

ARCON International Resources P.l.c.

ARCON International Resources, through subsidiary ARCON Mines, operates the Galmoy zinc mine in County Kilkenny, Ireland. ARCON was formed through the 1992 merger of Atlantic Resources, Conroy Petroleum, and Natural Resources (companies associated with multimillionaire Sir Anthony O'Reilly, whose son was ARCON's chairman.) Lundin Mining acquired the company in 2005.

Address: 60 Merrion Rd., BallsbridgeDublin 4, Ireland Phone: +353-1-667-3063 Fax: +353-1-667-3065

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 50.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 81.50% Employees (2004): 200 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-7.80%) • CEO and CFO: W.

Peter Kidney

Argosy Minerals Inc.

Argosy Minerals has set out around the world to explore and develop mineral deposits. The company is involved in various mineral holdings, chiefly the MusongatiBurundi Nickel project (Africa), the Lac Panache project (Canada), and the Gold Creek project (US). The Lac Panache project in Ontario is being explored for platinum group metals (PGMs), copper, nickel, and other metals. In 2003 it sold the Kremnica Gold project in Slovakia and in 2004 Argosy Minerals terminated its New Caledonia Nickel project, a proposed joint venture deal with Norilsk Nickel.

Address: 23 Richardson St., Level 1, Ste. 3South Perth 6151, Australia Phone: +61-61-8-9474-4178 Fax: +61-61-8-9474-4236


• Chairman and President: Peter H. Lloyd • CFO and Director: Marcus N. Foster • Manager, Corporate Development: David A. Russell

Asbury Carbons, Inc.

and markets a wide range of carbon- and graphite-based materials. Applications include coatings, friction materials, fuel cell plates, lubricants, and powder metallurgy. Asbury Carbons operates from facilities throughout the US and in Canada. The company was founded in 1895 by Harry Riddle and is run by his descendants.

Address: 405 Old Main St.Asbury, NJ 08802 Phone: 908-537-2155 Fax: 908-537-2908


• CEO: Marvin Riddle • President: Stephen A. Riddle • VP Operations: Carol A. Kalmar

Asbury Graphite of California, Inc.

A unit of graphite producer Asbury Carbons, Asbury Graphite of California produces carbon-related materials such as artificial and natural graphite, breeze cokes, and green and calcined-petroleum cokes. Customers include iron and steel producers and industrial manufacturers. Applications for Asbury Graphite of California's products include cathodic protection, friction, glass production, industrial reactants, lubrication, packing media, refractory, and rubber.

Address: 2855 Franklin Canyon Rd.Rodeo, CA 94572 Phone: 510-799-3636 Fax: 510-799-7460


• CEO, Asbury Carbons: Marvin Riddle • President, Asbury Carbons: Stephen A. Riddle

Asia Energy PLC

Asia Aluminum Holdings Limited

Asia Aluminum Holdings has taken a prominent place in China's metal scene. The company, through a number of subsidiaries, makes and sells aluminum extrusion and stainless steel products serving the construction, transportation, industrial, and home-improvement sectors. The company also provides design and testing services for aluminum products and is building its capabilities in the aluminum flat-rolled products sector. The company has five aluminum extrusion plants in Nanhai and with the addition of Asia Aluminum City in Zhaoqing, the company will not only expand its extrusion capabilities but add rolled products manufacturing to its offerings.

Address: 12th Flr., Railway Plaza, 39 Chatham Rd. S, TsimshatsuiKowloon, Hong Kong Phone: +852-27890200 Fax: +852-23981808

• Chairman: Wui Chun Kwong • Deputy Chairman and CEO: Yiu Tsuan (Benby) Chan • Executive Director, Production and Operations: Jianqiu Zhong

Asia Energy is just touching the surface of the coal mining business. It's a coal exploration and development company with shallow coal deposits in Bangladesh. The company's main operation is the Phulbari coal project, which is situated in the Dinajpur region of northwest Bangladesh. Once Phulbari is in production the coal will be exported to India and other parts of Asia.

Address: 27 Abemarle St.London W1S 4DW, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7097-1798 Fax: +44-20-7491-2758


• Chairman: Christopher J. (Chris) Eager • CEO and Director: Steve Bywater • Executive Director, Project Development and Board Member: Bill McIntosh

Asturiana de Zinc, S.A.

Have you had your zinc today? Well, Asturiana de Zinc sure has. The company's core business is the refining and production of zinc metal. Its primary mining operation is the Reocín mine in Spain. Along with your run-of-the-mill ingots and wire, the company also produces zinc-based alloys, sulphuric acid, germanium dioxide, and good old zinc oxide. In 2003 Asturiana acquired German zinc smelter Nordenham. Its parent company, Switzerland-based Xstrata plc, has rolled its other zinc operations into Asturiana, including its facilities in Australia and the UK.

Address: Cardenal Marcelo Spinola 42, 7 piso28016 Madrid, Spain Phone: +34-91-334-42-00 Fax: +34-91-334-42-02

• Chairman and Chief Executive: Santiago Zaldumbide • Financial Manager: Juan León Jariego • Research and Business Development Manager: Emilio Tamargo Benavides

ATAC Resources Ltd.

ATAC Resources has gone on the offensive to find precious metals. The company owns and explores mineral properties in Canada, concentrating its gold exploration on ten properties in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Its current projects include the Arn and Golden Revenue properties in the Yukon Territory of Canada. None of its properties are in production.

Address: 510 W. Hastings St., Ste. 1016Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1L8, Canada Phone: 604-688-2568 Fax: 604-688-2578

• Chairman: Alan R. Archer • CEO and Director: James M. (Jim) Stephen • President and Director: Robert C. (Rob) Carne

Atacama Minerals Corp.

Atacama Minerals is an industrial minerals mining company that operates in South America through its subsidiary Atacama Minerals Chile. The company's main asset is the Aguas Blancas mine, an industrial minerals property in the desert of northern Chile. Atacama Minerals' Aguas Blancas property produces iodine, sodium nitrate, and sodium sulphate. In 2005 Atacama acquired a 100% stake in Aguas Blancas after buying out ACF Minera's holding in the property.

Address: 885 W. Georgia St., Ste. 2101Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E8, Canada Phone: 604-689-7842 Fax: 604-689-4250


• Chairman: Lukas H. Lundin • President and CEO: Edward F. Posey • CFO: Wanda Lee

ATIC Services

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ATH Resources plc

ATH Resources ranks right up there as one of the largest coal mining companies in the UK. It operates three opencast sites (Skares Road, Grievehill, and Garleffan) in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The company has additional exploratory coal mining projects in Scotland and France. Formed in 2003 by acquiring Aardvark TMC, ATH Resources produces about 1.5 million tons of coal annually. Aardvark TMC is now a subsidiary that operates its Skares Road site; ATH Garleffan operates the Garleffan site. ATH Resources primarily supplies coal to utility companies, including British Energy, E.On, and Drax Group.

Address: Aardvark House, Sidings CourtDoncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 5NU, England Phone: +44-130-276-0462 Fax: +44-130-276-0463


• Chairman: David Port • Chief Executive: Tom Allchurch • Development Director: Mike Tod

import business: marketing, logistics, and quality control. It holds stakes in bulk handling and transportation facilities, as well as shipping agencies and laboratories. ATIC Services is a joint venture created in 1995 by Charbonnages de France and Electricité de France. The company owns and operates offices in Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, and the US.

Address: 91 bis, rue du Cherche-Midi75006 Paris, France Phone: +33-1-53-63-38-63 Fax: +33-1-53-63-38-58


• Chairman and CEO: Jean-Claude Muller • COO: Stéphane Lemoine • Financial Manager: Hervé Royon

Atlas Mining Company [ALMI.OB]

Through its Atlas Fausett Contracting unit, mineral exploration company Atlas Mining provides underground mining-related services for mine operators, other exploration companies, and companies in the construction and natural resource industries. The company also is working to develop its Dragon Mine property in Juab County, Utah, which contains a deposit of halloysite clay, a substance used to make bone china, fine china, and porcelain. In addition to its mining operations, Atlas harvests timber from land it controls in northern Idaho. Atlas has sustained financial losses, however, and the company's auditors have questioned whether it will be able to stay in business.

Address: 630 E. Mullan Ave.Osburn, ID 83849 Phone: 208-556-1181 Fax: 208-556-6741

Chairman, President, and CEO: William T. Jacobson

Atna Resources Ltd.

Atna Resources is a mineral exploration company that purchases, explores, and develops mineral resource properties. The company concentrates on precious metals and operates primarily in Canada, the United States (Arizona and Nevada), and Chile. With an eye on developing properties in Nevada, Atna Resources has acquired such projects as the Pinson Gold and Searchlight in 2004, as well as the Triple Junction/Dixie Fork properties in 2003. In the past several years, it also formed several agreements for options to acquire interests in other claims in Nevada.

Address: 510 Burrard St., Ste. 510Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3A8, Canada Phone: 604-684-2285 Fax: 604-684-8887

• Chairman: Glen D. Dickson • President, CEO, and Director: David H. Watkins • CFO: G. Ross McDonald

Aurizon Mines Ltd. [AZK]

Aurizon Mines hopes that gold is on the horizon. The company explores and mines for gold in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec. Aurizon's primary property is the Casa Berardi Mine, which is in development. In 2005 the company sold its 50% stake in the Sleeping Giant Mine to Cambior, which owns the other 50% stake. Cambior holds about 10% of the company. Aurizon is using the cash from the Sleeping Giant sale to fund its Casa Berardi development. The company sold its stake in the Beaufor Mine and Perron properties to Richmont Mines in 2001.



• Chairman, President, and CEO: David P. Hall • EVP and CFO: Ian S. Walton

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Yes

Aurora Metals (BVI) Limited [AURMF.OB]

The luminous phenomenon that Aurora Metals (BVI) Limited (Aurora Metals) looks for is precious metal. The company explores for a variety of minerals, including platinum group minerals and nickel-cobalt-copper minerals, on properties in the US (in Montana). It also is exploring for lead and zinc in Tunisia. In conjunction with the development of a gem identification and verification technology, Aurora Metals acquired 637700 BC Ltd, a British Columbia-based company in 2002. This unit changed its name to Crystal Coding Ltd and it became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Aurora Metals is owned by Aurora Gold.

Address: P.O. Box 27494Denver, CO 80227-0494 Phone: 303-727-8609 Fax: 303-936-0333

• President: John A. A. James • CFO, Controller and Secretary: A. Cameron Richardson

Avalon Ventures Ltd.

Avalon Ventures explores and mines mineral properties exclusively in Canada. The company has primarily been exploring for rare metals and industrial minerals (such as beryllium, lithium, feldspars, and tantalum) used in high technology products. In 2005 Avalon Ventures acquired the Thor Lake rare metals deposit in the Northwest Territories. Its other advanced projects include the Separation Rapids rare metals project in Ontario and the Red Hill copper, zinc, and silver property in British Columbia.

Address: 111 Richmond St. West, Ste. 1005Toronto, Ontario M5H 2G4, Canada Phone: 416-364-4938 Fax: 416-364-5162

• Chairman: Lawrence P. Page • President and CEO: Donald S. Bubar

Avocet Mining PLC

Avocet Mining is all set to explore and mine for gold. The company has three operational gold mining projects: one in Malaysia (Penjom), one in Indonesia (North Lanut), and one in Tajikistan (ZGC). Avocet Mining is also currently exploring for gold through a joint venture at a mining site in the Papua province of New Guinea. The company owns 100% of the Penjom project, 80% of the North Lanut project, and 75% of the ZGC project. Most of the company's revenue comes from its Penjom project, which produces more than 100,000 ounces of gold annually.

Address: 9 Berkeley St., 7th Fl.London W1J 8DW, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7907-9000 Fax: +44-20-7907-9019


• Chairman: N. G. McNair Scott • CEO: John T. Catchpole • Finance Director: Jonathan G. Henry

AZCO Mining Inc. [AZMN.PK]

AZCO Mining hopes it has the Midas touch when it comes to mica. Among the company's key assets is the Black Canyon mica project in Arizona, which includes a mine and a processing plant. An industrial mineral, mica is used by the paint, plastics, and cosmetics industries. Operations at Black Canyon have been shut down since 2002, however, because of a lack of money. AZCO hopes to raise funds to reopen the mica project and to develop the company's Ortiz gold property in New Mexico.

Address: 7239 N. El Mirage Rd.Glendale, AZ 85382 Phone: 623-935-0774 Fax: 623-935-0781

• Chairman: Lawrence G. (Larry) Olson • President, CEO, and Director: W. Pierce Carson

BacTech Mining Corporation

known as bioleaching, to extract precious and base metals from sulphide ores and concentrates. Bioleaching uses naturally occurring bacteria to oxidize minerals, breaking their structure and allowing metals to be released. The company has developed bioleaching operations for companies in Australia, China, Mexico, and South Africa. In 2005, it relinquished its 55% interest the Tonkin Springs gold project in Nevada. Sun Valley Gold is the company's largest shareholder with a 20% stake in BacTech Mining.

Address: 439 University Ave., Ste. 1450Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Y8, Canada Phone: 416-813-0303 Fax: 416-596-9840

• President, CEO, and Director: Ross Orr • CFO and Secretary: Jim D. Kirke

Balli Group plc

Behr Metals • VP: Randall Peck

Through its subsidiaries, Balli Steel and Balli Trading, the group trades and distributes steel as well as aluminum, chemicals, office products, agricultural goods, and other commodities. Flat-rolled steel makes up about half of total steel sales. Chemicals and aluminum make up most of the company's non-steel trading business. Established in 1991, the trading house has grown through the acquisitions such as Klockner Steel Trade (2000), Comvex (2002), and RXI (2003). Its Comvex unit is a bulk handling terminal in the Black Sea. Balli also operates alumina refineries and aluminum rolling mills.

Address: 5 Stanhope GateLondon W1K 1AH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7306-2000 Fax: +44-20-7491-9000


• CFO: Hassan Alaghband • Group Finance Director: David Spriddell

Band-Ore Resources Ltd.

Band-Ore Resources has its eye out for a good strip of precious metals. The company is involved in diamond and gold exploration with mining properties in the prolific Timmins mining area of northern Ontario. Its properties mainly include the Corbiere Property, GQ Diamond Property, Rock Star, Thorne Gold, and Thunder Creek. The miner is looking for joint venture partners to help develop its gold and diamond properties. Band-Ore Resources was founded in 1946.

Address: 120 Adelaide St. West, Ste. 512Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1, Canada Phone: 416-364-6420 Fax: 416-364-5400

• Chairman: Peter A. Crossgrove • President, CEO, and Director: Wayne J. O'Connor • CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary: James N. Fairbairn

Bard Ventures Ltd.

This bard ventures forth to do more than tell tales. Bard Ventures acquires interests in land in Canada and the UK for exploration and development of natural resources and minerals. The company sold its oil and gas property in Alberta in 2004, but it has continued to acquire interests in mineral and oil and gas properties. Bard Ventures is searching for silver, gold, and other mineral assets in central British Columbia and northern Canada's Nunavut Territory. It has agreed to acquire 50% stakes in both the Ingenikia/Swannell and Wasi Creek prospects from Cross Lake Minerals Ltd. Bard Ventures pays for its activities by selling shares to investors and taking on exploration and development partners.

Address: 1255 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2V1, Canada Phone: 604-687-2038 Fax: 604-687-3141

• Chairman: Donald A. R. (Don) Sheldon • President, CEO, and Director: Eugene Beukman • CFO: Carmon Currie

Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc.

Barrick Goldstrike Mines is the mother lode for Barrick Gold. The company operates two producing mines (Betze-Post and Meikle) on property totaling some 9,900 acres, located on the prolific Carlin Trend in Nevada. Goldstrike produces about 2 million ounces of gold annually. It's the largest gold producing operation for Canadian mining company Barrick Gold. There are two processing plants located on the property which separate the gold from the recovered ore. Barrick is actively exploring other areas of its prolific Goldstrike property for development.

Address: P.O. Box 29Elko, NV 89803 Phone: 775-778-8380 Fax: 775-738-7685


• VP, North America, Barrick Gold: Gregory A. Lang

Behr Iron & Steel, Inc.

Behr Iron & Steel doesn't growl when it comes time to collect and recycle scrap metal. The subsidiary of Joseph Behr and Sons buys, processes, and sells scrap steel and iron that is used as raw material by steel mills and foundries. Other Joseph Behr and Sons units handle nonferrous metals and provide construction, demolition, and trucking services.



• President: William J. Bremner • VP, Operations: Mike Schwebke

Behr and Sons processes nonferrous scrap metals such as aluminum breakage, copper wire and choppings, nickel alloys, solder, and tin. Russian immigrant Joseph Behr founded the company in 1906. Other companies in the Behr family are engaged in construction, iron and steel scrap processing, and trucking.

Address: 208 Quaker Rd.Rockford, IL 61105 Phone: 815-987-2680 Fax: 815-987-2681

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Yes

Yes

Beitai Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd.

Beitai Iron & Steel Group has hardly limited itself to working in metal. In addition to its iron and steel operations, the company is active in real estate, chemicals, heavy machinery, and trade industries. Through Benxi Iron & Steel, the company produces pig iron, steel billets, slabs, wire rods, and strip steel. It also provides casting processing services, turning raw materials into steel pipes for sale throughout Asia. Liaoning North Coal Industry produces ammonia and urea for use in agricultural, medical, and textile industries. Beitai also manufactures and sells heavy machinery including dump trucks, loaders, and paper making machines through its subsidiary Benxi North Machinery Heavy Truck Co..

Address: 36, Huanshan Rd., Mingshan DistrictBenxi, Liaoning 117022, China Phone: +86-414-486-8855 Fax: +86-414-484-3613 • President: Yang Xinhua

Benguet Corporation [BENGF.PK]

(dating to 1903), mines and processes gold, chromite, copper, and other minerals. However, with metal prices low, Benguet has closed many of its mining operations and diversified into such businesses as bottled water, construction, real estate development, ecotourism, trading, reforestation, and trucking and warehousing. Most non-mining operations are part of its Benguet Management Corp. subsidiary (75% of sales). Following years of financial woes, Benguet was put under custody of the Philippines' Presidential Commission on Good Government. Insiders, including the family of chairman and CEO Benjamin Romualdez, control 54% of Benguet.

Address: 1 Corporate Plaza, 845 Arnaiz Ave.Makati, Metro Manila 1223, Philippines Phone: +63-2-812-1380 Fax: +63-2-813-6611

• Chairman: Ferdinand G. Romualdez • President and CEO: Benjamin P. G. Romualdez • SVP, Finance and Treasurer: Salvador P. Pabalan

BHP Billiton [BHP]

mining and oil company BHP Limited acquired UK miner Billiton plc in 2001. The result is a two-headquartered, dual-listed company that is run as a single entity with the same board of directors and management. The Melbourne side is BHP Billiton Limited; the London-based side is BHP Billiton Plc; collectively they're known as BHP Billiton. The company ranks among the world's top producers of iron ore and coal (thermal and metallurgical) and is a major producer of petroleum products such as crude oil and natural gas. Other units produce aluminum, base metals, diamonds, manganese, and stainless steel. BHP Billiton has operations on six continents.

Address: 180 Lonsdale St.Melbourne 3000, Australia Phone: +61-1300-55-4757 Fax: +61-3-9609-3015


• Chairman: Don R. Argus • Chief Executive and Director: Charles W. (Chip) Goodyear • Executive President and Director: Miklos (Mike) Salamon

BHP Billiton Limited [BHP]

BHP Billiton Limited is one half of a dual-listed mining giant. It is headquartered in Melbourne; the other part of the company -- BHP Billiton Plc -- is based in the UK. Although they maintain separate listings the companies are managed as a single entity and have the same management team and board of directors. The twin firms were created when BHP (Australia) acquired Billiton (UK) in 2001. The company ranks among the world's top producers of iron ore and coal (thermal and metallurgical) and is a major producer of petroleum products such as crude oil and natural gas. BHP Billiton also produces aluminum, base metals, diamonds, manganese, and stainless steel.

Address: 180 Lonsdale St.Melbourne 3000, Australia Phone: +61-1300-55-4757 Fax: +61-3-9609-3015

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 23513.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 42.10% Employees (2004): 35,000


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Yes

Blue Tee Corp.

BNI Coal Ltd.

BHP Billiton Plc [BBL]

headquartered in London; the other part of the company -- BHP Billiton Limited -- is based in Australia. Although they maintain separate listings the companies are managed as a single entity and have the same management team and board of directors. The twin firms were created when BHP (Australia) acquired Billiton (UK) in 2001. BHP Billiton is one of the world's top producers and processors of alumina, aluminum, base metals, stainless steel, and carbon steel materials (iron ore and manganese). Other significant operations include oil and gas exploration and coal mining.

Address: Neathouse PlaceLondon SW1V 1BH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7802-4000 Fax: +44-20-7802-4111



Birim Goldfields Inc. [BRGFF.PK]

Birim Goldfields may be based in Canada, but its business is in Ghana. The company's primary property is the Bui gold project, which it is currently developing. In addition, it holds the Nkenkasu, Bia Tano, and Banda Ahenkro properties in Ghana. Birim Goldfields also has a deal with Golden Star Resources to explore and develop the Dunkwa Royalty property.

Address: 1155 University St., Ste. 812Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A7, Canada Phone: 514-393-8611 Fax: 514-393-1158

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-98.90%) Employees (2004): 50

• Chairman: Charles Thomas Ogryzlo • CEO and Director: Denis Simoneau • President: Victor (Vic) King

Black Beauty Coal Company

Little girls who love horses won't necessarily love this Black Beauty. A subsidiary of Peabody Energy, Black Beauty Coal Company operates six coal mines in Indiana and three in Illinois. The company primarily supplies power companies in the midwestern US. Black Beauty holds a 75% stake in the United Minerals Company and provides the workforce for the Arclar Company. In 2003 Peabody acquired the remaining interest in Black Beauty that it had not already held. Black Beauty produces somewhere around 25 million tons of compliance, medium sulfur, and high sulfur stem coal annually.

Address: 7100 Eagle Crest Blvd.Evansville, IN 47715 Phone: 812-434-8500

• Chairman: Steven Chancellor • SVP: Wayne Parke

Blue Tee has stayed out of the rough through diversification. The company, operating through its subsidiaries, distributes steel and scrap metal and manufactures a variety of industrial equipment. Blue Tee's Brown-Strauss Steel subsidiary is a leading distributor of steel products (beams, pipe, tubing) in the western US. Other operations include AZCON (scrap metal sales and rail cars and parts), GEFCO (portable drilling rigs), Standard Alloys (pump parts), and Steco (dump-truck trailers). Union Tractor provides replacement parts for construction and transportation equipment in western Canada. Blue Tee is owned by its employees.

Address: 250 Park Ave. SouthNew York, NY 10003 Phone: 212-598-0880 Fax: 212-598-0896


• Chairman and CEO: Richard A. Secrist • President and COO: William M. Kelly • SVP Finance and Secretary: David P. Alldian

The boss won't mind if he catches the BNI Coal employees dozing on the job, as long as it's done on a bulldozer that is. The company, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based utility company ALLETE, mines for lignite coal at its Center Mine property. BNI Coal excavates an estimated 4.5 tons of coal a year, most of which is sold to the Minnkota Power Cooperative and the Square Butte electric generating facilities (the supply contracts are not set to expire until 2027). The company also reclaims approximately 210 acres of land each year at a cost of about $15,000 per acre.

Address: 1637 Burnt Boat Dr.Bismarck, ND 58502 Phone: 701-222-8828 Fax: 701-222-1547

• President and General Manager: Mike Hummel • Manager, Operations: Steve Hovey • Manager, Finance and Accounting: Pat Clement

Yes

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Yes

BPK Resources Inc. [BPKR.OB]

BPK Resources is searching for a new kind of resource following its 2006 acquisition of Graphite Technology Group, which is engaged in the business of mining, manufacturing, and selling of natural and synthetic graphite and carbon-based materials for use in a wide range of industrial applications. The company owns graphite mines in Canada, China, and Madagascar. BPK Resources was formerly an oil and gas exploration and production company operating in Texas and Louisiana. The firm did not operate any of the wells, it merely provided investment capital for acquisition and development. BPK Resources sold these interests in order to try its hand in a new area of business.

Address: 5858 Westheimer St., Ste. 709Houston, TX 77057 Phone: 713-978-7991 Fax: 713-785-8530 • CEO and Director:

Christopher M. Giordano

Brazauro Resources Corporation [BZOFF.PK]

Tapajos gold district in northern Brazil's Para state. The company has embarked upon a drilling program. It shifted its focus to Brazilian gold in 2004 after results from its diamond mining business in Arkansas proved to be disappointing. Brazauro Resources changed its name from Jaguar Resources in 2004 to avoid being confused with other companies operating under the Jaguar name.

Address: 800 Bering Dr., Ste. 208Houston, TX 77057 Phone: 713-785-1278 Fax: 713-785-5247

Fiscal Year End: January Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-96.40%) Employees (2005): 3 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman and CEO: Mark E. Jones III • President and Director: Leendert G. (Len) Krol

Breakwater Resources Ltd. [BWLRF.OB]

Breakwater Resources keeps business flowing with zinc. The mining company concentrates primarily on buying and developing zinc mines in the Americas and North Africa. Its operational mines include the Myra Falls mine in Canada, the El Mochito Mine in Honduras, the El Toqui Mine in Chile, and the Bougrine Mine in Tunisia. Although zinc concentrate represents the bulk of its sales, the company also mines for copper, gold, lead, and silver. Breakwater's Caribou (lead, silver, and zinc) and Langlois (zinc) mines are currently closed for maintenance and repairs. The Bouchard-Hébert mine was closed in 2005. Investment company Dundee Bancorp owns about 15% of Breakwater Resources.

Address: 95 Wellington St. West, Ste. 950Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N7, Canada Phone: 416-363-4798 Fax: 416-363-1315


• Co-Chairman: Ned Goodman • Co-Chairman: Garth A. C. MacRae • President, CEO, and Director: George E. Pirie

Brigadier Gold Limited

Brigadier Gold Limited is on the march for gold and diamonds in Canada. The company explores for gold mining opportunities in Ontario's Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake region. The company has expanded it diamond mining operations through the acquisition of the Clifford Diamond Project located in Ontario. In 2004 Brigadier Gold dissolved its foreign subsidiaries.

Address: 2900 Steeles Ave. EastThornhill, Ontario L3T 7R5, Canada Phone: 416-410-7956 Fax: 905-707-1520


• President, CEO and Director: Herb Kokotow • CFO and Treasurer: Kenneth (Ken) Wolfson

Bronx Ventures Inc. [BRXVF.OB]

Bronx Ventures, formerly Lucky 1 Enterprises, is trying to get rid of the gambling bug but is still looking for the gold bug. The company holds a stake in the Lithium Mineral Properties in Ontario, Canada, but it sold its investment in Three Card Games Software, which makes products for online gaming (and accounted for all of the company's revenue). Bronx Ventures also has begun exploration on its claims at the Extra High property (copper, gold, and silver deposits), located in the Kamloops Mining Division of British Columbia. Three Card Games was sold to Las Vegas From Home.com, a company with which Bronx Ventures shares directors and management.

Address: 1199 W. Hastings St., 6th Fl.Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3T5, Canada Phone: 604-681-1519 Fax: 604-681-9428


• President, CEO, CFO, and Director: Bedo H. Kalpakian

Yes

Yes

C-E Minerals Inc.

Yes

Brookmount Explorations, Inc. [BMXIE.OB]

Brookmount Explorations hopes it has the Midas touch. Formed in 1999, the exploration-stage mining company is engaged in the discovery and development of precious metal resource properties located throughout North and South America. It owns interests in properties in the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia in Canada, as well as in Peru, with hopes to eventually mine the land for gold and precious metals. The company's primary project is the Mercedes 100 property in Peru. President Peter Flueck controls approximately 20% of Brookmount Explorations.

Address: 666 Burrard St., Ste. 600Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8, Canada Phone: 604-676-5244 Fax: 604-632-3717

• President and Director: Peter Flueck • COO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Zaf Sungur • CFO: Jay J. Shapiro

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. [BW]

Brush Engineered Materials, through Brush Wellman and other subsidiaries, is a supplier of beryllium, alloys such as copper beryllium, and beryllia ceramics. Its Metal Systems Group supplies beryllium products and alloys and accounts for about 60% of sales. Beryllium's properties -- high thermal conductivity, strength, hardness, and resistance to corrosion and wear -- give it a wide variety of uses in the computer, telecommunications, medical, and electronics industries, among others. The company's Microelectronics Group produces special manufacturing materials such as high-temperature braze materials and precious metal preforms. The US accounts for about 70% of Brush Engineered Materials' sales.

Address: 17876 St. Clair Ave.Cleveland, OH 44110 Phone: 216-486-4200 Fax: 216-383-4091


• Chairman, President and CEO: Richard J. (Dick) Hipple • VP, Finance and CFO: John D. Grampa • VP, Corporate Communications: Patrick S. Carpenter

You can be pretty sure of the answer to the Animal, vegetable, or mineral? query if you're playing 20 Questions with C-E Minerals. The subsidiary of French industrial minerals company Imerys processes and distributes aluminas, alumina-silica calcines, and fused minerals used by customers in such industries as electronics, electrical equipment manufacturing, plastics, and cosmetics. C-E Minerals' products are used in refractory, metal-production, casting, abrasive, and other industrial applications. The company has operations in the US, Asia, and South America.

Address: 901 E. 8th Ave.King of Prussia, PA 19406 Phone: 610-265-6880 Fax: 610-337-7163


• President and CEO: Timothy J. Mc Carthy • VP, Marketing: David Johnson

Caledon Resources Plc

Caledon Resources explores for and produces gold ore in China. Its projects include Badu Gold (Guangxi Province), Hengxian (Guangxi Province), Gaolong (Guangxi Province), and Mojiang (Yunnan Province). Most of the company's resources are going into exploring its Mojiang project. It also holds nearly 15% of Chinese exploration company Dynasty Gold, which has projects in the Xingjiang province. Caledon Resources primarily partners with local mining companies in order to facilitate the exploration and development of projects.

Address: 18 Upper Brook St.London W1K 7PU, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-318-5780 Fax: +44-20-318-5781


• Chairman: Robert Alford • CEO: George G. Salamis • Financial Controller and Corporate Secretary: Manish Kotecha

Caledonia Mining Corporation [CALVF.OB]

Caledonia Mining has some interesting prospects. The company owns part or full interest in mining properties in Africa and Canada. Caledonia's mines and concessions contain gold (about 2 million ounces in resources), diamonds, cobalt, copper, nickel, and platinum. The company's Barbrook Mines property in South Africa produces gold, but its other properties are either on care and maintenance (idled), or are still in development. Caledonia's interests include tie-ups with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton in Africa and with Rio Tinto subsidiary Ashton Mining of Canada.

Address: 2145 Dunwin Dr., Unit 9Mississauga, Ontario L5L 4L9, Canada Phone: 905-607-7543 Fax: 905-607-9806


• Chairman: G. Rupert Pardoe • President, CEO, and Director: Stefan E. Hayden • VP Operations, COO, and Director: James (Jim) Johnstone

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cambridge Mineral Resources plc

Cambridge Mineral Resources is getting a degree in the school of hard knocks. In the competitive mining industry, the company explores for gold, silver, copper, zinc, and lead mostly in Peru and Spain. In Spain, its primary project is the Lomero-Poyatos deposit, located in the mining region of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. The company is also becoming active in Serbia and Bulgaria. In 2004 Cambridge Mineral Resources ended its exploration for gemstones in Ireland and search for gold in the Falklands.

Address: 10 Fenchurch Ave.London EC3M 5BN, United Kingdom Phone: +44-207-663-5618 Fax: +44-207-663-5700

• Chairman: Michael B. Thomsen • Managing Director: Colin J. Andrew • Finance Director: Michael J. Burton

Cambridge-Lee Industries, Inc.

Cambridge-Lee Industries manufactures and distributes copper and copper alloy products. The company primarily makes copper tubing for plumbing and refrigeration at facilities in the US and Mexico. It distributes copper tubes and fittings in Europe. Cambridge-Lee also operates a machinery division and an industrial metals division. The company was bought by Mexico-based Grupo Iusa, a diversified industrial group, in 1993.

Address: 86 Tube Dr.Reading, PA 19612 Phone: 610-926-4141 Fax: 610-926-7307


• Acting President: Charles Banham • VP, Sales: Ed Kerins

Cameco Corporation [CCJ]

Is your nuclear reactor running low on fuel? Cameco maybe able to help. The company is the world's largest producer of uranium, accounting for about a fifth of the western world's uranium output. It converts its ore to fuel-grade products used by nuclear power plants, including Cameco's 32%-owned electricity generating plant Bruce Power. In Canada, Cameco mines the world's largest known deposit of high-grade uranium, McArthur River, and another site, Rabbit Lake. It is developing Cigar Lake, second in size only to McArthur River. Cameco has two operations in the US (in Wyoming and Nebraska). Cameco holds a controlling stake in Centerra Gold, which has gold mining interests in the Kyrgyz Republic and Mongolia.

Address: 2121 11th St. WestSaskatoon, Saskatchewan S7M 1J3, Canada Phone: 306-956-6200 Fax: 306-956-6201


• President, CEO, and Director: Gerald W. (Jerry) Grandey • SVP and CFO: O. Kim Goheen • SVP and COO: Terry V. Rogers

Campbell Resources Inc. [CBLRF.OB]

Campbell Resources is going for economies of scale. Campbell's operating mines include the Joe Mann Mine (owned by subsidiary Meston Resources), which produced about 40,000 ounces of gold and 800,000 pounds of copper in 2004, and the Copper Rand gold and copper mine (100%-owned as of 2004). The company is also exploring its Corner Bay copper property. In 2001 Campbell acquired MSV Resources and GéoNova Explorations, companies that also mined for gold in the Chibougamau area of Quebec. Overall, the company owns 12 mining properties in the Chibougamau area.

Address: 1155 rue University, Ste. 1405Montreal, Quebec H3B 3A7, Canada Phone: 514-875-9033 Fax: 514-875-9764


• Chairman: James C. McCartney • President, CEO, and Director: André Y. Fortier • EVP and COO: Claude Begin

Can-Cal Resources, Ltd. [CCRE.OB]

Can Can-Cal strike it rich? The question hasn't been answered. Can-Cal Resources is an exploration-stage mining company that plans to acquire, explore, and develop precious mineral and metal properties. The company owns inactive gold and silver exploration properties in the US (Arizona and California) and in Mexico (Durango). In July 2005 Can-Cal and its Mexican subsidiary, Sierra Madre Resources, dropped plans for a joint venture with Minera Apolo to explore gold and silver concessions in Zacatecas. Can-Cal will instead concentrate on its US properties.

Address: 2500 Vista Mar Dr.Las Vegas, NV 89128 Phone: 702-243-1849 Fax: 702-243-1869

• Chairman, President and CEO, CFO, and Treasurer: Ronald D. Sloan

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancor Mines Inc.

Yes

Canadian Empire Exploration Corp.

Northern Crown Mines hopes the empire strikes back -- as Canadian Empire Exploration. Canadian Empire (formerly Northern Crown Mines) holds the rights to several precious metals properties in Canada. The company is focusing on the Atikokan West property in southwestern Ontario, as well as the Barrington, Silver Hope, and McBride Grubstake properties in British Columbia. Canadian Empire Exploration is partnering with Teck Cominco to develop the Atikokan West property.

Address: 675 W. Hastings St., Ste. 1205Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1N2, Canada Phone: 604-687-4951 Fax: 604-687-4991

• President, CEO, and Director: John S. Brock • CFO and Corporate Secretary: Jeannine P. M. Webb

Canadian Gold Hunter Corp. [CGHLF.PK]

If this company were a predator, gold would be its prey. Canadian Gold Hunter, formerly named International Curator Resources, explores and develops gold properties in Canada. The company holds interests in properties in British Columbia, Nunavut, and Manitoba. None of Canadian Gold Hunter's projects are in production. Chairman Lukas Lundin also heads Lundin Mining.


• Chairman: Lukas H. Lundin • President and CEO: Richard J. Bailes • CFO, Controller, and Treasurer: Wanda Lee

Canadian Zinc Corporation [CZICF.PK]

determining what and where the company's operations are. The company is a natural resource exploration and production company whose current focus is exploring and developing the Prairie Creek property (containing high grade zinc, copper, lead, and silver) in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories. While exploring Prairie Creek is at the top of its list, Canadian Zinc also explores other promising areas near the property.

Address: 700 W. Pender St., Ste. 1202Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1G8, Canada Phone: 604-688-2001 Fax: 604-688-2043

President: John F. Kearney • CFO: Danesh K. Varma • VP, Exploration, COO, and Director: Alan B. Taylor

Canarc Resource Corp. [CRCUF.OB]

Canarc Resource believes it can find gold. The company is a gold and silver exploration and production company with operations in Canada (Eskay Creek mine and New Polaris property), Costa Rica (Bellavista gold deposit), and Suriname (Sara Kreek gold mine and Benzdorp property). Shareholder and #3 North America gold producer Barrick Gold assists Canarc as a joint venture partner in regards to its Canadian properties. Barrick operates the Eskay Creek property.

Address: 850 W. Hastings St., Ste. 800Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1E1, Canada Phone: 604-685-9700 Fax: 604-685-9744


• Chairman and CEO: Bradford James (Brad) Cooke • President and COO: Jack McClintock • CFO: Philip Yee

Cancor Mines' comfort zone is gold, silver, and copper. The exploration mining company operates several properties in Quebec, Canada. Cancor is primarily exploring its Kistabiche-Bonfortel-Poirier properties in the prolific Abitibi area. It also has a 50% interest in the Gémini-Turgeon gold mining project; Canadian gold mining firm Cambior owns the other 50%.

Address: 1410 Stanley St., Ste. 606Montreal, Quebec H3A 1P8, Canada Phone: 514-849-3013 Fax: 514-849-9181


Crevier • President, CEO, and Director: Kamil A. Khobzi • CFO, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Ercan Ugur

Capital Gold Corporation [CGLD.OB]

As investments go, gold mining is a risky business, but if and when the gold is commercially mined, then it's a capital idea. Capital Gold primarily explores for gold through its properties in Mexico and Colorado. It owns rights to mining consessions in the State of Sonora, Mexico and property in Lake County, Colorado. The Chanate deposit is located in northern Sonora (a 45-minute drive from the town of Caborca), and consists of 12 mining concessions with a total area of 8,662 acres. Oro de Altar, a subsidiary of Capital Gold, owns the concessions and surface land.

Address: 76 Beaver St., 26th Fl.New York, NY 10005 Phone: 212-344-2785 Fax: 212-344-4537

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 6 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman, President, and Treasurer: Gifford A. Dieterle • CFO: Christopher Chipman

Yes

Celite Corporation

company manufactures a number of products that make use of diatomaceous earth, which is rich with the fossilized shells of microscopic bugs called diatoms. Its products are used as filter aids for everything from beer to chemicals to fruit juices and as functional additives for products like agrochemicals, cosmetics, paint, plastic film, and rubber. Some of the brand names those products are sold under include Celite, Diactive, Primisil, and Celkate. The company is a unit of Imerys' World Minerals subsidiary.

Address: 130 Castilian Dr.Goleta, CA 93117 Phone: 805-737-2433 Fax: 805-735-5699


• President and CEO: John Oskam • CFO: John Leichty

Celtic Energy Limited

Celtic Energy has been gathering steam with its coal business in the UK. The company has coal mining operations in Wales (where it is the leading coal miner) that produce about two million tons of coal annually. Its coal products include Black Diamond (high quality, low ash anthracite), Group 1 Anthracite (medium quality anthracite), and Welshbrite Anthracite (economy anthracite). Celtic Energy produces coal in South Wales and sells it primarily to the industrial and domestic UK markets. The company was founded in 1995 when British Coal was privatized.

Address: Heol Ty AberamanAberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF44 6RF, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1685-874-201 Fax: +44-1685-878-104

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 41.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-1.00%) Employees (2004): 302 Employee Growth (1 yr): 3.40%

• Chief Executive: Mark Thomas • Finance Director: D. J. Lee

Celtic Resources Holdings plc

These Celts roam Russia and Kazakhstan in search of gold and other precious metals. Celtic Resources' main mining operations include Nezhdaninskoye (a gold and silver mine in Russia), Suzdal (a gold mine in Kazakhstan), and Zherek (75%-owned gold mine in Kazakhstan). The company also has a 21% holding in UK-based Eureka Mining, which has mining operations in Russia and Kazakhstan. Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold (which holds a 10% stake in the company) has a partnership deal to help develop Celtic Resources' precious metal projects in Kazakhstan.

Address: Hatfield House, 52-54 Stamford St., 1st Fl., BlackfriarsLondon SE1 9LX, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7921-8800 Fax: +44-20-7921-8801


• Chairman: Peter M. L. Hannen • Managing Director: Kevin A. Foo • Finance Director: Michael Palmer

Centamin Egypt Limited

development company explores for gold, silver, and copper in Egypt. Its principal property is the promising Sukari Gold project, located in the Eastern Desert Concession. The project is estimated to hold nearly 3 million ounces of gold. It is also testing other nearby prospects located in the area. In addition, Centamin Egypt has an interest in the Nelson's Fleet gold exploration operation in Australia.

Address: 57 Kishorn Rd.Mt. Pleasant, Western Australia 6153, Australia Phone: +61-8-9316-2640 Fax: +61-8-9316-2650


• Chairman: Sami El-Raghy • Managing Director: Josef El-Raghy

Centerra Gold Inc.

Centerra Gold will go to great distances to get gold. Operating mainly in Central Asia and the former Soviet Union, the company produces about 900,000 ounces of gold annually. Its Boroo (Mongolia) and Kumtor (Kyrgyz Republic) mines account for all of Centerra's production. The company is exploring adjacent properties around its mines, as well as a plot of land in Nevada. Uranium producer Cameco Corporation spun off its gold business to form Centerra, but still controls more than 50% of the company. Kyrgyzaltyn, which processes and refines gold from the Kumtor mine, holds about 15% of Centerra.

Address: 1 University Ave., Ste. 1500Toronto, Ontario M5J 2P1, Canada Phone: 416-204-1953 Fax: 416-204-1954

• Chairman: Patrick M. James • President, CEO, and Director: Leonard A. (Len) Homeniuk • EVP and CFO: David M. Petroff

Chaparral Steel Company [CHAP]

At Chaparral Steel, the I-beams of Texas are upon you, all the live-long day. The minimill operator makes structural steel and steel bar products, such as large steel beams, specialty bar products, and reinforcing bar (rebar). It operates mills in Texas and Virginia. Chaparral sells its products to cold finishers, forgers, manufacturers, steel fabricators, and steel service centers, primarily in North America. Former parent Texas Industries, Inc., (TXI) spun off Chaparral Steel to shareholders in July 2005.

Address: 300 Ward Rd.Midlothian, TX 76065 Phone: 972-775-8241 Fax: 972-775-1930

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2005): 1116.40 M

• Chairman: James M. Hoak Jr. • President, CEO, and Director: Tommy A. Valenta • VP and COO: William H. Dickert

Yes

• Chaiman: Chen Biting

Chapleau Resources Ltd.

least that's what it hopes. Chapleau is a gold exploration company focused on the Americas. The company owns a 25% interest in Indian Ranch in Nevada, with partner Placer Dome, where it is exploring for gold deposits. It is also exploring several properties in British Columbia, Canada. In 2005, Chapleau acquired a polymetallic property from Teck Cominco in Argentina. The company's move into Argentina over the last couple of years is designed to give it a foothold in the South American mining market.

Address: 135 - 10th Ave. South, Ste. 104Cranbrook, British Columbia V1C 2N1, Canada Phone: 250-489-5156 Fax: 250-489-5185

• Chairman and Secretary: Allan Rella • CEO and Director: Jim Stypula • President and Director: Eric Wiltzen

Chief Consolidated Mining Company [CFCM.PK]

The chief asset of Chief Consolidated Mining is 19,000 acres of land near Eureka, Utah, that the company hopes will yield valuable minerals. The company has been working to develop the Burgin Mine (silver, plus lead and zinc) and the Trixie Mine (gold, silver, and copper). Environmental cleanup obligations associated with earlier mining operations on the property have delayed the company's progress, however. Chief Consolidated Mining also has studied the possibility of developing some of its land for commercial and residential use.

Address: 304 S. BeckEureka, UT 84628 Phone: 435-433-6881

• Acting President and CEO: Richard R. Schreiber

China Oriental Group Company Limited

and sells billets and strips to customers in China, which mainly consist of steel manufacturers who further process the billets and strips into downstream steel products such as angles, rebars, wire rods and pipes. China Oriental's production facilities are located in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. Its steel production facilities consist of a sintering and pelletizing plant, an iron smelting plant, a steel making plant, and a steel rolling plant. The company's China annual production capacity exceeds 3 million tons of billets, making China Oriental one of the largest suppliers of billets in China.

Address: Great Eagle Centre, 9th Fl., Ste. 901-2 and 10, 23 Harbour Rd.,Hong Kong Phone: +852-2511-1369 Fax: +852-2511-1301


• Chairman and CEO: Han Jingyuan • Financial Controller and Company Secretary: Lai Po Sing

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

based energy company in China. CSEC operates four mining groups -- two underground mines (Shendong Mines and Wanli Mines) and two open-cut mines (Zhunge'er Mines and Shengli Mines) -- with a total of 21 operating mines in western and northern China. The Shendong Mines account for close to 80% of its total coal production. CSEC owns and operates four railway lines and port facilities for the transportation of its coal. The company also operates and develops power plants in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Zhejiang, and Guangdong with an total installed capacity of close to 6,000 MW. Shenhua Group holds just over 80% of the company.

Address: Zhouji Tower, 4th Fl., 16 Ande Rd.Beijing 100011, China Phone: +86-10-5813-3355 Fax: +86-10-8488-2107


Climax Molybdenum Company

The earth suffers a little death every time Climax Molybdenum pulls its product out of the ground. The company produces and supplies molybdenum (also known as moly) from its underground and open-pit mines in Arizona and Colorado, including the Henderson mine. The company also operates molybdenum processing and roasting facilities in the US and Europe (UK and the Netherlands). Molybdenum is used primarily by the steel industry as an anti-corrosive and, on a smaller scale, the chemical industry. Founded in 1916, Climax Molybdenum is a subsidiary of Phelps Dodge's mining operations. Climax makes Phelps Dodge the world's #1 molybdenum producer.

Address: 1 N. Central Ave.Phoenix, AZ 85004-4415 Phone: 602-366-8100 Fax: 602-366-7317


• President: David H. (Dave) Thornton • VP, Technology and Business Development: Mohamed Khan • VP, Engineered Materials: James C. (Jim) Handley

Cline Mining Corporation

Cline Mining is inclined to keep its mining business close to home. The natural resources company holds several potential metallurgical coal-producing (for use in steelmaking) properties in British Columbia. Its most promising coal properties include the Lossan and Lodgepole coal mine properties, which are both undergoing feasibility studies. Cline Mining also owns an iron ore property in Madagascar and a gold project in Ontario. The company has a strategic relationship with major shareholder Mitsui Matsushima of Japan to sell its coal on the international market.

Address: 530 Lasalle Blvd.Sudbury, Ontario P3A 1W9, Canada Phone: 705-560-8100 Fax: 705-560-8521

• Chairman: William (Bill) McKnight • President, CEO, and Director: Kenneth H. Bates • EVP and COO: Gordon Gormley

Cloudbreak Resources Ltd.

Cloudbreak Resources is looking for a lucky break in its search for gold and other minerals. Formerly Condor Gold Fields Inc., Cloudbreak is a development-stage company involved in identifying and acquiring resource properties. The company has an interest in the Gollete property, a key gold prospect in Argentina's Valle de Cura region of northwestern San Juan. It is also providing detailed geological mapping and geochemical sampling to IMA Exploration to help identify targets needing further exploration for mineral properties. Cloubreak has agreed to acquire an interest up to 60% on the Talea gold-silver property in Oaxaca, Mexico, from Continuum Resources Ltd.

Address: 409 Granville St. - Ste. 1458Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1T2, Canada Phone: 604-669-3707 Fax: 604-669-3797

• President and Director: Mitchell (Mitch) Adam • CFO and Director: Bruce Bragagnolo

CMQ Resources Inc.

ASAP. The company, through its subsidiaries August Industries and Montezuma Holdings, has ongoing exploration projects in Nevada (Vasquir and Montezuma) and Finland (Kuusamo). Its Montezuma property is about 8,000 acres in Eureka County, Nevada. CMQ Resources' Finnish project is located near the Arctic Circle.

400Calgary, Alberta T2P 1E5, Canada Phone: 403-261-4653 Fax: 403-294-0105


• CEO: Martin R. Lambert • CFO: David M. McGoey

Coastport Capital Inc.

Coastport Capital hopes to hit the mother lode in its new line of business. The capital pool company acquired an interest in a Nicaraguan mining exploration project in 2004. Still in its early stages of development, the San Ramon project will additionally involve operating as a joint venture with Radius Gold Inc. It is believed to contain several major gold quartz veins.


• President and Director: Laurie W. Sadler • Public Relations: Warwick G. Smith

Comaplex Minerals Corp.

It isn't difficult to understand what business Comaplex Minerals is in. The company explores for precious and base metals in Canada and Mexico. In Canada, it is involved in joint ventures with Cumberland Resources, WMC Resources, and Placer Dome to primarily develop gold properties in the Nunavut region. Comaplex holds stakes in oil and natural gas properties to help fund its mining activities. Gold Fields Limited holds a 20% interest in the company.

Address: 1015 4th St. SW, Ste. 901Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J4, Canada Phone: 403-265-2846 Fax: 403-232-1421


• President, CEO, and Director: George F. Fink • VP, Finance, CFO, and Secretary: Garth E. Schultz

Commander Resources Ltd.

Commander Resources is looking for a stronghold of copper, gold, nickel, and other metals. The company is mainly pursuing its Baffin Island gold project in Nunavut, Canada. It is also exploring other copper, gold, and nickel projects throughout British Columbia, Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Yukon. The company has a stake in diamond exploration company Diamonds North Resources.



• Chairman: William J. Coulter • President, CEO, and Director: Kenneth E. Leigh

YesCommerce Group Corp. [CGCO.OB]

Commerce Group owns El Salvador's San Sebastian Gold Mine, which contains some 1.5 million ounces of gold reserves. Production at the mine has been suspended since 1999, however, while the company works to raise money to upgrade the facility's gold-processing equipment. Commerce Group also explores for other gold and silver mining opportunities in El Salvador.

Address: 6001 N. 91st St.Milwaukee, WI 53225-1795 Phone: 414-462-5310 Fax: 414-462-5312

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 45 Employee Growth (1 yr): 2.30%

• Chairman, President, CEO, COO, CFO, and Treasurer: Edward L. Machulak

Commerce Resources Corp.

Mining for tantalum is a tantalizing idea for Commerce Resources. The junior natural resources company explores tantalum and niobium deposits on 18 square miles of claims it owns in eastern British Columbia. The company's Fir claims hold inferred deposits of 203 tons of tantalum and 1,047 tons of niobium; its Verity claims hold inferred reserves of 196 tons of tantalum and 646 tons of niobium. Tantalum is a valuable mineral used to make efficient capacitors in cell phones, laptop computers, and other electronics. Niobium is used to block corrosion in stainless steel.

Address: 789 W. Pender St., Ste. 1450Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1H2, Canada Phone: 604-484-2700 Fax: 604-681-8240 • President and Director:

David I. Hodge

Committee Bay Resources Ltd.

The ballots are in -- and this committee votes for gold. Committee Bay Resources is a Canadian gold exploration company, seeking gold primarily in the prolific Committee Bay greenstone belt located in Nunavut, Canada. The company has also expanded its exploration activities to Argentina and Australia. It moved into Australia in 2005 when it acquired local mining outfit Matador Exploration. South African exploration and development company Gold Fields Limited has options to invest in over half of the ownership of Committee Bay.

Address: 9797 45th Ave., Ste. 220Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5V8, Canada Phone: 780-437-6624 Fax: 780-439-7308

• Chairman: John Robins • President, CEO, and Director: John Williamson • VP, CFO, and Director: Sean Mager

Compliance Energy Corporation

company with operations in Canada. Its main asset is the Basin Coal mine in British Columbia. In 2004 the company acquired a 100% interest in the Basin Coal property. It is looking to acquire other thermal coal mines in Canada. Expanding beyond coal mining, the company is also involved in electrical power generation and coal bed methane exploration. Compliance Energy was formed in 2000.


• Chairman, President, and CEO: James C. (Jim) O'Rourke • CFO and Director: Rodney A. (Rod) Shier

ComWest Enterprise Corp.

ComWest Enterprise (formerly ComWest Capital Corp.) had hoped you'll get a charge out of electric vehicles, but it is now digging another business plan. Through its 50% interest in Dynasty Electric Car, ComWest manufactured a line of low-speed, zero-emission electric cars under the Dynasty name. ComWest sold its interest in Dynasty in May 2004. In December 2005 ComWest Capital merged with Chatworth Resources, which has an option to purchase 50% of some mining operations in British Columbia. As part of the agreement, Chatworth shareholders received 60% of the shares in the new, amalgamated company while ComWest shareholders received the remaining 40%. The combined company was renamed ComWest Enterprise Corp.

Address: 591 Chester Rd.Delta, British Columbia V3M 6G7, Canada Phone: 604-526-6126 Fax: 604-526-1746

• President and CFO: Douglas F. Good

Conquest Resources Limited

Conquest Resources is on the march for gold around the world. The company has numerous exploration properties in Canada and Africa (Tanzania and Zimbabwe). Conquest Resources is actively exploring its Alexander Project in the prolific Red Lake area of northern Ontario. It also holds an indirect interest in a property in Central Asia. In addition the company holds a significant stake in Oxus Gold, which operates in Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.

Address: 347 Bay St., Ste. 201Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R7, Canada Phone: 416-362-8243 Fax: 416-368-5344

• Chairman: John F. Kearney • President, CEO, and Director: Terence N. McKillen • VP and Director: D. Brett Whitelaw

Yes

Conroy Diamonds and Gold P.l.c.

Conroy Diamonds and Gold doesn't mind what it finds, as long as its either diamonds or gold. The company is primarily exploring the Longford-Down Massif in the Armagh-Monaghan gold belt, which straddles Ireland's County Monaghan and Northern Ireland's County Armagh. It is also exploring the Tullybuck-Lisglassan gold deposit in County Monaghan. Conroy Diamonds and Gold had also explored for diamonds in Finland, but those interests were de-merged into another company, Karelian Diamond Resources.

Address: 10 Upper Pembroke St.Dublin 2, Ireland Phone: +353-1-661-8958 Fax: +353-1-662-1213

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Employees (2005): 10 Employee Growth (1 yr): 11.10%

• Executive Chairman: Prof Richard Conroy • Managing Director: Maureen T. A. Jones • Finance Director: James P. Jones

CONSOL Energy Inc. [CNX]

one of the US's largest coal mining companies, along with Peabody Energy and Arch Coal. The company has some 4.5 billion tons of proved and probable reserves, mainly in northern and central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, and it produces about 70 million tons of coal annually. CONSOL primarily mines bituminous coal, which burns cleaner than lower grades. Customers include electric utilities and steel mills; Allegheny Energy accounts for about 10% of CONSOL's sales. CONSOL delivers coal using its own railroad cars, export terminals, and fleet of towboats and barges. The company also engages in natural gas exploration and production.

Address: Consol Plaza, 1800 Washington Rd.Pittsburgh, PA 15241-1421 Phone: 412-831-4000 Fax: 412-831-4103


• Chairman: John L. Whitmire • President, CEO, and Director: J. Brett Harvey • CFO: William J. Lyons

Consolidated Abaddon Resources Inc.

A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow may belong to this company. That is, of course, if the rainbow ends on one of its properties. Consolidated Abaddon Resources is a precious metal and uranium exploration company engaged in the development of properties in the Athabasca basin of northern Saskatchewan and the Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario, Canada. Its other properties include about 15,000 acres of potential uranium property in Saskatchewan, as well as an interest in about 5,500 acres of land in the Red Lake Gold Camp in Ontario (also known as the Black Bear II and Sidace Lake properties). Abaddon's revenue is generally derived from interest income.

Address: 885 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1490Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E8, Canada Phone: 604-687-3376 Fax: 604-687-3119 • President and CEO:

James G. (Jim) Pettit

Consolidated Global Minerals Ltd.

Consolidated Global Minerals pretty much sticks to mineral exploration in North America. Through its Mount Royale Ventures subsidiary, the company is involved in gold exploration at the Front Range project in Colorado. It also has various other option agreements for mineral claims in Canada and the US. In 2004 the company sold its mineral holdings in Tunisia to Maghreb Minerals. As a result of the sale Consolidated Global Minerals has a roughly 30% stake in Maghreb.

Address: 837 W. Hastings St., Ste. 308Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1B6, Canada Phone: 604-632-0085 Fax: 604-605-0009

• President, CEO, and Director: George W. Heard • CFO: Alec Peck

Consolidated Puma Minerals Corp.

You will find this animal only in the outer reaches of Russia. Consolidated Puma Minerals explores and develops mineral properties in the Kola peninsula of northwest Russia. The company's main focus is on the exploration and mining of platinum and palladium at its East Pansky property (purchased from Bema in 2002). Bema Gold holds a 55% interest in Puma Minerals.

Address: Three Bentall Center, 595 Burrard St., Ste. 3100Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1J1, Canada Phone: 604-681-8371 Fax: 604-681-6209

• President and Director: Roger T. Richer • CFO: Mark A. Corra • EVP, Development and Director: Jerry R. Korpan

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.

Consolidated Spire Ventures aspires to find natural resource properties. The company is a minerals exploration company operating in Canada and Mexico. Its holdings in properties include the Prospect Valley Gold Property (in an option agreement with Almaden Minerals) in British Columbia and the Tetasiari Gold Property in Mexico. None of Spire's properties are in production.

Address: 1250 - 800 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2V6, Canada Phone: 604-662-7455 Fax: 604-683-1055

• CEO, President, and Director: Robert B. (Brian) Buchanan • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Shiraz (Raz) Hussein

Yes

Continental Minerals Corporation [KMKCF.OB]

The company, formerly Misty Mountain Gold, is one of mining investment/management firm Hunter Dickinson, Inc.'s (HDI's) stable of companies. Continental Minerals is focusing on exploration and development -- it owns no properties and has none in production. The company is primarily exploring the Xietongmen copper and gold property in Tibet. It has a partnership with Great China Mining in the project, and in early 2006 Continental agreed to merge with Great China. Continental and HDI share several key executives.


• Co-Chairman: Raymond J. Soper • President, CEO, and Director: Gerald S. Panneton • Co-Chairman: Ronald W. Thiessen

Copper and Brass Sales

They know how to watch their pennies at Copper and Brass Sales. The operation is part of German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp's nonferrous metals and plastics processing and distribution business, ThyssenKrupp Materials (TMX). Copper and Brass Sales processes and distributes aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, nickel, zinc, and stainless and carbon steels. The operation's processing capabilities include annealing, cutting to length, edge conditioning, slitting, tension leveling, and rerolling. Copper and Brass Sales has more than 35 locations in the US and Canada, where it stocks a variety of alloys, shapes, and sizes in order to reduce processing and delivery time.

Address: 22355 W. 11 Mile Rd.Southfield, MI 48034-4735 Phone: 248-233-5700 Fax: 248-233-5777

• President: William G. (Bill) Sabol • CFO: Mark Yonick • EVP and COO: Richard J. Greaves

Coral Gold Resources Ltd.

holdings in California and Nevada, focusing on the Robertson Mining Claims which reside in Crescent Valley, Nevada. The exploration company seeks prospects through mapping, prospecting, geophysics, and drilling on its properties. Coral Energy Corporation and Coral Resources comprise the list of Coral Gold's two wholly-owned subsidiaries. None of its mining operations are in production. In 2006 U.S. Gold announced plans to acquire Coral Gold. Chairman Robert McEwen is also chairman and CEO of U.S.Gold.

Address: 455 Granville St., Ste. 400Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1T1, Canada Phone: 604-682-3701 Fax: 604-682-3600

Fiscal Year End: January Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 56.70% Employees (2004): 3 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman: Robert R. (Rob) McEwen • President, CEO, and Director: Matt Wayrynen • CFO: Lindsay E. Gorrill

Corex Gold Corporation

what will they come up with? It might just be the Corex Gold Corporation. The mining company has turned its attention to Mexico to explore and develop gold properties in Zacatecas State. Corex Gold's primary exploration projects include the El Trebol property, the Santa Rita property, and the Zuloaga property, which are all 100%-owned. None of its mineral properties are in production.

Address: 409 Granville St., Ste. 350Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 1T2, Canada Phone: 604-683-2505 Fax: 604-683-2506

• President, CEO, and Director: Craig D. Schneider • CFO: Terese J. Gieselman

Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc.

of resources. Through the single subsidiary Cornerstone Resources, it explores for gold and copper in more than a dozen mineral reserve properties throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The company partners with other mining companies, including Falconbridge, in order to help fund its exploration projects.

Address: 109 Clyde Ave.Mount Pearl, Newfoundland A1N 4R9, Canada Phone: 709-745-8377 Fax: 709-747-1183

• Chairman and CEO: John M. Fleming • President and Director: Glen H. McKay • CFO: David R. Loveys

Corona Gold Corporation

Corona Gold Corporation digs for precious and base metals in its own backyard. The Canadian mining company primarily explores properties in northwestern Ontario. It main properties include Thunder Lake West (83%-owned) and Dayohessarah Lake. Teck Corporation holds the remaining stake in Thunder Lake West. Corona Gold Corporation was originally formed in 2002.

Address: 2200 Yonge St., Ste. 905Toronto, Ontario M4S 2C6, Canada Phone: 416-482-8606 Fax: 416-488-1676


• President and CEO: Murray John • CFO: Peter C. McRae

Yes

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Yes

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Corriente Resources Inc. [ETQ]

Corriente Resources has hitched itself to a copper belt. The company explores and develops copper and gold projects in Latin America. Its primary operation is a stake in property along the Corriente Copper Belt in southeast Ecuador. The company has an alliance with BHP Billiton to explore projects. Management owns more than 10% of Corriente Resources.


• CEO and Chairman: Kenneth R. (Ken) Shannon • President: Thomas E. (Tom) Milner • CFO and Secretary: Darryl F. Jones

Cream Minerals Ltd. [CRMXF.OB]

Cream Minerals isn't interested in nougat, but it would like to get its hands on a nugget. The company explores for gold and other precious metals, primarily at properties in Canada and Mexico (through subsidiary Cream de Mexico). In 2005 it launched into a diamond exploration project with a partner in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Chairman and CEO Frank Lang owns more than 30% of Cream Minerals.

Address: 570 Granville St., Ste. 1400Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3P1, Canada Phone: 604-687-4622 Fax: 604-687-4212

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Frank A. Lang • CFO and Corporate Secretary: Shannon M. Ross

Crested Corp. [CBAG.OB]

operations include mining for precious metals, coalbed methane gas contract drilling, and pipe construction operations. U.S. Energy (USE) owns a 70% stake in Crested, and the two companies own stakes in uranium and gold properties in Wyoming and Utah and a molybdenum property in Colorado. Through Sutter Gold Mining subsidiary, the company is seeking to expand its gold, uranium, and molybdenum properties. USE and Crested also manage a fixed base aircraft facility and rental properties in Wyoming. In 2005 USE and Crested sold Rocky Mountain Gas, their oil and gas exploration and production subsidiary, to Enterra Energy Trust for about $20 million.

Address: 877 N. 8th WestRiverton, WY 82501 Phone: 307-856-9271 Fax: 307-857-3050

• Chairman and CEO: John L. Larsen • President and COO: Keith G. Larsen • SVP and Director: Harold F. Herron

Crew Gold Corporation [CRUGF.PK]

Crew Gold has dispersed its team around the globe. The company has mining properties in Africa, Greenland, Norway, and the Philippines. Its key projects include 82%-owned Nalunaq, Aquliaruseq, and Nanortalik, all in southern Greenland; the Hurdal molybdenum property in Norway; the Barberton gold mine in South Africa; and several nickel-sulfur-gold sites in the Philippines. Commercial production at Nalunaq, its chief operating mine, began in 2004; the mine currently produces about 60,000 ounces of gold annually. Crew Gold has assets of more than 3 million ounces of gold.

Address: Abbey House, Wellington WayWeybridge, Surrey KT13 0TT, United Kingdom Phone: +44-193-226-8755 Fax: +44-193-226-8756

• Executive Chairman: Hans C. Qvist • President, CEO, and Director: Jan A. Vestrum • CFO: James Cole

Cross Lake Minerals Ltd.

Cross Lake Minerals will cross any lake if it means finding precious metals. The mineral exploration and development company explores for natural resource properties for base and precious metals and owns interests in 14 properties in Canada. Its main property is the QR Property in British Columbia (acquired from Kinross Gold in 2004). Cross Lake Minerals is also examining the Ruddock Creek property for lead, zinc, and silver metals. In addition, the company has interests in properties in Ontario.



• Chairman: Donald Sheldon • President and Director: Gordon A. Keevil • CFO: Carmon Currie

Yes

Yes

Crown Resources Corporation [CRCE.OB]

Crown Resources hopes to reign over a kingdom of gold called Buckhorn Mountain. The project, in Washington state, has proven and probable reserves of nearly 1 million ounces of gold. Crown Resources has been unable to raise enough money to develop the Buckhorn Mountain project on its own, however, and the company has agreed to be acquired by Kinross Gold, which owns a milling facility near the Buckhorn site. Company chairman Steven Webster controls a 33% stake in Crown Resources.

Address: 4251 Kipling St., Ste. 390Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303-534-1030 Fax: 303-534-1809


• Chairman: Steven A. Webster • President, CEO, and Director; President and CEO, Solitario: Christopher E. (Chris) Herald • VP, Finance, CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer; VP, Finance, Sec: James R. Maronick

Crystal Graphite Corporation [CYTGF.PK]

Pencil this down: Crystal Graphite mines and processes flake graphite for use in the fuel cell industry. The company excavates the mineral from open pit mines on claims covering 31 sq. mi. near the Valhalla Wilderness Provincial Park in British Columbia. The company can run 4,100 tons per year of flake graphite, but has plans to expand its processing plant. Its high-purity flake graphite is sold to make bi-polar plates used in fuel cells; the rest goes to the carbon brush and friction plate markets. In 2004 the company entered the pumice market when it acquired volcanic aggregate firm CPC. Fallen on hard times, the company entered bankruptcy in 2006.

Address: 999 W. Hastings St., Ste. 1750Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2W2, Canada Phone: 604-681-3060 Fax: 604-682-4886

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2004): 0.30 M Employees (2004): 8 Employee Growth (1 yr): 60.00%

• President, CEO, and Director: Gordon J. Sales • CFO: Bernie Zacharias • SVP, COO, and Director: Brian C. Wear

Cumberland Resources Ltd.

Cumberland Resources is a mineral exploration and development company with an emphasis on gold. The company is involved in developing three properties in Nunavut, Canada -- primarily the Meadowbank project, but it also has interests in the Meliadine East and West projects. Meadowbank is in the Kivalliq district of northern Canada. Cumberland Resources has been drilling holes at the Meadowbank project for the past several years to determine its strike potential. The company estimates that the project holds gold reserves of about 2.5 million ounces.

Address: 505 Burrard St., Ste. 950Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1M4, Canada Phone: 604-608-2557 Fax: 604-608-2559

• President, CEO, and Director: Kerry M. Curtis • Chairman: Walter T. Segsworth • CFO and Corporate Secretary: Michael L. Carroll

Cusac Gold Mines Ltd. [CUSIF.OB]

and other precious metals. Cusac Gold Mines develops precious metals mining properties in Canada. Since 1985 its Table Mountain Gold Mine in British Columbia has produced more than 250,000 ounces of gold, but the mine has been in care-and-maintenance status since 1999. It is also exploring for platinum in the Similkameen Mining Division in British Columbia, however. The company stopped its Golden Loon platinum exploration project due to poor results and also dropped its option on the Taurus Gold Project.

Address: 911 - 470 Granville St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1V5, Canada Phone: 604-682-2421 Fax: 604-682-7576

• Chairman: Guilford H. Brett • CEO, CFO, and Director: David H. Brett

Cypress Development Corp.

Cypress Development is a precious and base metal exploration and development company. The company operates several gold and silver projects in Ontario, as well as three zinc and gold deposits in Nevada and a nickel project in South Voisey Bay, Labrador. It stopped exploration at its Labrador property in 2004. None of the company's projects are in production.


• President and CEO: Donald C. (Don) Huston • VP, Corporate Communications: Donald G. (Don) Myers

Daewoo International Corporation

Its predecessor was created in 1967 to sell nylon to Southeast Asia, but Daewoo International has stretched beyond that business to become one of South Korea's leading international trading companies. Trading primarily in chemicals, textiles, metals, and steel, Daewoo International was formed in 2000 when Daewoo Corporation, once the flagship of the now-defunct Daewoo Group, split into three companies. Daewoo International took on Daewoo Corporation's trading business. Since then Daewoo International has drastically trimmed its workforce, overseas operations, and joint ventures.

Address: 541 5-Ga Namdaemunno, Chung Gu, CPO Box 2810Seoul, South Korea Phone: +82-2-759-2114 Fax: +82-2-753-9489

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 4789.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 38.50% Employees (2004): 2,020 • President and CEO:

Lee Tae-Yong

Desert Sun Mining Corp.

Desert Sun Mining believes precious metals are hot. The mining company is focused on the exploration and development of the Jacobina Project at Bahia Gold Belt property located in northeastern Brazil. The property was closed in 1998 due to falling gold prices, but Desert Sun Mining is reopening the mine. The company estimates the Bahia property holds up to 1.4 million ounces of gold. In 2006 fellow Canadian miner Yamana Gold acquired Desert Sun for about $500 million in stock.

Address: 65 Queen St. West, Ste. 810Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M5, Canada Phone: 416-861-0341 Fax: 416-861-8165


• Chairman: Stan Barti • President and CEO: Bruce Humphrey • CFO: Stephen Woodhead

Donner Metals Ltd.

Donner Metals (formerly Donner Minerals) is on the hunt for base metals in Canada's back country. The company has copper and nickel exploration projects which include South Voisey Bay (Labrador), Stephens Lake (Manitoba), and Rainbow (Nunavut). Mining firms Falconbridge and Teck Cominco have joint ventures with the company to explore some of these mineral properties. In 2005 the company restructured and split into two businesses: Donner Metals runs the mineral exploration operations, while Donner Petroleum took over the oil and gas exploration unit.

Address: 157 Alexander St., 3rd Fl.Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1B8, Canada Phone: 604-683-0564 Fax: 604-602-9311

• CEO and Director: David (Dave) Patterson • President and Director: Harvey Keats

Drummond Company, Inc.

operates the Shoal Creek underground coal mine in Alabama and the Pribennow surface coal mine in Colombia. Drummond's ABC Coke unit produces foundry coke, which is used mainly in the automotive, construction, smelter and sugar industries, at a plant in Alabama. In addition, Drummond develops housing communities and office parks in Alabama, California, and Florida. H. E. Drummond began his namesake company in 1935 on land homesteaded by his mother; eventually his five sons entered the business. The Drummond family still owns and manages the company.

Address: 1000 Urban Center Dr., Ste. 300Birmingham, AL 35242 Phone: 205-945-6500 Fax: 205-945-6440

• Chairman and CEO: Garry N. Drummond Sr. • SEVP, External Affairs and Treasurer: Walter F. Johnsey • SVP and CFO: Jack Stilwell

Dumont Nickel Inc.

There is more to Dumont Nickel than its name might suggest. The company primarily operates the Clifton-Goldhill gold, silver, and copper joint venture (with Clifton Mining and Woodman Mining) in western Utah and the Attawapiskat diamond property in the James Bay area of Ontario. Dumont Nickel also holds interests in other exploration properties in Canada. None of its properties are in production.

Address: 230 Richmond St. West, Ste. 802Toronto, Ontario M5V 1V6, Canada Phone: 416-595-1195 Fax: 416-595-5458

• Chairman: Denis A. Clement • President, CEO, Secretary, and Director: Shahé F. Sabag

Dundarave Resources Inc.

Dundarave Resources, formerly JABA Exploration, is on the hunt for precious and base minerals in Mexico, the US, and South America. The company's exploration projects include Beatty, Silver Bell, and Redrock Canyon gold properties (US); Niko silver and base metal project (Mexico); and the Tecka copper property (Argentina). Dundarave Resources finances some of its operations through joint venture partnerships. None of its projects are in production.


Exploration: James A. Briscoe • President, CEO, and Director: Paul F. Matysek • CFO and Secretary: Brent Peters

Yes

Dynacor Mines Inc.

Dynacor Mines is engaged in the exploration and development of precious metal properties in Peru. The company does custom milling (producing about 10,000 ounces of gold annually) at its Acari gold mine. It has purchased more equipment to expand production of the mine. Dynacor is exploring several other properties in Peru including Casaden, Cerro Calvan, and Tumipampa.

Address: 1801 McGill College Ave., Ste. 1325Montreal, Quebec H3A 2N4, Canada Phone: 450-667-3224 Fax: 450-667-2520


• Chairman: Jean Martineau • President, CEO, and Director: Marc Blais

Dynamic Materials Corporation [BOOM]

Dynamic Materials Corporation (DMC) has an explosive personality when it comes to working with metal. The company (formerly Explosive Fabricators) uses explosives to metallurgically bond, or "clad," metal plates (usually joining a corrosion-resistant alloy and carbon steel). Clad metal is used to make heavy-duty industrial pressure vessels and heat exchangers. The company also produces components using more traditional metalworking techniques such as machining, rolling, and hydraulic expansion. DMC's AMK Welding subsidiary machines and welds parts primarily for the commercial aircraft and aerospace industries. SNPE Inc., a subsidiary of SNPE S.A., owns 52% of the company.

Address: 5405 Spine Rd.Boulder, CO 80301 Phone: 303-665-5700 Fax: 303-604-1897


• Chairman: Michel Nicolas • President and CEO: Yvon Pierre Cariou • VP CFO and Secretary: Richard A. (Rick) Santa

Dynatec Corporation

provides services to mining companies worldwide through two divisions: Mining Services (mine design, construction, and operation) and Metallurgical Technologies (development and commercialization of metals). Its primary project is the Ambatovy project (nickel and cobalt in Madagascar). In 2005 Dynatec received a 20% stake in FNX Mining, in exchange FNX now holds Dynatec's stake in the Sudbury project and its interest in Aurora Platinum. Chairman Ian Delaney is also chairman of Sherritt International.

Address: 9555 Yonge St., Ste. 200Richmond Hill, Ontario L4C 9M5, Canada Phone: 905-780-1980 Fax: 905-780-1990


• Chairman: Ian W. Delaney • President and CEO: Bruce V. Walter • EVP, COO, and Director: John W. Lill

Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd.

Eaglecrest Explorations has an eagle eye when it comes to finding gold. The company owns concessions covering 64 square miles in the Itenez Province of northeastern Bolivia. Early Spanish explorers discovered and mined gold in the vicinity, and the region is still home to some small-scale miners. Eaglecrest Exploration has been trenching and drilling to locate a high grade gold deposit in the quartz veins that run throughout the area. Some material is analyzed at the site by a bulk sampling crusher mill, while other samples are shipped to laboratories in Bolivia and Peru.

Address: 1055 W. Hastings St., Ste. 300Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2E9, Canada Phone: 604-684-7160 Fax: 604-684-7160

• President and CEO: Carl A. Erickson • CFO: William Jung • VP, Corporate Development: Paul M. Zdeblak

Earle M. Jorgensen Company

One of the largest steel distributors in North America, Earle M. Jorgensen primarily sells bars, tubing, and plate products made from carbon, alloy, and stainless steels; aluminum; and brass. Customers include companies in industries such as construction and farm equipment, general machining, industrial equipment, oil and gas, and transportation; machining companies account for more than a quarter of sales. The company operates a network of more than 35 service centers and processing facilities in the US and Canada. Funds managed by investment firm Kelso & Company owned more than half of Earle M. Jorgensen until it was acquired by rival Reliance Steel & Aluminum in 2006.

Address: 10650 Alameda St.Lynwood, CA 90262 Phone: 323-567-1122 Fax: 323-563-5500


• Chairman: David M. Roderick • CEO and Director: Maurice S. Nelson Jr. • President and COO: R. Neil McCaffery

YesEarth Sciences, Inc. [ESCI.PK]

Earth Sciences is holding on to its pieces of earth. The company owns mineral rights in the western US and in Venezuela, but it is not conducting any exploration activities. In 2003 Earth Sciences spun off its main operating subsidiary, environmental technology and specialty chemicals company ADA-ES. Through Canadian subsidiary Earth Sciences Extraction Company (ESEC), Earth Sciences extracted purified phosphoric acid (used in foods, soft drinks, fertilizers, and other products). However, ESEC was idled because of insufficient funding. Earth Sciences was formed in 1963 to market its geochemical exploration techniques.

Address: 8100 South Park Way, Unit BLittleton, CO 80120-4525 Phone: 303-734-1727 Fax: 303-734-0330

• Chairman: Ramon E. Bisque • President, Treasurer, and Director: Mark H. McKinnies

Eastern Alloys, Inc.

Eastern Alloys manufactures zinc alloys at its facilities in Maybrook, New York; and Henderson, Kentucky. Its zinc alloy products can be used in die-casting alloys, gravity-casting alloys, slush-casting alloys, steel-coating alloys, and mold-base alloys. The company's customers are primarily in North America; Eastern Alloys also supplies clients in Asia and South America. The company was founded in 1965.

Address: Henry Henning Dr.Maybrook, NY 12543 Phone: 845-427-2151 Fax: 845-427-5185

• Chairman: Richard J. Bauer • President and CEO: Richard H. Bauer • SVP and Steel Mill Product Sales: Richard A. Young

Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

West Virginia's country roads have been taking Eastern Associated Coal home for years. The company manages most of Peabody Energy's coal mines in the state. Peabody is the world's largest coal company, and its Appalachian region includes five operating units in West Virginia and one in Eastern Kentucky. Eastern Associated Coal, which became a part of Peabody in 1987, runs three of them, which include both mines and preparation plants. The company mines and processes medium- and high-sulfur steam and metallurgical coal and ships somewhere near 10 million tons annually.

Address: 202 Laidley TowerCharleston, WV 25324 Phone: 304-344-0300


• President: Jiri Nemec • VP and Treasurer: Walter L. Hawkins

Eastern Platinum Limited

company is a platinum group metals (PGMs) mining exploration and development company. It has interests in PGM properties, including the Mareesburg and Spitzkop projects, in South Africa. Eastplats hopes to have Mareesburg in production by 2006. In 2005 Jonpol acquired Eastern Platinum Holdings and then combined it with fellow mining company Elgin Resources to form Eastern Platinum Limited.


• President and Director: Ian Rozier • CFO: Barbara Dunfield

Eastmain Resources Inc.

Eastmain Resources does most of its mineral exploration in the Eastmain River area. The company explores for and develops deposits of precious and base metals in Canada, predominantly looking for gold ore in Northern Quebec. Most of the company's funding goes to its Clearwater gold project. It also has properties located throughout Ontario and New Brunswick. Eastmain Resources holds a 50% stake in the Reserve Creek gold project in Ontario. The company explores many of its properties through joint venture partnerships with other mining firms including Barrick Gold, Falconbridge, and Dianor Resources.

Address: 36 Toronto St., Ste. 1000Toronto, Ontario M5C 2C5, Canada Phone: 519-940-4870 Fax: 519-940-4871

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 122.10%

• President, CEO, and Director: Donald J. Robinson • CFO: James L. Bezeau

ELE Capital Corporation

ELE Capital Corporation (formerly The Electric Mail Company) is scanning for acquisitions instead of e-mail. The company, which once developed and marketed e-mail and virus scanning software as The Electric Mail Company, sold that business to a subsidiary of j2 Global Communications in early 2004. ELE Capital has agreed to acquire the Kyrgyzstan gold assets of Oriel Resources in a deal that gives Oriel a majority ownership in ELE Capital.

Address: 5331 Headland Dr.West Vancouver, British Columbia V7W 3G4, Canada Phone: 604-714-2420 Fax: 604-714-2426

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-75.70%) • Chairman, President,

and CEO: Darryl J. Yea

ELG Haniel GmbH

Elkem ASA

Yes

Where you may see a giant scrap heap, ELG Haniel sees a goldmine. The company recycles and trades stainless steel scrap and processes metal alloys (cobalt, nickel, titanium) for the stainless steel industry. It also trades stainless steel sheet and coils. Products are moved from their raw used materials to one of several recycling plants, and then distributed to their end purchaser through intermediary companies. A subsidiary of Franz Haniel & Cie, the company operates about 35 facilities in 15 countries around the world, including ELG Haniel Metals in the US.

Address: Kremerskamp 1647138 Duisburg, Germany Phone: +49-(0)2034501-0 Fax: +49-(0)2034501-251 • Chairman, ELG Haniel:

Friedrich Terörde

ELG Haniel Metals Corp.

In the, uh, one-man's-trash-is-another-man's-treasure category, scrappy ELG Haniel Metals has made a mint from the business of metal-morphosys. US-based ELG Haniel Metals recycles stainless steel and special alloys from about 4,000 suppliers (some of which are also its customers). ELG Haniel Metals' recycling operation has actually lowered the the cost of recycling steel to the degree that the process is less expensive than the nickel that goes into primary production of stainless steel. As one of the fastest-growing subsidiaries of ELG Haniel, its parent in 2004 bolstered its investment in the company's future development.

Address: 369 River Rd.McKeesport, PA 15132 Phone: 412-672-9200 Fax: 412-672-3236


• CEO: Simon Merrills • CFO: David Reichenecker

Elkem ASA is one of Norway's largest industrial companies, as well as a global supplier of aluminum, ferroalloys, silicon metal, carbon, and microsilica. Customers include the foundry, chemicals, aluminum, and electronics industries. Its aluminum products include billets, rolling ingots, and foundry ingots. In addition, Elkem produces hydroelectric power for Norway's power market and is involved in energy trading in the Nordic market. It is also developing its own technology for highly purified silicon, to be used in solar cells. In 2005 aluminum producer Alcoa sold its 47% interest in Elkem to Orkla ASA, which had a 50% stake. Elkem was originally established in 1904 as Elektrokemisk by Sam Eyde.

Address: Hoffsveien 65 BN-0303 Oslo, Norway Phone: +47-22-45-01-00 Fax: +47-22-45- 01-55


• CEO: John G. Thuestad • CFO: Svein-Tore Holsether • SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, and Company Secreta: Baard Haugen

Elkem Holding, Inc.

based Elkem ASA. Among its operating subsidiaries are Elkem Metals Co. and Elkem Materials. The group's operations supply silicon metal, ferrosilicon, carbon products, microsilica, and calcium carbide to customers. Silicon metal is used by the chemical (silicones), electronics (semiconductors), and aluminum (alloying metal) industries. Elkem Holding has production plants in Iowa, Ohio, West Virginia, and Quebec, Canada. Norway-based Orkla, which has taken control of the parent company, plans to sell the silicon metal operations of Elkem in West Virginia (Elkem Alloy).

Address: Airport Office Park, Bldg. 2, 400 Rouser Rd.Moon Township, PA 15108-2749 Phone: 412-299-7200 Fax: 412-299-7225


• President: Geir Kvernmo • CFO: Svein-Tore Holsether

Engelhard Corporation [EC]

Engelhard Corporation converts base materials into wealth -- but no alchemy is involved. The company operates in four segments. Its material services segment provides precious and base metals as raw materials for manufacturers. Engelhard's environmental technologies segment sells emission-control systems (such as catalytic converters) for automobiles. Other segments produce pigments and performance additives (used in plastics, coatings, paper, and cosmetics) and chemical catalysts and sorbents (used to make pharmaceuticals and other chemicals). In 2006 chemical giant BASF made an offer to acquire Engelhard for $4.9 billion.

Address: 101 Wood Ave.Iselin, NJ 08830 Phone: 732-205-5000 Fax: 732-906-0337


• Chairman and CEO: Barry W. Perry • VP and CFO: Michael A. Sperduto • VP, Corporate Communications: Mark Dresner

Yes

Eti Maden

Enterayon, Inc. [ETYN.PK]

Enterayon's net is no longer filled with digital music. Formerly NetMusic Entertainment, the company previously operated netmusic.com, a directory of music-related information that later evolved into a digital music distribution outlet. After disappointing sales in the face of fierce competition from industry leaders such as Apple (iTunes) and RealNetworks, the company completely changed the focus of its business, announcing a new strategy involving the exploration, acquisition, development, and mining of precious metals and other mineral properties. NetMusic became Enterayon in 2005.

Address: 201 5th Ave. South, Ste. 23Edmonds, WA 98020 Phone: 425-775-9197 Fax: 425-775-9353

• Chairman and CEO: Perry Leopold • CFO and Director: Jeff Falus • COO: Michael Lewison

Española del Zinc S.A.

Facing financial difficulties and supply shortages, Spanish zinc refiner and smelter Española del Zinc is under court-supervised administration. Besides zinc, the company also produces monohydrated sulfuric acid, and zinc alloys, oxides, and dust. It laid off more than 230 employees between May 1 and August 31, 2005. Española del Zinc was founded in 1956.

Address: Avenida Tito Didio s/n30392 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain Phone: +34-96-832-1282 Fax: +34-96-852-9412

Chairman: Juan Martínez Martínez • Financial Director: Míguel Angel Barajas Gutiérrez • Sales Director: E. Manuel García Morales

Esperanza Silver Corporation

Esperanza means "hope" in English and Esperanza Silver hopes to strike silver in Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru. Esperanza Silver primarily drills in the Atocha property in Bolivia and also explores for silver on its Flor de Loto and Estrella projects in Peru. It's also exploring the La Esperanza gold and silver property in Mexico. General Minerals holds a 15% stake in Esperanza Silver.

Address: 570 Granville St., Ste. 300Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3P1, Canada Phone: 604-685-2242 Fax: 604-681-4692 • CEO and Director:

William J. Pincus Eti Maden, formerly Eti Holding, is on top of the world when it comes to producing borates. The Turkish state-owned company, through Eti Mine Works, is a world-leading miner and processor of boron. (Turkey holds about 60% of the world's boron reserves.) Eti produced 715,000 tons of refined boron products in 2004, a 64% increase over the previous year. Boron is used in products such as soaps, detergents, glass, fertilizers, and nuclear materials. The company also produces perlite, which is used as a construction material, scrubbing sand in refineries, and for growing in greenhouses, among other applications.

Address: Cihan Sk., No: 2, 06430 Sihhiye06430 Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90-312 231 70 20 Fax: +90-312 230

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 290.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 19.80% Employees (2004): 4,370 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-3.90%) • Chairman and General

Manager: Orhan Yilmaz

Etruscan Resources Incorporated

Scanning the continent for precious resources, Etruscan Resources explores and develops gold and diamond properties in Africa. In West Africa, Etruscan began production in 2004 at its 40%-owned Samira Hill gold property (expected to produce about 100,000 ounces of gold annually) in Niger. The company also holds the 90%-owned Youga gold property in Burkina Faso, as well as prospects in the Ivory Coast and Mali. In South Africa, the company owns a 51% stake in the Tirisano Diamond Mine. The mining operation, which sifts gravel deposits in the Ventersdrop region, has been upgraded to produce 27,000 carats a year.

Address: 48 Gerrish St.Windsor, Nova Scotia B0N 2T0, Canada Phone: 902-798-9701 Fax: 902-798-9702

Fiscal Year End: November Revenue (2004): 0.70 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-86.50%)

• President and CEO: Gerald J. McConnell • CFO and Treasurer: Glenn Holmes • VP Exploration and COO: Donald (Don) Burton

Eureka Mining Plc

Eurasia Gold Corp.

For Eurasia Gold, Kazakhstan is as good as gold. Although its headquarters is in Canada, Eurasia Gold is a gold exploration company that operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Andas-Altyn. The company's primary operations consists of two producing gold mines (Central Mukur and Myaly) in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Eurasia Gold produces about 30,000 ounces of gold annually. Both mines are located in the East Kazakhstan Oblast province. Canada-based miner, and fellow gold producer in Kazakhstan, Thistle Mining maintains a 58% ownership stake in Eurasia Gold.



• Chairman: Kumar E. Mukashev • President, CEO, and Director: Baltabek K. Mukashev • CFO and Director: Ismail Nishanbayev

Eurasia Mining PLC

Eurasia Mining may be based in the UK, but its business is in Russia. The company owns and operates gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) projects in Northwest and Central Russia (Kola Peninsula and Urals projects). Its exploration of the Urals project is a joint venture with Anglo Platinum. The company's project development plans for South Africa exploration had been put on hold as the company worked through renewal permits and other setbacks, but it eventually disposed of those interests in 2004.

Address: 14-16 Regent St.London SW1Y 4PH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7976-1222 Fax: +44-20-7976-1422

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 32 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-22.00%

• Chairman: Michael P. Martineau • Managing Director and Board Member: Christian Schaffalitzky • CFO: Michael J. de Villiers

This company's work is as good as gold, or as good as any other metal deposits it may find. Eureka Mining is engaged in the exploration and production of properties, primarily located in the former Soviet Union, potentially containing copper, gold, and other base metal deposits. Its mining oprerations include Mykubinsk and Central Kazakhstan (exploration for gold and copper), and Kentau (gold mining operations). Celtic Resources holds a 21% stake in the company.

Address: Hatfield House, 1st Fl., 52/54 Stamford St.London SE1 9LX, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7921-8810 Fax: +44-20-7921-8811

• Chairman: Kevin A. Foo • CEO and Director: David Bartley • Executive Director and Board Member: Andrzej S. Sliwa

EURO Ressources S.A.

Being resourceful is what it takes to be successful in the exploration and mining business, and EURO Ressources believes it has what it takes. EURO Ressources (formerly Guyanor Ressources) explores and develops precious metal (primarily gold) and diamond deposits in French Guiana and other areas. The company underwent a restructuring (including change of top officers) in 2004, at which time it acquired participation rights to a Suriname gold mine from US-based Golden Star Resources, which controls more than 55 % of EURO Ressources. Australian financial services powerhouse Macquarie Bank acquired nearly 10% of EURO Ressources in 2005.

Address: 8 Lotissement les Nénuphars97354 Rémiré-Montjoly, French Guiana Phone: +594-594-295-440 Fax: +594-594-379-224


• Managing Director: James H. Dunnett • President: Jean-Pierre Prévôt

European Goldfields Limited

European Goldfields does what it says. It is a Canadian-based resources company that explores for gold, silver, and base metal properties in Romania and Greece. In 2004 the company acquired a 65% interest in Hellas Gold in Greece and is exploring and developing mineral properties in the Balkans. In Romania its two main projects include Certej (gold and silver) and Cainel (gold). European Goldfields was formed in 2000 with its principal interests residing in Romania.

Address: Financial Plaza, Ste. 200, 204 Lambert St.Whitehorse, Yukon YIA 3T2, Canada Phone: 416-361-0737 Fax: 416-361-0923

• Chairman: Dimitrios Koutras • CEO and Director: David J. R. Reading • CFO and Director: Timothy Morgan-Wayne

European Minerals Corporation

Like the name says, European Minerals looks for minerals in Europe. It holds an 86% interest in the Varvarinskoye gold-copper deposit in Kazakhstan, that has proven reserves 2.2 million ounces of gold as well as 255 million pounds of copper. European Minerals also explores other properties in eastern Europe. The company holds an interest in an oil and gas investment.

Address: 22 Grosvenor Sq.London W1K 6LF, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7529-7508 Fax: +44-20-7491-2244


• Chairman: Anthony J. (Tony) Williams • President, CEO, and Director: William G. (Bert) Kennedy • CFO: Stephen Gledhill

Yes

European Nickel PLC

Mining company European Nickel identifies, acquires, and develops nickel laterite deposits, primarily in Turkey and the Balkan region. The company's principal project is a 100%-owned nickel deposit (expected to begin production in 2007) in western Turkey. Mining giant BHP Billiton financially backs the company's project in Turkey and holds about 10% of European Nickel. Formed in 2000, European Nickel has developed a metallurgical process to extract nickel ores through a heap leach method that it believes to be less costly than conventional technologies.

Address: Fortune House, 7 Stratton St.London W17 8LE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7495-5055 Fax: +44-20-7629-9370


• Chairman: Felix Pole • Managing Director: Simon Purkiss • Finance Director: Andrew Lindsay

EuroZinc Mining Corporation [EZM]

EuroZinc Mining is up to more than just zinc these days. The company explores and develops copper, lead, silver, and zinc properties in Portugal. Its Neves Corvo copper mine is in production and the Aljustrel zinc project is in development. Copper is sent from the Neves Corvo mine to a port near Lisbon, where the copper is then sent off to customers in Europe and Canada.

Address: 543 Granville St., Ste. 1601Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1X8, Canada Phone: 604-681-1337 Fax: 604-681-1339


• Chairman: Edward J. Fletcher • Vice Chairman and CEO: Colin K. Benner • President and COO: Alvin W. Jackson

Everton Resources Inc.

Everton Resources digs the Dominican Republic. The gold and copper mining exploration company, partly through an alliance with Globestar Mining, is seeking areas of exploration in the country. In addition, Everton Resources is increasing its holdings near Placer Dome's promising Pueblo Viejo gold project in the Dominican Republic. In 2004, the company also extended its exploration back home in Canada (in the James Bay region of Quebec). Everton Resources continues to acquire interests in claims adjacent to its current land holdings.

Address: 290 Picton St., Ste. 201Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8P8, Canada Phone: 613-241-2332 Fax: 613-241-6005

• Chairman and CEO: André D. Audet • CFO and Secretary: Marc Carbonneau • Advisor: Brooke Macdonald

Excellon Resources Inc.

Excellon Resources is hoping for excellent results in its exploration and production of precious metals in Mexico. The company produces silver and other metals through a joint venture agreement with Apex Silver Mines at the Platosa-Saltierra project, located in northeastern Durango State, Mexico. It shipped out its first truckload of ore from the Platosa-Saltierra project in 2005 and is looking to expand the project quickly as it explores other areas of the property.

Address: 6 Adelaide St. East, Ste. 220Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6, Canada Phone: 416-364-1130 Fax: 416-364-6745

• Chairman: Richard W. Brissenden • President, CEO, and Director: A. Douglas MacKenzie • VP and CFO: Robert C. Brissenden

Exeter Resource Corporation

Exeter Resource Corporation has made a foray into South America. The Canada-based company explores for copper, gold, and silver in Argentina. Its primary project, La Cabeza, is in the Mendoza Province. Exeter Resource is also involved in exploration projects in the Patagonia region, through a partnership with South African mining firm AngloGold Ashanti.


• Chairman: Yale Simpson • President and CEO: Bryce Roxburgh • CFO: Cecil R. Bond

Exploration Orbite V.S.P.A. Inc.

This company's path of exploration "orbits" around the universe of prospecting for diamonds, gold, and other precious metals. Founded in 1983, Exploration Orbite mainly explores and mines for precious and other metals including gold, copper, nickel, and zinc, as well as diamonds, in Québec. The company owns and operates several properties in the prolific Abitibi area in Canada, with the Le Tac property representing its primary project in an advanced stage of exploration drilling. None of Exploration Orbite's projects are currently in production.

Address: 400 St. Jacques, Bureau 200Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1S1, Canada Phone: 514-849-7336 Fax: 514-849-9260

• President and Director: Pierre Gévry • VP, Strategy and Technology and Director: Richard Boudreault

Yes

Yes

Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc.

Fairbanks Gold Mining doesn't mind the cold, especially when it's finding gold. The company mines, explores, and develops properties in Alaska, including the Fort Knox open pit mine, which produces nearly 400,000 ounces of gold annually. Fairbanks Gold is owned by Canada-based precious metals miner Kinross Gold. The Fort Knox mine is one of the largest operations that Kinross Gold owns.

Address: 1 Fort Knox Rd.Fairbanks, AK 99712 Phone: 907-488-4653 Fax: 907-490-2290

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 42.20 M Employees (2005): 360 • Operations Manager:

Scott Montelius

Fairmile Goldtech Inc.

Fairmile Goldtech tries to do a fair amount of gold exploration. The company primarily explores and develops precious metal properties in Nevada. Fairmile Goldtech bought the rights to a bio-remediation process from US-based Pintail Systems in 2004. The company uses the non-toxic extraction technique to recover gold and silver precious metals from the deposits. Mining companies typically use cyanide to extract metals from mineral deposits. None of the companies projects are in production.

Address: 837 W. Hastings St., Ste. 2001Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3N7, Canada Phone: 604-294-1082 Fax: 604-473-9138 • President and CFO:

Michael Raftery

Falcon Ventures Incorporated [FIXVF.PK]

explores for diamonds and gold in North America. It has properties in Manitoba, Newfoundland, and Ontario. In Manitoba the company formed a joint venture with Exploration Innovateurs to explore its gold and diamond claims. Falcon Ventures is also looking for other joint venture partners to help develop its prospects. None of the company's projects are in production. Formed in 1983, board member E. Ross Peat holds more than 10% of the company.

Address: 9925 Jasper Ave., Ste. 2001Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2X5, Canada Phone: 780-454-4950 Fax: 780-424-2617 • President, CEO, and

Director: David P. Power

Falconbridge Limited [FAL]

Falconbridge would agree that a mine is a terrible thing to waste. One of the world's top miners and smelters of copper and nickel (together accounting for more than three-quarters of sales), Falconbridge, formerly called Noranda, also produces aluminum, zinc, lead, and precious metals. Falconbridge's manufactured and commodity products include aluminum foil. The company operates worldwide, but the US and Canada together account for the great majority of its business. It changed its name upon its 2005 acquisition of the former Falconbridge. Brascan had owned about 20% of Falconbridge but sold its stake to XStrata in mid-2005. Inco agreed to buy Falconbridge later that year.

Address: 181 Bay St., Ste. 200Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada Phone: 416-982-7111 Fax: 416-982-7423


• Chairman: David W. Kerr • CEO and Director: Derek G. Pannell • President: Aaron W. Regent

Fancamp Exploration Ltd.

Fancamp Exploration is an exploration and development company searching for metals and minerals in Canada. The company is primarily prospecting for iron ore and titanium through an option agreement of a property located in Longue Point, Quebec. It is also involved in several other projects in Quebec, which are either joint ventures or 100%-owned. Sheridan Platinum Group holds more than 20% of the company.

Address: 7290 Gray Ave.Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 3Z2, Canada Phone: 604-434-8829 Fax: 604-434-8823

• President and Director: Peter H. Smith

Farallon Resources Ltd.

Canadian mineral exploration company Farallon Resources has migrated South to find minerals. Through its subsidiary Farallon Minera Mexicana, the company explores for lead, silver, and gold at its Campo Morado mining project in Guerrero State, Mexico (near Mexico City). Farallon Resources acquired the project in 1995 and has since worked to get the operations in production by 2009. Campo Morado dates back to the early 1900s when silver was first found in the area.

Address: 1020 - 800 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2V6, Canada Phone: 604-684-6365 Fax: 604-684-8092


• Chairman: Ronald W. Thiessen • President, CEO, and Director: Richard H. (Dick) Whittington • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Jeffrey R. Mason

Ferrostaal AG

Yes

Ferrostal is going for the ironman competition. Ferrostaal AG, a subsidiary of Germany's MAN AG, is a steel trader (steel products and non-ferrous metals), but it is also involved in industrial steel construction (water treatment facilities, industrial plants, bridges, and power plants) and the manufacture and distribution of industrial equipment (printing and packaging machines and offset printers). The company also delivers nautical equipment and navy and merchant ships. While Ferrostaal has operations throughout the world, nearly half of the company's total sales come from Latin America and Germany. Ferrostaal was founded in 1919 as an international trading firm.

Address: Hohenzollernstrasse 24D-45128 Essen, Germany Phone: +49-201-818-01 Fax: +49-201-818-2822


• Chairman: Matthias Mitscherlich • Managing Director, Finance, Controlling, and General Adminis: Jens Gesinn • Managing Director, Corporate Communications: Bernard Buhmann

Ferrostaal Incorporated

Ferrostaal Inc. imports and distributes a variety of steel products. The company is a subsidiary of Germany-based Ferrostaal AG, which itself is part of MAN, a diversified German manufacturer. Items handled by the Ferrostaal distribution network include long, flat, and semi-finished steel products, as well as wire and wire products and special steel and plates.

Address: 16510 Northchase Dr.Houston, TX 77060 Phone: 281-999-9995 Fax: 281-999-4143


• President and CEO: Uwe T. Schmidt • CFO -- Finance and Administration: Matthias Lietsch

First Silver Reserve Inc.

First Silver Reserve has no reservations when it comes to mining silver. The company mines for silver ore primarily in the San Martin mine in the northern portion of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. It produces about 2 million ounces of silver annually and estimates its reserves to be 12 million ounces. First Silver is evaluating other areas of its San Martin mine for exploration and development. The company processes the ore for smelting into silver at its nearby ore processing facility. On average, First Silver Reserve yields nearly 10 ounces of silver per ton of milled ore.



• President, CEO, and Director: Hector Davila Santos • VP, Finance, CFO, and Director: Rodney A. (Rod) Shier • Director, Operations: Armando Ibarra Amaya

Fording Canadian Coal Trust [FDG]

Who you gonna trust with your coal assets? The Fording Canadian Coal Trust, an income trust, owns about 60% of partnership Elk Valley Coal (formerly Fording Coal Partnership) that combined the Canadian metallurgical coal assets of Fording Inc., Teck Cominco, Sherritt International, Luscar Coal, and CONSOL Energy, along with the coal transport assets of Westshore Terminals Income Fund. Teck Cominco owns the other 40% of the coal partnership and manages the operation. The partnership operates six mines and is the world's #2 exporter of hard coking coal, which is a key ingredient in steelmaking. Through NYCO, Fording also operates an industrial minerals unit, which produces wollastonite, in the US and Mexico.

Address: Fording Place, Ste. 1000, 205 9th Ave. SECalgary, Alberta T2G 0R4, Canada Phone: 403-264-1063 Fax: 403-264-7339


• Chairman and CEO: Michael A. Grandin • President; President and CEO, Elk Valley Coal: James L. (Jim) Popowich • VP and CFO: R. J. (Jim) Brown

Formation Capital Corporation

Formation Capital Corporation has formed a plan to find mineral deposits. The company explores for, develops, and refines minerals through its mining operations in Canada, Mexico, and the US. Through eight mining properties the company mines, gold, silver, cobalt, copper, and uranium. It also has started a precious metals refining business called Formation Chemicals.

Address: 999 W. Hastings St., Ste. 1510Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2W2, Canada Phone: 604-682-6229 Fax: 604-682-6205

• Chairman and CEO: Mari-Ann Green • President and Director: J. Scott Bending • SVP and CFO: J. Paul Farquharson

Fortune Minerals Limited

and has instead chosen the business of mining to find its fortune. The company has set up camp in the Northwest Territories to explore and develop deposits containing coal, gold, silver, copper, and other assorted minerals. It's primary asset is the Mount Klappan anthracite coal deposit in British Columbia. It's also investigating the NICO cobalt and gold deposit in the Northwest Territories.

Address: 148 Fullarton St., Ste. 1508London, Ontario N6A 5P3, Canada Phone: 519-858-8188 Fax: 519-858-8155


• Chairman: George M. Doumet • President, CEO, and Director: Robin E. Goad • CFO: Julian Kemp

Yes

Yes

Yes

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. [FCL]

Foundation Coal Holdings has found a solid footing in the US. One of the largest coal miners in the country, Foundation Coal operates about a dozen surface and underground mines in Central Appalachia, Northern Appalachia, the Powder River Basin, and the Illinois Basin. Foundation Coal produces and sells around 70 million tons of coal annually and has 1.7 billion tons of proved and probable coal reserves. Steam coal, produced for electric utilities, accounts for more than 90% of the company's sales. Foundation Coal also produces metallurgical coal (for steel manufacturers). Foundation Coal was formed in 2004 to buy RAG American Coal from German conglomerate RAG.

Address: 999 Corporate Blvd., Ste. 300Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 Phone: 410-689-7500 Fax: 410-689-7511


• Chairman, President and CEO: James F. Roberts • SVP and CFO: Frank J. Wood • SVP Development and IT: James A. Olsen

Franc-Or Resources Corporation

Franc-Or Resources has mining activities in Nevada or Russia, depending on how you look at it. The company explores for precious metals at properties in Nevada (where it holds claims) and Russia (where it is looking to acquire claims). It had been seeking gold in French Guiana, but Franc-Or Resources has withdrawn from the country, selling its assets.

Address: 1801 McGill College Ave., Ste. 1325Montreal, Quebec H3A 2N4, Canada Phone: 514-842-5323 Fax: 514-842-3306


• Chairman: Michael Steeves • President and CEO: Robert J. Casaceli • CFO and Secretary: Vatche Tchakmakian

Franklin Mining, Inc. [FMNJ.PK]

Not to be confused with collectibles vendor Franklin Mint, Franklin Mining has collected interests in gold, silver, lead, and zinc projects in the US, Bolivia, and Colombia. The company's Franklin Mines, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, were actively worked between 1865 and 1915, but production has been sporadic since then, and the property is for sale. Franklin Mining's Mayaya gold project in Bolivia is more promising, but production there has been hampered by a lack of equipment.

Address: 2764 Lake Sahara Drive, Ste. 111Las Vegas, NV 89117 Phone: 702-944-8972 Fax: 702-838-5130

• President, CEO, and Director: Jaime Melgarejo Jr. • CFO: William M. Jackson

Freegold Ventures Limited [FGOVF.OB]

While it doesn't actually have free gold, Freegold Ventures does have several mining projects where it intends to liberate gold from its confines. The company's Almaden, Golden Summit, Grew Creek, Rob, Rainbow Hill, and Union Bay projects are located in Canada and the US (Alaska and Idaho). It lowers its own costs by operating several of these exploration projects as joint ventures with partner companies, including Pacific North West Capital and Lonmin. Freegold Ventures was founded by chairman Harry Barr. CDS & Company controls nearly 70% of the company.

Address: 2303 W. 41st Ave.Vancouver, British Columbia V6M 2A3, Canada Phone: 604-685-1870 Fax: 604-685-6550

• Chairman: Harry Barr • President and CEO: Steve Manz • CFO: Gordon Steblin

Freewest Resources Canada Inc.

What does Freewest Resources Canada tell its mineral prospectors? Go east young men! The natural resources company explores for gold, diamonds, platinum, and base metals in eastern Canada. It has generally focused its prospect holdings at about a dozen locations in northwestern Quebec, northwestern Ontario, and southwestern New Brunswick. As indications of gold and other targeted minerals have been found at several sites, Freewest Resources must conduct further geological surveys to determine if the concentrations warrant site development for mining.


Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-42.10%) Employees (2004): 4 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-20.00%)

• Chairman: George Bryson • President, CEO, and Director: Mackenzie I. (Mac) Watson • VP, Finance and Director: Ronald Kay

G W R Resources Inc.

G W R Resources would like for its initials to mean Gold Was Reached. The junior exploration company is drilling through layers of rock to uncover gold deposits on claims it has acquired in Canada. G W R Resources owns all or part of about 25 claims covering 58 square miles in the Lac La Hache region of south central British Columbia. Drilling has revealed its 100%-owned Ann North Zone claims have potential for large copper and gold deposits. G W R Resources has an 80% interest in seven claims with Peach Lake Resources and 40% in four claims with Cassidy Gold. It's the sole owner of the remaining claims.

Address: 5230 Lansdowne Rd.Armstrong, British Columbia V0E 1B4, Canada Phone: 250-546-8048 Fax: 250-546-3635 • CEO, CFO, President,

and Director: Irvin Eisler

Gabriel Resources Ltd.

Think of Gabriel Resources as the Count Dracula of gold mining -- the company loves a rich vein. Gabriel owns 80% of Romanian mining company Rosia Montana Gold; Minvest SA, Romania's state mining company, owns the rest. The Rosia Montana joint venture has mines in western Transylvania, part of Romania's "Golden Quadrilateral," where mining activity dates back some 2,000 years. The site contains reserves of more than 10 million ounces of gold and 50 million ounces of silver. Production is scheduled to begin around 2006. An adjacent development, Bucium, contains both gold-silver and copper-gold resources. Gabriel's management is also involved with European Goldfields, another Romanian mining venture.

Address: 110 Yonge St., Ste. 1501Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4, Canada Phone: 416-955-9200 Fax: 416-955-4661

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 330 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-0.30%)

• Chairman: Oyvind Hushovd • President and CEO: Alan R. Hill • VP and CFO: Richard S. Young

Galantas Gold Corporation

Galantas Gold, formerly European Gold Resources, explores and develops gold properties in Northern Ireland. The company began exploration in Ireland when it acquired Omagh Minerals in 1997. It also produces and sells gold jewelry through its Galántas Irish Gold unit. Galantas Gold holds both Omagh and Galántas Irish Gold under its Cavanacaw subsidiary.

Address: CavanacawOmagh BT78 5LH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-28-8224-1100 Fax: +44-28-8224-1194


• Executive Chairman: Jack Gunter • President and CEO: Roland Phelps • Director, Jewellery Operations: Eugene McLaughlin

General Minerals Corporation

General Minerals Corporation has marshaled all of its forces in order to locate copper, silver, and gold in Bolivia, Chile, and the US (Arizona). After initial exploration, the company has partnered with larger mining companies, such as Phelps Dodge and Teck Cominco, with the capability to develop the properties. The company has also formed subsidiaries to explore for precious metals in Mongolia and Afghanistan. General Minerals sold its holding in Lumina Copper in 2004.

Address: 580 Hornby St., Ste. 880Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, Canada Phone: 604-684-0693 Fax: 604-684-0642


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Ralph G. Fitch • CFO: William Filtness

Geoinformatics Exploration Ltd.

Geoinformatics Exploration (formerly Aegean International Gold) explores and develops gold mineral properties and manages projects for other mining and exploration companies. The company is involved in various exploration projects in Australia, Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, and the Northwest Territories), Mexico, the US, and the Ukraine. Canadian mining company St Andrew Goldfields sold its 30% stake in Geoinformatics Exploration in 2005. Goldcorp also has a small holding in the company.



• Chairman: Michael Etheridge • Vice Chairman and COO: Nicholas (Nick) Archibald • CEO and President: Michael Smyth

Yes

Yes

Gerald Metals, Inc.

Gerald Metals and its affiliates trade nonferrous and precious metals such as alumina, aluminum, bauxite, gold, silver, zinc, copper, and platinum group metals. Customers include miners, industrial consumers, smelters, and refineries, as well as central banks and government entities. Gerald Metals operates primarily from offices in the US, Switzerland, and China; the company maintains additional facilities elsewhere in Asia and Europe and in South America. Through its financing arm, Gerald Metals offers such services as pre-export financing, lending to mining companies, project financing, and development of hedging and options strategies. The company was founded by Gerald Lennard in 1962.

Address: 680 Washington Blvd.Stamford, CT 06901 Phone: 203-609-8300 Fax: 203-609-8301

• Chairman and CEO: Lloyd Lander • CFO: Jeff Malakoff • CIO: Jim Berger

GHG Resources Limited

GHG Resources thinks the potential for China is still underground. The company, formerly Consolidated Golden Thunder Resources, is a precious metals exploration and mining company, searching for gold in the Yunnan Province of China. Through its Tun Resources subsidiary, GHG Resources works with local Chinese companies to explore and develop properties in the region. Exploration project areas include Bianfushan, Lanintang, and Shangzhai in the Zhen Yuan Mining District.



• President and CEO: Christopher Fung • Secretary and CFO: Sharon Lewis

Gippsland Limited

Gippsland Limited finds its financial oasis in the desert. The company is engaged in the exploration and mining of tantalum, a hard metal used for the production of foil, wire, and metal rods, primarily in the central eastern desert of Egypt. The company expects to produce about 650,000 pounds of tantalum pentoxide a year from its share of the Abu Dabbab and Nuweibi projects, operated through a joint venture with the Egyptian Geological Survey & Mining Authority, which are located near the western shore of Egypt's Red Sea. Gippsland also has interests in gold and base metal exploration projects.

Address: Level 2, 18 Stirling Hwy.Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia Phone: +61-8-9389-8611 Fax: +61-8-9389-8612

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 55.20% Employees (2004): 1 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • Executive Chairman:

Robert J. (Jack) Telford

Gitennes Exploration Inc.

Gitennes Exploration is an exploration and development mining company, primarily concerned with locating deposits of gold, silver, zinc, and copper. The company is currently exploring five properties in Peru and four projects in British Columbia, Canada. Its most advanced project is the Tucumachay property located in the Andes Mountains of Peru. None of its projects are currently in production.


• President, CEO, and Director: Jerry D. Blackwell • CFO: Kerry Spong

Glencairn Gold Corporation [GLE]

business in South America. The company explores and develops gold properties in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It is expanding production operations at its underground Limon Mine in Nicaragua and has begun production at its Bellavista Mine in Costa Rica. Combined these two mines are expected to produce about 100,000 ounce of gold annually (and they contain about 850,000 ounces of gold reserves). Glencairn Gold acquired Black Hawk Mining in 2003, receiving the Limon Mine and several other exploration properties.

Address: 6 Adelaide St. East, Ste. 500Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6, Canada Phone: 416-860-0919 Fax: 416-367-0182


• Chairman: Ian J. McDonald • President, CEO, and Director: Kerry J. Knoll • VP Finance and CFO: Derek Price

Glencar Mining plc [GCMXF.PK]

For Glencar Mining the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow is found in West Africa. Founded in 1971, the company (formerly Glencar Explorations) has conducted gold mining exploration operations in Africa (Ghana, Mali, and Uganda) since the 1980s. It is also involved in the Laois exploration project in Ireland. In addition to mining, the company provides exploration and surveying services. The company sold its Rennicks subsidiary to Tara Mines in 2002.

Address: 71 Lower Baggot St.Dublin 2, Ireland Phone: +353-1-661-9974 Fax: +353-1-661-1205


• Chief Executive: Hugh McCullough • COO and Technical Director: Kieran Harrington

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Glencore International AG

Glencore International trades in the stuff of which stuff is made. The company is a commodities trader (metals and minerals, agricultural products, and energy) and a diversified natural resources conglomerate with interests in companies involved in mining, smelting, refining, and processing. In the energy sector, the company markets such products as coal, crude oil, jet fuel, and gasoline. Glencore's ownership stakes include Columbia Falls Aluminum, a 30% stake in Century Aluminum, and a 40% share in Xstrata. Founded in 1974 as a marketer of ferrous and nonferrous metals and other products, the company is owned by management and employees.

Address: Baarermattstrasse 3CH-6340 Baar, Zug, Switzerland Phone: +41-41-709-20-00 Fax: +41-41-709-30-00


• Chairman: Willy R. Strothotte • CEO: Ivan Glasenberg • Director of Finance: Zbynek E. Zak

Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.

Globex Mining Enterprises stays busy in North America with more than 50 exploration properties. The company explores some of its properties and options others to fellow mining Canadian outfits. For properties it doesn't option, Globex Mining looks for joint venture partners. Its properties contain copper, gold, silver, zinc, and other minerals deposits.

Address: 146-14th St.Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 2J3, Canada Phone: 819-797-5242 Fax: 819-797-1470


• President, CEO, and Director: Jack Stoch • Secretary, Treasurer, CFO, and Director: Dianne Stoch

GMA Resources Plc

GMA Resources is looking for a golden oasis in the Sahara. The company's primary asset is its controlling stake in the Tirek Gold mine (52%-owned) located in the Sahara desert of southern Algeria. State-owned oil company Sonatrach and other investors hold the remaining shares in the Tirek mine. It is also exploring the Amesmessa Deposit, located adjacent to the Tirek mine. None of its properties are in production. GMA Resources was originally formed in Australia in 2002.

Address: 30 Farringdon St.London EC4A 4HJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7544-5677 Fax: +44-20-7544-5565


• Non-Executive Chairman: Richard J. Linnell • CEO: Colin R. Ikin • Finance Director: Simon J. Farrell

Gold Standard, Inc. [GSDD.OB]

Gold Standard is hanging its flag on the mineral riches of Brazil, where the company hopes to find and develop gold-producing properties. Its Gold Standard Minas subsidiary owns the rights to mine gold and other precious metals on a 30,000-acre claim in the Brazilian state of Mato Grasso. But exploration efforts have been suspended because of a lack of money, and Gold Standard is looking for an exploration partner or an opportunity to combine with another business. The company also owns mineral and exploration rights to property located elsewhere in Brazil, in southern Uruguay, and in the Dugway region of western Utah.

Address: 136 S. Main St., Ste. 712Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Phone: 801-328-4452 Fax: 801-328-4457

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 7 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-41.70%)

• Chairman, President, Principal Executive Officer, Treasurer,: Scott L. Smith

Gold Summit Corporation

The top of the gold heap is where Gold Summit aims to be. The company, formerly Gold Summit Mines, explores for and develops gold prospect properties in Canada (northwestern and northern Ontario and central Quebec) and the US (eastern, central, and western Nevada and southern California). Gold Summit's projects include Tip Top, Monte Cristo, and Gold Springs. None of its properties are in production.

Address: 181 University Ave., Ste. 1414Toronto, Ontario M5H 3M7, Canada Phone: 416-367-4571 Fax: 416-367-5269

Cook • President, CEO, and Director: Anthony P. Taylor • VP, Corporate Development: Gil Atzmon

Golden Eagle International, Inc. [MYNG.OB]

In search of gold and copper, Golden Eagle International has spread its wings in Bolivia . The company is exploring prospects in the Tipuani-Cangalli area north of La Paz and in the Precambrian Shield area in eastern Bolivia. Overall, Golden Eagle controls more than 150,000 acres of mining concessions. Gold production on the company's Cangalli claims was halted in 2004 because of a farmers' strike; the company has yet to produce minerals on its other properties. Golden Eagle has generated no revenue since late 2004.

Address: 12401 S. 450 East, Bldg. D1Salt Lake City, UT 84020 Phone: 801-619-9320 Fax: 801-619-1747


• Chairman: H. R. (Roy) Shipes • President, and CEO: Terry C. Turner • VP US Administration, CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary: Tracy A. Madsen

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Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. [GQMNF.PK]

Golden Queen Mining wants to be queen of the mountain. The company is developing a gold and silver open pit, heap leach (a process of extracting gold by moving a cyanide solution through crushed ore) operation at its Soledad Mountain property in southern California. It also hopes to produce construction aggregate at the property. Gold mining has occured at Soledad Mountain since the late 19th century. Trusts owned by Landon Clay hold a 20% stake in the company.

Address: 6411 Imperial Ave.Vancouver, British Columbia V7W 2J5, Canada Phone: 604-921-7570 Fax: 604-921-9446

• Chairman: Edward G. Thompson • President and Director: H. Lutz Klingmann

Goldrea Resources Corp.

Goldrea Resources is going for the gold...and other metals (silver, molybdenum, platinum, and palladium). The exploration and development company has seven projects in the works, including two joint ventures with its sister company Molycor Gold. It has five properties in British Columbia, and one each in Quebec and Arizona. The company has historically focused its attention on North America, but Goldrea Resources is now actively involved in gold exploration projects in the Shandong Province of China.

Address: 2A 15782 Marine Dr.White Rock, British Columbia V4B 1E6, Canada Phone: 604-531-9639 Fax: 604-531-9634

• President and CEO: Larry W. Reaugh • CFO: Ron Jorgensen

Goldsource Mines Inc.

Goldsource Mines is looking for the perfect source of gold and silver. The company used to explore gold and silver mineral properties in Indonesia, but has since moved its exploration much closer to home. Its now in search of precious metals in the Americas. Goldsource Mines is involved in an option agreement for mineral claims in British Columbia.

Address: 1311 Howe St., Ste. 405Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2P3, Canada Phone: 604-691-1760 Fax: 604-691-1761

• President and Treasurer: J. Scott Drever • CFO: Graham Thody

Goldstake Explorations Inc.

Goldstake Explorations has staked its claim on two continents: Australia and North America. In Australia, the company explores and develops gold, copper, and nickel deposits in the Northern Territory. One of its properties includes Hill End, known for producing a 639-pound gold nugget in 1872. In North America, Goldstake Explorations is primarily prospecting for gold in South Dakota and Ontario, Canada.

Address: 67 Yonge St., Ste. 501Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8, Canada Phone: 905-415-1224 Fax: 905-415-1224

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Robert B. Cleaver

Great Lakes Carbon LLC

This company's coke does go into aluminum cans, but you wouldn't want to drink it. Great Lakes Carbon is a leading producer of anode-grade and industrial-grade calcined petroleum coke (CPC). Anode-grade CPC, which accounts for most of Great Lakes Carbon's sales, is used to make carbon anodes for the production of primary aluminum. Industrial-grade CPC is used mainly to make titanium dioxide. CPC is made from raw petroleum coke, a by-product of petroleum refining. Great Lakes Carbon produces CPC at three plants in the US; sister company Copetro operates a CPC facility in Argentina. The Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund, a publicly traded Canadian entity, controls Great Lakes Carbon.

Address: 551 5th Ave., Ste. 3600New York, NY 10176 Phone: 212-370-5770 Fax: 212-370-5973

• Chairman: Theodore C. Rogers • President, CEO, and Director: James D. McKenzie • SVP and CFO: Ronald J. Statile

Greystar Resources Ltd.

Greystar Resources is looking for something a little more shiny. The company's principal asset is the Angostura gold and silver mining project in northeastern Colombia. It has been exploring Angostura since 1995. Greystar Resources also has oil and gas holdings in Colorado through subsidiary Greystar USA. CDS & Co. holds more than 90% of the company.

Address: 570 Granville St., Ste. 300Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3P1, Canada Phone: 604-682-8212 Fax: 604-681-4692

• President, CEO, and Director: David B. Rovig • CFO: K. Peter Miller

H.C. Starck Inc.

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Griffin Mining Limited

Griffin Mining is not a mythical beast, but it has swooped down in China to develop zinc and gold mining projects. Its main operation is a joint venture (with Chinese group Caijiaying Lead Zinc Preparatory Committee) in the Caijiaying zinc project located near Beijing. Construction was completed on the project in 2005 and it has commenced production. The company is also scoping out other projects in China. Trellus Partners holds a stake of more than 10% in Griffin Mining.

Address: 60 St. James's St., 6th Fl.London SW1A 1LE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7629-7772 Fax: +44-20-7629-7773


• Chairman: Mladen Ninkov • Finance Director: Roger Goodwin

with ski slopes or Miami Vice busts. The company manufactures metal powders, thermal spray powders, metal products, and specialty chemicals. Its powders go into everything from concrete to sporting goods, from pigments and plastics to medical and dental supplies. Starck also makes electroconductive polymers and colloidal silica for the electronics industry. It has 16 plants located in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company was acquired by Bayer in 1986 and is now a part of Bayer MaterialScience.

Address: 45 Industrial PlaceNewton, MA 02461-1951 Phone: 617-630-5800 Fax: 617-630-5879


• Chairman: Heinz Heumüller • President: Olaf Schmidt-Park • Information Systems Director: Raymond M. Houle

Halo Resources Ltd. [HLOSF.OB]

resourceful, Halo Resources concentrates on looking for gold and other metals. The company (formerly Trimark Energy) has shifted its focus from oil and gas exploration to the acquisition of near-production base and precious metal deposits. Halo Resources is involved in three projects: the Duport gold mine in Ontario, a gold exploration project at Bachelor Lake in Quebec, and a grass roots gold project at Quarter Moon Lake in Manitoba. In 2005 Halo Resources acquired a 50% stake in the Bachelor Lake project, which has an ongoing 12,500-meter underground drill program. The Duport project has an ongoing drill program of up to 20,000 meters.


Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 24.90% Employees (2004): 2

• Chairman and CFO: Nick DeMare • President and CEO: Marc Cernovitch • SVP and COO: Tom Healy

Headwaters Incorporated [HW]

It takes heavy coal for Headwaters to keep its head above water. The company uses its patented binding process to turn coal derivatives into synthetic fuel briquettes. Through Headwaters Energy Services (HES), the company licenses its technology and supplies the binding reagents, which are made by Dow Reichhold, to 28 third-party facilities (such as utilities and coal companies). Headwaters is expanding through acquisitions; its construction materials segment, which markets manufactured stone and specialty siding products, has grown to account for more than half of the company's sales. Headwaters is also a top marketer of coal combustion products (CCPs), such as fly ash and bottom ash.

Address: 10653 S. River Front Pkwy., Ste. 300South Jordan, UT 84095 Phone: 801-984-9400 Fax: 801-984-9410


• Chairman and CEO: Kirk A. Benson • CFO: Steven G. (Steve) Stewart

Heraeus Holding GmbH

Precious metals are priority at Heraeus Holding. The company's largest subsidiary is precious metals trader W.C. Heraeus, which also processes precious and specialty metals into products used in the aerospace, automobile, ceramics, chemical, electronics, glass, medical, and pharmaceutical industries. Among Heraeus Holding's 100-odd other subsidiaries and affiliates are Heraeus Kulzer (dental restoration products), Heraeus Quarzglas (equipment and optics made from quartz glass), Heraeus Electro-Nite (temperature sensors used in the steel and auto industries and appliances), and Heraeus Noblelight (infrared, ultraviolet, and other specialty light sources). The Heraeus family owns the 150-year-old holding company.

Address: Heraeusstraße 12-14D-63450 Hanau, Germany Phone: +49-6181-35-0 Fax: +49-6181-35-3550


• Chairman, Supervisory Board: Jürgen Heraeus • Chairman, Board of Management: Helmut Eshwey • COO and CTO: Frank Heinricht

Hidefield Gold plc

Heraeus Precious Metals Management, Inc.

for its customers. Heraeus Precious Metals Management (HPM) sells precious metals and offers metal trading and hedging services to customers. The company deals in precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in physical forms from grains to ingots and bars. It also operates a refining division for scrap precious metals (i.e., jewelry and dental filling scraps) and other materials such as petroleum, photographic films and papers, and other chemical catalysts containing metals. Heraeus Precious Metals is the North American trading unit of the Heraeus Holding.

Address: 540 Madison Ave.New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-752-2180 Fax: 212-752-7141


• Chairman: Jürgen Heraeus • President: John Burdsall

Hidefield Gold wants gold and other precious metals to come out of hiding. The company acquires and develops gold fields; its primary project is the Cata Preta development in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. (In 2005 the company bought the 50% stake in Cata Preta that it didn't own from Brazilian Diamonds.) Hidefield Gold also has several gold exploration projects in Argentina. The company has additional holdings in other precious metal projects under development in North and South America.

Address: 30 Farringdon St.London EC4A 4HJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7581-0111 Fax: +44-20-7581-4477


• Chairman: Kenneth P. Judge • CEO: John F. Prochnau • Finance Director: Kenneth (Ken) Bone

High River Gold Mines Ltd.

explores and develops precious metal in Canada, West Africa, and Russia. High River's main focus is Russia, where it has an 85% holding in two producing gold mines, which accounts for all of the company's production. It produces about 100,000 ounces of gold annually. In 2005 High River acquired a substantial stake in Jilbey Gold Exploration, which has operations in Burkina Faso. Operations at its New Britannia Mine in Manitoba, Canada (High River owns half of the mine with Kinross Gold) were suspended in 2005.

Address: 155 University Ave., Ste. 1700Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7, Canada Phone: 416-947-1440 Fax: 416-360-0010

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 80.70 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 14.60% Employees (2004): 4,089 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-9.10%

• Chairman: Donald A. Whalen • President, CEO, and Director: David V. Mosher • CFO: Steven W. (Steve) Poad

Highbank Resources Ltd.

Highbank Resources is staying close to home to find gold. The Canada-based company, formerly Consolidated E.T.C. Industries, drills on the Granby Peninsula property, located in British Columbia. It has a 50% interest in the Granby claim. Expanding its search beyond the precious yellow metal, in 2005 Highbank Resources acquired the Swamp Point aggregates, gravel, and sand project in British Columbia.


• Chairman: Dennis H. McKnight • President, CEO, and Director: Jake Bottay • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Gary Musil

Highland Gold Mining Limited

Highland Gold wants to make its fortune in Russia. The company has mining operations in Russia, including its primary asset, one of the country's largest producing mines, Mnogovershinnoe (MNV). Its other producing mine is Darasun in the Chita region. In all these two mines produce about 200,000 ounces of gold annually. Highland Gold also has several other properties in Russia that are in development. It hopes to bring its Novoshirokinskoye project into prodcution next. Deputy chairman Ivan Koulakov holds 15% of the company; mining giant Barrick Gold has a 20% stake.

Address: 26 New St.St. Helier, Jersey JE2 3RA, Channel Islands Phone: +44-1534-814-202 Fax: +44-1534-814-815


• Chairman: James Cross • Managing Director: Dmitri Korobov • COO: Scott Yelland

Hillsborough Resources Limited

of coal. The company mines coal through its principal property, the Quinsam mine on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The underground mine produces thermal coal (used mainly to produce steam for generating electricity) which is then transported from its Middle Point facility to industrial customers located in Canada and the US. It has another thermal coal mine in Tennessee under development. Hillsborough Resources is also acquiring holdings in coking coal development projects in other areas of British Columbia.

Address: The Marine Bldg., Ste. 1100, 355 Burrard St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G8, Canada Phone: 604-684-9288 Fax: 604-684-3178


• Chairman: Winston D. Stothert • President and CEO: David J. Slater • COO, Surface Operations: David A. Fawcett

Hobet Mining, Inc.

Horsehead Corp.

Hinterland Metals Inc.

hinterlands of Canada. Formerly Gladiator Minerals, the exploration and development company is acquiring interests in properties with potential for gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, and palladium. Its main properties include the Helen Gold Zone in the Yukon and the Teck and Lockout properties in Ontario. President and CEO Mark Fekete holds a 10% interest in Hinterland Metals.

Address: 680 3rd Ave., Ste. 203Val d'Or, British Columbia J9P 1S5, Canada Phone: 819-874-8182 Fax: 819-874-8183 • President, CEO, and

Director: Mark Fekete Hobet Mining mines coal in Central Appalachia. The company operates the Hobet 21 mine, which is located on some 19,700 acres in Boone and Lincoln counties in southern West Virginia. Equipment at Hobet 21 includes a dragline, electric shovel, and wheel-loader spread. Coal mined there is processed at an on-site preparation plant and transported out by rail. Former parent Arch Coal sold Hobet Mining in 2005 to Magnum Coal, a company backed by affiliates of investment firm ArcLight Capital.

Address: St. Rte. 119, S. Shaffer Rd.Madison, WV 25130 Phone: 304-369-6780 • General Manager: Mike

Jarrell

Hoeganaes Corporation

Hoeganaes (pronounced HEY-gun-ess) produces powdered ferrous metals (atomized steel and sponge iron) for use by auto parts makers and other manufacturers. The steel and iron powders are used to make structural parts, filters, and bearings, as well as in friction applications such as brake pads and linings. Hoeganaes products also are used in chemical and welding applications. Outside the US, the company has operations in Germany. Hoeganaes was founded in 1953. The company is part of the automotive business segment of UK-based GKN.

Address: 1001 Taylors Ln.Cinnaminson, NJ 08077-2017 Phone: 856-829-2220 Fax: 856-829-7156

• President: Robert J. (Bob) Fulton • SVP, Sales and Marketing: William H. (Bill) Michael • VP, Finance: Pete Saitis

Hoover & Strong Inc.

including gold and silver, and extracts saleable material. The company's products are sold primarily to jewelry makers. The company was founded in 1912 by Jay Hoover and Harry Strong to refine industrial platinum scrap; over the years Hoover & Strong has developed some 30,000 products designed for use by the jewelry industry.

Address: 10700 Trade Rd.Richmond, VA 23236-3000 Phone: 804-794-3700 Fax: 804-794-5687


• CEO: George Hoover • President: Torry Hoover • VP, Finance: Dan Pharr

Bearing out the adage that one person's trash is another's trash, Horsehead turns zinc-containing dust into zinc and value-added zinc products. Key raw materials for the company include dust from the electric-arc furnaces used at steel minimills and residue from the galvanizing of metals. Besides zinc metal (used in galvanizing and alloying), Horsehead's products include zinc oxide (used in the agricultural, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries) and zinc dust (used in corrosion-resistant coatings). The company operates from facilities in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennesee, and Texas. Investment firm Sun Capital Partners owns Horsehead.

Address: 300 Frankfort Rd.Monaca, PA 15061 Phone: 724-774-1020 Fax: 724-774-4348


• President and CEO: James M. Hensler • VP and CFO: Robert D. Scherich • VP, Sales and Marketing: James A. Totera

Hullas del Coto Cortés, S.A.

Hullas del Coto Cortés has all the right sites for anthracite, as well as bituminous coal and lignite. About 80% of the company's production, some 500,000 tons extracted annually, is from underground mines. All but one percent of its sales are to the electric power sector in Spain, where coal is the most used fuel for generation (composing more than 30% of the total). The remaining one percent is sold for domestic use and to small industry. Banco Pastor owns more than 63% of Hullas del Coto Cortés, which was founded in 1919. Translated into English, the company's name means "Bituminous Coal of the Cortés Enclosure."

Address: Montalbán 3, 1 dcha., Apartado 82628014 Madrid, Spain Phone: +34-91-531-95-00 Fax: +34-91-532-18-80 • Chairman: Fernando

Pastor González

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Inco Limited [N] Yes

Hunter Valley Energy Coal Ltd.

company produces more than eight million tons of thermal coal through its mines in New South Wales, Australia. Its primary operations include the Mt Arthur coal mine and the Wyong development project. Its customers are located primarily in Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Hunter Valley Energy is a subsidiary of BHP Billiton's Energy Coal segment, which maintains other coal operations in Africa and the Americas. The company is able to make use of Billiton's marketing hubs in Singapore and the Netherlands.

Address: Thomas Mitchell DriveMuswellbrook, New South Wales 2333, Australia Phone: +61-2-6542-4800 Fax: +61-2-6542-4801

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 39.00 M

• President and COO: Derek Nightingale • General Manager, Finance: Ockert Nel • Environment and External Affairs Manager: Ian Tredinnick

Hurlen Corporation

Hurlen distributes metals to aerospace companies through warehouses in California and Florida. The company, also known as Hurlen Kenig Aerospace, specializes in aerospace and commercial-quality metals such as high-temperature refractory and nickel alloys, copper and copper alloys, hand forgings, aluminum alloys, and stainless steels. Hurlen also offers related treatment and processing services, including heat treating, cutting, sonic testing, grinding, and milling. Customers have included companies such as Boeing, Gulfstream, Lockheed Martin, and Rolls-Royce.

Address: 9841 Bell Ranch Dr.Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: 562-941-5330 Fax: 562-941-4750


• CEO and Treasurer: Jay Hurtado • President, Kenig Aerospace (Florida): Emily Mountcastle • Sales Representative/Network Administrator (Kenig/Florida): Eric Andrew

Hwange Colliery Company Ltd

Hwange Colliery mines for coal in Zimbabwe. The coal is used primarily in electricity generation and steel manufacturing. Founded in 1923, Hwange Colliery (formerly called Wankie Colliery) is 40%-owned by the Zimbabwean government. The company is the largest coal company in Africa outside South Africa. British property magnate Nicholas van Hoogstraten owns about 32% of Hwange Colliery.

Address: 17 Nelson Mandela Ave.Harare, Zimbabwe Phone: +263-4-78-1985 Fax: +263-4-78-1988

• Chairman: Munacho Mutezo • Managing Director: Godfrey Dzinomwa • Marketing and Public Relations Manager: George Nkala

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited [IMPUY.PK]

Impala Platinum (Implats) has swiftly become the world's second-largest platinum producer (behind Anglo Platinum). Implats produces nearly 1.9 million ounces of platinum annually from its mines in South Africa (the Bushveld Complex) and Zimbabwe (the Great Dyke). The company also produces palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium (all platinum group metals) as well as nickel and other metals. The bulk of Implats' platinum is used in automobiles (to make catalytic converters) and jewelry; it is also sold to the chemical, electronics, glass, and petroleum industries. North America and Asia account for most of the company's sales. Implats has exploration projects in Australia, Brazil, and the US.

Address: 3rd Fl., Old Trafford 4,, Isle of Houghton, Boundary Rd.Houghton, Gauteng 2198, South Africa Phone: +27-11-481-3900 Fax: +27-11-484-0254

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 1876.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-0.30%) Employees (2005): 31,000 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.90%)

• Chairman: Frederick (Fred) Roux • CEO and Director: Keith C. Rumble • CFO and Director: David Brown

of nickel (after Russian giant Norilsk Nickel), which is used primarily for manufacturing stainless steel and batteries. Inco also mines and processes copper, gold, cobalt, and platinum group metals. It makes nickel battery materials and nickel foams, flakes, and powders for use in catalysts, electronics, and paints. Sulphuric acid and liquid sulphur dioxide are produced as byproducts. The company's primary mining and processing operations are in Canada, Indonesia, and the UK. In 2005 Inco announced the acquisition of Canadian nickel and copper mining giant Falconbridge Limited. The merger will make Inco the world's largest nickel producer.

Address: 145 King St. West, Ste. 1500Toronto, Ontario M5H 4B7, Canada Phone: 416-361-7511 Fax: 416-361-7781


• Chairman and CEO: Scott M. Hand • President, COO, and Director: Peter C. Jones • EVP and CFO: Robert D. J. (Bob) Davies

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Industrias Peñoles, S.A. de C.V.

Industrias Peñoles really has a silver lining -- the company is one of the world's largest silver producers. Peñoles has proven and probable reserves of more than 430 million ounces of silver, some 4 million ounces of gold, 800 thousand tons of lead, and 2.6 million ounces of zinc. It is also involved in several mining joint ventures, as well as mining exploration projects in Peru. The company's Metals segment smelts lead, refines silver, and produces sulfuric acid and other smelting byproducts. Its Chemicals group produces such chemicals as sodium sulfate and ammonium sulfate. The US accounts for about 75% of the company's export sales. Peñoles is part of Mexican conglomerate Grupo BAL.

Address: Moliere No. 222, Colonia Polanco11540 México, D.F., Mexico Phone: +52-55-5279-3000 Fax: +52-55-5279-3514


• Chairman: Alberto Baillères • President, CEO, and Director: Jaime Lomelín Guillén • EVP Finance and Information Systems: Mario Arreguín Frade

Inter-Citic Minerals Inc.

Canadian company Inter-Citic Minerals feels right at home in China. Formerly Inter-Citic Mineral Technologies, the exploration company has a license for the Dachang gold project in the Qinghai Province. Its other exploration license is for the Zalantun gold project in Inner Mongolia. Inter-Citic Minerals has formed joint venture partnerships with several local Chinese government agencies in order to explore and develop mineral properties in the country.

Address: 60 Columbia Way, Ste. 501Markham, Ontario L3R 0C9, Canada Phone: 905-479-5072 Fax: 905-479-6397

Fiscal Year End: November Revenue (2004): 0.00 M

• Chairman: Mark R. Frederick • President, CEO, and Director: James J. (Jim) Moore • VP Corporate Communications: Stephen Lautens

International Arimex Resources Inc.

International Arimex Resources is no stranger to mining in the Americas. Since 1986, the development stage company has explored Arizona, Mexico, and Canada. International Arimex Resources is now primarily exploring for gold, copper, and silver, at properties throughout British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada. Its most promising project is in Fort St. James, British Columbia.

Address: 555 Burrard St., Ste. 900Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1M8, Canada Phone: 604-893-7066 Fax: 604-648-8868


• Chairman: J. Kenney (Ken) Berscht • President and CEO: Chris England

International Barytex Resources Ltd.

really is international. The company is exploring and developing the Dulong zinc and tin property in Yunnan Province, China. Barytex shares ownership in the project with several Chinese companies. It also owns the Mel and Barb zinc, lead, and silver properties in the Yukon. Barytex management holds a 20% stake in the company; Canadian precious metals giant Barrick Gold owns about 10%.

Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste. 750Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T8, Canada Phone: 604-688-9368 Fax: 604-688-9336


• Chairman: Roman Shklanka • President and Director: Leo King

International Coal Group, Inc. [ICO]

International Coal Group focuses its energy on one nation, the US. The company produces coal from 10 mining complexes in Northern and Central Appalachia (Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia) and from one complex in the Illinois Basin. International Coal Group produces low-sulfur steam coal, which is sold mainly to electric utilities, and metallurgical coal, which is sold to steelmakers. Steam coal accounts for two-thirds of the company's 900 millions tons of proved and positive coal reserves. International Coal Group was formed in May 2004 when investor Wilbur Ross led a group that bought many of the assets of Horizon Natural Resources in a bankruptcy auction.

Address: 2000 Ashland Dr.Ashland, KY 41101 Phone: 606-920-7400


• Non-Executive Chairman: Wilbur L. Ross Jr. • President and CEO: Bennett K. (Ben) Hatfield • SVP Sales and Marketing: Philip Michael Hardesty

International Industries, Inc.

practically a United Nations of businesses. Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in coal mining and marketing (L&K Coal), lumber production and distribution (Gilco Lumber), and manufacturing of trailers and truck bodies (Benson International). International Industries also owns a hotel in West Virginia. James H. "Buck" Harless founded International Industries in 1947.

Address: 96 MacCorkle Ave. SWSouth Charleston, WV 25303 Phone: 304-746-6021 Fax: 304-746-7705

• President: Gary G. White • General Sales Manager, Gilco: Darrell Sheets

Interpipe Inc.

Yes

Ivernia Inc.

Jaguar Nickel Inc.

Yes

International Minerals Corporation

International Minerals is working to develop gold and silver properties in South America. The company's primary projects include the Rio Blanco, Gaby, and Cañicapa properties in Ecuador and the Pallancata properties in southern Peru. International Minerals has undertaken exploratory drilling programs to determine the feasibility of mineral production.

Address: 7950 E. Acoma Dr., Ste. 211Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Phone: 480-483-9932 Fax: 480-483-9926

• President, CEO, CFO, and Director: Stephen J. Kay

There's something new and used flowing through Interpipe's pipe dream. Interpipe buys and distributes new and used structural steel pipe used in construction, fencing, sign-pole making, tunnels, and water wells. The company especially carries a large supply of DSAW (double-submerged arc weld), ERW(electric resistance welding) and seamless pipes. Interpipe does business throughout Canada and the US.

Address: R.R. #3, 3320 Miles Rd.Mount Hope, Ontario L0R 1W0, Canada

• President: Bianni Bianco • CFO (HR): Brenda White • VP and Sales: Jeannette Hutchinson

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. [IVN]

This Ivanhoe is not Sir Walter Scott's hero of yore, but it does have an adventurous story to tell. Ivanhoe Mines, formerly Indochina Goldfields, explores for and develops mineral properties, primarily in Asia. Its main projects are Oyu Tolgoi, a development in remote Mongolia that holds an estimated 9 million ounces of gold and 11 billion tons of copper, and the Monywa copper project (50%-owned) in Myanmar. Other holdings include 70% of the Bakyrchik gold mine in Kazakhstan and a 40% stake in Jinshan Gold Mines, with properties in China. Chairman and CEO Robert Friedland owns 32% of Ivanhoe.

Address: 999 Canada Place, Ste. 654Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E1, Canada Phone: 604-688-5755 Fax: 604-682-2060


• Chairman and CEO; Chairman and President, Ivanhoe Capital: Robert M. Friedland • COO, President and Director: John Macken • CFO and Director: Peter G. Meredith

For Ivernia "get the lead out" is more than just a cliche, it's a way of life. The mining and exploration company has lead and zinc mining operations in Australia, including the Magellan mine (which began production in 2005). It expects to produce about 100,000 tons of lead annually when the mine is in full production. Ivernia sold its 50% stake in the Ireland-based Lisheen mine to Anglo American plc.

Address: 44 Victoria St., Ste. 400Toronto, Ontario M5C 1Y2, Canada Phone: 416-867-9298 Fax: 416-867-9384


• Chairman: J. Trevor Eyton • President, CEO, and Director: Alan De'ath • VP and CFO: Mario Stifano

Jaguar Nickel is on the prowl for nickel and cobalt in Central America. The company explores and develops about a dozen properties that it licenses in Guatemala. Jaguar Nickel's primary project is the Sechol Property in the foothills of the Sierra de Santa Cruz mountains. It began exploration in 1998 when the company acquired a stake in Minera Mayamerica. Jaguar Nickel exited Venezuela in 2001.



• President, CEO, and Director: John B. Yates • VP, Finance: John A. Francis • VP, Marketing and Corporate Development: Somerset P. Parker

James River Coal Company [JRCC]

James River Coal hopes the coal keeps flowing. After having to shut several mines because of money problems, the company still runs five mines in eastern Kentucky (Central Appalachian Basin) that produce some 8.5 million tons of coal annually. In 2005 the company expanded by buying Triad Mining, which owns and operates seven coal mines in southern Indiana (Illinois Basin) that produced about 3.4 million tons of coal in 2004. James River Coal is buying additional Illinois Basin coal reserves to complement the Triad operations. James River Coal emerged from bankruptcy in 2004; in 2006, it hired investment bankers to help evaluate ways to boost shareholder value that could include a sale of the company.

Address: 901 E. Byrd St., Ste. 1600Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-780-3000 Fax: 804-780-0643


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Peter T. Socha • SVP and COO: Coy K. Lane Jr.

KCP, Inc.

JFE Shoji Holdings, Inc.

JFE Shoji Holdings, formed by the combination of Kawasho Corporation and NKK Trading, built its business on steel. The company has expanded though to become active in food, semiconductor, construction materials, and chemicals trading. Steel trading, through its JFE Shoji Trade subsidiary, still accounts for a majority of sales. JFE Shoji sells steel products, purchased from JFE Steel and other mills, to the automotive, shipbuilding, and electrical industries, among others. JFE Shoji's assets include fuels, ships, and real estate holdings. JFE Steel controls about 40% of the company.

Address: 2 Chome 7-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 100-8070, Japan Phone: +81-3-5203-5510 Fax: +81-3-5203-5289


• Chairman: Hiroo Naruki • President and President, JFE Shoji Trade: Osamu Sato • Senior Managing Director: Yutaka Horiguchi

Jim Walter Resources, Inc.

their air conditioners and other electrical appliances without the power produced from the coal mined by Jim Walter Resources and its industry peers. A subsidiary of Walter Industries (as is Jim Walter Homes), Jim Walter Resources operates three coal mines in Alabama that have the capacity to produce about 7.5 million tons of coal annually. The company sells its coal to electricity generators and steel producers in the US and overseas; sales outside the US account for more than half of the company's coal revenue.

Address: 16243 Hwy. 216Brookwood, AL 35444 Phone: 205-554-6150 Fax: 205-554-6161

President and COO, Jim Walter Resources: George R. Richmond • VP and CFO: Greg Dean • VP, Marketing: Michael T (Mike) Madden

Joseph Behr and Sons, Inc.

Bull markets and bear markets come and go, and through them all Joseph Behr and Sons sticks to the scrap metal business. Through its subsidiaries, including Behr Iron & Steel and Behr Specialty Metals, the 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.


• President and CEO: Richard Behr • CFO: Leland Foecking • VP Marketing, Behr Mason City: John Glover

Jubilee Platinum plc

As you might gather, this company is jubilant for prolific platinum properties. Jubilee Platinum explores for and owns platinum properties primarily in South Africa (Bushveld Complex) and Madagascar (Londokomanana district and Mahajanga province). The company additionally owns interests in Canada and Sierra Leone. Mining development and investment company Golden Prospect owns a 15% stake in Jubilee Platinum; company management holds a 10% interest.

Address: 2 Cromwell Place, 4th Fl., South KensingtonLondon SW7 2JE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7584-2155 Fax: +44-20-7589-7806


• Chairman: Malcolm A. Burne • CEO: Colin Bird • Group Financial Manager: Raju Samtani

KCP takes its parent company, networking services firm Level 3 Communications, to a whole new level -- below ground. KCP (formerly Kiewit Coal Properties) produces coal through its 50% interests in two coal miners: Decker Coal Company, a joint venture with Kennecott Energy, and Black Butte Coal, a joint venture with the Bitter Creek Coal Company (a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum). The two surface mining operations produce about 13.5 tons of coal annually. KCP's customers, mainly electric utilities, include Commonwealth Edison, Sierra Pacific, Idaho Power, and Minnesota Power. Peter Kiewit Sons' manages the company's mines.

Address: 100 Kiewet PlazaOmaha, NE 68131 Phone: 402-342-2052

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 84.20 M Employees (2005): 29 • President: R. Douglas

Bradbury

Ken-Mac Metals, Inc.

Ken-Mac is into metal, but don't expect it to care about Black Sabbath. A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp's North American materials unit, Ken-Mac Metals processes and distributes aluminum, pre-painted aluminum, and stainless steel sheet, slit coil, and plate metal. The company sells its products throughout North America to the automotive, construction, consumer durables, residential and commercial construction, and truck and trailer industries. It has production facilities in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Los Angeles and offers eight slitting liens and cut-to-length and blanking services.

Address: 17901 Englewood Dr.Cleveland, OH 44130-3454 Phone: 440-234-7500 Fax: 440-234-4459

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2005): 61.70 M Employees (2005): 202 • President: Larry E.

Parsons

Kenmare Resources plc

Kenmare Resources is a mining and minerals exploration and development company that owns and operates the Moma Titanium Minerals Project, its main asset, in Mozambique. The project (currently under construction) will produce titanium minerals including rutile, ilmenite, and zircon. Kenmare conducts other operations in Niassa (northern Mozambique), where it holds licenses that cover 250km of a gold belt, and in County Carlow, Ireland, where it holds two mineral exploration licenses.

Address: Chatham House, Chatham St.Dublin 2, Ireland Phone: +353-1 671 0411 Fax: +353-1 671 0810


• Chairman: Charles J. Carvill • Managing Director: Michael Carvill • COO: Chris Gilchrist

Kennecott Energy Company

Apparently, there's also coal in them there hills. Kennecott Energy Corporation (KEC) operates four wholly owned coal mines located in the mountains of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. Its coal is sold primarily to electricity generators operating in the midwestern and southern regions of the US. The company, which produces more than 100 million tons of coal annually, is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. KEC formed in 1993 and has expanded through subsequent acquisitions from the likes of W. R. Grace and Kerr-McGee. The company announced in 2006 that it would change its name to Rio Tinto Energy America, a move designed to align KEC more closely with its parent in the eyes of the public.

Address: 505 S. Gillette Ave.Gillette, WY 82717 Phone: 307-687-6000 Fax: 307-687-6015


• President and CEO: Bret Clayton • VP, Finance, Strategy, and Law and CFO: Alan J. Davies • VP, Marketing: Jeff Price

Kennecott Exploration Company

Before you dig up any of that gold or copper or silver you've got to find it in the first place. Kennecott Exploration Company takes care of that part of the job for much of Rio Tinto's North American operations. The company is the U.S. mining and drilling services subsidiary of the Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Group. Kennecott Exploration is focused on locating and acquiring mining opportunities in North and Central America. It does the location scouting for other Rio Tinto group companies like Diavik Diamond Mines, and Kennecott's copper, energy, and minerals mining iterations.

Address: 224 N. 2200 WestSalt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone: 801-238-2400 Fax: 801-238-2480


• President, CEO, and Director: John V. Main • CFO: S.L. Mecham

Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company

Alaska's Gold Rush may be long done, but the state's still got some bling buried underneath it. Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, a Kennecott Minerals subsidiary, holds a majority ownership of the Greens Creek Mine, a gold, silver, zinc and lead mining operation near Juneau, Alaska. Hecla Mining Company holds the remaining 30% interest in the mine. Greens Creek's underground mine delivers a polymetallic ore (containing all four minerals) to a surface mill and concentrator, which produces separate concentrates that are then delivered to smelters worldwide.

Address: 3000 Vintage Blvd., Ste. 200, PO Box 32199Juneau, AK 99801-7125 Phone: 907-789-8100 Fax: 907-789-8108

• President and CEO: Adrian F. Jackman • COO and General Manager: Rich A. Heig • CFO and Treasurer: M. T. Sadler

Klöckner & Co AG

Kennecott Minerals Company

Kennecott Minerals Company, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group, develops, manages, and operates five gold and silver mining and milling businesses in Canada, Mexico and the United States.The Cortez Mine is a gold mining joint venture with Placer Dome (which owns 60%); the Denton-Rawhide Mine is 51% owned by Kennecott Minerals (with Pacific Rim Mining owning the rest). The Greens Creek Mine -- located near Juneau, Alaska -- produces silver, gold, zinc, and lead. Kennecott's wholly owned Ridgeway Mine is located in South Carolina and is an open pit gold mine. And its Eagle Project, also wholly owned, is a nickel and copper deposit that is undergoing evaulation to determine its potential as a mining property.

Address: 224 N. 2200 WestSalt Lake City, UT 84116-2921 Phone: 801-238-2492 Fax: 801-238-2488

Key People • CEO: Adrian F. Jackman • CFO and Treasurer: M. T. Sadler • Head of Information Technology: Brian Oldham

Kinbauri Gold Corp.

Kinbauri Gold may be in Canada, but its heart is in Spain. The junior mining company is primarily exploring for gold at the Corcoesto project in northwestern Spain through a partnership with Rio Narcea Gold Mines. It has also re-activated its exploration of Morrisette Creek in Ontario and Laniel in Quebec. Kinbauri Gold holds two other gold properties in Nevada. In 2005 the company received an influx of cash following a lawsuit settlement in which IAMGOLD had to pay damages and costs.

Address: 110 Westhunt Dr.Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0, Canada Phone: 613-836-2594 Fax: 613-831-2730

• President, CEO, and Director: Vern N. Rampton

King's Bay Gold Corporation

King's Bay is looking for a king's ransom in gold. The company explores for precious metals in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. It has focused its resources specifically on the Red Lake district and Pickle Lake area of Ontario. Its other claims include Garnet Lake, Gold Horse, and Helena Lake. Incorporated in 1998, King's Bay began trading in 2002.

Address: 140 William Gibson BayWinnipeg, Manitoba R2C 5L8, Canada Phone: 204-253-4653 Fax: 204-224-0306

• President and CEO: Richard R. Rivet • CFO: Ray Préfontaine

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.

Kirkland Lake Gold is looking to dive into big pool of gold. The exploration and mining company operates five gold properties in the Kirkland Lake area of Ontario. It produces gold from the #3 shaft of its Macassa property and the #2 shaft of its Lake Shore ramp property. It also owns the Teck-Hughes, Kirkland Minerals, and Wright Hargreaves properties. Kirkland Lake Gold's properties currently yield more than 45,000 ounces of gold annually. Commencing operations in 1983, the company purchased its Kirkland Lake properties (all were former producing mines) from Kinross Gold in 2001.

Address: 570 Granville St., Ste. 300Vancouver, British Columbia V6C3P1, Canada Phone: 604-689-1428 Fax: 604-681-4692

Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2005): 17.60 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 146.10% Employees (2005): 275 Employee Growth (1 yr): 8.70%

• Chairman: D. Harry W. Dobson • President, CEO, and Director: Brian A. Hinchcliffe • CFO: Robert G. Rodrigue

Klöckner never takes a time-out from business. The company is one of the world's largest distributors and processors of steel and other metals. It handles such products as sheet, plate, tubes, and bar steel, along with stainless steel and aluminum. Klöckner offers steel-processing services such as flame cutting, plasma cutting, cutting to length, and splitting. It also distributes plastics, hardware, and building materials. The company has facilities in Europe and North America (Namasco Corp. in the US and Namasco Ltd. in Canada). German state-owned bank WestLB holds nearly 95% of Klöckner.

Address: Neudorfer Strasse 3-5D-47057 Duisburg, Germany Phone: +49-203-307-0 Fax: +49-203-307-5000


• Chairman and CEO: Thomas Ludwig • CFO and Member, Board of Management: Derrick G. Noe

Yes

Yes

Korea Zinc Company, Ltd.

automobiles, and construction materials. Other mining operations include gold, silver, platinum group metals, and copper production. The company has overseas subsidiaries and affiliates in Australia, Canada, Thailand, and the US. Founded in 1974, Korea Zinc began operations in the US when it acquired Big River Zinc in 1996. In 2005 it announced it would sell or liquidate its US operations pending an internal investigation into its future profitability prospects. Further to that end, the company closed up shop at Big River Zinc in February 2006 due to rising costs in zinc ore.

Address: 142 Nonhyun-dong, Gangnam-guSeoul, South Korea Phone: +82-2-519-3411 Fax: +82-2-514-5038


• Chairman and CEO: Chang Young Choi • President and Director: Keun Cheol Choi • VP, CFO, and Director: Eui Ryung Lee

KPS Ventures Ltd. [KPSFF.PK]

KPS Ventures is a company of many names -- and a couple of industries, to boot. Formerly Sun Ice Limited until 2004 and Sylre (pronounced SIL-ray) until spring 2005, KPS Ventures once held trademarks for golf and ski clothing, as well as sports and leisure wear. The firm traded in the business of licensing its trademarks in the US and Canada for royalty revenue for a focus on mining. The company was purchased by Canadian investment bank Northern Financial Corporation in 2005 and changed its name and direction then.

Address: 595 Burrard St., Ste. 3123, 3 Bentall CentreVancouver, British Columbia V7X 1J1, Canada Phone: 604-609-6113 Fax: 604-609-6145 • President and Director:

Gordon Keep

Kumba Resources Limited [KBREY.PK]

and Thabazimi iron ore mines (producing 30 million tons annually), open-pit coal mines (producing nearly 20 million tons annually), and one of the world's largest coal-processing plants. It also operates the Ticor heavy minerals project in Africa. The company owns more than 2.5 billion tons of iron ore reserves (the ore is used almost exclusively to make steel). Nearly 70% of Kumba's iron ore is exported; its customers mainly include China and Japan. Kumba also mines zinc and mineral sands that contain heavy minerals such as titanium and zircon. Most of Kumba's properties are in Africa, but it also has projects in Australia and China.

Address: Roger Dyason Rd.Pretoria West 0183, South Africa Phone: +27-12-307-5000 Fax: +27-12-323-3400


• Non-Executive Chairman: Allen J. Morgan • Chief Executive: C. J. (Con) Fauconnier • Executive Director, Business Operations: M. J. (Mike) Kilbride

La Mancha Resources Inc.

La Mancha Resources is on a mission to find gold in Argentina. Formed in 1996, the company's primary objective is to explore and develop the advanced-stage Hualilan gold property in the San Juan province. It is currently completing exploratory drilling on the project. La Mancha has another property on hold in Argentina and in 2006 it acquired interests in mines in Australia, Sudan, and the Ivory Coast. The man behind La Mancha, chairman Walter Berukoff, holds about 15% of the company.

Address: 311 W. 1st St.North Vancouver, British Columbia V7M 1B5, Canada Phone: 604-998-1250 Fax: 604-998-1253

• Executive Chairman: Walter H. (Wally) Berukoff • CFO: Ian D. Brown

La Plata Gold Corporation

La Plata Gold may be based in Canada, but its heart is in Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold and silver in the Durango and Guerrero states of Mexico. Its properties include El Violin, La Purisima, Jesus Maria, and San Rafael. La Plata also has properties in Argentina, but it isn't currently developing these projects, while it focuses on developing its properties in Mexico.

Address: R141 - 757 W. Hastings St., Ste. 381Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1A1, Canada Phone: 604-687-4701 Fax: 604-687-4709 • President: Cosme M.

Beccar Varela

Lake Shore Gold Corp.

Lake Shore Gold has set a course for precious metals in Ontario and Quebec. The company's assets include the Timmins Gold property; the Bazooka property in Quebec; and the Abitibi project, which it is expanding with the help of partners. In 2004 Lake Shore Gold acquired partner Holmer Gold Mines and as a result took 100% ownership of the Timmins Gold property. Fellow Canada-based mining company FNX Mining has an interest of approximately 15% in the company.

Address: 701 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1650Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1C6, Canada Phone: 604-669-3533 Fax: 604-688-5175

• Chairman: Alan C. Moon • President and CEO: Brian R. Booth • CFO: Parkash K. Athwal

Liberty Mines Inc.

Yes

Lakota Resources Inc.

Lakota Resources partners with other mining companies to explore and develop gold deposits in the Lake Victoria Greenstone belt of Tanzania. Its operations include the Tembo project, the Ilkungu properties, the Bunda properties, and the Tulawaka Area properties. Lakota Resources also leases property near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Chairman and CEO George Breuler owns about 30% of the company.

Address: 15 Toronto St., Ste. 600Toronto, Ontario M5C 2E3, Canada Phone: 416-368-3332 Fax: 416-368-8957


• Chairman and CEO: George H. Breuler Jr. • President: Stanley D. Robinson • Secretary and Treasurer: John L. (Jack) Tindale

Liberty Mines would like to free nickel, copper, and cobalt from its underground holding. The company, formerly Liberty Mineral Exploration, has pinpointed its exploration activities near Timmins, Ontario. Its projects include Redstone, McWatters, and McAra Lake. The Redstone property was a joint venture with Inco Limited, until Liberty bought out Inco's stake in late 2004. The company spent a long while preparing the mine and was able to begin production in early 2006. Management and directors hold more than 10% of Liberty Mines.

Address: 1662 Valentine GardenMississauga, Ontario L5J 1H5, Canada Phone: 905-601-0922 Fax: 780-437-7898

• Chairman: Donald Schurman • President and CEO: Gary Nash • CFO: Thomas James

LionOre Mining International Ltd.

Digging for nickel, gold, and copper makes up the lion's share of LionOre Mining International's operations. In Botswana, the company owns 85% of Tati Nickel, which mines about 10,000 metric tons of nickel (plus by-products such as copper and gold) annually at its Phoenix mine in Botswana (accounting for 65% of nickel sales). LionOre also owns Australia-based nickel mines Black Swan, Emily Ann, Maggie Hays, and the Thunderbox gold mine, along with other various projects in development. In addition, LionOre owns Activox, an Australian hydrometallurgical (mineral leaching through a liquid process) processing company.

Address: 20 Toronto St., 12th Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Canada Phone: 416-777-1985 Fax: 416-777-1320


• Chairman: Donald C. Bailey • President, CEO, and Director: Colin H. Steyn • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Theodore C. (Ted) Mayers

Lithic Resources Ltd.

Lithic Resources isn't interested in stone, but it is interested in the minerals attached to the stone. The company explores for platinum and palladium at its Roaring River property and gold and copper at its Friendly Lake project. These projects are located in Ontario and British Columbia, respectively. The company was started through the restructuring of Berland Resources in 2002.

Address: 912-510 W. Hastings St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1L8, Canada Phone: 604-687-7211 • President and CEO:

Chris Staargaard

Logan Resources Ltd.

silver in Canada. The company holds stakes in numerous precious metal properties that it is exploring in the Yukon Territory and British Columbia. It also owns a uranium property in Saskatchewan that it acquired in 2004 (adjacent to the Cluff Lake mine). None of the company's projects are in production. Board members and senior management combined hold more than 25% of Logan Resources.

Address: 789 Pender St. West, Ste. 570Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1H2, Canada Phone: 604-689-0299 Fax: 604-689-0288


• President, CEO, and Director: Seamus Young • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Judith T. Mazvihwa

Lonmin Plc [LNMIY.PK]

At Lonmin, all that glitters is not gold -- platinum is more precious to the company these days. The company is the world's #3 platinum producer (after Anglo Platinum and Impala Platinum), with an annual production of more than 900,000 ounces. Applications for platinum include catalytic converters for vehicles and jewelry. Its Lonmin Platinum, or Lonplats, unit mines platinum group metals (PGMs, including platinum, palladium, and rhodium) through two South African companies: Western Platinum and Eastern Platinum. In addition to its Australian PGM investments, Lonmin has exploration activities in North America, South Africa, and Tanzania. Prudential plc has a 14% stake in the company.

Address: 4 Grosvenor PlaceLondon SW1X 7YL, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7201-6000 Fax: +44-20-7201-6100


• Chairman: Sir John A. Craven • Chief Executive and Director: Bradford A. (Brad) Mills • CFO and Director: John N. Robinson

Luzenac Group

Louvem Mines Inc.

Love 'em or leave 'em is Louvem's attitude when prospecting for mines. The company has gold exploration and mining operations in northwestern Quebec, but its primary asset is a 50% ownership stake in the Beaufor Mine. The Beaufor Mine produces about 25,000 ounces of gold annually. Louvem also has an 81% stake in the Monique Property (located near the Beaufor Mine). Richmont Mines owns about 70% of Louvem and holds the other 50% stake in the Beaufor Mine.

Address: 1 Place-Ville-Marie, Ste. 2130Montreal, Quebec H3B 2C6, Canada Phone: 514-397-1410 Fax: 514-397-8620


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Jean-Guy Rivard • VP Finance: Jean-Yves Laliberté

Lundin Mining Corporation

Lundin Mining Corporation (formerly South Atlantic Ventures) is involved in the exploration and development of lead, silver, zinc, and copper projects in Sweden and Finland. The company began mining production in 2004 when it bought the Zinkgruvan silver, lead, and zinc mine in Sweden in 2004. Expanding its base metals production into other areas of Europe, Lundin Mining acquired 90% of Ireland-based ARCON International Resources in 2005. The mining company also bought North Atlantic Natural Resources (which has operations in Sweden) from Boliden in 2004.



• Chairman: Lukas H. Lundin • President and CEO: Karl-Axel Waplan • CFO: Ander Haker

Luscar Energy Partnership

Luscar Energy Partnership might be one source of all those Northern lights. Canada's largest coal miner, Luscar provides thermal coal to electric utilities and industrial customers in several Canadian markets. Through its Luscar Coal subsidiary it operates about 10 mines, including eight that are wholly owned, producing 40 million tons of coal. Luscar's mines have reserves of some 1.2 billion tons of coal. The company's metallurgical coal assets and its 23% stake in Neptune Bulk Terminals are part of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust, an income trust that is the world's #2 exporter of metallurgical coal. Luscar Energy Partnership is held by Sherritt International and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

Address: 1600 Oxford Tower, 10235 - 101 St.Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3G1, Canada Phone: 780-420-5810 Fax: 780-420-5878


• Chairman: Jowdat Waheed • President and CEO: Patrice Merrin Best • SVP: Howard Ratti

Luzenac America, Inc.

There's no need to chafe, not so long as we have Luzenac America around. The company mines and processes talc for the Luzenac Group and ultimately the Rio Tinto Group. Luzenac America operates three mines and six processing plants in Canada, Mexico, and the US; it also has sales offices in Colorado and Ontario. Talc is the world's softest rock, the music of John Tesh notwithstanding, and is used in the manufacture of paper, paints, ceramics, and personal care products. Luzenac first made inroads in North America with the 1988 purchase of Streetley's talc division; Luzenac America was born with the 1992 acquisition of the talc operations of Cyprus.

Address: 345 Inverness Dr. South Ste. 310Centennial, CO 80112 Phone: 303-643-0400 Fax: 303-643-0446


• VP, Regional Operations North America: Jon Godla • VP, Finance: Roger Smith

Lionel Richie. Instead, it is the #1 talc mining and processing company with a quarter of the world market. (Talc is the world's softest rock.) Luzenac produces talc for personal care products, plastics, paints, ceramics, agriculture, and water purification. It operates mines and processing plants in France, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Spain, the US (through Luzenac America), and the UK. The great majority of Luzenac's mines are open-pit. Though it dates back more than 100 years, the Luzenac Group has been a part of Rio Tinto's Industrial Minerals segment since 1988.

Address: 131 Avenue Charles de Gaulle92200 Neuilly, France Phone: +33-1-47-45-90-40 Fax: +33-1-47-47-58-05


• President and CEO: Joachim Roeser • COO: Claude Stenneler • CFO: Bruno de Gabriac

Maffei S.p.A.

Yes

Macsteel International USA Corporation

Macsteel International USA distributes alloy and carbon rod and wire through locations in California, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Texas. Macsteel International USA is a subsidiary of Macsteel International, which itself is owned by industry giant Mittal Steel and South Africa-based Macsteel Holdings, which has operations in about 40 countries worldwide.

Address: 333 Westchester Ave., Ste. S101White Plains, NY 10604 Phone: 914-872-2700 Fax: 914-872-2722

Revenue (2005): 10.10 M Employees (2005): 31 • President and CEO:

Salvatore Purpura Maffei is always in a state of flux -- flux materials, that is. Maffei is one of Europe's leading miners, extractors, and producers of flux materials, including feldspar, quartz, riolite, and wollastonite. Most of Maffei's minerals are intended for the ceramic industry for the production of items such as tile, but they can also be found in tableware enamels, paint, and fiberglass. The company is also involved in the building and the operation of wastewater and sewage plants. Ceramic tile manufacturer IRIS Ceramica owns 50% of Maffei, which was founded in 1901.

Address: Via Guido Reni, 2/L42014 Castellarano, Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy Phone: +39-0536-877-111 Fax: +39-0536-877-101


• Chairman and CEO: Mauro Tabellini • Finance Director: M. Grazia Francomano • Sales Director: Stefano Di Primio

Mano River Resources Inc.

Mano River Resources just wants two things: gold and diamonds. The company primarily explores for and develops gold and diamond properties in Africa (Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) and Canada. To a lesser extent Mano River Resources also holds some iron ore deposits. The company is seeking to set up a new entity to handle its diamond operations.

Address: 890 W. Pender St., Ste. 600Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1J9, Canada Phone: 604-689-1700 Fax: 604-687-1327

Fiscal Year End: January Revenue (2005): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 1175.00%

• Chairman and CFO: Guido E. (Guy) Pas • President, CEO, and Director: Thomas G. (Tom) Elder

Marakand Minerals Limited

Marakand Minerals is in the market for silver and base metal mineral mines. The company, which is nearly 60%-owned by Oxus Gold, is exploring and developing the Khandiza deposit in southeastern Uzbekistan. The project is in development (with production expected to begin in 2007) and has the potential to produce gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Besides the Khandiza project, Marakand Minerals holds the Akjilga silver project in Tajikistan, and exploration projects in Uzbekistan.

Address: 105 PiccadillyLondon W1J 7NJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7907-2000 Fax: +44-20-7907-2001

• Chairman: William J. (Bill) Trew • CEO and Director: Alasdair Stuart

Massey Energy Company [MEE]

Massey Energy gets all of its power from coal. The company is one of the leading coal miners in the US, producing steam and metallurgical coal at about 20 mining complexes in Appalachia (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia). It produces more than 40 million tons of coal annually and owns about 2.3 billion tons of proved and probable reserves. Massey's other operations include coal-handling facilities. Buyers of Massey's coal include utilities, steelmakers, and industrial manufacturers. Affiliates of American Electric Power and DTE Energy account for 13% and 12% of Massey's sales, respectively.

Address: 4 N. 4th St.Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-788-1800 Fax: 804-788-1870


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Don L. Blankenship • SVP and COO: Chris Adkins • VP and CFO: Eric B. Tolbert

Maximum Ventures Inc.

Maximum Ventures doesn't see geography as a roadblock to potential success in the mining business. The gold and base metal mining exploration company has purchased stakes in several properties, including the nearby Stump Lake gold and silver project in British Columbia, as well as gold and copper properties in remote areas of Mongolia (the Edren and Ulaan properties). Maximum Ventures was involved in a lawsuit with another mining firm, regarding a partnership in the Mongolian properties.

Address: 501 - 905 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1L6, Canada Phone: 604-669-5819 Fax: 604-669-5886 • President, CEO, and

CFO: Douglas B. Brooks

Maxy Gold Corp.

Mazarin Inc.

Maximus Ventures Ltd.

junior natural resource company buys interests in potential gold and silver bearing land and explores for deposits that can be mined. Maximus Ventures' trenching and drilling activities are centered on concessions in North America. The company is involved in a joint venture option agreement with Miramar Mining to explore properties along the Hope Bay gold belt in the Nunavut territory. In Argentina, Maximus Ventures held an 80% interest in the Condor Yacu concession with Cardero Resource and a 70% option to joint venture with Silver Standard Resources on the nearby Los Corderos property, but it abandoned those properties in 2004.


• Chairman: David A. Fennell • President and CEO: Frederick T. Graybeal • CFO and Secretary: Barbara Dunfield

What glitters is gold for this company. Maxy Gold explores for, acquires, and develops precious metal properties, mainly located in the Yunnan Province of China, in hopes of finding gold. Its projects include the Luchun Gold and Midu Gold properties. None of its projects are currently in production. Southwestern Resources holds more than 10% of the company.

Address: 609 Granville St., Ste. 1578Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1G5, Canada Phone: 604-688-8811 Fax: 604-688-8852


Simpson • President, CEO, and Director: Andre Gauthier • General Exploration and Business Development Manager: Zhu Chengwei

Mazarin, through subsidiaries such as Asbestos Corporation and Bell Asbestos Mines, is involved in producing a form of asbestos called chrysotile. Chrysotile fiber is primarily sold to customers in Asia, who mostly use it in cement and plastic products. With the health risks associated with asbestos, demand for chrysotile has dropped. In 2003 its industrial mineral resources business (which included graphite and dolomite) was transferred to Sequoia Minerals.

Address: 699 Monfette EastThetford-Mines, Quebec G6G 7G9, Canada Phone: 418-338-5195 Fax: 418-338-6069


• Chairman and President: John LeBoutillier • CFO: Mario Simard

MBMI Resources Inc.

MBMI Resources is a mining company with a handful of gold exploration properties in Canada. Its gold operations are located in Ontario and Manitoba. The company is also developing several nickel laterite properties in the Philippines through a joint venture with Olympic Mines and Development. It also has interests in other nickel properties in the Philippines. Once the nickel mines are in production, MBMI Resources' plans to ship the metal to consumers in Asia.

Address: 470 Granville St., Ste. 311Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1V5, Canada Phone: 604-683-1991 Fax: 604-683-8544

• President and Director: Michael T. Mason • VP Corporate Development and Director: David G. Tafel

MCK Mining Corp.

MCK Mining has ventured beyond Canada to find wealth. The company's primary project is the exploration of the Chepica gold and copper prospect near Talca, Chile. It also explores for phosphate concentrate through its 50% stake in the Martison Lake Project (located in Ontario). Baltic Resources hold the remaining 50% in the Martison Lake Project. None of its operations are in production.

Address: 56 Temperance St., 4th Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5H 3V5, Canada Phone: 416-361-0737 Fax: 416-361-0923

• President, CEO, and Director: Stephen Case • VP, Development: Patrick Gorman

Medallion Resources Ltd.

Medallion Resources is looking for gold and other metals to hang around its neck. While it currently doesn't have any projects in the pipeline, the company generally evaluates and explores promising mineral properties in North America. Medallion Resources holdings include the inactive Minera Hera-Mex subsidiary. President and CEO Robert Blakestad resigned in 2005.

Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 920Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2B3, Canada Phone: 604-681-9558

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-99.70%)

• President, CEO, and Director: William H. (Bill) Bird

Metaleurop S.A.

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Medoro Resources Ltd.

Medoro Resources has foretold of its bold search for gold. Although based in Canada, the company has gold exploration and development operations on the island of Sardinia and other areas of Europe (primarily in Italy though). Medoro Resources operates with the help of strategic mining partners such as Gold Fields Limited, Chaco Resources, and Sargold Resource Corporation. In addition to gold, the company also explores for copper and silver.

Address: 110 Yonge St., Ste. 1502Toronto, Ontario M5C 1T4, Canada Phone: 416-603-4653 Fax: 416-360-7783

• Chairman and CEO: Giuseppe Pozzo • CFO: Mario Miranda

Long before you put the pedal to the metal, Metaleurop puts metal in the pedal. The company is a top refiner of zinc and lead for the auto and construction industries. Other products include die-casts and lead and zinc oxides, as well as germanium, indium, gallium, and high-purity arsenic, which are used in high-tech manufacturing. Metaleurop also recycles lead from batteries and polypropylene from car battery cases. Swiss trading group Glencore International owns 33% of Metaleurop; TUI AG (formerly Preussag; Germany) owns about 10%. Under mounting debt, the company filed for bankruptcy in 2003.

Address: 6 place de la Madeleine75008 Paris, France Phone: +33-1-42-99-48-48 Fax: +33-1-42-99-48-99


• Chairman and CEO: Yves Roche • Corporate Communications: Michel Trabuc

Metaline Contact Mines [MTLI.OB]

Metaline Contact Mines owns mineral properties, but it leaves the mining to others; instead, the company leases its mineral interests and collects royalties when metals are produced. Metaline leases its zinc and lead properties in Washington state to a unit of Canadian mining firm Teck Cominco. Metaline's Golden Chest mine, in Idaho, is leased to New Jersey Mining. Idaho-based Nor-Pac, whose shareholders include Metaline CEO Richard Howell, director Ed Pommerening, and secretary John Beasley, controls an 87% stake in Metaline.

Address: W. 3848 Turtle Patch Rd.Pine River, WI 54965 Phone: 920-987-5317 Fax: 920-987-5317


• President, CEO, and Director: Richard L. Howell

Metallic Ventures Gold Inc.

Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG) didn't go to Nevada for the slots. It's gambling on the gold mining business. The company acquires, explores, and develops gold-producing properties, primarily in the past-producing mining districts of Nevada. The company's advanced projects include operations at the Converse (near the Battle Mountain Trend) and Goldfield properties. MVG is looking for joint venture partners for all of its other exploration properties.

Address: 40 King St. West, Ste. 2100Toronto, Ontario M5H 3C2, Canada Phone: 732-792-2200 Fax: 732-792-2211


• Chairman and CEO: Jeffrey R. Ward • President and Director: Richard D. McNeely • CFO: Miles Bachman

Metallica Resources Inc. [MRB]

Metallica Resources isn't the holding company of heavy-metal rocker Metallica. Rather it's a precious metals miner that focuses on properties in Mexico and Chile with proven indicators of mineral deposits. Metallica is developing the Cerro San Pedro Mine (gold and silver) in central Mexico. (It bought out joint venture partner Glamis Gold in 2003.) Legal battles have postponed the company's plans for mining to begin at Cerro San Pedro. Metallica's source of revenue thus far has been from joint ventures, investments, and interest income. The company is also exploring for gold and copper in Chile, but has sold its interest in the Mara Rosa gold mining project in Brazil.

Address: 36 Toronto St., Ste. 1000Toronto, Ontario M5C 2C5, Canada Phone: 888-933-0313 Fax: 416-350-3510

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Employees (2005):

• Chairman: Craig J. Nelson • President, CEO, and Director: Richard J. Hall • VP, CFO, and Secretary: Bradley J. (Brad) Blacketor

Metorex Limited

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Metalor Technologies International SA

Whether you need your gold and silver in powder form, sparkling on your finger, as a shiny tooth, or good old ingots, Metalor Technologies can be of help. Metalor Technologies International smelts and refines precious metals for a wide range of uses. Its refining division recycles precious metals and converts them into powders, grains, or ingots. From there, the metals are turned into technical coatings, components for the watch and jewelry industries, silver contacts for the electrical industry and electrotechnics, and alloys for use by dental labs. Metalor has operations in 15 countries.

Address: Avenue du VignobleCH-2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Phone: +41-32-720-61-11 Fax: +41-32-720-66-25


• Chairman: Martin Bisang • CEO: Scott Morrison • CFO: Fredy Hiltmann

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

Gold, silver, and platinum start out precious, but Metalor USA Refining Corporation makes them useful. The company takes refined precious metals and turns them into glittery industrial coatings, electrical contacts, watch and jewelry components, and alloys for use in dental labs. Highly sensitive to market and currency fluctuations, the US division of Swiss company Metalor Technolgies International, has quit selling cadmium-based products and sold off one production facility.

Address: 255 John L. Dietsch Blvd.North Attleboro, MA 02763 Phone: 508-699-8800 Fax: 508-695-1603


• CEO: Martin Bisang • CFO: Bob Armstrong • COO: Ken Beilstein

If it's a commodity Metorex mines it. The company controls the operations of several mining companies, which are prospecting for various metals in locations mostly in South Africa and Zambia. The company's holdings include Wakefield Investments (coal, 90%-owned), Chibuluma Mines (copper, 85%-owned), Vergenoeg Mining (fluorspar, 70%-owned), and the Barberton Mines (gold, 54%-owned), among others. Most of the company's sales come from coal and gold, but antimony and copper also account for a large part of sales. Metorex also mines fluorspar and cobalt.

Address: 2nd Fl., Cradock Heights, 21 Cradock Ave., RosebankRosebank 2146, South Africa Phone: +27-11-880-3155 Fax: +27-11-880-3322

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 145.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 47.70%

• Chairman: Anthony S. (Simon) Malone • Managing Director: Charles D. S. Needham • Operations Director: Keith C. Spencer

Minco Mining & Metals Corporation [MMK]

Minco Mining and Metals is on the move. Based in Canada, the exploration-stage mining company has acquired, explored, and developed potential precious metal and base metal projects in western China since 1994. It is currently involved in about 10 projects, including the Changkeng Gold Project, the Fuwan Silver Project, and the White Silver Mountain Project. Because of ownership restrictions in China, the company operates primarily through joint ventures with Chinese companies and government agencies. CEO Ken Cai holds nearly 20% of the company's stock.


• Chairman: William Meyer • President, CEO, and Director: Ken Z. Cai • VP, Corporate Development: Robert S. Tyson

Minco is on the move in the mining business. Formerly Irish Marine Oil, the company has licenses to explore for gold and zinc in Ireland. Minco also owns a precious metals mining concession near Laguna Zacatecana in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. Although net yet in production (expected to do so by 2006), the Laguna property has proven reserves of silver, as well as gold and mercury. Minco also has holdings in copper and gold properties in Durango, Mexico.

Address: 162 Clontarf Rd.Dublin 3, Ireland Phone: +353-1-833-2833 Fax: +353-1-833-3505

• Chairman and CEO: Roger W. Turner • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Danesh K. Varma • Director of Exploration and Business Development: Terence N. McKillen

Minco, Inc.

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Minco Silver Corporation

Minco Silver sees China as its silver lining. The company's primary property is the Fuwan Silver project (estimated to hold 130 million ounces of silver) located in the Guangdong Province. It also has several other exploration licenses -- granted by the Chinese government -- to explore other areas in the Sanzhou Basin of the Guangdong Province. Minco Silver is 55%-owned by Minco Mining & Metals and 20%-owned by mining partner Silver Standard Resources. In 2005 Minco Silver was spun off from Canadian mining company Minco Mining & Metals in an IPO.


• Chairman: William Meyer • CEO and Director: Ken Z. Cai • CFO: Simon J. Anderson

Minco supplies fused silica and fused magnesia for applications including electrical elements, refractories, investment casting, fillers, and friction materials. Essentially high-grade glass, Minco's products are able to withstand higher-than-normal temperatures, making them useful as conductors for electronics and in other industries that use ceramic-based products. Minco operates from offices in the US and Europe.

Address: 510 Midway CircleMidway, TN 37809-3706 Phone: 423-422-6051 Fax: 423-422-4802


Tom Cole • VP Finance: Mike Wilds • VP Marketing and Business Development: Bill Rigney

Minefinders Corporation Ltd. [MFN]

Like a lucky leprechaun, Minefinders has found its pot o' gold -- and silver. Minefinders, a development-stage precious metals miner based in Canada, has been exploring for minerals since 1995. The company's assets include projects containing nearly three million ounces of gold and around 130 million ounces of silver. Minefinders has properties in the US (in Nevada) and Mexico. Its Mexico properties include the Dolores gold and silver mine, one of the world's largest undeveloped gold-silver sites, and its Northern Sonora properties. The San Antonio property in Zacatecas, Mexico was written off in 2004.



• Chairman: Robert L. Leclerc • President, CEO, and Director: Mark H. Bailey • CFO: Ronald J. Simpson

Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel [NILSY.PK]

When it comes to mining, Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel is a real Russian bear. The company, one of the world's largest miners, accounts for more than 4% of Russia's exports. By its own estimate, Norilsk Nickel is the largest producer of nickel and palladium, and it has a sizable stake in cobalt and platinum production worldwide. The company also became Russia's largest gold producer when it acquired fellow Russian miner Polus. Other business ventures include energy supply, telecommunications, and transportation. Norilsk Nickel holds a controlling stake in US-based platinum producer Stillwater Mining. Investor Vladimir Potanin and general director Michael Prokhorov each own 25% of the company.

Address: 22 Voznesensky Pereulok103009 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-495-787-7667 Fax: +7-495-785-5808


• Chairman of the Board of Directors: Andrey A. Klishas • Chairman of Management Board and General Director: Michael D. Prokhorov • Deputy General Director and Head of Marketing and Sales: Victor Sprogis

Minmetals Development Co., Ltd

exports coal, coke, billet, ferrosilicon, ferrosilicomanganese, fluorite, magnesium, ferromolybdenum, and carborundum. Through its subsidiaries, it is also engaged in international shipping and forwarding, storage and warehousing, international tendering and bidding, luxury hotels, high and new technology, financing and industrial manufacturing. Minmetals Development has established 12 majority-owned subsidiaries, including four trading companies, one international freight forwarder, one auction and bid company, a branch of Shangri-la, two manufacturers of computer and Internet products, two metal producers and one property developer.

Address: Bldg. B, 5 Sanlihe Rd., Haidian DistrictBeijing, Beijing 100044, China Phone: +86-10-6849-4208

• Chairman: Zhongqu Zhou • General Manager: Guiquan Feng • CFO and General Manager, Finance: Jianhua Ren

Molycorp, Inc.

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company, Limited

Mitsui Mining and Smelting (known as Mitsui Kinzoku), a member of the Mitsui "keiretsu," supplies nonferrous metals for industrial uses. Formed in 1950, the company smelts, refines, and fabricates copper, zinc, and other nonferrous metals from ores produced at its own mines or purchased from outside sources. The company is Japan's top producer of zinc, popularly used as a protective coating for steel. It makes die-cast parts from zinc, aluminum, and magnesium primarily for the automotive industry; it also makes copper foil, ceramics, and packaging tapes for the electronics industry. Mitsui Kinzoku's services groups are involved in environmental engineering, metals recycling, and information processing.

Address: 1-11-1 Osaki, Shinagawa-kuTokyo 141-8584, Japan Phone: +81-3-5437-8028 Fax: +81-3-5437-8029


• Chairman and CEO: Shimpei Miyamura • President and COO: Hiroshi Makihara • EVP and Deputy COO: Tatsuo Sunaga

Mitsui Mining Company, Limited

Mitsui Mining Company knows that things go better with coke, and so the company is going back to its original formula of business. Once vastly diversified, most of Mitsui Mining's revenue now comes from its fuel products, which include coal and coke, petroleum, and liquefied petroleum gas. The group still consists of about 40 subsidiaries with businesses ranging from construction materials, industrial equipment, and chemicals, to waste recycling. Government-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan (IRCJ) has taken management control of debt-laden Mitsui Mining in hopes of rescuing the troubled firm. Daiwa Securities holds nearly 30% of the company; IRCJ has a 13% stake.

Address: 3-3-3, Toyosu, Koto-kuTokyo 135-6007, Japan Phone: +81-3-5560-1311 Fax: +81-3-5560-1994

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 131.70 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-93.30%) Employees (2004): 2,648 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-1.10%) • President and CEO:

Taro Yamaho

Molycor Gold Corporation

Molycor Gold is of course digging for gold, but it also prospects for platinum, molybdenum, silver, copper, and other base metals. The company has multiple resource properties in British Columbia and Nevada. It is involved in joint ventures for several of these exploration projects with sister Canadian mining company Goldrea Resources. None of its projects are in production. Molycor Gold was incorporated in 1966 under the name Ft. Lauderdale Resources.

Address: 2A 15782 Marine Dr.White Rock, British Columbia V4B 1E6, Canada Phone: 604-531-9639 Fax: 604-531-9634

• Chairman and CEO: Larry W. Reaugh • President: Ed Lee

Don't look for any mollycoddling of the earth here. Molycorp, a subsidiary of Unocal, mines and produces lanthanide and molybdenum compounds, concentrates, and oxides using open-pit mining techniques. Lanthanides (which include cerium, lanthanum, and yttrium) are used in everything from cell phones and computers to X-Ray film and television glass. They are also key components in aerospace and defense products such as the tiles on the space shuttle, the nose cones of missles, and in jet engine turbines. Molycorp has a joint venture with Sumitomo Metals to sell lanthanide goods in Japan. The company began operations in 1920 with a molybdenum mine in New Mexico.

Address: 67750 Bailey Rd.Mountain Pass, CA 92366 Phone: 760-856-2201 Fax: 760-856-2344


• President: Allen C. Randle • VP, Technology: John Burba • VP, Sales: Robert (Bob) Noll

Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc.

Moneta Porcupine Mines is in the bristling business of mining exploration and development. This creature is largely in pursuit of gold and is shying away from base metals. It has 10 projects in an Ontario territory that has produced nearly 70 million ounces of gold in the past. The company is focusing on the Porcupine and Golden Highway Camps in the Timmins area of Ontario. Moneta is also involved in four joint venture programs on its gold properties, with such companies as Placer Dome and Acrex Ventures. Moneta is not in production and has no sales.

Address: 65 3rd Ave.Timmins, Ontario P4N 1C2, Canada Phone: 705-264-2296 Fax: 705-267-7490

• Chairman: Rhoderic (Rod) Whyte • President, CEO, and Director: John P. Larche • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Kevin L. Snook

Mwana Africa Plc

Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd.

and base metals it is seeking. The exploration-stage mining company prospects for gold in British Columbia, Canada. Its portfolio includes 12 properties (10 of which are 100% owned by Mountain Boy Minerals) that eventually may yield gold, silver, lead, and zinc ores, as well as minerals. Properties Mountain Boy Minerals has an interest in include Georgia River, MacKenzie, and Silver Coin.

Address: 306 5th Ave., Ste. DStewart, British Columbia V0T 1W0, Canada Phone: 250-636-2290 Fax: 250-636-2446

• President and CEO: Frank Kamermans • CFO: Randolph (Randy) Kasum

Moydow Mines International Inc.

Moydow Mines International acquires, explores, and develops mineral properties, principally gold, in West Africa and Canada. In Canada the company has interests in claims in Labrador and Newfoundland. It is also involved in diamond exploration in Angola. None of its properties are in production. President and CEO Brian Kiernan holds a 35% stake in Moydow Mines.

Address: 20 Toronto St., Ste. 1220Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Canada Phone: 416-703-3751 Fax: 416-367-3638

Kiernan • President, CEO, and Director: Brian P. Kiernan • COO: J. Joseph (Joe) Breen

MPAC Industries Corporation

Formerly a media company working in the motion picture and sound recording industries, MPAC Industries Corporation is shifting into a different industry with an agreement to mine coal in Turkey. The company is in the initial stages of development in Turkey and does not have any mines in production. Moorgate Management holds a 15% stake in MPAC Industries.

Address: 4438 W. 10th Ave., Ste. 508Vancouver, British Columbia V6R 4R8, Canada Phone: 604-551-7697 Fax: 604-648-8706

• Chairman and CEO: Firoz Lakhani • President, COO, and Director: J. Richard W. Hall • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Leonard I. J. Goldsmith

Murgor Resources Inc.

Murgor Resources is on the move in Canada. It is exploring gold properties, and to a lesser extent copper and nickel deposits, throughout New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Murgor Resources has about 10 properties in various stages of exploration. Founded in 1969, the company's strategy is to initiate the exploration of promising properties and then find a joint venture partner to further develop the project.

Address: 615 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Ste. 1200Montreal, Quebec H3B 1P5, Canada Phone: 514-878-3551 Fax: 514-878-4427

Hodgson • President, CEO, and Director: André C. Tessier • Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Mark Schneiderman

Mustang Minerals Corp.

Mustang Minerals is galloping around Canada in search of nickel and platinum properties. Its main focus is the Maskwa nickel property in Manitoba. Mustang Minerals came into possession of the Maskwa property when it acquired Global Nickel in 2004. The company is also involved in the Abitibi nickel project in Ontario. Atlantis Minerals holds about 10% of the company's stock.

Address: 65 Queen St. West, Ste. 302Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M5, Canada Phone: 416-955-4773 Fax: 416-368-1539

• President and Director: Robin E. Dunbar • CFO: Alex Falconer

Mwana Africa (which means "Sons of Africa") searches for gold properties in Africa. Formerly African Gold, the company explores for gold at its properties located in Zimbabwe (Inez, Dalmeny, and Mahogony mines) and Ghana (Konongo/Owere Project). Economic hardships in Zimbabwe are making it difficult for the company to maintain its operations there, so Mwana Africa is looking to Ghana for expansion. In 2005 the company jumped from exploration to mineral production when it announced that it was acquiring Mwana Africa and taking its name. Founder and former chairman John Teeling retired in 2005.


Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-62.70%) Employees (2004): 64 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-26.40%)

• Chairman: Oliver Baring • CEO: Kalaa Mpinga • Finance Director: David Fish

n.v. Umicore s.a.

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The core of Umicore is no longer just zinc and copper. Although still one of the world's largest recyclers and smelters of zinc, the company has diversified its business to include a Precious Metals Services unit (recycling and refining) and a Precious Metals Products and Catalysts segment (automotive catalysts and specialty products). The company's advanced materials business provides germanium and tellurium used by the electronics and optics industries. Umicore has spun off its copper rod and billet manufacturing business as a separate company called Cumerio.

Address: Rue du Marais 311000 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32-2-227-71-11 Fax: +32-2-227-79-00


• Chairman: Karel Vinck • CEO and Director: Thomas Leysen • CFO: Marc Grynberg

Namasco Corporation

the Germany-based Klöckner, acts as a metal distributor throughout the US and Canada. The company distributes general steel line products that include bar, grating and flooring, pipe, plate, and structural tube. The flat rolled division distributes aluminum, coated, cold and hot-rolled, prepainted and preplated steel products. Namasco also provides processing services such as drilling, flame cutting, plasma tee splitting, sawing, precision slitting, and structural cambering. Customers include the Siemens Logistics and Assembly Systems (airport equipment manufacturer), Eagle Lift (auto lift manufacturer), and the U.S. Military.

Address: 500 Colonial Center Pkwy., Ste. 500Roswell, GA 30076 Phone: 678-259-8800 Fax: 678-259-8873


• President and CEO: Bill Partalis • VP and CFO: Kirk A. Johnson • VP, Marketing: Martin (Marty) Flanagan

Nanophase Technologies Corporation [NANX]

Nanophase Technologies sweats the small stuff. The company is commercializing its nanocrystalline materials (molecular-size ceramic and metallic materials in powder form) for applications in advanced materials technology, such as conductive and antistatic coatings for computer monitors. It also develops abrasion-resistant coatings (with uses from coated vinyl flooring to contact lenses), environmental catalysts, health care products (sunscreen), and advanced ceramics (cutting tools and ceramic bearings). Chemical maker BASF accounts for about 70% of the company's sales.

Address: 1319 Marquette Dr.Romeoville, IL 60446 Phone: 630-771-6708 Fax: 630-771-0825


Perkins • President, CEO, and Director: Joseph E. Cross • CFO, Secretary; Treasurer, and Controller: Jess Jankowski

Naptau Gold Corporation [NPTU.OB]

A development-stage company, Naptau Gold formerly sought to develop gold properties in Canada, but the company relinquished its gold-related mineral interests in 2003. Naptau Gold instead is exploring other business opportunities, including the development of base metal mining properties. Also under consideration are investments in the hotel and real estate businesses. Naptau Gold has not been profitable, however, and the company's auditors have questioned whether it can stay in business. CEO J. Greig owns a 66% stake in Naptau Gold.

Address: 103 E. Holly St., Ste. 303Bellingham, WA 98226 Phone: 604-277-5252

• CEO and Director: J. Greig • President: Loren Miller • CFO, Secretary, Treasurer and Director: Edward D. Renyk

National Coal Corp. [NCOC]

underground mines and one surface mine in southeastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee, part of the coal-producing region designated in the industry as central and southern Appalachia. National Coal controls the mineral rights to about 115,000 acres in the region. The company's production nearly tripled from 2004 to 2005, up to 1.2 million tons. It controls more than 80 million tons of proved and probable reserves and sells primarily to utilities but also to industrial customers. Jon Nix, the company's chairman, president, and CEO, owns about 44% of National Coal; investor Stewart Flink controls a 27% stake through Crestview Capital.

Address: 8915 George Williams Rd.Knoxville, TN 37923 Phone: 865-690-6900 Fax: 865-691-9982


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Jon Nix • CFO: T. Michael Love • EVP and COO: Kenneth F. Hodak

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Natural Resource Partners L.P. [NRP]

Natural Resource Partners (NRP) makes money from coal without getting its hands dirty. Rather than mining the coal itself, NRP leases properties to coal producers. The company's properties -- mainly in Appalachia but also in the Northern Powder River Basin and the Illinois Basin -- contain proven and probable reserves of about 1.8 billion tons of coal. NRP was formed as a partnership between WPP Group (Western Pocahontas Properties, New Gauley Coal, and Great Northern Properties) and Arch Coal. Arch Coal has sold its stake in NRP but remains one of the company's top lessees, along with Alpha Natural Resources. Chairman and CEO Corbin Robertson Jr. controls about 35% of NRP, primarily through WPP Group.

Address: 601 Jefferson St., Ste. 3600Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-751-7507 Fax: 713-650-0606


• Chairman and CEO: Corbin J. Robertson Jr. • President and COO: Nick Carter • CFO and Treasurer: Dwight L. Dunlap

Navasota Resources Ltd.

Formerly an oil and gas exploration company, Navasota Resources now explores and develops mineral properties in Canada. The company currently has interests in several gold properties in British Columbia and Nunavut and has signed a letter of agreement with Mano River Resources to buy an interest (up to 60%) in the Missamana and Gueliban gold properties of Guinea, West Africa. Navasota Resources has also acquired the Stenlund Property in northern Ontario.

Address: 141 Victoria St., Ste. 207Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 1Z5, Canada Phone: 250-374-7377 Fax: 250-374-9296

• Chairman and CEO: William S. Sanesh • President: Christopher J. Wild • CFO and Corporate Secretary: James T. Gillis

NEMI Northern Energy & Mining Inc.

NEMI Northern Energy & Mining believes coal is the way to go. The company is a metallurgical coal exploration and development company with properties in northeast British Columbia. NEMI Northern Energy & Mining's projects include the Trend Small Mine, Belcourt, and Saxon properties. The company's Trend coal property, located near Tumbler Ridge, began mining operations in 2006 and is expected to reach full production by 2007. The Belcourt and Saxon properties are being explored as a joint venture partnership with Western Canadian Coal.

Address: Guinness Tower, 1055 W. Hastings St., Ste. 200Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2E9, Canada Phone: 604-689-0277 Fax: 604-688-5210

• President: P. C. (Pat) Devlin • CFO: Bill Filtness • VP Operations: Peter Sheehan

Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.

Nevada Pacific Gold explores and develops gold and silver properties in the Western US and Mexico. The company owns the Magistral mine in northwestern Mexico, but due to increased costs operations have been suspended. Nevada Pacific Gold also has several gold exploration projects currently operating in the Battle Mountain/Cortez gold region of Nevada. Several of the gold projects are joint venture agreements with fellow Canadian gold miner Placer Dome. In late 2005 Robert McEwen, chairman and CEO of U.S. Gold, took control of 30% of the company.


• Chairman, Interim CEO and President: David Hottman • CFO: W. R. (Bill) Franklin

New Dimension Resources Ltd. [NWDMF.PK]

New Dimension Resources has gone in a different direction, but it's still digging for gold. Formerly NDT Ventures, the company has precious metals exploration operations throughout the Americas. It has active gold exploration projects in Nevada and Peru. In addition, the company has interests in precious metals properties in British Columbia, Nunavut, Ontario, and Manitoba. In late 2005 NDT Ventures reorganized and split up its metals and energy exploration operations. New Dimension Resources manages the company's metals interests, while NDT Energy is a separate unit that handles the energy exploration business.


• Chairman: Donald A. McLeod • President, CEO, and Director: Frederic G. (Fred) Hewett

Yes

New Jersey Mining Company [NJMC.OB]

No product of the Garden State, New Jersey Mining seeks out silver, gold, and base metals in the Coeur d'Alene area of northern Idaho. The company holds the rights to seven mineral properties, three of which are considered development-stage: the New Jersey mine, the Silver Strand mine, and the Golden Chest mine. New Jersey Mining's exploration-stage properties include the CAMP, Lost Eagle, Roughwater, and Wisconsin-Teddy projects. President Fred Brackebusch controls a 38% stake in the company.

Address: 89 Appleberg Rd.Kellogg, ID 83837 Phone: 208-783-1032 Fax: 208-783-3331


• President, Treasurer, and Director: Fred W. Brackebusch

New Sleeper Gold Corporation

Shhh! Do not disturb New Sleeper Gold. The Canadian mining company is dreaming about gold nuggets. Its main holding is a joint venture with X-Cal Resources to explore and develop the Sleeper gold project in Nevada. The company is investing its money mostly in the Sleeper project, which was a former operating mine that had been closed in 1996 by Amax Gold. New Sleeper Gold emerged from the company formerly known as Upland Resource Corporation in 2004.

Address: 1111 St. Charles West, Ste. 650, East TowerLongueuil, Quebec J4K 5G4, Canada Phone: 450-677-2585 Fax: 450-677-2601


• Chairman: David A. Fennell • President, CEO, and Director: James A. Crombie • CFO: Alain Krushnisky

Newcrest Mining Limited

Newcrest Mining owns or has stakes in gold and copper mining operations in Australia and Indonesia. Its mines in development or production include Cadia Hill, Cracow, Ridgeway, Toguraci, and Telfer. The company also has exploration projects in Australia, Asia, and the Americas (including interests in Nevada). In 2005 Newcrest Mining produced more than 1.1 million ounces of gold and 96,000 tons of copper. Newcrest Mining was formed by the 1990 merger of Newmont Australia Limited and BHP Gold Mines. National Nominees Limited holds about 20% of the company's shares.

Address: Level 9, 600 St. Kilda Rd.Melbourne 3004, Australia Phone: +61-3-9522-5333 Fax: +61-3-9510-2996


• Non-Executive Chairman: Ian R. Johnson • Managing Director and CEO: Anthony (Tony) Palmer • Executive General Manager, Corporate Services and Corporate: Bernard Lavery

Newmont Australia Limited

When you need to dig under Down Under, turn to Newmont Australia. The company holds interests in five gold mining operations in Australia. Newmont Australia accounts for nearly a quarter of teh US-based Newmont Mining's sales. The unit was brought under the Newmont umbrella with the 2002 acquisition of Normandy mining. It also has a zinc and copper production facility but has agreed to sell its Golden Grove operations, located in Western Australia's Outback, to Oxiana for just over $200 million. The deal is in keeping with Newmont's intention to focus on its core gold operations.

Address: 100 Hutt St.Adelaide 5000, Australia Phone: +61-8-8303-1700 Fax: +61-8-8303-1900

• Managing Director: John A. S. Dow • VP, Finance: Gary E. Farmar • VP, Operations: Paul J. Dowd

Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited

Gold miner Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada (formerly Franco-Nevada Mining) doesn't waste much money digging for paydirt. Instead, it buys stakes in already operating gold, silver, and platinum mines so it can collect royalties without having to worry about capital obligations or environmental liabilities. Newmont Canada has holdings that are both in-production and in-development gold/silver properties, primarily in the Americas and Australia. It also owns diamond royalties in Canada and platinum royalties in the US and South Africa. Newmont Mining, the world's largest gold producer, acquired the company in 2002 and changed its name.

Address: 20 Eglinton Ave. West, Ste. 1900Toronto, Ontario M4R 1K8, Canada Phone: 416-480-6480 Fax: 416-488-6598

• Chairman and CEO, Newmont Mining: Wayne W. Murdy • President, Newmont Mining: Pierre Lassonde • SVP and CFO, Newmont Mining: Bruce D. Hansen

Niocan Inc.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) mines lignite coal India--it also generates power from the coal. The company operates three mines, located near the South Indian city of Chennai. It produces 24 million tons of coal per year. NLC also produces and distributes 2490 MW of power per year from three stations. The power goes to the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerela, Tamil Nadu, and Pondicherry. The company also provides consulting services in mine planning and construction and the renovation and life extension of old power stations. The company was founded in 1956.

Address: Block-1Neyveli, Tamil Nadu 607 801, India Phone: +91-4142-252214 Fax: +91-4142-252646

• Chairman and Managing Director: S. Jayaraman • Director, Finance: J. N. Prasanna Kumar

Niocan has a can-do attitude when it comes to mining niobium. The company explores for niobium, a talc-like mineral that is used in the production of steel and superalloys, at its Oka ferroniobium project in Quebec. Niobium competes with other minerals such as vanadium and molybdenum. The company is looking to get authorization from the government to begin production at its Oka project. In 2005 co-founder René Dufour retired as chairman and CEO. Founded in 1995, Niocan is 20%-owned by Electrum Ferrometals.

Address: 2000 Peel St., Ste. 760Montreal, Quebec H3A 2W5, Canada Phone: 514-288-8506 Fax: 514-843-4809


• Chairman and CEO: Hubert R. Marleau • President and Director: Richard R. Faucher

Nippon Denko Co., Ltd.

without Nippon Denko. The company is the largest producer of ferromanganese in Japan, accounting for approximately 50% of that country's annual production. Besides ferroalloys, the diversified company also produces industrial chemicals (soda ash and boron and chromium chemicals), new materials (lithium-ion battery materials, zirconium oxide), and environmental recycling systems (water purification for fuel cells). Nippon Denko sells its products to steel, chemical, and aluminum industries, among others.

Address: 13-14,1-chome,TsukijiTokyo 104-8112, Japan Phone: +81-3-3546-9319 Fax: +81-3-3542-3690


• President and CEO: Yoichiro Mitsui • General Manager, General Affairs: Sumio Sawada

Nippon Steel Trading Co., Ltd.

Nippon Steel Trading does pretty much what you'd expect -- it is the steel-trading operation of Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steelmaker. The company trades such products as steel bars, hot- and cold-rolled coils, and wire products in China, Southeast Asia, and the US. Nippon Steel Trading also imports steelmaking raw materials -- iron ore from Australia, Brazil, and India and coal from Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Russia, and the US. The company operates a ferro-alloy joint venture in South Africa. Other operations include trading in heavy machinery, fuels, and non-ferrous metals. Nippon Steel owns 37% of the company; Mitsui holds 20%.

Address: Nittetsu ND Tower, 5-7 Kameido 1-chome, Koto-kuTokyo 136-8733, Japan Phone: +81-3-5627-2905 Fax: +81-3-5627-2950


• President, CEO, and Representative Director: Seiki Miyamoto • EVP and Representative Director: Hidehiko Matsukawa • Executive Managing Director: Ikuo Ebihara

Noble Fiber Technologies, LLC

business model. The company markets and distributes X-Static, a silver fiber that is used in manufacturing textiles, home fashions, military boots and apparel, medical garments, and a variety of other consumer products. X-Static is an effective anti-microbial and has proven anti-static, heat transfer, and therapeutic properties as well. Athletic and outdoor clothing clients include Fox River Mills, Pearl Izumi, and Spyder Active Sports. Noble Fiber Technologies' sister company Sauquoit Industries manufactures X-Static.

Address: 421 S. State St.Clarks Summit, PA 18411 Phone: 570-348-2760 Fax: 570-348-2760

• President and CEO: William (Bill) McNally • CFO: Donna Bennie

Yes

Yes

Noble Group Limited

Noble Group Limited maintains an unlimited appetite for raw materials. The investment holding company is principally engaged in the international supply of raw materials to customers in the agriculture, energy, metals, minerals and ores, and logistics markets. Noble Group conducts business through a network of 65 offices in 35 countries, providing supply chain services for the sourcing, marketing, processing, and transportation of industrial and agricultural products. The group is also involved in technical ship management services, trade finance, and coal mining. CEO Richard Elman owns 40% of the company.

Address: 18th Fl., MassMutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Rd.Hong Kong Phone: +852-2861-3511 Fax: +852-2527-0282


• Chairman: Tobias Josef Brown • CEO and Director: Richard Samuel Elman • COO and Director: Gary W. Mize

North American Palladium Ltd. [PAL]

North American Palladium is "not" a palatial sports stadium. It's an exploration and mining company that produces palladium (about 70% of sales), along with platinum, nickel, gold, and copper, at the Lac des Iles mine north of Thunder Bay in northwestern Ontario. Lac des Iles produces about 300,000 ounces of palladium annually. It also mines roughly 25,000 ounces of platinum and gold annually. The largest use for palladium is in making automobile catalysts to reduce exhaust emissions. Palladium is also used in various other applications in the electrical, dental, chemical, and jewelry industries. Falconbridge and Inco Limited purchase the metals from North American Palladium for smelting and refining.

Address: 130 Adelaide St. West, Ste. 2116Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5, Canada Phone: 416-360-7590 Fax: 416-360-7709


• Chairman: Andre J. Douchane • President, CEO, and Director: James D. (Jim) Excell • CFO: Ian M. MacNeily

North Atlantic Resources Ltd.

North Atlantic Resources (formerly North Atlantic Nickel) prospects for and develops locations for the mining of gold in west Africa. The company currently has numerous exploration projects in Mali, after originally acquiring properties in the country in 2002. None of its projects are in production. North Atlantic Resources is looking to acquire other properties in Mali.

Address: 55 Adelaide St. East, Ste. 410Toronto, Ontario M5C 1K6, Canada Phone: 416-703-6348 Fax: 416-703-6507


• Chairman: Lyle R. Hepburn • President, CEO, and Director: Jon North • CFO: Roderick (Rod) Chisholm

Northern Mining Explorations Ltd.

Northern Mining Explorations set its compass for East Africa in search of gold and base metals. The company's most prominent operation is the Tulawaka gold project (a joint venture with mining giant Barrick Gold) in Tanzania. It also has licenses for properties adjacent to the Tulawaka project. The Tulawaka mine began production in 2005. In addition, Northern Mining Explorations is investing in exploration projects in Eritrea (East Africa) and Quebec.

Address: 1010, rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Bureau M-110, Place du CanadMontreal, Quebec H3B 2N2, Canada Phone: 514-866-6500 Fax: 514-866-3799


• President and CEO: Charles H. Bertoni • COO: Charles Timothy (Tim) Williams • Secretary, Treasurer, and CFO: Dominique Moreau

Northern Orion Resources Inc. [NTO]

Northern Orion Resources prefers the glint of ore in the ground to the twinkle of stars in the sky. The company mines for gold and copper primarily in northwestern Argentina. Northern Orion's principal operation is a 12% stake in the Bajo de la Alumbrera open pit mine. The Alumbrera mine is owned in part by Xstrata and Wheaton River Minerals. In addition, Northern Orion Resources owns the Agua Rica copper, gold, and molybdenum project in Argentina and it holds a 50% stake in the Mantua gold and copper project in Cuba.

Address: 1075 W. Georgia St., Ste. 250Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3C9, Canada Phone: 604-689-9663 Fax: 604-434-1487

• Chairman: Robert Cross • President, CEO, and Director: David Cohen • VP, Finance and CFO: Horng Dih Lee

Northshore Mining Company

Northshore Mining helps feed North America's appetite for steel by engaging in the mining and processing of taconite, a low-grade iron ore. The iron ore pellets that can be derived from taconite are a key raw material for the steel industry. The Northshore mine produces about 5 million tons of iron ore pellets annually. Cleveland-Cliffs, a leading producer of iron ore pellets, acquired Northshire Mining in 1994. Northshore Mining's predecessor began operations in 1955 as one of North America's first taconite mining and processing facilities.

Address: 10 Outer Dr.Silver Bay, MN 55614 Phone: 218-226-4125 Fax: 218-226-6087

• Chairman and CEO, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc: John Brinzo

Nuinsco Resources Limited

for precious and other metals. The company searches for and develops nickel and gold properties primarily in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. It is exploring the Mel properties in Manitoba and the Rainy River, Cameron Lake, and Prairie Lake projects in Ontario. Nuinsco Resources also has a nickel project in Quebec. In 2006 the company acquired a 10% stake in Campbell Resources (with warrants to buy another 20%) and management rights to that company's Joe Mann gold mine and Copper Rand copper mine.

Address: 940 The East Mall, Ste. 110Toronto, Ontario M9B 6J7, Canada Phone: 416-626-0470 Fax: 416-626-0890


• Chairman and CFO: René R. Galipeau • CEO: W. Warren Holmes • President: Brian E. Robertson

OmniSource Corporation

OmniSource is omnivorous when it comes to scrap metal. One of the largest scrap processors and distributors in North America, OmniSource takes unusable metal products and turns them into raw materials for use in mills and foundries that produce steel, aluminum, and copper. The company operates some 35 scrap processing facilities in the eastern US and Canada. In addition, OmniSource designs and manages scrap-handling operations at more than 100 customer-owned facilities. The company's Superior Aluminum unit operates a smelting facility that turns scrap into aluminum alloys. OmniSource is owned by the family of chairman and CEO Leonard Rivkin, whose father, Irving Rivkin, founded the company in 1943.

Address: 1610 N. Calhoun St.Fort Wayne, IN 46808 Phone: 260-422-5541 Fax: 260-423-8528

• Chairman and CEO: Leonard I. Rifkin • President: Daniel M. Rifkin • EVP and CFO: Gary E. Rohrs

Ontex Resources Limited

Ontex Resources is onboard when it comes to exploring natural resource properties. The company has properties primarily in Ontario and Quebec, which it searches for precious metals as well as for oil and gas deposits. None of its projects are currently in production. Ontex Resources also holds a stake in natural gas exploration company Echo Energy Canada.

Address: 777 Bay St., Ste. 1910Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E4, Canada Phone: 416-360-4031 Fax: 416-360-4034


• President: Charles A. Harnick • CFO: Bob Gilmore

Opawica Explorations Inc.

Opawica Explorations is putting out feelers for gold in the Americas and Africa. The mining exploration and development company primarily has claims at the Lac Short Mine in Quebec, and the Straw Lake gold and Atikwa properties in Ontario. It has also ventured to West Africa (Ghana and Botswana) for gold and base metals. Opawica Explorations had explored the Tapajos gold district in Brazil, but decided not to invest in the property.


• President and CEO: Donald M. (Dan) Clark • CFO and Secretary: Dennis Petke

Oriel Resources plc

It can be either base or precious metals that Oriel Resources explores for in Europe and Asia. Formed in 2003, the company is primarily focused on gold, silver, and nickel mining in Russia, the former republics of the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. In 2005 the company acquired the Voskhod chrome deposit (expected to begin production in 2007) in Kazakhstan. Most chromite ore is used in the production of stainless steel (to make it harder and more corrosion resistant).

Address: 18 Upper Brook St.London W1K 7PU, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7514-0590 Fax: +44-20-7514-0591


• Chairman and CEO: Sergey V. Kurzin • COO and Director: Nicholas R. (Nick) Clarke • CFO, Secretary, and Director: David J. Swan

Orko Silver Corp.

Oxus Gold plc

Orko Silver wants to make a whale of a gold or silver discovery on the prospects it acquires and explores. The junior natural resources company and its joint venture partner Goldcorp hold the intermediate stage La Preciosa gold and silver project near Durango, Mexico. The claims cover about 525 acres and include more than a mile of tunnels. Orko also has an interest in a second gold-silver project, Santa Monica, located adjacent to La Preciosa. To help fund these projects, Orko has exited from its option agreements with Cypress Development and Skyharbour Resources on claims in the Red Lake district of Ontario. The company changed its name from Orko Gold in 2006.

Address: 2610 - 1066 W. Hastings St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3X2, Canada Phone: 604-684-4691 Fax: 604-684-4601

• CEO, President, and Director: Gary Cope • CFO and Director: N. Ross Wilmot

Oromonte Resources Inc.

Oromonte Resources is taking a little trip from the mall to the mine. Oromonte Resources (formerly TravellersMall.com) is a development-stage company in the gold mining business, with holdings in Ecuador. Oromonte Resources became a public company in 2005 through a reverse acquisition by TravellersMall.com. The travel company had operated an online marketplace for the hospitality industry, providing an outlet for hotels and cruise lines to sell their products direct to consumers. The company's e-commerce marketplace had been essentially dormant prior to the acquisition of Oromonte Resources.

Address: 2451 Dieppe Ave. SW, Ste. 223Calgary, Alberta T3E 7K1, Canada Phone: 403-299-0357 Fax: 403-216-9260

• Chairman and CFO: Brian Usher-Jones • President and Director: Hubert J (Hub) Mockler • VP of Special Projects and Director: Peter Barker

Orphan Boy Resources Inc.

Orphan Boy has found adoptive parents in gold and silver. The mining company has interests in seven mineral properties with about 700 mineral claim units. The properties are all within trucking distance of the Goldstream mill, a processing mill in the Big Bend Metals area of British Columbia, Canada that is owned by Orphan Boy. Incorporated in 1995, the company mines gold, silver, zinc, and copper.

Address: 325 Howe St., Ste. 410Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1Z7, Canada Phone: 604-687-3520 Fax: 604-688-3392


• Chairman: Ronald A. Coombes • President and CEO: David Martin-Smith

Orvana Minerals Corp.

Orvana Minerals hopes to find nirvana in the gold mining business. The company develops and operates precious metal properties in the Americas. Its primary project is the Don Mario gold mine (in production since 2003) in eastern Bolivia. Orvana Minerals produces nearly 70,000 ounces of gold annually. The company is looking to further explore and expand its Don Mario concession and adjacent land holdings, while also exploring other parts of the Americas for precious metals. In 2005 Orvana took over the management functions of the Don Mario mine from privately-owned mining firm Compania Minera del Sur.

Address: 320 Bay St., Ste. 1530Toronto, Ontario M5H 4A6, Canada Phone: 416-369-1629 Fax: 416-369-1402


• Chairman: George Hamilton • President, CEO, and Director: T. Sean Harvey • VP, Business Development and Special Projects: Eduardo Rosselot

precious metals in central Asia, primarily in Uzbekistan. Its Amantaytau Goldfields operations (jointly owned by Oxus and the Uzbekistan government) yielded its first gold bar in 2004. The company produces about 150,000 ounces of gold annually, but expects to increase production as more mines are started on the property. Oxus has a second gold and silver mine at Amantaytau set for full production in 2006. The company is also involved in a polymetallic mine through a controlling stake in Marakand Minerals.

Address: 105 PiccadillyLondon W1J 7NJ, England Phone: +44-20-7907-2000 Fax: +44-20-7907-2001


• CEO and Director: William J. (Bill) Trew • Finance Director and Director: Jonathan A. Kipps

Palladex plc

Pacific Booker Minerals Inc.

Much like Clementine's father, Pacific Booker Minerals' business is "excavating for a mine." The Canadian mining company is exploring and developing the Morrison/Hearne Hill gold, copper, silver, and molybdenum property in British Columbia. Pacific Booker bought 100% of the Morrison claim from Noranda in 2004. The deal helps the company proceed to explore the property and allows it to find additional outside investors.

Address: 1702 - 1166 Alberni St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3Z3, Canada Phone: 604-681-8556 Fax: 604-687-5995

• President, CEO and Director: Gregory R. Anderson • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Michael Mews • Chairman: William G. Deeks

Pacific North West Capital Corp.

Pacific North West Capital doesn't go for gold or silver; it prefers platinum. The company searches for and develops sites that have platinum group metals (PGM) deposits throughout the Canadian wilderness. It has also expanded into nickel exploration. Pacific North West Capital has partnered with platinum miners Anglo Platinum and Lonmin to help provide funding for exploration projects.

Address: 2303 W. 41st Ave.Vancouver, British Columbia V6M 2A3, Canada Phone: 604-685-1870 Fax: 604-685-8045

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Harry Barr • CFO and Director: Gordon Steblin • VP, Business Development: Peter Dasler

Palladex has found gold in them thar hills...of central Asia. The company explores and develops gold and other precious metals in mountainous Kyrgyz Republic, which sits within the Tien Shan gold belt, where it operates both the Aksur and Karakala projects. Palladex is concentrating its exploration and development activities primarily in central Asia. None of its operations are in production. The company's board members hold a combined 20% stake in Palladex.

Address: 15 Bolton St.London W1J 8BG, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7629-4800

• Non-Executive Chairman: Simon F. W. Village • CEO: Merlin A. Marr-Johnson • Director of Operations: Rashid Jaboev

Palmaris Capital Plc

Palmaris Capital, formerly Waverly Mining Finance, specializes in investing in coal and gold mining projects in Australia and Scotland. The company's operations are performed through holdings in two companies: Mining (Scotland), a coal mining company, and Perseverance Corporation, which is a gold mining firm. In 2005 Palmaris Capital sold its services group Palmaris Services, which provided equipment leasing, contract cleaning (factories and plants), retail security and other theft-prevention services.

Address: Patterson Bldg., Gartsherrie RoadCoatbridge, North Lanarkshire ML5 2EU, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1236-440-410 Fax: +44-1236-421-467


• Chairman: Timothy P. Noble • Managing Director: R. Gregory (Greg) Melgaard • Finance Director and Secretary: James Richardson

Pan African Resources Plc

Pan African Resources, formerly White Knight Investments, has switched hemispheres. The firm now prospects for gold in Ghana (Wa Project), the Central African Republic (Bogoin Project), and Mozambique (Manica Project). The Manica project in Mozambique is operated by Pangea Exploration. When the company was known as White Knight Investments it targeted private technology firms, particularly Scandinavian Internet companies. White Knight Investments became a gold exploration company when it acquired projects in Ghana and Mozambique from Mistral Resource Development in 2003.

Address: Manfield House, Level 2, 1 Southampton St.London WC2R 0LR, United Kingdom Phone: +44-2075842155 Fax: +44-2075897806

• Chairman: Colin Bird • CEO and Director: Jan Nelson • Finance Director and Board Member: Nathan A. Steinberg

Patagonia Gold Plc

Patagonia Gold has migrated to South America in search of gold. The company, formerly called HPD Exploration, owns and explores for gold deposits in the Patagonia region of South America, with operations in Chile and Argentina. The company has been selling off its interests in other areas in order to concentrate on the Patagonian region. Patagonia Gold still holds exploration properties in New Zealand.

Address: 20 Upper Grosvenor St.London W1K 7PB, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7409-7444 Fax: +44-20-7499-8811


• Chairman: Sir John A. Craven • Managing Director: William H. (Bill) Humphries • Director of Operations: Marc J. Sale

PBS Coals, Inc.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No, PBS Coals doesn't have anything to do with the Public Broadcasting Service or a new Ken Burns documentary on the history of the US energy industry. The company, which mines coal in Pennsylvania, derives its name from the three counties where it originally engaged in mining: Preston County, West Virginia; Bedford County, Pennsylvania; and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. PBS Coals was founded in 1963.

Address: 1576 Stoystown Rd.Friedens, PA 15541 Phone: 814-443-4668 Fax: 814-445-2809


• President: Robert Scott • CFO: James (Jim) Martin • VP, Operations: Paul Wild

Peabody Energy Corporation [BTU]

To Peabody Energy it's a coal-cooled world. The world's largest coal producer, Peabody operates more than 30 mines and processing facilities in the US and Australia. It produces about 240 million tons of coal annually and maintains nearly 10 billion tons in reserve. US customers, primarily power companies, account for more than 90% of Peabody's sales. Its operations include coal trading and brokering, coalbed methane production, transportation-related services, and development of coal-based generating plants. Peabody was founded in 1883 as a coal supplier, but began coal mining in earnest in 1926.

Address: 701 Market St.St. Louis, MO 63101-1826 Phone: 314-342-3400 Fax: 314-342-7799


• Chairman: Irl F. Engelhardt • President, CEO, and Director: Gregory H. (Greg) Boyce • EVP and CFO: Richard A. (Rick) Navarre

Pencari Mining Corporation

Pencari Mining prefers the color yellow, especially if it's in the form of gold. Formerly Azure Resources, the company is a development-stage company that acquires and explores mineral properties. It is currently engaged in gold exploration in Nova Scotia and Indonesia. None of Pencari Mining's properties are in production and it is looking for partners to help finance its projects.


• CEO and President: Adrian Rollke • CFO: Peter G. Wilson

Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. [PVR]

company Penn Virginia Corporation to manage its coal properties. It manages some 54 coal mines in Kentucky, New Mexico, Virginia, and West Virginia; PVR leases mining rights on those properties to about 30 third-party mine operators, collecting royalties based on the amount of coal produced and the price at which it is sold. The company's land contains some 560 million tons of proven or probable reserves of mostly low-sulfur bituminous coal. PVR also sells timber from its properties and charges fees to mine operators for use of its coal preparation and transportation facilities. Penn Virginia Corporation manages PVR and controls 43% of the firm.

Address: 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Ste. 230, 100 Matsonford Rd.Radnor, PA 19087 Phone: 610-687-8900 Fax: 610-687-3688


• Chairman and CEO: A. James (Jim) Dearlove • President and COO: Keith D. Horton • VP, CFO, and Director: Frank A. Pici

Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. [PTQMF.OB]

There's more to Panama than a canal -- there's gold. Petaquilla Minerals, formerly Adrian Resources, owns 52% of Minera Petaquilla, which mines gold, copper, and other minerals in the Petaquilla district of Panama. (Inmet Mining owns 48% of Minera Petaquilla.) Minera Petaquilla has partnered with Teck Cominco and Inmet Mining to develop the first phase of the Petaquilla property -- the Molejon gold deposit. Estimated reserves at the Petaquilla property include about 9 billion pounds of copper, more than one million ounces of gold, 24 million ounces of silver, and 130 million pounds of molybdenum.


• President and Director: Michael Levy • CFO: John S. Watt • Manager, Corporate Communications: Tom Byrne

Philex Gold Inc.

Placer Dome Inc.

PMI Ventures Ltd.

Peter Hambro Mining PLC

This mineral exploration and development company has found Russian gold. Peter Hambro Mining produces gold from several mining projects across the Amur Region in Russia. Projects and current mining operations include the Pokrovsky operating gold mine, the Pioneer and YamalZoloto deposits, and joint ventures in both the Magadan (Omchak project) and Amur (Rudnoye project) Regions. Peter Hambro has partnerships in Russia with Rio Tinto and Norilsk Nickel. It produces more than 200,000 ounces of gold annually. The namesake of the company, Peter Hambro, is chairman of the company.

Address: 11 Grosvenor Place, BelgraviaLondon SW1X 7HH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7201-8900 Fax: +44-20-7201-8901


• Chairman: Peter Hambro • Director, Business Development and Board Member: Jay Hambro • Director, Finance, Company Secretary, and Board Member: Philip Leatham

For Philex Gold the gold rush has stretched all the way from Canada to the South Pacific. The company has gold and copper mining operations in the Philippines, including a joint venture with UK-based mining giant Anglo American in a property on Mindanao Island. Prior to that Philex Gold was involved in commercial production at its Bulawan mine from 1996-2002. None of its operations are in production.

Address: 141 Adelaide St. West, Ste. 1604Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5, Canada Phone: 416-861-1221 Fax: 416-861-1226

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Walter W. Brown • VP, Finance: Paula M. Kember

a clump of moss to reveal a dome-shaped rock sparkling with gold. Thus began the chain of events that led to the creation of Placer Dome, the world's sixth-largest gold mining company. Placer Dome produces more than 3.5 million ounces of gold a year and has 60 million ounces in proved and probable reserves. It also produces about 410 million pounds of copper annually as well as silver as a byproduct of its gold mining. Placer Dome has interests in more than 15 mines in Australia, the Americas, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, and Tanzania. Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold made a $10.4 billion offer and acquired Placer Dome in early 2006.

Address: Ste. 1600, 1055 Dunsmuir St.Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1P1, Canada Phone: 604-682-7082 Fax: 604-682-7092


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Gregory C. (Greg) Wilkins • EVP, Project Development and Corporate Relations: William M. (Bill) Hayes • EVP, Operations: Evert van den Brand

Planet Exploration Inc.

Not surprisingly, Planet Exploration explores many parts of the planet. The junior mineral exploration company has active gold projects in Canada (Red Lake Mining), Mongolia (Argalant Project - gold/copper projects), and Mexico (Copalquin gold/silver projects). In 2005 the company wrote-off its Wulonbulang Gold Project in China. Fellow Canadian gold mining company Goldcorp owns nearly 20% of Planet Exploration and is involved as a partner in the Red Lake Mining project.

Address: 750 - 11th St. SW, Ste. 400Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N7, Canada Phone: 403-537-0067 Fax: 403-237-5816 • President and CEO:

Ranjeet Sundher

Playfair Mining Ltd.

Playfair Mining doesn't want it all, just its share of mineral exploration properties. The company explores and develops properties primarily in Newfoundland, including the Gregory River gold and copper project and the Grey River gold and tungsten project. Playfair Mining is also looking for promising properties nearby. None of its operations are currently in production.

Address: 470 Granville St., Ste. 520Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2E9, Canada Phone: 604-687-7178 Fax: 604-687-7179 • President, CEO, and

Director: D. Neil Briggs True to its name, PMI Ventures has in fact ventured to find gold. The Canadian company holds property along the potentially lucrative Asankrangwa Gold Belt of southwestern Ghana, a country in which it has been involved for 12 years. The company has interests in eight gold mineralization concessions in the area that cover 380 sq. km. It also has a joint venture agreement with Ghanaian company Goknet. PMI Ventures also holds interests in oil and gas properties in Canada. The government of Ghana retains a 10% earning in the profit of anything mined in the area.

Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 511Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2B3, Canada Phone: 604-682-8089 Fax: 604-682-8094

• Chairman: Pearce M. Bowman • President and CEO: Douglas R. MacQuarrie

Yes

Portman Limited

QGX Ltd.

PolyMet Mining Corp. [POMGF.OB]

PolyMet Mining isn't limiting itself to one type of metal. The company is primarily looking to develop its NorthMet deposit in northeastern Minnesota. NorthMet contains cobalt, copper, gold, nickel, as well as platinum group metals (PGMs). PolyMet has an agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs to use certain facilities and equipment to process the production from the NorthMet project. The company holds two subsidiaries: Fleck Minerals in Canada and PolyMet Mining Inc. in the US.


• Chairman: W. Ian L. Forrest • President, CEO, and Director: William F. Murray • CFO: Terese J. Gieselman

are the names of Portman's iron ore projects. The company is one of the largest iron ore producers in Australia. Koolyanobbing, which produces about 5 million tons of iron annually, is expected to produce about 8 million tons when production is expanded in 2006. Portman also owns a 50% stake (a joint venture with Henry Walker Eltin Group) in the Cockatoo Island project off the Kimberley Coast. US-based iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs has steadily increased its holding in the company (now with an 80% controlling interest).

Address: Level 11, The Quadrant, 1 William St.Perth 6000, Australia Phone: +61-8-9426-3333 Fax: +61-8-9426-3344


• Chairman: John S. Brinzo • Managing Director and CEO: Richard Mehan • CFO: Anthony (Tony) Schoer

Prize Mining Corporation

Prize Mining has high esteem for underground metal deposits. Formerly Muskox Minerals, the mining exploration company works with joint venture partner Anglo American Exploration (Canada) to operate its sprawling Muskox Layered Intrusion project in Nunavut to search for potential deposits of copper, nickel, palladium, and platinum. Prize Mining is also examining gold-bearing bedrock deposits near Atlin, British Columbia at the 3,800-acre Pine Creek prospect, which it has an option to buy.

Address: Lancaster Building, 304 8th Ave. S.W., Ste. 707Calgary, Alberta T2P 1C2, Canada Phone: 403-236-2222 Fax: 403-398-0693

• President and CEO: Feisal A. Somji • COO: A. J. H. (Harry) McGucken

Progress Fuels Corporation

progressive, but Progress Fuels is doing just fine with it. The subsidiary of Progress Energy produces coal and natural gas in the US for use by Progress Energy's utilities businesses. Most of its coal is mined in the Appalachian region of the US, though not quite a third is taken from South America. Again more than two thirds of Progress Fuels' coal is delivered by rail, with the remainder shipped by barge. It used to manufacture and repair railcars through Progress Rail Services, but that business was sold in early 2005 for $405 million to an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Address: 410 S. Wilmington St.Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: 919-546-6111 Fax: 919-546-6615


• President: Paula J. Sims • Director, Coal Sales: Joseph B. Jefferson

You might not know it but apparently the gold rush is on in Mongolia. QGX has several joint ventures with Ivanhoe Mines to explore Mongolian gold prospects and is drilling at its Golden Hills property. The company also holds more than 100 exploration licenses that cover about 25,000 square miles in Mongolia that may hold a number of mineral deposits. QGX has been exploring for gold in Mongolia since 1994. Barrick Gold holds roughly 10% of the company.

Address: 35 Main St. North, Unit 31Waterdown, Ontario L0R 2H0, Canada Phone: 905-689-9442 Fax: 905-689-9443


• President, CEO, and Director: David C. Anderson • COO: Paul L. Zweng • CFO and Director: Mark Wayne

QIT-Fer et Titane, Inc.

QIT-Fer et Titane has a license to il. The company operates the Tio mine in Quebec where it mines for ilmenite. The company also has a smelting operation where its produces titanium dioxide and iron from ilmenite. Its mine is located near Havre-Saint Pierre, from which the ore is transported to the metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy for processing. The company is owned by the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group. QIT-Fer et Titane sells its products through Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium, located in Montreal. They're sold to more than 40 countries on all the major continents.

Address: 1625 Marie-Victorin Rd.Sorel-Tracy, Quebec J3R 1M6, Canada Phone: 450-746-3000 Fax: 450-746-4438

• Chairman and CEO: Jim Cook • President: Pat Fiore • Executive Director of Finance: Alain Durand

Queenston Mining Inc.

Queenston Mining is searching for Pandora's box, and hoping there is gold to be found within. The company owns and operates several gold and base metal projects across Canada (primarily in Ontario and Quebec). Queenston is focusing its efforts on two projects in the Abitibi greenstone belt: the Pandora project (Quebec) and the Kirkland Lake project (Ontario). It has a joint venture with Newmont Mining to develop projects at its Kirkland Lake camp. Queenston has holdings in Western Silver and Thundermin Resources.

Address: 111 Richmond St. West, Ste. 1116Toronto, Ontario M5H 2G4, Canada Phone: 416-364-0001 Fax: 416-364-5098


• Chairman: Hugh D. Harbinson • President, CEO, and Director: Charles E. Page • CFO and Director: John M. Arnold

Quexco Incorporated

Quexco gets the lead out and puts it back in. A leading secondary lead producer, this private holding company recycles scrapped lead acid batteries into refined lead and lead products. Quexco's RSR Corporation subsidiary is one of the largest lead smelters in the US, with operations in California, Indiana, New York, and Texas. Quexco also owns Eco-Bat Technologies plc, a UK-based battery recycler with operations in Europe and South Africa. The company's RSR Technologies subsidiary (formerly its R&D unit) offers technology and product development services to the metals industry. Chairman and CEO Howard Meyers controls Quexco.

Address: 2777 N. Stemmons Fwy.Dallas, TX 75207-2501 Phone: 214-688-4000 Fax: 214-630-5864

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Howard M. Meyers

RAG Aktiengesellschaft

coal producer, as well as an international chemicals, energy, and technology conglomerate with some 450 companies under its wing. RAG's operations include domestic coal and coke mining (Deutsche Steinkohle), and international mining (RAG Coal International). Other subsidiaries include STEAG (power station management and process technology), Saarberg (environmental services and power generation), Degussa and RÜTGERS (specialty chemicals), and RAG Immobilien (real estate and construction). German energy firms E.ON and RWE own 39% and 22%, respectively, of RAG; steel company ThyssenKrupp owns 21%.

Address: Rellinghauser Straße 1-1145128 Essen, Germany Phone: +49-201-177-02 Fax: +49-201-177-2050


• Chairman of the Management Board: Werner Müller • Member of the Management Board, CFO, and VP, Business Operat: Peter Schörner • Head of Communication: Christian Kullmann

Randgold & Exploration Company Limited

A descendant of Rand Mines Limited, South Africa's oldest mining house, holding company Randgold & Exploration explores for gold, diamonds, base and ferrous metals in Africa. Spun off by Randgold & Exploration in 1995, Randgold Resources owns mining interests in western Africa, including 50% of one of Africa's premiere gold mines, Morila Limited (a joint venture with AngloGold Ashanti) in Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Tanzania. An audit revealing a large number of missing shares has sent a shock wave through the company's management. Founder and former chairman Roger Kebble and his son, Brett, were forced to resign along with other directors and officers of Randgold.

Address: 28 Harrison St.Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Phone: +27-11-688-5011 Fax: +27-11-834-9195

• Chairman: David M. Nurek • CEO and Board Member: Peter H. Gray • Financial Director and Board Member: John C. Lamprecht

Reading Alloys, Inc.

Reading Alloys produces high-purity metals and alloys, primarily for use in jet engines and other aerospace components, but also for companies in the building and construction, electronic, medical, semiconductor, and transportation industries. In addition, Reading Alloys produces metal powders used to make highly engineered parts. The company is a subsidiary of KB Alloys. Reading Alloys was founded in 1953.

Address: 220 Old W. Penn Ave.Robesonia, PA 19551 Phone: 610-693-5822 Fax: 610-693-5542


• President and COO: Paul O. Jones • VP Sales and Marketing: Graham P. Walker

• CEO: Philip J. Garrat Yes

Ridge Mining plc

Redcorp Ventures Ltd.

Redcorp Ventures hopes that with a little loving care its Redfern Resources subsidiary will blossom into something bigger. Redfern Resources is exploring the Tulsequah Chief gold and silver property in British Columbia, Canada. Redcorp also maintains the Hawk property, which is located northwest of Prince George, British Columbia. The company holds a stake in fellow Canada-based mining firm EuroZinc Mining and has investments in some oil and gas wells.

Address: 777 Hornby St., Ste. 760Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1S4, Canada Phone: 604-669-4775 Fax: 604-699-5330

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 243.30% Employees (2004): 7 Employee Growth (1 yr): 133.30% • President and CEO:

Terence E. Chandler

Resource Finance & Investment Ltd. [RFIVF.OB]

Resource Finance & Investment explores and develops properties in the US that contain a variety of mineral deposits. It currently leases properties in Oregon (chromium, garnet, and zircon), as well as Illinois and Kentucky (lead, zinc, and diamonds).

Address: World Trade Center, 10, route de l'Aeroport1215 Geneva, Switzerland Phone: +41-22-799-08-00


Rhino Resource Partners, L.P.

Rhino Resource Partners is looking to take the coal industry by the horn. Get it? By the horn? Anyway, the company operates more than 20 mines, both surface and underground, in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. Rhino Resource Partners controls more than 140 million tons of proved and probable coal reserves, of which about three-quarters is used for electricity generation by utilities and industrial customers. It produces somewhere near 7 million tons annually. The company operated as CAM Holdings until 2006; it is controlled by private equity fund Wexford Capital.

Address: 265 Hambley Blvd.Pikeville, KY 41501 Phone: 606-432-3900

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 280.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 458.50% Employees (2005): 900

• Chairman and President, Rhino GP LLC: Mark D. Zand • CEO and Director, Rhino GP LLC; CEO, CAM Holdings LLC: Terry N. Coleman • EVP Finance and Administration, Secretary, Treasurer and Dir: Jay L. Maymudes

With a portfolio of properties at varying stages of development (early stage to production), Ridge Mining (formerly Cluff Mining) has high hopes for its Blue Ridge, Fountain Ridge, and Sheba's Ridge projects, as well as other prospective platinum group metal projects situated in and around the prolific Bushveld complex in South Africa. Ridge's other mineral interests include the Kalsaka gold project in Burkina Faso, the Mabounié niobium project in Gabon, and the Maligreen gold deposit in Zimbabwe. Ridge Mining divested most of its gold assets in 2005.

Address: 7th Fl., Brettenham House, 5 Lancaster PlaceLondon WC2E 7EN, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7379-1474 Fax: +44-20-7379-9443


• Chairman: Oliver Baring • Chief Executive: Terence Wilkinson • Commercial Director: Francis Johnstone

Riverstone Resources Inc.

Riverstone Property leaves no stone unturned in its search for gold. The junior natural resource company owns several prospects in West Africa, and is seeking others for exploration and possible development. Riverstone's primary property, the Rambo project in northeastern Burkina Faso, covers about 100 square miles and includes several pits used by local artisans. The company is conducting soil sampling, geological mapping, and drilling at the site to search for gold deposits that can be economically mined. President and CEO Michael McInnis holds a similar position with Nevada gold explorer Gateway Gold.


• President and CEO: Michael D. McInnis • CFO: Kerry Spong

RJK Explorations Ltd.

RJK Explorations thinks it is on the road to finding gold in Canada. Besides gold, the company also searches for base metals and diamonds. It focuses on exploration and development around the Greenstone belts in Ontario. Properties that RJK Explorations has an interest in include Goldie, Stares/Calvert, and Wedge. None of its projects are in production.

Address: 347 Bay St., 3rd Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R7, Canada Phone: 416-628-5940 Fax: 416-628-5940

• President and CEO: Glenn C. Kasner • CFO: Robert J. Kasner

Roca Mines Inc.

RSR Corporation

Yes

Robex Resources Inc.

Robex Resources has joined the gold rush in Mali. The company is a gold exploration and development company with exploration operations in Mali, West Africa. Since 1996 Robex Resources has been primarily exploring properties in the prolific Kenieba Valley region. The company's La Corne Gold and Bilali Gold projects are the farthest along in development.

Address: 7th Ave., Aéroport de Québec, Ste. 705Ste-Foy, Quebec G2G 2T7, Canada Phone: 418-877-6411 Fax: 418-877-8033


• Chairman: Marcel Bédard • President, CEO, and Director: Richard Savard • VP, Business Development: André Vézina

Rock on! Roca Mines knows that's the only way to strike gold. The junior resource exploration company buys prospects and searches for gold and other valuable mineral deposits. It holds the Foremore VMS gold project and SeaGold property in northern British Columbia, as well as the MAX molybdenum project. The company's major focus is the exploration of two gold properties in the Liard Mining Division of British Columbia, where it is conducting soil sampling and drilling. Roca Mines' MAX property in the Revelstroke Mining Division is being explored for molybdenum.

Address: 500 - 1045 Howe St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2A9, Canada Phone: 604-684-2900 Fax: 604-684-2902

• President, CEO, and Director: Scott E. Broughton • CFO, Secretary, and Director: David J. Skerlec

Ross River Minerals Inc.

The Yukon territory is home to the town of Ross River; it's also home to the mineral properties owned by Ross River Minerals. The development stage mining company owns the Tay-LP gold property located within the Trintina Gold Belt area in Yukon. Ross River is also involved in exploration outside of Canada; it owns a copper and gold property, El Pulpo, in Sinaloa State, Mexico. The company acquired the El Pulpo property from Almaden Minerals in 2005.

Address: 1004 - 750 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T7, Canada Phone: 604-682-2770 Fax: 604-682-2331

• President, CEO, and Director: Marcus N. Foster • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Philip J. Walsh • Shareholder Communications: Karen Robb

Medieval alchemists tried to turn lead into gold. RSR's operations are even more complex -- the company turns batteries into lead and then into money. RSR, a leading US-based lead smelter, represents the stateside operations of privately owned holding company Quexco. RSR recycles scrapped lead-acid batteries and other lead-bearing materials into refined lead and calcium and antimonial lead alloys. The company operates recycling facilities in California, Indiana, and New York. RSR's parent, Quexco, also owns UK-based battery recycler Eco-Bat Technologies.

Address: 2777 Stemmons Fwy., Ste. 1800Dallas, TX 75207 Phone: 214-631-6070 Fax: 214-631-4013

• President and CEO: Robert Finn • VP and Controller: James Schureman

RTI International Metals, Inc. [RTI]

RTI International Metals hopes manufacturers that seek a lightweight yet tougher-than-nails material will have titanium on the cranium. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in two segments: titanium products and metals fabrication and distribution. The titanium group's products include ingots, bars, plates, sheets, strips, pipes, and welded tubing that are used by the aerospace industry to make aircraft bulkheads, tail sections, engine components, and wing supports. RTI's fabrication and distribution group operates through subsidiary RTI Energy Systems and makes pipe, tubing, and offshore riser systems for the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries.

Address: 1000 Warren Ave.Niles, OH 44446 Phone: 330-652-9955 Fax: 330-544-7701


• Chairman: Robert M. Hernandez • President, CEO, and Director: Timothy G. Rupert • VP, CFO, and Treasurer: Lawrence W. Jacobs

Rupert Resources Ltd.

touches turns to gold. The company owns properties called Gold Centre and Gullrock near Red Lake, Ontario, in Canada. The Gold Centre property borders Goldcorp's Red Lake Mine, one of the world's more profitable gold mines. It also owns a gold property in British Columbia, Canada. Rupert Resources currently has no mines in production and is in pre-exploration stage at all of its properties.


• Chairman and CEO: Donald G. (Don) Moore • President and Director: D. Neil Briggs

Sage Gold Inc.

Yes

Sabin Metal Corporation

Sabin Metal helps its customers go for the gold, or the silver, or the platinum, or the palladium. The company processes items such as printed circuit boards, telecommunications components, dental and jewelry making scraps, and photographic materials in order to isolate and refine the small amounts of gold and other precious metals contained in them. Sabin Metal also engages in precious metals trading.

Address: 300 Pantigo Place, Ste. 102East Hampton, NY 11937 Phone: 631-329-1717 Fax: 631-329-1985


• President: Andrew E. Sabin • SVP: Ron Bleggi

Sabina Silver Corporation

company owns or holds interests in properties with potential gold or base metal deposits and explores for minerals itself or through its partners. Sabina owns an interest in potential gold-bearing property in the Red Lake mining division in Ontario. It sold a portion of its Red Lake holdings to Placer Dome and Wolfden Resources in exchange for financing exploration and production operations. Sabina also has prospective gold properties in the Nunavut Territory's Hackett River area, about 10 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The company divested its oil and gas royalties in Texas.

Address: 646 Clearwater CrescentLondon, Ontario N5X 4J7, Canada Phone: 519-438-4555 Fax: 519-438-9666


• Chairman and CEO: William W. Cummins • President: Abraham P. Drost

Sage Gold, formerly Sahelian Goldfields, hopes to be wise in the ways of finding gold and other precious metals. The mining exploration and development company owns numerous properties in Ontario and Quebec, as well as Nevada. The company made a significant move into Nevada in late 2004 when it acquired the Pony Spur and Dike mining properties (in the south end of the Carlin-Rain Trend, Nevada), as well as the Corridors and Sugarloaf properties (located in the Midas Trend, Nevada).

Address: 365 Bay St., Ste. 500Toronto, Ontario M5H 2V1, Canada Phone: 416-204-3170 Fax: 416-260-2243

• President, CEO, and Director: C. Nigel Lees • Chairman: Patrick J. Mars • CFO: William D. (Bill) Love

Sanders Lead Company, Inc.

Old car batteries are just something to trip over for most people, but they look like money to Sanders Lead. The company recycles lead-acid batteries and smelts and refines the lead -- in other words, it gets the lead out. Members of the Sanders family, including company president Wiley Sanders, are major investors in Sanders Lead. Wiley Sanders also owns a stake in KW Plastics, which recycles polypropylene and polyethylene products.

Address: 1 Sanders Rd.Troy, AL 36079 Phone: 334-566-1563 Fax: 334-660-0107

• President: Wiley C. Sanders Jr. • CFO and Controller: Wayne Turberville • VP, Operations: Bart Sanders

Sasol Limited [SSL]

operations. It markets liquid and gaseous fuels (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, fuel alcohol, and fuel oils) and lubricants. The company also converts coal into synthetic fuels. Petroleum is used as a feedstock in some of Sasol's chemical products, which include surfactants, olefins, polymers, and solvents. To create feedstock for its synthetic fuels and chemicals plants, Sasol operates coal mines in South Africa. The company has chemical manufacturing and marketing operations in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Its Sasol Petroleum International unit explores for and produces oil and gas in western and southern Africa. Sasol incorporated in 1979.

Address: 1 Sturdee Ave., RosebankJohannesburg 2196, South Africa Phone: +27-11-441-3111 Fax: +27-11-788-5092

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 10141.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 7.20% Employees (2005): 30,004 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-2.90%)

• CEO and Director: L. Patrick A. (Pat) Davies • Deputy CEO and Director: Trevor S. Munday • CFO and Director: Christine Ramon

Saville Resources Inc.

The miners of Saville are looking for ore bodies. Saville Resources is a Canadian junior mining company that explores and develops mineral properties in British Columbia, Canada. Its primary project in the area is the Bud gold, silver, and copper property, which it has been exploring since 2003. None of Saville Resources' projects are in production.

Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste. 1760Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T8, Canada Phone: 604-646-7216 Fax: 604-688-6552 • President, CEO, and

Director: Xiao Hai Yin

SEMAFO Inc.

Scarborough Minerals plc

Scarborough Minerals is looking for gold, in hopes that the green will follow. The company, formerly called Greenwich Resources, owns gold properties in northeastern Greece (the Sappes Gold Project) and Ireland. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary United Goldfields Corporation, it owns two mineral interests in western Australia (Paddington Gold Mine and Golden Ridge Mine). In 2006 the company merged with two Australian mining firms to form a new company under the name Scarborough Minerals. The former Greenwich Resources acquired Danae and Buka Minerals to form Scarborough.

Address: 1 Mathon Place, MathonMalvern, Worcestershire WR13 5NZ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1-684-892550 Fax: +44-1-684-892271

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2004): 0.30 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-6.20%) Employees (2004): 5 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Executive Director: Robert J Champion de Crespigny

Scorpio Mining Corporation

Scorpio Mining hopes it can thrive in the desert. The Canadian company is primarily exploring and developing the Nuestra Senora project in Sinaloa, Mexico. The project mainly holds silver, but also has been found to contain zinc, copper, and lead deposits. Scorpio Mining has options on other various mineral resource properties in Nova Scotia and Quebec.

Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 511Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2B3, Canada Phone: 604-678-9639 Fax: 604-602-9640

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Peter J. Hawley • CFO: Jean-Yves Laliberte

SearchGold Resources Inc.

True to its name SearchGold Resources is looking for gold, but diamonds are also an important part of its exploration business. Its most promising projects include the Bakoudou gold deposit in Gabon and the Mandala diamond property in Guinea. Besides surface exploration of the Bakoudou site, the company is also investigating other promising prospects in West Africa. In 2004 SearchGold Resources acquired exploration properties in Quebec, including Lake Chevrier and Fortune Lake West.

Address: 440 René-Levesque West Blvd., Ste. 1160Montreal, Quebec H2Z 1V7, Canada Phone: 514-866-4224 Fax: 514-866-2626 • President, CEO, and

Director: Philippe Giaro SEMAFO may be based in Canada, but it finds all of its gold in West Africa. The company produces precious metals at its mines in Guinea (Kiniero Gold Mine) and Niger (Samira Hill Gold Mine). Samira Hill accounts for most of the company's gold production. It's also exploring and developing gold properties in Burkina Faso and Ghana. The company is looking to expand production by starting mining operations at its Mana project in Burkina Faso. In late 2005 controlling shareholder Managem sold nearly all of its 52% interest in the company to Georesources Exploration.

Address: 750, Marcel-Laurin Blvd., Ste. 375Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4M 2M4, Canada Phone: 514-744-4408 Fax: 514-744-2291


• Chairman: Jean Lamarre • CEO and President: Benoit La Salle • COO: Benoit Desormeaux

Senator Minerals Inc.

Senator Minerals is bypassing Nevada's casinos and heading straight for deposits of precious metals underground. The company explores and acquires gold, silver, and copper properties primarily in Nevada (Elko County), but also in Alaska and northwestern Arizona. It also has copper interests in Canada. Management and directors hold about 30% of Senator Minerals.

Address: 418 E. 14th St.North Vancouver, British Columbia V7L 2N8, Canada Phone: 604-904-1330 Fax: 425-984-9440

• CEO and President: Donald A. (Tony) Simon • Manager, Business Development: Keith Patey

Serengeti Resources Inc.

Serengeti Resources explores for gold and copper on the plains of North America. The company's projects are mostly located in the Western Cordillera area of British Columbia. It has partnered with fellow miner Rimfire Minerals Corporation in drilling at the Tide property and has staked a claim at the Twin Property. It has several other mineral claims in the area at less advanced stages.


• President, CEO, and Director: David W. Moore • CFO and Director: Ian D. Brown

Yes

Yes

Sharpe Resources Corporation [SHGPF.OB]

Resources now keeps a sharp eye out for a natural resource opportunities in the US. For the last decade the company has been engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, primarily in Texas. Through its Sharpe Energy Company subsidiary, Sharpe Resources produces about 5 barrels of oil per day from its working interests in Texas. In 2004 the company announced that it intended to refocus the company's operations on gold and silver mining by acquiring 60% of a gold mining project in Lyon County, Nevada.

Address: 3258 Mob Neck Rd.Heathsville, VA 22473 Phone: 804-580-8107 Fax: 804-580-4132

• President, CEO, and Director: Roland M. Larsen

ShenHua Group Corporation Limited

ShenHua Group trades in coal. Established in 1995 by the Chinese government, ShenHua oversees coal production in the country's Shenfu Dongsheng Coal Fields as well as affiliated chemical processing and power generation operations. Subsidiary China Shenhua Energy was spun off in 2005, taking most of the group's coal production and sales operations. The group continues to hold stakes in Shaanxi Guohua Jinjie Energy Corporation (power generation), Shenhua Shendong Power (coal-based chemical processing and power generation), Guohua Energy Investments (investment in coal-mining companies), and Xisanju Companies (coal mining and power generation).

Address: 17/F-18/F Shenhua Mansion, No.22, Xibinhe Rd., Andingmen, DongBeijing, Beijing 100011, China Phone: +86-105-8132114

• Chairman and Executive Director: Chen Biting

Sherritt International Corporation

Sherritt International is aiming to be the new sheriff in the energy business. The company is primarily involved in nickel and cobalt mining, thermal coal production, oil and gas exploration and production, and electricity generation. Its largest operation is the metals mining segment (about 40% of sales), which operates Moa Nickel, a Cuban mining and processing facility, as well as a metal refinery in Canada. Sherritt's coal revenue is derived from its 50% holding in top Canadian thermal coal producer Luscar Energy Partnership. Sherritt also operates oil and natural gas fields in Cuba and Spain. Also in Cuba, the company has a one-third interest in electricity generating company Energas.

Address: 1133 Yonge St.Toronto, Ontario M4T 2Y7, Canada Phone: 416-924-4551 Fax: 416-924-5015


• Chairman: Ian W. Delaney • President, CEO, and Director: Jowdat Waheed • VP, Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs: Deanna L. Horton

Silver Quest Resources Ltd.

Silver Quest Resources, formerly Southern Rio Resources, hasn't had to go too far south to find precious and base metal deposits. The company primarily explores and develops gold, silver, and copper properties in British Columbia. It also has a stake in properties located in Ontario and the Yukon. Silver Quest is looking for joint venture partners for the exploration of some of its properties. None of its operations are in production.

Address: 650 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1410Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4N8, Canada Phone: 604-687-3959 Fax: 604-408-0489

• President, CEO, and Director: Lindsay R. Bottomer • CFO and Director: Randy C. Turner

Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. [SLGLF.OB]

Silverado Gold Mines is fuel of ideas. The company has four Alaskan gold properties: Hammond, Nolan, Eagle Creek, and Ester Dome. However, while its gold properties are still being explored, Silverado is looking for a new source of income. It formed subsidiary Silverado Green Fuel to develop low-rank coal-water fuel (LRCWF, used in oil-fired boilers and utility generators). The company plans to convert its Grant Mill site to an LRCWF facility. Tri-Con Mining, an affiliate owned by Silverado chairman and CEO Garry Anselmo, handles Silverado's exploration and development operations.

Address: 1111 W. Georgia St., Ste. 505Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4M3, Canada Phone: 604-689-1535 Fax: 604-682-3519

• Chairman, President, CEO, COO, and CFO: Garry L. Anselmo

SIMCALA, Inc.

SiPi Metals Corp.

SilverCrest Mines Inc.

SilverCrest Mines has its mind on silver. The company, through its Norcrest Silver subsidiary, explores and develops silver properties in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. SilverCrest Mines is also making inroads into the US with its Blackstone mine in Idaho. Officers and directors hold an interest of approximately 30% in SilverCrest Mines.

Address: 1311 Howe St., Ste. 405Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2P3, Canada Phone: 604-691-1730 Fax: 604-691-1761

• President: J. Scott Drever • COO: Eric N. Fier • CFO: Barney Magnusson

SIMCALA, also known as Silicon Mining Co. of Alabama, produces high-grade silicon metal used in chemical and aluminum products. The aluminum industry uses silicon metal to make alloys for automotive components such as engine housings, pistons, and cast aluminum wheels; chemical companies use it to produce silicone for lubricants, gaskets, and cosmetics, and to make polysilicon, an element used in making silicon wafers for semiconductors. The company's smelting process also produces microsilica, which is used as a strengthener and filler by the concrete, refractory, mineral, and oil exploration industries. SIMCALA has been a Dow Corning subsidiary since 2003.

Address: 1940 Ohio Ferro Alloys Rd.Mt. Meigs, AL 36057 Phone: 334-215-7560 Fax: 334-215-8969

• CFO: R. Myles Cowan II • VP Sales and Marketing: Bob Konecny • President: William E. Boardwine

SiPi Metals recovers precious metals (including gold, silver, and platinum group metals) from scrap generated by the aerospace, chemical, electronics, and photographic industries. An old hand at metal recycling -- the company was founded in 1905 -- SiPi specializes in recovering metals heavily contaminated with substances such as fiberglass and plastic. The company also produces brass, bronze, and other copper alloys. SiPi employees own a majority of the company through an employee stock ownership plan.

Address: 1720 N. Elston Ave.Chicago, IL 60622-1579 Phone: 773-276-0070 Fax: 773-276-7014


• President: Leslie S. Pinsof • CFO: Marion A. Cameron • SVP, Operations: Robert S. Glidden

SLAM Exploration Ltd.

SLAM Exploration is swinging for the fences in the pursuit of precious and base metals. The company is part owner of the Bathurst joint venture with Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda) to develop zinc and lead deposits in New Brunswick. Also in that province it has some other silver, lead, and zinc properties. SLAM Exploration holds several gold projects in northwestern Ontario, including the Cadman Lake, Reserve Creek, and Opikeigen properties.

Address: 285 Campbell St.Miramichi, New Brunswick E1V 1R4, Canada Phone: 506-627-1353 Fax: 506-627-1328

Fiscal Year End: January Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-46.30%)

• Chairman: John A. Hansuld • CEO: Michael R. (Mike) Taylor

Sloss Industries Corporation

A subsidiary of Walter Industries, Sloss Industries makes foundry coke, furnace coke, slag fiber, and specialty chemicals. Foundry coke is sold to ductile iron pipe plants (including fellow Walter Industries unit U.S. Pipe) and to foundries that produce castings, such as for the automotive and agricultural equipment industries. Furnace coke is sold mainly to steelmakers. The slag fiber made by Sloss is used primarily by makers of acoustical ceiling tile. The company's specialty chemical products include nutraceutical components, pharmaceutical raw materials, plastics additives, and rubber additives. Sloss was founded in 1918.

Address: 3500 35th Ave. North, PO Box 5327Birmingham, AL 35207-0327 Phone: 205-808-7803 Fax: 205-808-7715


• President: Chuck Stewart • EVP and CFO: Carol Farrell

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Sojitz Corporation

Sojitz Corporation is trading in all kinds of places. Formerly called Sojitz Holdings, the company's 400-plus subsidiaries trade in a wide array of businesses, ranging from steel and automobile parts to apparel, making it one of the largest trading houses in Japan. Sojitz's other major businesses include aerospace, foods, oil and gas, chemicals and plastics, retail property development, and construction materials. Asia and North America (through its Sojitz Corporation of America unit) are major contributors to its overseas trading operations. Sojitz was formed by a merger of two Japanese trading powerhouses, Nissho Iwai and Nichimen Corporation.

Address: 1-20 Akasaka 6-chome, Minato-kuTokyo 107-8655, Japan Phone: +81-3-5446-3600 Fax: +81-3-5446-1542

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 2271.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-3.70%) Employees (2005): 16,419 Employee Growth (1 yr): 12.50%

• President and CEO: Akio Dobashi • Senior Managing Executive Officer, New Business Development: Yasuyuki Fujishima • Managing Executive Officer, CFO: Yoji Sato

Sojitz Corporation of America

adjourn. The company, formed by the merger of Nissho Iwai American Corporation and Nichimen America, is the US trading arm for the Japan-based Sojitz Holdings Corporation that distributes goods such as industrial machinery, aerospace equipment, chemicals, food, lumber, and a variety of consumer products. Its investment division provides financing, direct investment, insurance services, and logistics services. Sojitz Corporation of America is responsible for all operations in North, Central, and South America.

Address: 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 44th Fl.New York, NY 10036-8880 Phone: 212-704-6500 Fax: 212-704-6947

• President and CEO: Jun Matsumoto • CFO: Takashi Tsukada

Solitaire Minerals Corp.

Solitaire Minerals is going at it alone to explore and develop precious and base metal properties in Canada. The junior mineral exploration company is focusing on prospects in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Its High Rock Lake project in Saskatchewan is an agreement to acquire 100% interest in uranium claims in the area. None of its properties are in production.

Address: 1788 - 650 W. Georgia St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4N8, Canada Phone: 604-683-5445 Fax: 604-687-9631 • President and Director:

Charles Desjardins

Solitario Resources Corporation [SOLI.PK]

Solitude can be a precious resource, but Solitario Resources is more interested in finding precious minerals. The company explores for and develops gold, silver, platinum, copper, and zinc properties in Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. It also owns an interest in a mineral property in Nevada. Solitario has formed an alliance to explore for gold in South America with a unit of industry giant Newmont Mining.

Address: 4251 Kipling St., Ste. 390Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Phone: 303-534-1030 Fax: 303-534-1809


• Chairman: Mark E. Jones III • President, CEO, and Director: Christopher E. Herald • CFO and Secretary: James R. Maronick

Solomon Resources Limited

Solomon Resources is a junior mineral exploration firm with gold and copper projects on several continents. In Asia, the company has projects in Mongolia. It also operates several projects in Australia, including Kalgoorlie and Newcrest (a joint venture with Newcrest Mining). In the Americas, Solomon Resources has gold properties in Alaska, Canada, and Chile. The company funds these exploration projects through the sale of company shares or the sale of its investments.


Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2005): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.90%

• President, CEO, and Director: Lawrence J. (Larry) Nagy • President: Keith Laskowski

Sonora Gold Corp.

Glittering gold may not be just a mirage for Sonora Gold. Formerly International Coromandel Resources, the company acquires and develops mineral resource properties in Sonora, Mexico. Its primary project is the Santa Gertrudis gold property, which was in production in the 1990s by previous owners Phelps Dodge Mining and Campbell. The company is also exploring the less advanced San Enrique copper, gold, and molybdenum project, located near the Santa Gertrudis mine. Sonora Gold is part of the United Resource Group, which handles administration for the company.


• President and CEO: Dave McMillan • CFO: Harold Forzley

Southern Star Resources Inc.

Southern Star Resources is shining brightly in Canada. The company is exploring and developing gold properties in the prolific Red Lake region of Ontario. Its primary operation is a joint venture with Exall Resources to explore the Gold Eagle Mine property. The mine was last in production during the 1930s and 1940s. Southern Star doesn't have mines in production.



• Chairman: Robert D. Cudney • President and Director: John G. Tait • CFO: Brent Peters

Southwestern Resources Corp.

based Southwestern Resources logs a lot of miles to find the right spot to dig into the ground. Its main property is the Boka Gold project, covering about 60 square miles in the Yunnan Province of China. In Peru the company formed a partnership with Anglo American Exploration to explore the Antay copper project. In addition, Southwestern Resources holds the Accha zinc project and has teamed up with other large mining companies, including Newmont Mining, to develop other gold and silver properties in Peru. Southwestern Resources sold its Canabrava Diamond subsidiary to Superior Diamonds in exchange for a 15% stake in the company.



• Chairman: W. David Black • President, CEO, and Director: John G. Paterson • VP, Corporate Affairs: Thomas W. (Tom) Beattie

Sparton Resources Inc.

Sparton Resources started in Canada, but has gone all the way to China in search of base and precious metals. The company has exploration and development activities in Canada, China, and Mexico. Since 2004, Sparton Resources has primarily been exploring the Luxi Gold Project in the Yunnan Province of China. The company also holds a minor stake in an undeveloped natural gas reserve in Nova Scotia.

Address: 55 University Ave., Ste. 605Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7, Canada Phone: 416-366-3551 Fax: 416-366-7421

• Chairman: Edward G. Thompson • President and CEO: Alan Lee Barker

Special Metals Corporation

Special Metals makes nickel- and cobalt-based alloys and superalloys for aircraft engine rotating components and other high-performance systems. The company's products are designed to withstand extreme heat, stress, and corrosion. They are available as billet, plate, and tube; extruded shapes; and wire and welding consumables. Special Metals also makes wrought superalloys and superalloy powders. Customers include companies in the aerospace, automotive, chemical, petroleum, and power generation industries. Special Metals has 10 plants in the US and Europe. The company has agreed to be acquired by Precision Castparts, which makes investment castings used in aerospace and power generation applications.

Address: 3200 Riverside Dr.Huntington, WV 25705-1771 Phone: 304-526-5100 Fax: 304-526-5643

• Chairman: Leo G. Thompson • President: Dennis L. Wanlass • VP and CFO: Douglas D. Watts

Spectrum Metals Inc.

Spectrum Metals, which does business as Corrosion Materials, supplies customers with corrosion-resistant alloys. The company's products include more than a dozen nickel alloys and several grades of titanium alloys. Corrosion Materials sells its alloys in a variety of forms, including bar, fittings, flanges, pipe, plate, sheet, and tubing. Through its Sunshine Metals subsidiary, the company distributes aluminum plate and bar products.

Address: 2262 Groom Rd.Baker, LA 70714 Phone: 225-775-3675 Fax: 225-774-0514

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 36.90 M Employees (2005): 136 • VP Finance: Bernadette

Wege

St Andrew Goldfields Ltd.

St Andrew Goldfields may be the patron saint of shiny metal objects. The company explores and develops gold and silver mining properties in North America. It plans to develop properties in the near term in Ontario and Alaska, as well as in British Columbia. The company's Stock Gold Complex in Ontario is closest to production (expected to begin production in late 2005.) St Andrew Goldfields has a 65% interest in Heritage Explorations. In 2005 it sold its 28% interest in technology-based exploration company Geoinformatics Exploration.

Address: 1540 Cornwall Rd., Ste. 212Oakville, Ontario L6J 7W5, Canada Phone: 905-815-9855 Fax: 905-815-9437


• Chairman: Herbert Abramson • President, CEO, and Director: Glenn Laing • Manager, Corporate Development and Investor Relations: Miles S. Speedie

Sterlite Gold Ltd.

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St Barbara Mines Limited

Australian mining company St Barbara Mines pulls out more than 80,000 ounces of gold annually from mines in western Australia. Mining operations include its Southern Cross mine, which accounts for all of the company's gold production, as well as exploration activities at Leonora, Tarmoola, and Gwalia Deeps, among others. St Barbara Mines sold its 54% interest in NuStar Mining Corporation in 2005 in order to refinance the company and pay off existing debts. Later in 2005 it acquired the gold business from fellow Australian gold miner Sons of Gwalia.

Address: Level 2, 16 Ord St.West Perth 6005, Australia Phone: +61-8-9476-5555 Fax: +61-8-9476-5500


• Chairman: Colin Wise • Managing Director and CEO: Eduard Eshuys • CFO and Secretary: Ross J. Kennedy

Statesman Resources Ltd.

Statesman Resources is looking for a mining project it can really get behind. Formerly called Aeon Ventures, the exploration and development company doesn't have any assets but the Canadian-based company is looking for properties or other businesses it can acquire and operate. Statesman Resources currently has no revenue-generating mining operations under its control.


• Chairman: Glenn Whiddon • President, CEO, and Director: Keith Coughlin

Stemcor Holdings Limited

Not much can stem the global tide of steel from Stemcor. From more than 50 offices in countries all over the world, the company purchases, trades, markets, and sells raw steel, semi-finished steel, and end-user steel materials. Some of the types of steel traded include billets, bright bar, engineering steel, reinforcing bar, slabs, and stainless steel wire. Stemcor assists companies with financing the purchase of steel and offers its own network for distribution of steel products by land and sea.The company traces its roots to the establishment of a joint venture between industrialist H.A. Oppenheimer and CCC Germany in 1951.

Address: Level 27, City Point, 1 Ropemaker St.London EC2Y 9ST, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7775-3600 Fax: +44-20-7775-3679


• Executive Chairman: Ralph Oppenheimer • Group Managing Director: Julian Verden • Finance Director: David Paul

Mining company Sterlite Gold explores properties primarily in Asia and the former Soviet Union. Its Ararat Gold Recovery Company (AGRC) subsidiary focuses on an operation in Armenia that includes the Zod and Meghradzor mines and a tailings plant in Ararat. Total gold production at Ararat amounts to about 70,000 ounces annually. The company also has exploration projects in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). Sterlite -- along with the associated Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (mining, metals, fiber optics) -- became controlled by Twin Star Holdings in 2002, when that company's stake increased to more than 55%.

Address: 44 Hill St., MayfairLondon W1X 7FR, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7629-6070 Fax: +44-20-7629-7426


• Chairman: Anil Agrawal • President and CEO: B. K. Sharma • CFO: B. S. Vadivelu

Stillwater Mining Company [SWC]

Stillwater Mining holds claim to the only significant source of platinum and palladium outside South Africa and Russia. The company extracts, processes, and refines platinum group metals (PGMs) -- platinum, palladium, and associated minerals -- at mines and a smelter in Montana. PGMs are used in catalytic converters for automobiles, as well as in jewelry and in various industrial applications. Stillwater Mining produces some 430,000 ounces of palladium and 125,000 ounces of platinum annually. By-product minerals include copper, gold, nickel, and silver. The company has proven and probable reserves of about 42 million tons of ore. Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel owns a 55% stake in Stillwater Mining.

Address: 1321 Discovery Dr.Billings, MT 59102 Phone: 406-373-8700 Fax: 406-373-8701


• Chairman and CEO: Francis R. (Frank) McAllister • EVP and COO: Stephen A. Lang • VP and CFO: Gregory A. Wing

Sunshine Metals

Sulliden Exploration Inc.

Sulliden Exploration dreams in metallic colors. The company explores for and develops properties in Canada and Peru in hopes of finding gold, lead, silver, and other deposits. The company's primary focus has been its wholly-owned Shahuindo Gold-Silver project located in northern Peru. The exploration of the Shahuindo project has largely been on hold pending the outcome of a court case resolving an ownership dispute of the property with Algamarca. Sulliden Exploration was founded in 1985.


Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2004): 0.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 23.20% Employees (2004): 10

• Acting Chairman: James H. Coleman • President, CEO, and Director: Jacques Trottier • CFO and Secretary: Michel Rathé

Sumikin Bussan Corporation

Sumikin Bussan is some kind of busy trader. The company is primarily engaged in the trading of iron and steel, textiles, and food products; it also trades machinery, nonferrous metals, chemicals and plastics, and other items. In addition, Sumikin Bussan makes office, construction, and manufacturing equipment and buys and sells real estate. Founded to carry out the Sumitomo Group's metal-trading business, Sumikin Bussan expanded into other commodities (textiles, apparel, and foodstuffs) after acquiring Itoman in 1993. Steel products manufacturer Sumitomo Metal Industries owns about 40% of Sumikin Bussan.

Address: 6-2, Hommachi 3-chome, Chuo-kuOsaka 541-8544, Japan Phone: +81-6-6244-8001 Fax: +81-6-6244-8009

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 9575.40 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 13.30% Employees (2005): 3,607 Employee Growth (1 yr): 1.60% • President and CEO:

Gashun Amaya Sunshine Metals distributes aluminum bar, block, rod, and plate products to aerospace, military, and commercial customers worldwide through distribution centers in California, Kansas, Washington state, and China. Among the company's main suppliers for the products it distributes are Alcoa, Kaiser Aluminum, and Weber Metals. Sunshine Metals is a unit of Spectrum Metals, which does business as Corrosion Materials.

Address: 1302 Clarkson Clayton Center, Ste. 209Ellisville, MO 63011 Phone: 636-527-7050 Fax: 636-527-7052

• President: Chuck Tussey • VP International Sales: David Haywood

Tang Industries, Inc.

Although it's not a good source of Vitamin C, Tang Industries "is" a diversified holding company. Its largest subsidiary, National Material, is a metal fabricating and distributing company that engages in steel stamping and recycles and trades aluminum and scrap metal. Another subsidiary, SKD Automotive Group, makes stamped and welded vehicle components, including chassis, structural, and suspension components. Tang Industries also owns manufacturer GF Office Furniture and has investments in pharmaceuticals and real estate. Tang Industries was founded in 1960 by Chinese immigrant Cyrus Tang after he bought a small metal-stamping shop in Illinois.

Address: 3773 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Ste. 350NLas Vegas, NV 89109 Phone: 702-734-3700 Fax: 702-734-6766

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Cyrus Tang • Treasurer and Secretary: John Chen

Target Exploration and Mining Corp.

Target Exploration and Mining has its sights now set on gold. The mining company (formerly Leicester Diamond Mines) had aimed to explore for diamonds, generally in the Otish Mountains region of Quebec. Its diamond activities are on hold as it is reorganizing its operations, after having dumped its holdings in various mineral properties. Target Exploration and Mining exploration does have option agreements for several gold and copper properties in British Columbia.

Address: 1066 W. Hastings St., Ste. 2300Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3X2, Canada Phone: 604-601-8273 Fax: 604-601-8250

• President, CEO, and Director: Mark J. Morabito • CFO and Director: Jon D. Bridgman • Corporate Secretary: Brigitte M. McArthur

Teck Cominco Limited

Teck Cominco really digs zinc. Its Red Dog mine in Alaska holds one of the world's largest zinc reserves. The company also owns or has interests in a number of mines located in Canada and Peru. Teck Cominco also mines gold, coal, and copper. In 2003 it traded its metallurgical coal interests and $150 million for a stake in the newly formed Fording Canadian Coal Trust. Teck Cominco holds about 40% of the Elk Valley Coal partnership, with the trust controlling the remainder, and manages its operations. In 2006 Teck Cominco offered to buy Canadian nickel miner Inco for $16 billion. Predecessor Teck was founded in 1913 as a gold miner, and the company still mines more than 250,000 ounces of gold a year in Canada.

Address: 200 Burrard St., Ste. 600Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L9, Canada Phone: 604-687-1117 Fax: 604-687-6100


• Chairman: Norman B. Keevil • President, CEO, and Director: Donald R. (Don) Lindsay • SVP, Corporate Development: Robert J. Vance

TECO Coal Corporation

For TECO Coal buried treasure doesn't have to be bright and shiny, sometimes it's coal black. The company, a subsidiary of TECO Energy, owns 13 operating subsidiaries that mine and produce volatile metallurgical, ultra low ash, and low sulfur coals. Additionally the companies make synthetic fuel, and processes coal. The mines and facilities are in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. TECO Coal operates 28 underground and 10 surface mines from four mining complexes. None of the coal it produces is sold to TECO Energy's electric company. Its customers are the steel industry and electric utilities.

Address: 200 Allison Blvd.Corbin, KY 40701 Phone: 606-523-4444 Fax: 606-523-4490


• President: J. J. (Jim) Shackleford • VP, Operations: Robert Zik • VP, Comptroller: Clark Taylor

Tenke Mining Corp.

company primarily explores for copper and gold in South America (via the Josemaria, Vicuña, and Batidero projects in Argentina) and copper in Africa (through a 55% interest in the Tenke Fungurume Project located in Congo's Katanga province). In addition, the mining company has obtained the earn-in rights to TNR Resources Ltd.'s Northern Properties, a combination of copper and gold exploration properties in San Juan and La Rioja provinces of Argentina.

Address: 2101-885 W. Georgia St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E8, Canada Phone: 604-689-7842 Fax: 604-689-4250


• Chairman: Lukas H. Lundin • President, CEO, and Director: Paul K. Conibear • CFO: Wanda Lee

Terra Nova Gold Corp.

Terra Nova Gold, formerly GlobeNet Resources, is looking for a bit of earth to explore. The company had several unsuccessful gold exploration projects in Newfoundland, but wrote them off in 2005. Terra Nova also dropped its option on the San Diego gold property in Mexico. UK-based investment firm Ocean Resources Capital holds about 45% of the company.

Address: 3rd Fl., 157 Alexander St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1B8, Canada Phone: 604-684-0561 Fax: 604-602-9311

• CEO and Director: David Patterson • President and Director: Harvey Keats

Terraco Gold Corp.

Terraco Energy, was a Canadian oil and gas company that entered the gold mining business by purchasing properties in Nevada and Arizona. It controls a 3-mile strike in the "Bonanza" gold property in the Harquahala Mining District in La Paz County, Arizona. The area is home to two of the largest gold mines in the district. Other properties the company is exploring include two Nevada prospects: Eagleville (in Mineral County) and Tuscarora (in Elko County) in Nevada. Terraco is seeking silver in addition to gold.

Address: 666 Burrard St., Ste. 500Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3P6, Canada Phone: 604-639-3199 Fax: 604-639-3197

• President and Director: Todd Hilditch • CFO and Corporate Secretary: Rochelle Pires

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Tertiary Minerals plc

Tertiary Minerals is in the age of exploration. The company explores for gold, platinum group metals, copper, and other minerals primarily in Scandinavia and Saudi Arabia. Some of its projects include Ghurayyah (tantalum-niobium) in Saudi Arabia, Ahmavuoma (copper and gold) in Sweden, and Kaaresselkä (gold) in Finland. Tantalum is used in capacitors for consumer electronics. Its diamond interests, including the Kuusamo project in Finland, were spun off as a separate company -- called Sunrise Diamonds -- in 2005. Tertiary Minerals holds approximately 25% of Sunrise Diamonds.

Address: Sunrise House, Hulley RoadMacclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2LP, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1625-626-203 Fax: +44-1625-626-204 • Executive Chairman:

Patrick L. Cheetham

Teryl Resources Corp. [TRYLF.PK]

Teryl Resources braves the cold in Alaska and the heat in Texas. The company owns interests in several gold properties in Alaska's Fairbanks Mining Division. The 20%-owned Gil project in Alaska is a partnership with Kinross Gold. It also holds a silver prospect in British Columbia. Teryl Resources, through subsidiary Teryl Inc., has oil and gas operations in Texas.

Address: 1103 - 11871 Horseshoe WayRichmond, British Columbia V7A 5H5, Canada Phone: 604-278-5996 Fax: 604-278-3409

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.60% Employees (2005): 250

• President and Secretary, and Director: John G. Robertson • CFO and Director: Susanne Robertson

Teuton Resources Corp.

Teuton Resources doesn't have to venture far from home to find precious metals. The company explores gold and silver properties in the Stewart and Eskay Creek regions of British Columbia. It has about six properties its developing including Bonsai, Tennyson, and Treaty Oak. Most of the company's projects are being developed in conjunction with option partners.

Address: 675 W. Hastings St., Ste. 207Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1N2, Canada Phone: 604-682-3680 Fax: 604-682-3992 • President: Dino

Cremonese

Texas T Minerals Inc.

Texas T Minerals (formerly Texas T Resources) now prefers to hunt for gold, not Texas tea. The former oil and gas exploration and production company operated in the Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces of Canada, as well as in Eastern Europe. The company has been restructuring and divesting subsidiaries. It has shifted its focus to exploring for minerals in northern Quebec. Texas T Minerals has acquired an option from Canadian Royalties Inc. for a 50% stake in part of the Raglan Mine. It has also signed a letter of intent to acquire an option on the La Isla property in the Inca del Oro region of northern Chile. The property is a gold, silver, and copper prospect.

Address: 1530 9th Ave. SECalgary, Alberta T2G 0T7, Canada Phone: 403-290-1250 Fax: 403-272-3620

• President, CFO, Secretary, and Director: Jacqueline Danforth

Texxon, Inc. [TXXNE.OB]

Texxon, a development stage company not related to global oil giant Exxon Mobil, is working to license a process to withdraw platinum from mineralized water, and it has lined up potential customers for the platinum. But Texxon lacks the cash to commercialize its operations, and the company in the meantime has acquired telecommunications services provider V3 Global. To expand its telecom operations, Texxon announced plans in 2005 to buy TelePlus, which resells airtime for international wireless communications.

Address: 207 N. Gilbert, Ste. 210-DGilbert, AZ 85234 Phone: 480-215-0195

• Chairman and CEO: Benjamin Hansel • President and Director: Gifford Mabie III

The Coteau Properties Company

garde film maker. Rather the Coteau Properties Company mines some 16 million tons of coal each year from its Freedom Mine in Beulah, North Dakota. It began operations in 1983. Its coal is marketed through a partnership with a subsidiary of Basin Electric. Customers primarily are electric utilities, though Coteau also sells to another Basin subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Company, which operates a coal gasification plant. The company is a part of NACCO Industries subsidiary The North American Coal Corporation.

Address: 204 County Rd. 15Beulah, ND 58523 Phone: 701-873-2281 Fax: 701-873-7226


• President: Marc Schulz • CTO: Doug Ritzke

The David J. Joseph Company

Since it has been in business since the nineteenth century, it's probably fair to say that The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) has been in a scrap or two. One of the largest scrap-metal brokerage operations in the US, DJJ recycles and sells both ferrous (iron and steel) and nonferrous metals (copper, aluminum, lead, and brass) worldwide. To accomplish this feat, the company operates more than 25 scrap processing centers (including more than 10 automobile shredders) and about a dozen trading offices in the US. Its shredders can process up to a million car hulks each year. DJJ is a subsidiary of Netherlands-based energy and retail firm SHV Holdings.

Address: 300 Pike St.Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: 513-419-6200 Fax: 513-419-6222

• President and CEO: Keith B. Grass • EVP and CFO: James H. Goetz • SVP, IT: Gary Muzzillo

The Doe Run Company

The Doe Run Company assures us that no female deer are injured or killed in the production of its metal products. The company is primarily involved in mining, milling, smelting, and refining lead. It is also engaged in the recycling and fabrication of lead and lead products. Doe Run has operations in the US (Arizona, Missouri, and Washington) and South America (Peru). The venerable US company expanded outside of the US for the first time in 1997 when it acquired the smelters and refineries in La Oroya, Peru, and the Cobriza copper mine, creating Doe Run Peru.

Address: 1801 Park 270 Dr., Ste. 300St. Louis, MO 63146 Phone: 314-453-7100 Fax: 314-453-7177

Fiscal Year End: October Revenue (2005): 867.30 M Employees (2005): 4,271

• Chairman: Ira Leon Rennert • President and CEO: Bruce Neil • CFO: David A. Chaput

The North American Coal Corporation

The North American Coal Corporation has been digging up dirt since 1913. The company, a subsidiary of NACCO Industries that's also known as NACoal, operates surface lignite mines in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Texas. It has 2.4 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. It operates through subsidiary companies like Coteau Properties, Falkirk Mining, and Red River Mining Company. NACoal is the oldest of NACCO's subsidiaries, which also include Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex and NACCO Material Handling, the maker of Yale-branded forklifts.

Address: 14785 Preston Rd., Ste. 1100Dallas, TX 75240 Phone: 972-239-2625 Fax: 972-387-1328


• President and CEO: Robert L. (Bob) Benson • SVP, Business Development and Engineering: Clark A. Moseley • SVP and CFO: Charles B. (Chuck) Friley

The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co.

Midway Coal Mining for his eyes. The subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (formerly called ChevronTexaco), owns and operates coal mines in Alabama, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The company operates two surface mines, the McKinley mine in New Mexico and Kemmerer in Wyoming, and the North River underground mining location in Alabama, as well as a minority interest in a Venezuelan-based operation called Inter-American Coal. P&M sells more than 14 million tons of coal annually and controls more than 165 million tons of developed and undeveloped coal reserves.

Address: 4601 DTC Blvd.Denver, CO 80237 Phone: 303-930-3600 Fax: 303-930-4189

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 255.60 M Employees (2005): 1,387 • President: Steven

(Steve) Parker

Yes

Yes

The Scottish Coal Company Limited

The Scottish Coal Company is the largest coal miner in Scotland and one of the largest coal miners in the UK. The company produces about four million tons of coal annually. Scottish Coal has also been expanding into other businesses: wind farms, water, and waste recycling recovery. It was formerly a part of British Coal, but following the breakup of the company Scottish Coal is now held by Mining (Scotland) Limited. Heavy machinery equipment supplier Castlebridge Plant Limited and waste handling firm Alba Resource Recovery are sister companies of Scottish Coal.

Address: Castlebridge Business ParkGartlove, Clackmannanshire FK10 3PZ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-125-973-3800 Fax: +44-125-973-3850


Key People • Chairman: Prof John Ross Harper

Thistle Mining Inc.

competitors. Formed in 1996, the ambitious gold mining company has set a goal of 500,000 ounces of gold production per year. Thistle has grown by acquiring existing operations. It currently has gold mines in Kazakhstan, the Philippines, and South Africa. The company went through a restructuring in 2005, in which debt holders Casten Holdings and MC Resources received a 35% stake in Thistle.

Address: Private Bag X10206Welkom, Free State 9460, South Africa Phone: +27-57-391-9114 Fax: +27-57-391-9118


• CEO: Gerrit M. Kennedy • Chairman: Rt. Hon. Lord Lang • CFO: Andreas Graetz

Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. [THMG.OB]

Mining company Thunder Mountain Gold is looking for its next project. In September 2005 the company sold its real property and mining claims in the Thunder Mountain District of Valley County, Idaho, to the Trust For Public Land, an environmental group that buys land for conservation. No minerals had been produced on Thunder Mountain Gold's Idaho properties since the early 1990s. Currently the company operates no producing mines and owns no mining properties; it is firmly in the exploration stage.

Address: 3605 E. 16th Ave.Spokane, WA 99223-3620 Phone: 509-535-6092

• President, CEO and Director: E. James Collord • CFO, Secretary, Treasurer and Director: Robin S. McRae

Thundermin Resources Inc.

Thundermin is digging for gold and base metals with furious might. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, and zinc in Canada. It has interests in about 60 properties located in mainly in Manitoba, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Thundermin is concentrating its exploration efforts on the Green Bay and Cape Bay gold properties in Newfoundland.

Address: 111 Richmond St. West, Ste. 1116Toronto, Ontario M5H2G4, Canada Phone: 416-364-0001 Fax: 416-364-5098


• Chairman: James W. Gill • President, CEO, and Director: John B. Heslop

Tiberon Minerals Ltd.

Tungsten seems to be on the tip of Tiberon's tongue. The exploration and mining company's biggest asset is its approximately 80% stake in the Nui Phao tungsten property being developed in Vietnam. It's estimated to have tungsten reserves of 53 million. Once the mine begins operations (expected by 2008), Tiberon has plans to also produce other minerals and metals such as fluorspar, bismuth, gold, and copper. In addition, the company has operations in Canada.


• Chairman: Ian Roderick Gowrie-Smith • President, CEO, and Director: Mario Caron • VP, Finance and CFO: Walter Henry

Tiger International Resources Inc. [TGILF.PK]

Philippines. In the exploration stage, its Esperanza gold project is in the Baguio mines district of the northern Philippines. The company also is exploring the Honey gold and Norman copper claims in the Surigao gold district of northeast Mindanao. In addition, Tiger International Resources has mining interests in Malaysia.

Address: 26981 Highwood CircleLaguna Hills, CA 92653 Phone: 949-362-1600 Fax: 949-362-5055 • President and CEO:

Patric Barry

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Tinka Resources Limited

Tinka Resources doesn't tinker around on its mineral prospects in South America. The junior natural resources company hires experts to conduct drilling and other sampling tasks in its search for gold and copper. Most of its exploration projects are conducted through a partnership with privately held Australian company Sierra Peru. The partnership is currently exploring the Luminaria, Demetrio, Chunumayo, and Tibillos projects in Peru. Tinka Resources also has claims, totaling 17,000 acres, at the Pampa project in south-central Peru. The company had an option agreement with IMA Exploration on 25,000 acres in the Patagonia region of Argentina, but withdrew in 2004.

Address: 1090 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1305Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3V7, Canada Phone: 604-685-9316 Fax: 604-683-1585

• President, CEO, and acting CFO: Andrew J. B. Carter

Tiomin Resources Inc.

Tiomin Resources has titanium on its mind. The company is currently developing its Kwale titanium project in Kenya. Once in production (expected to begin in 2007), Kwale will produce rutile and ilmenite (sources of titanium dioxide), as well as zircon (used in ceramic glazing, foundry molds, and electronics). Titanium dioxide pigment is used in paints, sunscreens, plastics, and textiles. In addition, Tiomin has other exploration properties located in Kenya and Canada. It's also involved in a copper and gold mining joint venture in Peru.

Address: 26 Wellington St. East, Ste. 820Toronto, Ontario M5E1S2, Canada Phone: 416-350-3779 Fax: 416-350-3570

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Jean-Charles Potvin • VP Finance, CFO and Corporate Secretary: Bruce Ramsden • VP Project Development: Robbert Borst

Titanium Metals Corporation [TIE]

sponge. Along with titanium sponge (primary titanium), the company makes melted, mill, and fabricated titanium products. Titanium is a lightweight metal used by commercial and military aerospace manufacturers and the power generation, pollution control, and auto industries. TIMET's aerospace customers, which include Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and United Technologies, use titanium for applications such as jet engine components and wing supports. TIMET operates production facilities in the US and Europe. Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons controls a majority stake in the company.

Address: 1999 Broadway, Ste. 4300Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303-296-5600 Fax: 303-296-5645


• Chairman: Harold C. Simmons • Vice Chairman and CEO: Steven L. Watson • President and COO: Christian Leonhard

TLC Ventures Corp.

TLC Ventures wants to give its mineral exploration and mine development business some tender loving care. The company's only current project is the Point Leamington property in Newfoundland, Canada. The property has estimated potential for yielding zinc and copper in addition to precious metals including gold and silver. It acquired the Point Leamington property from Rubicon Minerals in 2004. Gold Fields controls approximately 10% of TLC Ventures.

Address: 200 Granville St., Ste. 285Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1S4, Canada Phone: 604-681-9944 Fax: 604-681-9955

Henley • Interim CEO and President, CFO, and Director: Edward C. Farrauto • VP, Corporate Development and Director: Blayne Johnson

Tom Exploration Inc.

Tom Exploration thinks gold in Canada is the way to go. The company has mining claims on the Elder, Blondeau, Lalonde, and Tagami properties. It plans to devote most of its resources into developing the Elder gold property in Quebec. Tom Exploration also has an investment in the Bristol gold property (and started exploration on the project in 2005.) Bristol had been previously controlled by major mining players Placer Dome, Teck Corporation, and Cameco Corporation.

Address: 15, Gamble East, Ste. 204Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec J9X 3B6, Canada Phone: 819-797-8668 Fax: 819-797-6050 • President and Director:

Gilles Fiset

Tone Resources Limited

Tone Resources hopes to hit pay dirt in Nevada. Although headquartered in Canada, the company explores for gold in the northern and central part of Nevada. It is exploring nearly 10 mineral properties, many located near popular mining areas in such counties as Elko and Eureka. Since 2004 Tone Resources has been involved in a strategic partnership with fellow Canada-based mining company Teck Cominco for several of its exploration projects in Nevada.

Address: 2244 W. 32nd Ave.Vancouver, British Columbia V6L 2B2, Canada Phone: 604-263-5614 Fax: 604-263-5610

• President and CEO: Scott D. Baxter • Acting CFO: Daniel F. Huber

Toodyay Resources Ltd.

Toodyay Resources, formerly Gympie Gold, is a coal and gold exploration company with operations in Australia. In late 2003 a fire broke out at its Southland Colliery mine, effectively shutting down all operations and forcing the company into bankruptcy. In early 2004 the company divested its gold assets and liquidated other operations. Chinese mining company Yanzhou Coal Mining Company purchased the company's Southland Coal subsidiary, while a combination of mineral exploration companies and investment entities purchased Toodyay Resources' Eldorado Gold operations. After exiting bankruptcy, the company is seeking a fresh start under its new name, Toodyay Resources.

Address: Level 1, 33 Ord St.West Perth 6005, Australia Phone: +61-9286-9999 Fax: +61-9286-9888 • Administrator: Andrew

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Tournigan Gold Corporation

to mine. The junior natural resources company primarily owns two advanced gold projects in Europe. Tournigan's Curraghinalt project in Northern Ireland contains an estimated 260,000 ounces of gold. In the Slovak Republic, Tournigan owns the Kremnica gold project, which has been mined since the Middle Ages and contains an estimated 420,000 ounces of gold and nearly 3 million ounces of silver. The company also holds uranium properties in the Slovak Republic and the US. It had options on sites in El Salvador (including the historic El Potosi gold mine), but sold these projects in 2004.


• CEO: Damien E. Reynolds • President and COO: James Walchuck • CFO: Robert (Bob) Nowell

Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

Toyota Tsusho America, a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, distributes a wide variety of products and provides logistics services from more than 30 offices and warehouses in North America. The company has six operating units, industrial materials (specialty chemicals and automotive materials); logistics and manufacturing support (OEM and aftermarket automotive parts); machinery, electronics, and technology (electronic components); metals (steel and wire cloth, flat-rolled steel, aluminum smelting); natural products and resources (food and paper products); and vehicles (Toyota and Daihatsu products to Latin America and Caribbean countries).

Address: 437 Madison Ave., 29th Fl.New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-418-0100


• President and CEO: Takashi Hasegawa • EVP and COO: William Wiener • General Manager, Machinery, Electronics, and Technology: Tsutomu Suzuki

Trade Winds Ventures Inc.

Trade Winds Ventures is navigating a course through North America to explore and develop mineral properties. The company's primary concern is gold exploration in the prolific Red Lake and Detour Lake districts of Ontario. It also holds the Turner Lake property in Nunavut. Trade Winds Ventures is interested in exploring and developing projects in the US.

Address: 1620 W. 8th Ave., Ste. 302Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1V4, Canada Phone: 604-736-5005 Fax: 604-736-5004

• President and CEO: Ian D. Lambert • CFO: Harvey M. Lawson

Trio Gold Corp.

Trans America Industries Ltd.

Trans America Industries explores for gold...and black gold. In Manitoba, the company has mineral claims at the Lynn Lake gold project. It also holds a small stake in the Claymore/Bonnie Glen oil and gas property in Alberta. In 2005, Trans America Industries formed a joint venture (with Majestic Gold Corp.) to explore for gold in the Shandong Province of China.

Address: 905 W. Pender St., Ste. 300Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1L6, Canada Phone: 604-688-8042 Fax: 604-689-8032

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 304.50% • President and Director:

John K. Campbell

Trans-Siberian Gold plc

It's not easy being in the precious-metals mining business, especially if your mining operations happen to be located in Siberia. Trans-Siberian Gold braves the cold to acquire and develop gold mining properties in Russia. The company's properties include Veduga in western Siberia and Asacha/Rodnikova in eastern Russia. Trans-Siberian Gold is also looking to explore the Yakutia area for gold and silver. Formed in 2004, none of its operations are in production. Gold mining giant AngloGold Ashanti holds roughly a 30% stake in the exploration company.

Address: Unit B1, Church Barn, Old Farm Business Centre, Church RoadToft, Cambridgeshire CB3 7RF, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1223-265-760 Fax: +44-1223-265-765


Chairman: John Jeremy Seymour Marshall • Managing Director and Board Member: Jocelyn Waller • Finance Director, Secretary, and Board Member: Simon V. Olsen

Tri Origin Exploration Ltd.

Tri Origin Exploration hopes to get the lead out while going for the gold. At five mining properties (two in Canada and three in Australia), Tri Origin is at varying stages of exploration or development for the future mining of gold, silver, copper, zinc, and lead. In Canada, the company primarily drills for gold deposits at its Red Lake Extension project in the prolific Red Lake region of Ontario. Tri Origin Exploration's operations in Australia are conducted through 51%-owned Tri Origin Minerals.

Address: 3 Centre St., Ste. 206Markham, Ontario L3P 3P9, Canada Phone: 905-294-9942 Fax: 905-294-9943


• President and Director: Robert I. Valliant • CFO: Toni Chapman

Tribute Minerals Inc.

Tribute Minerals wouldn't mind gold as an acknowledgement of gratitude for its hard work. Through a relationship with Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda), Tribute Minerals explores for gold and base minerals in Canada, primarily in Ontario. Its main project is the Confederation Lake property, but it has several other exploration projects nearby. None of Tribute's properties are in production.

Address: 67 Yonge St., Ste. 808Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8, Canada Phone: 416-368-2929 Fax: 416-601-1450


• President, CEO, and Director: Ian Brodie-Brown • VP, Corporate Development: Peter Purcell

If this company has to name its favorite trio, it would be gold, silver, and copper. Trio Gold is a junior mining company primarily exploring for precious metals; it owns the Rodeo Creek property in Nevada's Carlin Trend gold-producing region. The mining company additionally owns the Empire Mine property in Idaho and the San Ramon property in Chile. None of its properties are currently in production.

Address: 251 Midpark Blvd. SE, Ste. 145Calgary, Alberta T2X 1S3, Canada Phone: 403-262-9640 Fax: 403-262-9759

• President, CEO, and Director: Harry B. Ruskowsky • CFO and Secretary: David W. Bassett

Triple Plate Junction PLC

Triple Plate Junction doesn't mind digging through multiple layers of earth to get to gold. The company has gold exploration activities in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. In Vietnam it is prospecting at the Pu Sam Cap (PSC) area in partnership with Newmont Vietnam. The company changed its focus (and its name) from registering Internet domain names to gold exploration with the acquisition of Larchland Limited in 2003. Candice Holdings has a 25% stake in Triple Plate Junction.

Address: 105 PiccadillyLondon W1J 7JN, United Kingdom Phone: +44-207-499-1400 Fax: +44-207-499-1455

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Employees (2005): 7 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-56.30%)

• Chairman: Ian Roderick Gowrie-Smith • CEO and Director: Geoffrey (Geoff) Walsh • Finance Director and Board Member: David John Lees

Yes

TVI Pacific Inc.

Yes

Troon Ventures Ltd.

Troon Ventures, managed by Northair Group, explores for gold and base metal deposits in Ontario. The company's properties include Troy and Fry Lake. The Troy gold property is near the successful mining areas of Kirkland Lake, Val d'Or, and Timmins. The Northair Group manages other Canadian mining companies including NDT Ventures and Sherwood Mining.


• President and CEO: D. Bruce McLeod • Secretary: Gail M. Sharp

Tumi Resources Limited [TUMIF.OB]

Tumi Resources wants a steady diet of gold and silver. The company explores for precious metals in Mexico and Peru. Its main exploration program is the Cinco Minas project in the Jalisco silver belt near Guadalajara, Mexico. Other projects include Gran Cabrera and Jimenez Del Teul in Mexico. Chairman, president, and CEO David Henstridge holds about 10% of the company.

Address: 1090 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1305Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3V7, Canada Phone: 604-685-9316 Fax: 604-683-1585


• Chairman, President, CEO, and acting CFO: David A. Henstridge • Secretary: Mariana Bermudez

TVI Pacific is prospecting in Asia. The company is a precious (gold and silver) and base metals exploration company with operations in the Philippines and China. Its main project in the Philippines is the Canatuan mine, which is being expanded to produce copper and zinc by 2006. Its HPGEI subsidiary in China operates the Shuikoushan project in the Hunan province, as well as other exploration properties. The company's TVI Drilling Division performs contract drilling services for clients throughout Asia.

Address: 736 6th Ave. SW, Ste. 2000Calgary, Alberta T2P 3T7, Canada Phone: 403-265-4356 Fax: 403-264-7028


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Clifford M. James • VP, Exploration: Carl Caumartin • VP, Finance and Administration, CFO: E. John Adkins

TXU Mining Company LP

For TXU Corp. that land may be your land, but this land is a mine. TXU Mining, a subsidiary of the Texas energy company, excavates coal from six locations at three mining sites in Texas: Martin Lake Mine, Big Brown Mine, and Monticello Mine. TXU Mining owns one of the nation's largest lignite surface-mining operations in the nation, with more than 30 million tons produced each year. (Lignite is an intermediate product between peat and the more common bituminous coal.) The unit resides within TXU's Power segment, and the whole of its production capacity is used to fuel TXU's power generation needs. TXU Power also uses natural gas and nuclear fuels for power generation.

Address: 1601 Bryan St.Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: 214-812-5600


• SVP and Chief Fossil Officer: Richard Wistrand • Senior Director, Mine Operations: Gerry Pearson

Tyhee Development Corp.

Tyhee Development has some mining prospects that it hopes will pan out. The junior exploration company primarily explores and develops the Yellowknife gold project in Canada's Northwest Territory. Its Yellowknife project, which consists of the Discovery Mine and Nicholas Lake properties, was purchased in 2001. The company completed surface drilling on the project and has advanced to underground development of the site. Tyhee Development has owned interests in other properties in the Northwest Territory with deposits of silver, copper, cobalt, and silver.


• Chairman: Denis M. Taschuk • President, CEO, and Director: David R. Webb

Tyler Resources Inc. [TYRRF.OB]

Tyler Resources does most of its digging in Mexico. The company primarily explores the 95%-owned Bahuerachi property in the Chihuahua state of Mexico. Through its Recursos Tyler subsidiary, the company has confirmed gold, molybdenum, zinc, silver, and copper deposits and is working to further develop the property. In Canada, Tyler Resources also has interests in diamond properties in the Northwest Territories and a gold exploration program in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Address: 926 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 500Calgary, Alberta T2P 0N7, Canada Phone: 403-269-6753 Fax: 403-266-2606

Fiscal Year End: July Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 235.30%

• Chairman: Gregory H. Smith • CEO and Director: Jean Pierre Jutras • CFO: Jennifer Munro

U. S. Borax Inc.

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Yes

Typhoon Exploration Inc.

Typhoon Exploration is creating a whirlwind of mining activity in Canada. The company primarily explores for gold, copper, and zinc. Its current mining projects inlcude the McCorkill, Fayolle, Monexco, Lac Aigneault, and Wapiscan properties located in Quebec. None of its operations are in production. CDS & Co. holds more than 60% of the company's shares.

Address: 255 Curé-Labelle Blvd., Ste. 204Laval, Quebec H7L 2Z9, Canada Phone: 450-622-4066 Fax: 450-622-4337

• President and CEO: David McDonald • Secretary and CFO: Michael Lesage

U. S. Borax digs up a lot of dirt so that you can make your clothes a lot less dirty. One of Rio Tinto Group's industrial minerals subsidiaries, it operates the largest open pit mine in California. The company mines boron to produce refined borates. U. S. Borax supplies nearly half the world's refined borates, which are used in such products as detergents, insulation fiberglass, heat-resistant glass, ceramic glazes and tiles, agricultural micronutrients, wood treatments, polymer additives, and pest control products. It markets its products to more than 100 countries worldwide.

Address: 26877 Tourney Rd.Valencia, CA 91355 Phone: 661-287-5400 Fax: 661-287-5495


• President and CEO: Gary Goldberg • COO: Chris Robison • CFO: Jeff Olsen

U.S. Energy Corp. [USEG]

U.S. Energy, through its 70% stake in Crested Corp., has put its energy in many places, including minerals, natural gas, real estate, and aviation. The company, which operates the Sutter Gold Mining subsidiary, is seeking to expand its gold, uranium, and molybdenum properties. U.S. Energy also runs an aircraft support business that includes flight instruction and aircraft fueling and maintenance. In 2005 U.S. Energy sold its 91% stake in Rocky Mountain Gas, a company engaged in exploring and developing coal bed methane properties, to Canada-based Enterra Energy. The deal leaves U.S. Energy with a stake in Enterra.

Address: 877 N. 8th WestRiverton, WY 82501 Phone: 307-856-9271 Fax: 307-857-3050


• Chairman and CEO: Keith G. Larsen • VP Finance, CFO, Treasurer, and Chief Accounting Officer: Robert S. (Scott) Lorimer

U.S. Gold Corporation [USGL.OB]

Eureka! Eureka County, Nevada, that is, where mining company U.S. Gold owns the Tonkin Springs gold property. The company is evaluating the ongoing development and production of the site, which includes an open-pit gold mine, a milling facility, and support facilities. U.S. Gold took full ownership of the Tonkin Springs property in 2005 by buying out BacTech Mining. Through affiliate Gold Resource Corporation, U.S. Gold owns an interest in the El Aguila gold and silver property in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Industry veteran Rob McEwen acquired a 33% stake in U.S. Gold in 2005 and was named the company's chairman and CEO.

Address: 2201 Kipling St., Ste. 100Lakewood, CO 80215 Phone: 303-238-1438 Fax: 303-238-1724


• Chairman and CEO: Robert R. (Rob) McEwen • President and COO: Ann S. Carpenter • VP, CFO, and Secretary: William F. Pass

UC Resources Ltd.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the main attraction for UC Resources. The exploration-stage company is engaged in acquiring, exploring for, and developing mineral properties, primarily silver and gold. It has interests in mineral properties within the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, one of the North America's most active silver and gold exploration and mining areas. UC Resources holds a 100% interest in a 19,269-hectare (192-sq.-km.) Copalquin property, near Durango, Mexico, where it has been drilling prospects. The company has abandoned its interests in the Gregory River and Botwin Basin properties in Newfoundland and in the Raglan properties in Quebec in Canada.


• President, CEO, and Director: Richard J. (Rick) Hamelin • VP Corporate Development: William S. (Will) Elston • CFO: Nicole Wood

UCM Group plc

UK Coal plc

Unigold Inc.

Yes

UCM Group makes synthetic mineral crystals by melting and then cooling natural magnesite and zircon, which are then crushed and graded according to the customer's specifications. The material is then sold to customers who use them in insulation products, steelmaking, automotive products, and ceramic components. In the US, the UCM Group owns zirconia materials manufacturer Universal America and electro-fused magnesia producer Muscle Shoals Minerals.

Address: Doxey Rd.Stafford ST16 1DZ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1785-223-122 Fax: +44-1785-212-259


• Chairman: John Gordon • Chief Executive: Jamie Brundell • Group Finance Director: Melvyn Fookes

With UK Coal the name pretty much says it all. The British company owns and operates more than a dozen surface and underground mine properties located throughout the UK. It is the largest coal miner in Britain, producing about 15 million tons of coal annually (about 60% of all coal mined in the UK). The company also redevelops former mining sites into agricultural land and business parks, which it then rents or sells. In 2004 UK Coal sold its minor coal subsidiary in Australia. The company expanded dramatically in the 1990s when it acquired the coal mining assets of government-owned British Coal.

Address: Harworth Park, Blyth Road, HarworthDoncaster, South Yorkshire DN11 8DB, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1302-751751 Fax: +44-1302-752420


• Chairman: David Jones • CEO and Director: Garold (Gerry) Spindler • Finance Director and Board Member: Christopher (Chris) Mawe

While Unigold's search for the yellow-tinted precious metal may be obvious, you may not know that the company also looks for copper. It explores and develops gold and copper properties in the Dominican Republic. Unigold is currently determining the potential of the Los Candelones Deposit on its Neita property. The company is looking to partner with other mining companies to further develop the property.

Address: 141 Adelaide St. West, Ste. 420Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5, Canada Phone: 416-363-2467 Fax: 416-363-2058


• President, CEO, and Director: John P. Thompson • VP Finance, CFO, and Director: Joseph Del Campo

Unimin Corporation

company's products include ball clay, barium sulfate, bentonite clay, calcium carbonate, dolomite, feldspar, high-purity quartz, kaolin, magnetite, microcrystalline silica, nepheline syenite, olivine, silica sand, and talc. Unimin sells its products to customers in a broad range of industries, including producers of ceramics, fiberglass, fiber-optics, glass, oil and gas, paint and coatings, quartz lighting, and semiconductors. It operates from facilities in the Americas, Australia, and Europe. The company was founded in 1970.

Address: 258 Elm St.New Canaan, CT 06840 Phone: 203-966-8880 Fax: 203-966-3453

• President: Kevin F. Crawford • EVP: Thomas M. Kilroy Jr. • SVP Finance and Treasurer: William E. Whamond

United States Antimony Corporation [UAMY.OB]

The products of United States Antimony don't span the alphabet from A to Z, but they do include both antimony and zeolite. The company produces antimony oxide, which is used as a flame retardant in plastics, fiberglass, and textiles and as a color fastener in paint. United States Antimony buys most of its raw antimony from China and Canada. The company has begun exploratory mining operations on a property in Mexico. United States Antimony also processes zeolite, which is used in animal feed, fertilizer, water filtration, and other applications. The company has been losing money, however, and its auditors have questioned whether it will be able to stay in business. Al Dugan owns a quarter of the company.

Address: 1250 Prospect Creek Rd.Thompson Falls, MT 59873 Phone: 406-827-3523 Fax: 406-827-3543

Key People • Chairman, President, Secretary and Treasurer: John C. Lawrence • Manufacturers and Sales Representative: Matt Keane

USEC Inc. [USU] Yes

Yes

UrAsia Energy Ltd.

UrAsia Energy, formerly Signature Resources, wants to make a name for itself in the uranium mining business. With the acquisition of UrAsia BVI in 2005, the company began exploring for uranium, primarily through its holdings in several projects in Kazakhstan. It has a 30% stake in the Kharassan uranium project and a 70% interest in the Betpak Dala joint venture. When the company was Signature Resources, it explored for gold and silver in Uganda and Canada. It had little luck in both countries and dropped the option agreements for all of those properties.

Address: 3 Bentall Centre, Ste. 3123, 595 Burrard St.Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1J1, Canada Phone: 604-684-9333 Fax: 604-684-9331

• Chairman: Ian W. Telfer • CEO, President, and Director: Phillip Shirvington • CFO and Secretary: Gordon Keep

The company processes used uranium -- about half of which comes from old Russian atomic warheads -- into enriched uranium, which it then supplies for commercial nuclear power plants. USEC is the radioactive recycler of choice for the "Megatons-to-Megawatts" program, a US-Russian agreement to convert uranium from warheads into nuclear fuel. USEC also processes uranium for the US Department of Energy. The company's NAC unit, acquired in 2004, provides consulting services to nuclear power plant operators and transportation of nuclear materials.

Address: 2 Democracy Center, 6903 Rockledge Dr.Bethesda, MD 20817 Phone: 301-564-3200 Fax: 301-564-3201


• Chairman: James R. (Jim) Mellor • President and CEO: John K. Welch • SVP: Philip G. Sewell

Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.

Usibelli Coal Mine scrapes the earth's surface to help keep the lights on in Alaska. The company mines coal on about 32,500 acres near Healy and sells it to power producers in the state's interior. Usibelli Coal Mine has proven reserves of some 100 million tons. The company was founded in 1943 by Emil Usibelli, father of company chairman Joe Usibelli and grandfather of company president Joe Usibelli Jr.

Address: 100 River RdHealy, AK 99743 Phone: 907-683-2226 Fax: 907-683-2253


• Chairman: Joseph E. (Joe) Usibelli • President: Joseph (Joe) Usibelli Jr. • VP, Finance: Rick Hundrup

Viceroy Exploration Ltd. [VCRYF.PK]

There's gold in them thar holes, according to Viceroy Exploration. The company explores for gold on its five wholly owned properties in Argentina. Its most advanced project is the Gualcamayo property located in the San Juan Province. With current resources of about 1.5 million ounces, Viceroy is gearing up to start pulling it out. Viceroy Exploration doesn't have any mines in production.

Address: 520-700 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1G8, Canada Phone: 604-669-4777 Fax: 604-696-0212

• Chairman: Ronald K. Netolitzky • President, CEO, and Director: Patrick G. Downey • CFO: John Fairchild

Viking Gold Exploration Inc.

Viking Gold Exploration has set off in search of gold in North America. Formerly named Copper Hill Corporation, the company explores for gold in the Northwest Territories (in the Yellowknife region) and Newfoundland. Its projects in Newfoundland include Powderhorn Lake, Tim's Cove, and Turk's Gut. The Yellowknife region is known for its productive gold belt.

Address: 160 Frederick St., Ste. 203Toronto, Ontario M5A 4H9, Canada Phone: 416-955-9511 Fax: 416-368-8721


• President and CEO: Alex Doulis • CFO: David J. King

Virginia Mines, Inc.

Virginia Mines isn't in Virginia, but it does have mining exploration and development activities in northern Quebec. The company's Éléonore project is being mapped and surveyed. Virginia Mines also has a deal with Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda) to explore and develop its Coulon project. It has slowed or ended other projects in order to focus on the Éléonore property. In 2006 Canadian mining outfit Goldcorp acquired a controlling stake in the company.

Address: 116 St. Pierre St., Ste. 200Quebec City, Quebec G1K 4A7, Canada Phone: 418-694-9832 Fax: 418-694-9120

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2004): 0.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 5.20% Employees (2004): 17 Employee Growth (1 yr): 21.40%

• President, CEO, and Director: André Gaumond • CFO and Secretary: Gaétan Mercier

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Vista Continental Corporation [VICC.PK]

Vista Continental has its sights set on South American gold. Through its 75%-owned VCC Nevada unit, the company owns concessions to explore for gold and other valuable minerals along the Urubamba River in central Peru. VCC Nevada has hired a contractor and undertaken a drilling and test-mining program in an effort to find gold deposits that can be economically mined, but a lack of money has hindered the company's explorations. In addition, VCC Nevada owns a 40% stake in mining claims along the Mazaruni River in Guyana, where the company hopes to find gold and diamonds. The other 60% of the company's Guyana project is owned by investor Alberto DoCouto, who owns 81% of Vista Continental.

Address: 6600 West Charleston Blvd., Ste. 118Las Vegas, NV 89146 Phone: 702-228-2077 Fax: 702-228-1837

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 3 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-25.00%)

• President, VP, and Treasurer, and Director: Alberto Docuto

voest-ALPINE Intertrading AG

Helping to get goods to where they're needed is the order of the day at voest-ALPINE Intertrading (VAIT). The company specializes in trading and marketing activities primarily related to the steel industry, but also in agricultural commodities, chemicals, petrochemicals, and other products. VAIT also provides financing and logistical services. The company has more than 25 offices in 17 countries; its activities are primarily centered in Europe, but the company also does business in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. VAIT was previously a subsidiary of Austrian steel company voestalpine, which continues to have a stake of nearly 40% in the trading company.

Address: Strasserau 64010 Linz, Austria Phone: +43-7327-804-0 Fax: +43-7327-804-355

• Chairman: Karl Mistlberger • Director, IT Services: Johannes Juranek • Director, Accountancy: Reinhilde Kraus

VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation

Production Association if that helps at all) is a leading producer of titanium and magnesium alloys, including ingots and mill products. The company also produces aluminum alloys, ferrotitanium, and other metal products. Subsidiary Tirus distributes products throughout Europe and North America, as well as provides services such as cutting, heat treating, precision grinding, and machining to customer specifications. Its NF&M International unit makes titanium billet and bar stock. VSMPO-AVISMA exports about 70% of its produced titanium; customers include leading aerospace companies such as Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, GE, and Boeing.

Address: 1 Parkovaya St.624760 Verkhnaya Salda, Sverdlovsk, Russia Phone: +7-34345-2-1304 Fax: +7-34345-2-4736


• Chairman: V. I. Brecht • General Director: Vladislav V. Tetiyukhin • Chief of the Accountant: Tamara Novosadova

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited

For Wallbridge walls or bridges aren't part of the business, but the company does delve into holes in the earth. The company is a copper, nickel, and platinum group metals mining company with projects primarily in Ontario. It has turned most of its attention to exploring and developing its promising Sudbury properties, through joint ventures with several other larger mining companies (including Lonmin and Falconbridge). Wallbridge also holds land in Nova Scotia and Minnesota.

Address: 129 Fielding Rd.Lively, Ontario P3Y 1L7, Canada Phone: 705-682-9297 Fax: 705-682-2144


Wealth Minerals Ltd. [WMLLF.OB]

Wealth Minerals hopes its name is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The company, formerly known as Triband Enterprise, explores for uranium, gold, and other metals in the Americas. Wealth Minerals has uranium mineral property interests throughout Peru and gold projects in British Columbia. In Peru, Wealth Minerals is mapping, sampling, and surveying its various properties.


• Acting President and Director: Jerry G. Pogue • VP, Corporate Development and Director: Gary R. Freeman

Yes

Weda Bay Minerals Inc.

Weda Bay Minerals has made a career out of saving nickels. The company's subsidiary P.T. Weda Bay has nickel and cobalt mining interests on the island of Halmahera in Indonesia. The Indonesian government, through its ownership in P.T. Antam, also has a stake in the operations. Specialty chemicals maker OM Group provided funding for some of the company's exploration activities in Indonesia. Patrick Evans was appointed CEO of Weda Bay Minerals in 2005. The following year French minerals company Eramet moved to acquire Weda Bay for about $230 million; it owns 95% of the company and has extended its tender offer in order to acquire the rest.

Address: 20 Toronto St., 12th Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Canada Phone: 416-603-0591 Fax: 416-367-3638


Key People • Chairman: Mark Toivanen • President and CEO: Patrick C. Evans • CFO: Peter McLatchie

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.

Wesdome Gold Mines, formerly River Gold Mines, tries to find where the gold flows. The company produces about 70,000 ounces of gold from its Wawa and Mishi-Magnacon gold properties in Northwestern Ontario. The company also has a 61% stake in Moss Lake Gold Mines (also in Ontario) with reserves of about 2 million ounces of gold. The ore produced by Wesdome Gold is processed at the company's mill located in the center of the Mishi-Magnacon property. With the merger of Wesdome Gold and River Gold in 2006, Western Québec Mines owns a 38% stake in the company.

Address: 8 King St. East, Ste. 1305Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5, Canada Phone: 416-360-3743 Fax: 416-360-7620


• President: Paul D. Cregheur • Chairman: Murray H. Pollitt • Secretary, Treasurer, and Director: Donald D. Orr

Western Québec Mines Inc.

Go to Western Québec, young man. As its name might suggest, Western Québec Mines operates gold mining and exploration facilities in western Quebec, mainly in the Val d'Or region. Formed in 1945, the company mainly draws revenue from two companies that it has ownership stakes in. Fellow Canadian mining company Western Québec owns a 38% holding in Wesdome Gold Mines.

Address: 8 King St. East, Ste. 1305Toronto, Ontario M5C 1B5, Canada Phone: 416-360-3743 Fax: 416-360-7620


• Chairman: Murray H. Pollitt • President, CEO, and Director: Barry G. Smith • VP, Operations: Paul D. Cregheur

Western Silver Corporation

Western Silver can always fall back on gold, zinc, or lead if the silver doesn't pan out. The company conducts mineral exploration and development projects on its properties in Mexico and Canada. Its leading silver mine candidate is the 100%-owned Peñasquito silver, gold, zinc, and lead project in the state of Zacatecas in central Mexico. Western Silver also has interests in other exploration sites in Zacatecas. In addition, the company is sole owner of a copper-bearing property in the Yukon; it plans to seek a development partner for the open-pit site. Glamis Gold acquired the company in 2006 making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

Address: 1111 W. Georgia St., Ste. 2050Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4M3, Canada Phone: 604-684-9497 Fax: 604-669-2926


• Chairman and CEO: F. Dale Corman • President, COO, and Director: Thomas C. Patton • VP, Finance and CFO: R. Joseph Litnosky

Westmoreland Coal Company [WLB]

Westmoreland Coal is ready to take its lumps -- of coal, that is. Through its subsidiaries, Westmoreland Coal produces about 30 million tons of coal annually from mines in Montana, North Dakota, and Texas. It controls about 485 million tons of proved and probable coal reserves. Nearly all of the company's coal is sold to power producers (including Xcel Energy and NRG Energy); the rest is sold to industrial companies and institutions. Some of Westmoreland Coal's customers maintain power generation facilities adjacent to the company's mines. In addition to its coal operations, Westmoreland Coal owns stakes in power plants in Colorado and North Carolina.

Address: 2 N. Cascade Ave., 14th Fl.Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: 719-442-2600 Fax: 719-448-5824


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Christopher K. Seglem • CFO: David J. Blair • SVP, Power: Robert W. Holzwarth

Yes

WGI Heavy Minerals, Incorporated

WGI Heavy Minerals mines, produces, and markets industrial minerals, chiefly garnet but also ilmenite, leucoxene, rutile, and zircon. The company has mining and processing operations in Germany, India, and the US (Idaho). Operations in India account for more than half of the company's sales; Transworld Garnet, a subsidiary of WGI in India, primarily mines industrial garnet used by the electronics industry.

Address: 1875 N. Lakewood Dr., Ste. 201Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Phone: 208-666-6000 Fax: 208-666-4000

• Chairman, Interim President and Interim CEO: Covill Brown • CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: Greg S. Emerson • VP International Sales and Marketing: William Meyerholtz

Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc. [WITM.OB]

in Africa and North America. The company's main mineral property is a gold exploration project in South Africa near the major goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin. Wits Basin also owns rights to the Bates-Hunter Gold Mine in Central City, Colorado, plus interests in two mineral projects in Ontario, Canada (Holdsworth and McFaulds Lake). The company was known as Active IQ Technologies before it sold its accounting software and Web hosting operations in 2003 and entered the mineral exploration business.

Address: 80 S. 8th St., Ste. 900Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone: 612-349-5277 Fax: 612-395-5276

• CEO and Director: H. Vance White • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Mark D. Dacko

WMC Resources Ltd.

WMC Resources gets a lot out of the Outback. The Australian mining giant is the world's third-largest miner of nickel, behind #1 Norilsk Nickel and #2 Inco. It produces more than 110,000 tons of nickel annually. (Nickel is a main ingredient in making stainless steel.) WMC owns the Olympic Dam in South Australia, a leading source for uranium oxide used by power generators throughout the world. The Olympic Dam operation also produces a large amount of copper and some gold. The company's fertilizer operations, accounting for nearly 15% of sales, mines for phosphate. WMC has operations in Australia, Asia, and the Americas. BHP Billiton acquired WMC in 2005.

Address: Level 16, IBM Centre, 60 City Rd.Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia Phone: +61-3-9685-6000 Fax: +61-3-9686-3569


• Chairman: Miklos (Mike) Salamon • Interim CEO and Director: Christopher (Chris) Campbell • Interim CFO: Brendan Rudd

Wolfden Resources Inc.

Wolfden Resources explores and develops gold and base metal projects primarily in eastern and northern Canada. The company's primary interests include in the High Lake, Ulu Gold, and East Bay properties. The Ulu Gold property in Nunavut was acquired in 2004 from Echo Bay Mines. Wolfden Resources is involved in several joint venture partnerships at these properties with larger precious metal miners including Teck Cominco, Placer Dome, and Bema Gold. Fellow Canadian miner Goldcorp acquired a 10% stake in the company in late 2005. Wolfden has several exploration projects located near Goldcorp's Red Lake gold mine.

Address: 309 S. Court St.Toronto, Ontario P7B 2Y1, Canada Phone: 807-346-1668 Fax: 807-345-0284


• Chairman: John F. Cook • President, CEO, and Director: Ewan S. Downie • COO: John A. Begeman

World Minerals, Inc.

World Minerals digs up one kind of dirt, which it uses to help you keep out all the other dirt you don't want. The company mines and produces industrial minerals, including diatomite and perlite, through subsidiaries Celite Corporation (diatomaceous earth products) and Harborlite Corporation (perlite products). Diatomite is primarily sold to customers for use in filtering and as a filler in paints. Perlite is a volcanic rock also used in filtering. The company has been a subsidiary of Imerys, a French industrial minerals and pigments company, since 2005.

Address: 130 Castillian Dr.Goleta, CA 93117-3028 Phone: 805-562-0200 Fax: 805-562-0298


• Chairman, President, and CEO: John Oskam • SVP, Finance and CFO: John Leichty • SVP, Sales: Steve Baimel

Xstrata plc

Yes

X-Cal Resources Ltd.

X-Cal Resources is involved in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in the US and Canada. The company has interests in two gold properties in Nevada, and one in British Columbia, Canada. X-Cal is currently focused on exploration activities at two of its properties -- The Sleeper Gold Project in Humboldt County, Nevada and the Mill Gild Property in Lander County Nevada. The Sleeper Gold project is a joint venture with New Sleeper Gold.

Address: P.O. Box 48479, Bentall CentreVancouver, British Columbia V7X 1A0, Canada Phone: 604-662-8245 Fax: 604-688-7740


• President, CEO, and Director: Shawn M. Kennedy • CFO and Director: John M. Arnold

If you get extremely excited about the extraction of mineral resources, you surely know all about Xstrata plc. The company exports coal from and produces ferrochrome and vanadium in Australia and South Africa, mines and smelts zinc in Spain (through subsidiary Asturiana de Zinc) and in Germany, and mines anthracite in Swaziland. Xstrata plc was formed in 2002 when Xstrata AG bought Glencore International's coal assets. The following year the company acquired MIM Holdings, a deal that doubled Xstrata's coal and zinc holdings. Coal accounts for not quite half of sales, and Xstrata is among the world's largest coal exporters. Credit Suisse Group and Glencore own 24% and 16%, respectively, of Xstrata.

Address: Bahnhofstrasse 26301 Zug, Switzerland Phone: +41-41-726-60-70 Fax: +41-41-726-60-89


• Chairman: Willy R. Strothotte • Chief Executive: Michael (Mick) Davis • CFO and Director: Trevor Reid

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited [YZC]

Yanzhou Coal Mining is helping fuel China's industrialization. The company is a leader in coal production in Eastern China, where its conducts most of its sales. The company produces more than 40 metric tons per year and has about 2 billion metric tons in proven and probable reserves -- about 10 tons a year are exported. Yanzhou Coal operates six mines, producing both thermal coal for electric generation and coking coal for metallurgical production. It also owns major rail transport assets. State-owned Yankuang (Group) holds 58% of Yanzhou Coal.

Address: 40 Fushan Rd.Zoucheng, Shandong 273500, China Phone: +86-537-538-2319 Fax: +86-537-538-3311


• Chairman: Wang Xin • Vice Chairman and General Manager: Yang Deyu • CFO and Director: Wu Yuxiang

Yorbeau Resources Inc.

primary asset is the Astoria property in Quebec, located within a Falconbridge Limited (formerly Noranda) mining camp. The Astoria mineral property is not in production, but the exploration company is looking to develop it into an open pit gold mine. Yorbeau Resources also has various other exploration properties in northwestern Quebec. Société Minière Alta holds more than 10% of the company.

Address: 110 Place Crémazie, Ste. 430Montreal, Quebec H2P 1B9, Canada Phone: 514-384-2202 Fax: 514-384-6399


• Chairman: David Crevier • President, CEO, and Director: Georges Bodnar Jr.

Yukon Zinc Corporation

Formerly called Expatriate Resources, the more aptly-named Yukon Zinc explores and develops silver and zinc properties in the Yukon. The company is part of the Expatriate Group, which includes Pacifica Resources and StrataGold. Yukon Zinc's primary property is the Finlayson Massive Sulphide District, which it is exploring. It also holds a joint venture interest in the nearby Logan deposit. The company has gone under a transformation after being reorganized several times over the past several years.


• President and CEO: Harlan D. Meade • VP Corporate Development and CFO: Robert McKnight • Manager Investor Communications: Brian Soregaroli

Zaruma Resources Inc.

Zaruma Resources believes that a mine is a terrible thing to waste. The company has gold mines in Mexico and Venezuela; the Mexico operation also explores for copper at its Luz del Cobre copper deposit. Its San Antonio property in the Sonora State of Mexico is estimated to hold about 300,000 ounces of gold and its El Foco property in Venezuela contains about 100,000 ounces of gold.

Address: 20 Toronto St., 12Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5C 2B8, Canada Phone: 416-869-0772 Fax: 416-367-3638

Kielland • President, CEO, and Director: Thomas F. Utter • CFO and Secretary: Frank van de Water

Yes

Zemex Corporation

sand, Zemex can oblige. Zemex's industrial minerals business operates subsidiaries that produce mica (used in coatings, friction materials, and oil well drilling applications), feldspar (sodium and potassium varieties), kaolin clay, and sands (used in the ceramics, glass, plastics, and fiberglass industries). In December 2005 Zemex sold its aluminum waste recycling business, Alumitech, to aluminium recycling industry leader Aleris International. Peru-based industrial minerals producer Cementos Pacasmayo acquired Zemex in 2003.

Address: 1040 Crown Pointe Pkwy., Ste. 270Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 770-392-8660 Fax: 770-392-8670

• President, Alumitech, Inc. and Industrial Minerals: Patrick Carr • CFO: Belinda Brock

Zeo-Tech Enviro Corp.

Zeo-Tech Enviro explores and mines industrial minerals, particularly zeolite (an inorganic, porous volcanic mineral). Primary applications for zeolite include water and air filtration, waste treatment, soil enhancement, and industrial absorbent. Developmental stage company Zeo-Tech Enviro has zeolite mining operations in British Columbia as well as precious metals processing operations in Arizona. The company holds a 25% stake in zeolite processor United Zeolite Products.

Address: 1066 W. Hastings St., Ste. 2300Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3X2, Canada Phone: 604-684-3301 Fax: 604-408-8893


• President and Director: L. Raymon (Ray) Paquette

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd

The company owns eight gold and copper mines. It operates the Zijinshan Gold Mine (which is the largest single open pit gold mine in terms of gold production output and mining scale in China), Guizhou Shuiyindong Gold Mine, Jilin Hunchun Gold-Copper Mine, and Anhui Guichi Paodaoling Gold Mine. The company also owns the Xinjiang Ashele Copper Mine, Fujian Zijinshan Copper Mine, Anhui Tongling Jiaochong Gold Mine, and Sichuan Jiuchaigou Caodi Gold Mine, which are under construction. In addition to the development and exploration of mining resources, Zijin Mining also provides services in geological studies and mining consulting.

Address: Zijin Mansion, Zijin AvenueShanghang County, Fujian 364200, China Phone: +86-597-388-3151 Fax: +86-597-388-3997

• Chairman: Chen Jinghe • CFO: Zhou Zhengyuan

Zimplats Holdings Limited [ZMPLF.PK]

Zimplats Holdings (formerly Zimbabwe Platinum Mines) mines platinum and platinum group metals (PGM), such as rhodium and palladium, as well as nickel from resources and reserves on the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. Its PGM mining activities include operating the Ngezi mine, the Selous Metallurgical complex, and the Hartley Ore mine. The company mines more than 2 million tons of ore annually. Zimplats operates from offices in Australia, the UK, and Zimbabwe. South-Africa based platinum giant Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) holds more than 85% of the company.

Address: 7 New St.St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Phone: +44-1481-727-272 Fax: +44-1481-711-220


• Chairman: Michael John (Mike) Houston • CEO and Director: Gregory (Greg) Sebborn • COO: Jonathan (Anton) Wheeler

ZincOx Resources plc

This animal sniffs out zinc oxide in uncommon places. ZincOx Resources produces zinc oxide mainly from recycling facilities in Turkey and the US. It recovers zinc primarily from waste products, such as lead slags and steel scrap. Zinc oxide is mostly used by the rubber industry, but is also found in paint and pharmaceuticals. The company is also exploring the Jabali zinc deposit in Yemen.

Address: 7 Tanners Yard, London Rd.Bagshot, Surrey GU19 5HD, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1276-455-700 Fax: +44-1276-850-015


Noel Masson • Managing Director and Board Member: Andrew Woollett • Finance Director and Board Member: Peter Fry

• President: Matt Howell Zinifex Clarksville Inc.

Zinifex Clarksville operates an electrolytic zinc smelter in Clarksville, Tennessee, that produces about 110,000 tons of zinc metal annually. The Clarksville facility is one of four smelters operated by Australia-based Zinifex, a leading zinc and lead mining and processing company. Zinifex was formed in 2004 to acquire the Clarksville facility and other key mining and smelting assets from Pasminco, which had run into financial trouble. The Clarksville smelter, which is accessible by barge, rail, and road, was commissioned in 1978.

Address: 1800 Zinc Plant Rd.Clarksville, TN 37040 Phone: 931-552-4200 Fax: 931-552-0471


BP p.l.c. [BP] Yes

Amalie Oil Company, Inc.

No one can mix up oil like grandma does. Amalie Oil (named after the founders' grandmother) blends and supplies lubricants and other oil products including motor oils, transmission fluids, gear oils, and greases. To control costs, the company also manufactures its own bottles to store its products. Amalie Oil, which markets its products worldwide, has distribution operations in Dallas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Los Angeles. The Sonneborn brothers founded the company, one of the early Pennsylvania Crude (paraffin-rich) oil enterprises, in 1903. Lubricants firm Petroleum Packers acquired Amalie Oil in 1998 and Petroleum Packers changed its name to Amalie Oil.

Address: 1601 McCloskey Blvd.Tampa, FL 33605 Phone: 813-248-1988 Fax: 813-248-1488


• President: Harry J. Barkett • COO: Rick Barkett • CFO: Ken Barkett

American Agip Company, Inc.

You might say that American Agip is as slick as a whistle. Formed in 1987, the subsidiary of Italian energy heavyweight Eni operates three major petrochemical businesses: the manufacturing and marketing of lubricants; the marketing and trading of MTBE and methanol; and the trading of refined petroleum products. American Agip supplies more than 11,000 bulk and package customers throughout the Eastern US, and across Canada. It has a manufacturing center in Cabot, Pennsylvania and distribution centers located in Cabot, Hainesport (NJ), Jane Lew (WV), Medina (OH), Westbury (NY), and Boucherville (Quebec, Canada).

Address: 666 5th Ave.New York, NY 10103-0599 Phone: 212-887-0250 Fax: 212-887-0258

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 1030.00 M Employees (2005): 116 • President and CEO:

Umberto Battalia BP is also BO (Big Oil). It is the world's second largest integrated oil concern, behind Exxon Mobil. The company, which was formed in 1998 from the merger of British Petroleum and Amoco, grew by buying Atlantic Richfield Company. BP has proved reserves of 18.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent, including large holdings in Alaska. BP is the largest oil and gas producer in the US and also a top refiner, processing 2.8 billion barrels of crude oil per day. BP operates about 28,500 gas stations worldwide, including 15,900 in the US. With the success of its BP Solar International subsidiary, BP has created BP Alternative Energy (hydrogen, solar, and wind power generation) with an initial investment of $1.8 billion.

Address: 1 St. James's SquareLondon SW1Y 4PD, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7496-4000 Fax: +44-20-7496-4630


• Chairman: Peter D. Sutherland • Group Chief Executive and Director: Lord E. John P. Browne • CFO and Director: Byron E. Grote

Castrol Consumer North America Inc.

Castrol Consumer North America spends as much time on top of a hood as it does under them. The company, often recognized as a sponsor for a variety of drag racing, funny car, and Formula 1 racecar drivers, is a distributor of Castrol brand synthetic lubricants to automotive service providers and retailers in North America. It also provides specialty lubricants, including degreasers, lubes, and transmission fluids, for boating, motorcycling, racing, and snowmobile customers. Castrol Consumer North America is a regional unit of Castrol, the UK-based lubricants firm owned by global oil giant BP.

Address: 1500 Valley Rd.Wayne, NJ 07470 Phone: 973-633-2200 Fax: 973-633-9867

• Chief Executive: Michael (Mike) Dearden • CFO: Peter Miller • VP Consumer Marketing: Bruce Firkins

Yes

Yes

Castrol India Limited

through the subcontinent. The company's products include oil and other lubricants used by the automotive, industrial, and marine sectors. Its automotive sector, which accounts for 85% of sales, includes petroleum products used in off road vehicles, motorcycles (both 2-and 4-stoke engines), and diesel engines. Castrol India The company has disposed of the assets belonging to its Indrol Chemicals & Specialties subsidiary. Castrol India is a subsidiary of the UK-based oil and gas giant, BP plc.

Address: Technopolis Knowledge Park; Mahakali Caves Rd., Chakala, AndheriMumbai 400093, India Phone: +91-22-56984100

• Chairman: S. M. Datta • Chief Executive, Managing Director, and Board Member: Naveen Kshatriya • Finance Director: R. Elston-Green

Center Oil Company

Center Oil's core business is peddling petroleum. The company is one of the largest private wholesale distributors of gasoline and other petroleum products to customers primarily in the eastern region of the US. Center Oil owns nine storage terminals capable of storing more than 1.5 million barrels of petroleum product. It also has access to 36 terminals in 10 states, as well as access to the Williams, Texas Eastern, Kinder Morgan Chicago, and Kaneb pipeline systems. Its products are also distributed through a fleet of ships, barges, and trucks.

Address: 600 Mason Ridge Center Dr.St. Louis, MO 63141-8557 Phone: 314-682-3500 Fax: 314-682-3599

• President and CEO: Gary R. Parker • VP and CFO: John R. Niemi • Sales Manager: Rob Kraeger

Chevron Corporation [CVX]

Having added Texaco's star (and, more recently, Unocal's authority) to its stripes, Chevron (formerly ChevronTexaco) can pull rank on its rivals. The second-largest US integrated oil company (behind Exxon Mobil) was formed by Chevron's 2001 acquisition of Texaco. It has estimated proved reserves of 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent and daily production in excess of 2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent, and it owns interests in chemicals and power production businesses. The company, which is restructuring its refinery and retail businesses, owns or has stakes in 26,500 gas stations operating under the Chevron, Texaco, and Caltex brands. In 2005 Chevron acquired Unocal for $16.4 billion.

Address: 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd.San Ramon, CA 94583 Phone: 925-842-1000 Fax: 925-842-3530


• Chairman and CEO: David J. (Dave) O'Reilly • Vice Chairman and Office of Chairman: Peter J. Robertson • EVP, Technology and Services: John E. Bethancourt

City Service Valcon, LLC.

You don't have to live in the city to get the services of City Service Valcon, which markets and distributes petroleum products throughout the Inland Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the US, as well as in the adjacent Plains states. Its products include gasoline, diesel, aviation fuels, lubricants, propane, and heating oil. The company has diesel, gasoline, and heating oils for delivery through its network of bulk plants. City Service Valcon also operates cardlock fueling facilities under the Pacific Pride brand name. Regional independent petroleum marketers City Service and Valcon merged their operations in 2003 to form City Service Valcon.

Address: 1830 Third Ave. E. Ste. 202Kalispell, MT 59903 Phone: 406-755-4321 Fax: 406-756-8591


ConocoPhillips [COP]

Formed by the merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum, ConocoPhillips is the #3 integrated oil and gas company in the US, behind Exxon Mobil and Chevron; but that could all change following the acquisition of Burlington Resources (for a reported $35 billion) in 2006. The expanded company explores for oil and gas in more than 30 countries and has estimated proved reserves of 11.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent, excluding its Syncrude (Canadian oil sands) assets. It has a refining capacity of 2.6 million barrels per day and sells petroleum at 11,800 outlets in the US under the 76, Conoco, and Phillips 66 brands. Other operations include chemicals, gas gathering, fuels technology, and power generation.

Address: 600 N. Dairy Ashford Rd.Houston, TX 77079 Phone: 281-293-1000 Fax: 281-293-2819


• Chairman, President, and CEO: James J. (Jim) Mulva • EVP, Finance and CFO: John A. Carrig • EVP, Refining, Marketing, Supply, and Transportation: J. W. (Jim) Nokes

Eni S.p.A. [E] Yes

Consolidated Beacon Resources Ltd.

Consolidated Beacon Resources has decided to focus its resources on developing an on-shore oil and gas prospect in Nova Scotia. The prospect is on exploration lands in the Maritimes basin. Consolidated Beacon had been in the business of oil and gas exploration, primarily in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia. In 2004 it decided to divest its oil and gas business and concentrate on lubricants through subsidiary Elliott Industrial Petroleum. However, the company has lost Elliott Industrial, which made and sold lubricants and specialty oils in Alberta and Saskatchewan, to foreclosure. The company has also completed the sale of its Ingoldsby property in Saskatchewan, where it held petroleum and gas rights.

Address: Ste. 620, 600 - 6th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 0S5, Canada Phone: 403-539-9328 Fax: 403-213-8899


• President, CEO, and Director: Nathan E. Hansen • VP, CFO, and Director: Vernon E. (Vern) Gerlitz

Coulson Oil Company, Inc.

Not coal, son. Oil. Regional oil products wholesaler Coulson Oil (owned by the founding Coulson family) supplies gasoline and diesel fuel to a dealer network of 200 independent convenience stores in Arkansas and Tennessee. The company represents a number of major fuel brands including Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Valero Energy. It also operates a buying cooperative, representing some 100 vendors, for participating dealers under the Superstop brand. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the company donated $50,000 to The American Red Cross and helped transport 378,000 gallons of fuel to plants in five Louisiana markets.

Address: 1434 Pike Ave.North Little Rock, AR 72114 Phone: 501-376-4222 Fax: 501-376-7904


• President: Michael B. (Mike) Coulson • CFO and Treasurer: Robert (Bob) Gladden • VP Public Relations and Secretary: Mary Ann Dawkins

Energem Resources Inc.

what do you get? Energem Resources (formerly DiamondWorks). The company is involved in mining and mineral exploration, oil and gas production and distribution, industrial chemicals, and logistics in 16 countries in Africa. Its mining operation is focused on diamond exploration, and it holds a 40% stake in the Koidu Kimberlite Project in Sierra Leone, where both gem-quality and industrial-quality diamonds have been produced. In 2005 the company sold its Gabon oil production assets to FirstAfrica Oil. Lyndhurst Limited controls about 40% of the Energem.

Address: 24 Johnson Rd., 1st Fl., Riverwood Office ParkBedfordview, Gauteng 2008, South Africa Phone: +27-11-454-3099 Fax: +27-11-454-1673

Fiscal Year End: November Revenue (2004): 249.70 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 63.30% Employees (2004): 1,000 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman: Brian Menell • President and CEO: Tony Teixeira • CFO: Robert G. (Rob) Rainey

It's not teeny, it's Eni -- and it's huge. One of Italy's largest companies, Eni operates in the oil and natural gas, petrochemicals, and oil field services industries and has expanded into power generation. Its main subsidiaries and affiliates are EniPower (power generation), Italgas (natural gas transmission), Saipem (oil field services), pipeline operator Snam Rete Gas, and Snamprogetti (contracting, engineering). As one of the world's leading oil enterprises, Eni has proved reserves of more than 6.84 billion barrels of oil equivalent, most of it in Italy and in Africa. The Italian government owns about 30% of Eni but is considering selling the holding.

Address: Piazzale Enrico Mattei 100144 Rome, Italy Phone: +39-06--5982 Fax: +39-06-5982-2141


• Chairman: Roberto Poli • Managing Director and CEO: Paolo Scaroni • Group SVP Finance and CFO: Marco Mangiagalli

Yes

Exxon Mobil Corporation [XOM]

It's not necessarily the oil standard, but Exxon Mobil is the world's largest integrated oil company (ahead of BP and Royal Dutch Shell). Exxon Mobil engages in oil and gas exploration, production, supply, transportation, and marketing around the world. It has proved reserves of 22.4 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Exxon Mobil's 45 refineries in 25 countries have a capacity of producing 6.4 million barrels per day. The company supplies refined products to more than 35,000 service stations in about 100 countries that operate under the Exxon, Esso, and Mobil brands. It also provides fuel at 680 airports and 220 ports. Exxon Mobil is also a major petrochemical producer.

Address: 5959 Las Colinas Blvd.Irving, TX 75039-2298 Phone: 972-444-1000 Fax: 972-444-1350


• Chairman, President and CEO: Rex W. Tillerson • SVP and Treasurer: Donald D. (Don) Humphreys • VP, Public Affairs: K. P. Cohen

George E. Warren Corporation

By barge, by pipeline, by tank truck, by George; George E. Warren is a major private wholesale distributor of petroleum in the eastern US. Founded in Boston by George E. Warren in 1907 as a coal and oil distributor, it moved to Florida in the early 1990s. The company distributes product mostly by barge and pipeline, though it uses some tank trucks as well. Warren has distribution facilities in the southeastern and southwestern US. It distributes products including ethylene and heating oil to various industries. President and CEO Thomas Corr owns the company.

Address: 3001 Ocean Dr.Vero Beach, FL 32963 Phone: 772-778-7100 Fax: 772-778-7171

• President and CEO: Thomas L. Corr • CFO and Controller: Michael E. George

Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc.

A remnant of J. Paul Getty's oil empire, Getty Petroleum Marketing distributes motor and heating fuels. The company, which became a subsidiary of Russian oil giant LUKOIL in 2001, has more than 2,000 gas stations (some of which maintain convenience stores, auto repair centers, or car washes) in a dozen northeastern and mid-Atlantic US states. It operates eight petroleum terminals and 17 throughput and exchange terminals, and a large truck fleet. Originally a part of Getty Petroleum (now Getty Realty), the company sells heating oil through its KOSCO subsidiary. In 2004 Getty Petroleum Marketing expanded its US retail chain by acquiring 779 gas stations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania from ConocoPhillips.

Address: 1500 Hempstead Tpke.East Meadow, NY 11554 Phone: 516-542-4900 Fax: 516-832-8272

• Chairman and CEO: Vadim Gluzman • President and COO: Vincent J DeLaurentis • SVP and CFO: Michael K. Hantman

Golden Gate Petroleum

Based just outside that City by the Bay, Golden Gate Petroleum distributes daily about 2 million gallons of petroleum products, including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell branded fuels, base oils, and lubricants, to customers located throughout northern California. The company transports its products through a system of pipelines, bulk terminals, railroad cars, and trucks. Its customers include agricultural, commercial, and industrial users. Golden Gate Petroleum also operates nearly 30 gasoline service stations. Its growth strategy includes the acquisition of smaller petroleum distribution companies located in its current service area as well as internal growth.

Address: 501 Shell Ave.Martinez, CA 94553 Phone: 925-228-2222 Fax: 925-957-9587


• President: Dennis M. O'Keefe • COO: Michael Bell

LG Group

Greenergy International Limited

Green is the theme for Greenergy International, which is the UK's largest independent low-emission fuels supplier. The company focuses on developing low-carbon fuels (GlobalFuels) that blend biofuels (biodiesel or bioethanol) with mineral fuel. Green"ergy" buys rapeseed for biodiesel production from UK farmers. It also supplies its industrial and commercial clients with biodiesels made from waste oils and other virgin oils. Among its branded products is GlobalDiesel, which is sold by UK retail giant Tesco. Green"ergy" also offers carbon emission tracking and reduction services. The company, founded in 1992, has a major presence in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.

Address: 198 High HolbornLondon WC1V 7BD, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7404-7700 Fax: +44-20-7400-4799


• Chairman: David Rees • CEO: Andrew Owens • Finance Director: James Thompson

Gulf Oil Limited Partnership

Gulf Oil bridges the gap between petroleum producers and retail sales outlets. The petroleum wholesaler distributes gasoline and diesel fuel to about 1,800 Gulf-brand stations in 11 northeastern states. Gulf Oil, which owns and operates 12 storage terminals, also distributes motor oils, lubricants, and heating oil to commercial, industrial, and utility customers. The company has alliances with terminal operators in areas in the Northeast where it does not have a proprietary terminal. Gulf Oil boasts one of the oldest and most recognizable brands in the oil business.

Address: 90 Everett Ave.Chelsea, MA 02150 Phone: 617-889-9000 Fax: 617-884-0637


• CEO: John Kaneb • President: Gary Kaneb • Controller: Alice Kuhne

Haycock Petroleum Co.

Haywire oil prices can't stop Haycock Petroleum offering fleet fueling and lubricating services to its customers in the West. The company's products and services include automated fueling, commercial and industrial lubricants, commercial CardLock fuel locations, fleet fueling management reporting, on site heavy equipment service, propane, spill response service, unleaded, diesel and racing fuel, and wholesale, retail, and on site delivery. Haycock Petroleum operates a handful of locations in California, Nevada, and Utah, including full service facilities in Bishop, California and Caliente, Nevada.

Address: 4825 N. Sloan St.Las Vegas, NV 89115-1924 Phone: 702-382-1620 Fax: 702-382-4315


• Chairman: Clarence L. Haycock • CEO: John Haycock • COO: Stephen Moore

J.A.M. Distributing Company

When you're in a jam, this jobber will deliver the lube. J.A.M. Distributing distributes ExxonMobil brand petroleum products, including automotive and industrial oils, fluids, solvents, and greases, to customers in Texas. It also provides bulk load deliveries of gasoline and diesel fuel. Through its J.A.M. Marine Services subsidiary, the company provides marine fueling services to ports in Galveston and Aransas Pass, Texas. The company sells and services equipment including automotive lifts, fuel and oil pumps, reels, and fuel storage tanks through its J.A.M. Equipment Sales and Service unit.

Address: 711 W. Bay Area Blvd., Ste 310Webster, TX 77598 Phone: 713-844-7788 Fax: 713-844-7789

• President: J. A. Maniscalco • Equipment Sales and Service: D. Anderson

LG Group used to be Lucky, but Asia's economic woes have brought hard times to this leading South Korean "chaebol" (family-run industrial group). Founded in 1947 as Lucky Goldstar, the group consists of more than 30 affiliated companies that operate through more than 300 offices around t he globe. After de-merging with GS Holdings Corp., its major operations are now divided into three business sectors: Chemicals (LG Chem), Electronics (LG Electronics, LG Micron, and LG Philips LCD), and Telecommunications and Services (LG TeleCom, DACOM, LG International).

Address: LG Twin Towers, 20 Yoido-dong, Youngdungpo-guSeoul 150-721, South Korea Phone: +44-2-3773-1114 Fax: +44-2-3773-7813


• Chairman; Chairman and CEO, LGCI and LGEI: Koo Bon-Moo • President and CTO, LG Electronics: Woo Hyun Paik

• President: Mary Hazelrigg

Lykins Companies, Inc.

The Lykins family took a liking to petroleum and petroleum products marketing when Guy Lykins founded the enterprise in 1948. The Lykins Companies serves as a marketer for large oil companies such as CITGO, BP, Exxon Mobil, and Marathon Oil, and services approximately 200 dealers. Products hauled by its trucking unit include gasoline, heating oil, diesel, and kerosene. The majority of the company's customers are located in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and eastern Indiana. On the retail side, the family-owned company owns and operates 20 Friend's gas stations/convenience stores. Other Lykins businesses include D&L Leasing (car and truck leasing) and a home heating equipment, supply, and service unit.

Address: 5163 Wolfpen Pleasant Hill Rd.Milford, OH 45150-2733 Phone: 513-831-8820 Fax: 513-831-4518

• CEO: Donald F. (Don) Lykins • President: Donald J. (Jeff) Lykins • CFO: Robert J. (Bob) Manning

Merrimac Energy Group

It's the more (customers) the merrier for Merrimac Energy, which distributes petroleum products, provides fleet fueling services, and is a wholesale marketer of electricity and natural gas. The company also provides environmental services. Its products include aviation fuels, diesel, food grade oil, generator fuel, gasoline, industrial oil, marine fuels, bulk propane, and transportation lubricants. The largest independent woman-owned energy company in California, Merrimac Energy serves construction companies, governmental agencies, industrial and commercial clients, and utilities. The company is owned by president Mary Hazelrigg.

Address: 444 W. Ocean Blvd., Ste. 1406Long Beach, CA 90802 Phone: 562-983-9350 Fax: 562-983-9355

MFA Oil Company

controlled by its farmer-members, produces fuel and lubrication products and manages bulk petroleum and propane plants in the Central US. Operating 120 propane plants, the company sells more propane for farm use and home heating than any other company in Missouri. It also operates 120 bulk plants and serves customers in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Additionally, the company operates 78 convenience stores under the Break Time brand, 145 Petro-Card 24 fueling locations, and owns 10 Jiffy Lube and four Big O Tire franchises.

Address: 1 Ray Young Dr.Columbia, MO 65201 Phone: 573-442-0171 Fax: 573-876-0321

Fiscal Year End: August Revenue (2005): 555.80 M Employees (2005): 1,500

• Chairman: Benny Farrell • President and CEO: Jerome (Jerry) Taylor • SVP Corporate Services and Director Information Technology: Jim Belcher

Petrobras Distribuidora S.A.

state-owned oil company, PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO (PETROBRAS), which is also the country's largest government-controlled business. From its warehouses and more than 7,000 service stations, Petrobras Distribuidora (known by the brand name BR) furnishes the nation with petroleum derivative products, including gasoline, lubes, fuel oil, hydrated alcohol, and natural gas. Petrobras Distribuidora is also building up its market position in a number of neighboring countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay. No longer publicly traded, PETROBRAS acquired all of the company's shares in 2003.

Address: Rua General Canabarro 500, Maracanã20271-905 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Phone: +55-21-3876-5155 Fax: +55-21-3876-4979


• President: Luiz Rodolfo Landim Machado • Director Consumer Marketing: Marco Antonio Vaz Capute • Director Financial Services: Nelson José Guitti Guimarães

Yes

Petrobras Energía Participaciones S.A. [PZE]

Petrobras Energía Participaciones (formerly Perez Companc) controls Petrobras Energía (formerly Pecom Energía), an Argentine energy conglomerate. Petrobras Energía's main business is oil and gas exploration and production. It operates about 30 fields in South America with proven reserves of more than 730 million barrels of oil equivalent, mostly oil and natural gas liquids. Other operations include refineries and petrochemical plants, and electricity generation. Petrobras Energía is also involved in oil marketing, transportation, agriculture, and mining. In 2002 the Perez Companc family sold 59% of the company to Brazilian oil giant PETROBRAS.

Address: Maipú 1, 122nd Fl.C 1084 ABA Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone: +54-11-4344-6000 Fax: +54-11-4344-6315


• Chairman: José Eduardo de Barros Dutra • CEO: Alberto Guimarães • CFO: Luis Miguel Sas

PetroChina Company Limited [PTR]

If you want petroleum in China, then PetroChina is your company. A subsidiary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), PetroChina produces two-thirds of China's oil and gas. The company has proved reserves of 11 billion barrels of oil and 32.5 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. It engages in domestic exploration, owns more than 8,500 miles of natural gas pipeline in China, and operates 29 refineries and 11 chemical plants. PetroChina also owns or has interests in more than15,000 gas stations. The company was created in 2000 as a separate company to manage domestic operations of CNPC, which handles international activities. Since its 2000 IPO, PetroChina has continued to restructure.

Address: World Tower, 16 Andelu, DongchengBeijing 100011, China Phone: +86-10-8488-6270 Fax: +86-10-8488-6260


• Chairman: Chen Geng • Chairman of Supervisory Committee: Li Kecheng • Vice Chairman and President: Jiang Jiemin

Petroleum Traders Corporation

Petroleum Traders Corporation barters with fuel. The company provides wholesale gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil to fuel distributors, government agencies, and other large consumers of fuel such as businesses with vehicle fleets. The largest pure wholesale fuel distributor in the country, Petroleum Traders operates and trades in more than 30 US states. It supplies #1 and #2 low sulfur diesel fuels, high sulfur heating oil and kerosene, and conventional, ethanol, and reformulated blends of gasoline in regular, midgrade, and premium octane ratings.

Address: 7110 Pointe Inverness WayFort Wayne, IN 46804 Phone: 260-432-6622 Fax: 260-432-6564


• President: Michael B. Himes • CFO: Linda Stephens • VP: Vicky Himes

Ramos Oil Company, Inc.

Fuel aromas smell good to Ramos Oil, which distributes bulk and pre-packaged petroleum products to businesses and individual customers in California and Nevada. It also provides fleet fueling, lubrication consulting, cardlock, and transportation services. Ramos Oil distributes all the leading petroleum brands available, including ARCO, BP, Shell, Chevron, Mobil, Unocal, Texaco, and Tosco. The company was founded in 1951 by chairman and owner Bill Ramos, who acquired a small Shell Oil distributorship located in West Sacramento. His sons Kent and Kyle run the company's oil jobber and environmental businesses, respectively.

Address: 5151 S. River Rd.West Sacramento, CA 95691 Phone: 916-371-2570 Fax: 916-371-0635


• Chairman: Bill Ramos • President: Kent Ramos • CFO: John Bailey

Yes

Redwood Coast Petroleum, Inc.

A full tank means a job well done for Redwood Oil, a multi-branded jobber which buys fuels directly from the major refiners (Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Valero Energy) and resells those products to its dealer network and its company-owned gas stations. The company distributes wholesale petroleum products, including Chevron, Union 76, Mobil, Valvoline, and Castrol brand gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, and lubricants, to customers located in California and Oregon. It also delivers propane to rural customers in its distribution area. Redwood Oil operates more than 20 Chevron convenience stores and cardlock fueling locations as well as eight Aztec Grill restaurants located within its stations.

Address: 455 Yolanda Ave.Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Phone: 707-546-0766 Fax: 707-526-4954


• Owner: Robert I. Barbieri • Sales Manager: Bruce Anderson

Repsol YPF, S.A. [REP]

The sun shines on Repsol YPF, Spain's largest oil company. A fully integrated oil and gas company, it has proved reserves mostly in Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa. The company owns 99% of YPF, Argentina's #1 oil company, and has operations in more than 30 countries. Repsol YPF operates five refineries in Spain and four in Latin American and produces chemicals, plastics, and polymers. It sells gas under the brands Campsa, Petronor, and Repsol at more than 3,600 service stations in Spain and has about 3,000 stations in Latin America. It is one of Spain's largest sellers of liquefied petroleum gas.

Address: Paseo de la Castellana, 27828046 Madrid, Spain Phone: +34-91-348-80-00 Fax: +34-91-348-28-21


• Chairman and CEO: Antonio Brufau Niubó • CFO: Luis Mañas Antón • Group Managing Director of Communication and Head of the Cha: Jaume Giró Ribas

RKA Petroleum Companies, LLC

Arcane name, widely available products. RKA Petroleum (named after former president Roger K. Albertie, who died in 2004) is a regional wholesale distributor of petroleum products to commercial and retail fueling locations in the US. Led by the RKA Petroleum Terminal in Romulus, Michigan, the company has storage capacity of more than 13 million gallons of product, including an additional storage capacity of over 60,000 gallons for alternative fuels. The family-owned company also operates a fleet dispatching service, a heating and cooling company, and a work clothing retailer.

Address: 28340 Wick Rd.Romulus, MI 48174 Phone: 734-946-2199 Fax: 734-946-4772


• President: David Doner • Manager Information Systems and Pricing Coordinator: Jason Hittleman • Manager Retail Branding: Kari Elliot

SPF Energy, Inc.

Super-jobber SPF Energy is also a super-pumper of petroleum. The company provides petroleum products distribution to customers in Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming. Through its Superpumper subsidiary, the company operates a regional chain of convenience stores and gasoline stations. Through its Farstad Oil business, SPF Energy also offers bulk transportation of petroleum products including the distribution of about 160 million gallons of gas, 28 million gallons of propane, and 2 million gallons of lubricant products a year.

Address: 100 NE 27th St.Minot, ND 58702-1847 Phone: 701-852-1194 Fax: 701-838-6955


• President and CEO: Jeff Farstad • COO: Dennis Krueger • Secretary and Treasurer: Bruce Hest

Sprague Energy Corp.

When it comes to energy delivery, Sprague Energy knows how to get the lead out. The company, founded in 1870 as a coal and oil supplier, has grown into one of the largest fuel suppliers on the US's Eastern Seaboard. Sprague Energy's products include diesel, gasoline, home heating oil, and residual fuels. The company distributes about 160 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 2.5 billion gallons of petroleum products each year and owns or operates some 20 oil terminals.

Address: 2 International Dr., Ste. 200Portsmouth, NH 03801-6809 Phone: 603-431-1000 Fax: 603-430-5324

• President and CEO: John McClellan • SVP, Sales and Marketing: David (Dave) Glendon

Sun Coast Resources Inc.

Breaking the glass ceiling with large containers of Texas tea, woman-owned Sun Coast Resources buys refined oil and sells it to third-party customers such as convenience stores, school districts, and companies in the construction industry. Founded in 1985 by president and CEO Kathy Lehne with $2,000 in start-up capital, Sun Coast Resources serves customers (including the US Coast Guard in the southern and southwestern US. The company offers transportation services as well as gasoline and diesel fuels, marine and aviation fuels, lubricants, and on-site and fleet fueling. It also provides petroleum tanks and generator fueling services. Sun Coast carries a full line of Chevron oils and lubricants.

Address: 6922 CavalcadeHouston, TX 77028 Phone: 713-844-9600 Fax: 713-844-9696

• President and CEO: Kathy Lehne • CFO: Lisa Smith • VP Sales: Diana Durand

Taylor Oil Co., Inc.

Taylor Oil keeps on trucking to make sure that it provides petroleum distribution and on-site fueling services to construction crews, contractors, marinas, and trucking fleets along the East Coast. The company's trucks visit job sites on a predetermined schedule and time, to custom-deliver and fill all of a client's equipment, tanks, and vehicles. Many of Taylor Oil's trucks carry both on- and off-road diesel so that it can fuel all types of equipment, not just construction machinery. It delivers loads to meet the needs of 10,000-gallons-per-day users as well as clients needing as little as 50 gallons per day.

Contact Information Address: 77 2nd St.Somerville, NJ 08876 Phone: 908-725-7737 Fax: 908-725-7746


• President: Rick Workman • VP Operations: Mark O'Leary • Sales Manager, New Jersey and New York: Frank Bloom

Texor Petroleum Company, Inc.

Named for something that sounded "big" (as in Texas and its oil connotations), Texor Petroleum distributes petroleum products and operates convenience stores in Illinois and Indiana. The largest independent petroleum marketer in Illinois is an authorized distributor for CITGO Petroleum, Clark, Marathon, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and BP branded petroleum products. Texor assists franchisees in a variety of different types of convenience store/fuel retail operations. It gives accurate and timely sales projections and cost estimates and assists dealers with a innovative merchandising designs and programs. Texor's retailers have access to manufacturers and suppliers such as Cash Depot and Eby-Brown.

Address: 3340 S. Harlem Ave.Riverside, IL 60546-2126 Phone: 708-447-1999 Fax: 708-447-1047


• Chairman and CEO: Thomas E. (Tom) Gleitsman • President: Anthony E. Speiser • Controller: Tom Dinaso

The Hollingsworth Companies

Oil products are worth a lot to The Hollingsworth Companies, which supplies gasoline, diesel, kerosene, waste oils, and ethanol to farms, gas stations, marinas, and trucking firms in Tennessee and neighboring states. The company sells major oil brands, and a biodiesel product, and provides marinas with Valvtect additives for diesel and gasoline. Hollingsworth Companies has nine storage tanks with capacity of 32,000 gallons at its Springfield main office, other terminals in Clarksville, Tennessee, and a trucking fleet that includes 14 transports and three tankwagons. The company, which is owned by the Hollingsworth family, also has operations in car wash systems, construction, and convenience stores.

Address: 1503 Memorial Blvd.Springfield, TN 37172-3234 Phone: 615-384-5852 Fax: 615-384-5559


• Chairman and President: Ronnie H. Hollingsworth • Controller: Carol Justice

Yes

The SoCo Group, Inc.

What's so cool about The SoCo Group is that it does more than simply distribute commercial and industrial petroleum products and lubricants to customers in Southern California. The company also operates cardlock, fleet fueling, and a network retail brand gasoline stations and dealers stations that sell gasoline under the Shell, SoCo and Valero brands. The SoCo Group operates a fleet of bulk delivery trucks that carry a range of fuels, including jet fuels and marine diesel. The company can also monitor the level of products in customers' fuels and lubricant tanks via the Internet.

Address: 5962 Priestly Dr.Carlsbad, CA 92008 Phone: 760-204-2460 Fax: 760-929-8072

• CEO: Howard Scott McOwen • CFO: Henry McDonald

The Valvoline Company

The Valvoline Company helps the Tin Man get loose, the squeaky wheel get the grease, and your car flip its odometer. The division of Ashland produces all manner of automotive lubricants and fluids, motor oil and transmission fluids being only the most ubiquitous. Through its Valvoline Instant Oil Change division, the company also operates more than 700 oil change centers in 39 states, making it the second largest such operation in the US (behind Royal Dutch Shell's Jiffy Lube). It also offers automotive cleaning products under the Eagle One brand name. Valvoline serves more than 100 countries worldwide.

Address: 3499 Blazer Pkwy.Lexington, KY 40509 Phone: 859-357-7777 Fax: 606-357-7733


• President: Samuel J. Mitchell Jr. • SVP Technology: Frances E. (Fran) Lockwood • VP Brand Marketing: Rolf Linder

Thomas Petroleum Company, Inc.

There are no doubting Thomases working at this petroleum products company. Petroleum and heating oil wholesaler and retailer Thomas Petroleum Co. operates four bulk plants and 14 retail convenience stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Thomas Petroleum serves more than 6,500 customers. The company sells major petroleum brands, including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Marathon, and Sunoco. Thomas Petroleum also operates as a licensed The Holland Grill barbeque grill dealer. The company is owned and managed by president L. Ray Thomas.

Address: 1629 S. Lafayette St.Shelby, NC 28152 Phone: 704-482-0351 Fax: 704-484-8869


• President: L. Ray Thomas • CFO: Morris Hudson • VP Operations: Ty Gantt

TOTAL S.A. [TOT]

TOTAL, one of the world's largest integrated oil companies, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas; refines and markets oil; and trades and transports both crude and finished products. Operating in more than 100 countries, the company has reserves of 11.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent. It operates 28 refineries and more than 16,000 Total, Elf, or Fina-branded gas stations, mostly in Europe and Africa. The company is also a major producer of chemicals. TOTAL FINA was formed in 1999 when France's TOTAL bought Belgium-based PetroFina. It became TOTAL FINA ELF in 2000 with the acquisition of French rival Elf Aquitaine. The company renamed itself as TOTAL S.A. in 2003.

Address: 2 place de la Coupole, La Défense 692400 Courbevoie, France Phone: +33-1-47-44-58-53 Fax: +33-1-47-44-58-24


• Chairman and CEO: Thierry Desmarest • EVP and CFO: Robert Castaigne • SVP Strategy, Business Development, and Research and Develop: Christian Mattenet

Truman Arnold Companies

This jobber gets the job done by distributing wholesale petroleum across the US. Truman Arnold Companies (TAC) markets and distributes more than 100 million gallons of petroleum products a month to customers located in 48 states in the US through its TAC Energy subsidiary. Through its TAC Air unit, the company offers fixed-base operations (FBO), including aircraft fueling, hanger, and ground transportation services, through 11 general aviation facilities in the US. The company also operates convenience stores and provides trucking, real estate, and construction services.

Address: 701 S. Robison Rd.Texarkana, TX 75501 Phone: 903-794-3835 Fax: 903-831-4056


• Chairman: Truman Arnold • President and CEO: Gregory A. (Greg) Arnold • VP, CFO, and Treasurer: Steve McMillen

U.S. Oil Co., Inc.

Smitten with the oil distribution business, the founding Schmidt family own and operate U.S. Oil Co. The company supplies refined oil products to US residents in the Midwest, and does a lot more. In addition to the wholesale distribution of oil products (its largest revenue generator), the company operates gas stations, and installs gas pumps, tanks, and other petroleum-related equipment. It also provides plumbing, and HVAC services, operates a research laboratory for environmental analysis, collects used waste oil to be processed into burner fuel, and has a metal custom manufacturing unit.

Address: 425 S. Washington St.Combined Locks, WI 54113-1099 Phone: 920-739-6101 Fax: 920-788-0531

• President and CEO: Thomas A. Schmidt • CFO and Treasurer: Paul Bachman • Director Information Systems: Fred Pennings

Vanguard Petroleum Corporation

Vanguard Petroleum Corporation, formerly named Vanguard Energy, has worked hard to stay in the vanguard of the oil and gas commodity marketing business. The company is engaged in the business of wholesaling petroleum and liquid petroleum gases. Vanguard Petroleum, led by industry veteran Tom Garner, uses ChemConnect, the largest US-based online exchange for chemical trading, to streamline the wholesaler's purchasing operations. Vanguard Petroleum does about 15% of its spot purchases and sales of natural-gas liquids on ChemConnect's commodities trading site.

Address: 1111 North Loop West, Ste. 1100Houston, TX 77008 Phone: 713-802-4242 Fax: 713-802-4250

• President: Thomas W. (Tom) Garner • CFO and Treasurer: Jack Faubion

Warren Equities, Inc.

Northeast. The holding company sells fuel and groceries from over 400 Xtra Mart brand service stations and convenience stores from Maine to Virginia. Warren's distribution companies supply those stores, as well as independent outlets, with gasoline, grocery, and tobacco products. Other Warren companies trade and store petroleum, provide environmental testing services, and make promotional signs and clothing. Chairman and owner Warren Alpert's foundation gives annual grants to medical researchers; he has donated more than $20 million to Harvard Medical School.

Address: 27 Warren WayProvidence, RI 02905 Phone: 401-781-9900 Fax: 401-461-7160

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2004): 1000.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 0.00% Employees (2004): 2,200 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00%

• Chairman: Warren Alpert • President and CEO: Herbert (Herb) Kaplan • CFO and Treasurer: John Dziedzic


Yes

Aber Diamond Corporation [ABER]

rough. It owns a 40% stake in the Diavik diamond mine, located in one of the world's richest diamond-bearing deposits. Diavik Diamond Mines, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, owns the remaining 60% and operates the mine. The Diavik mine produced 7.6 million carats in 2004. With its share, Aber directly supplies Tiffany & Co. with diamonds. The rest of the company's diamond production is sold through its subsidiary Aber International, a rough diamond dealer on the Antwerp open market. In 2004 the company acquired 51% of jewelry retailer Harry Winston.

Address: P.O. Box 4569, Station AToronto, Ontario M5W 4T9, Canada Phone: 416-362-2237 Fax: 416-362-2230

Fiscal Year End: January Revenue (2006): 505.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 31.10% Employees (2006): 68

• Chairman and CEO: Robert A. Gannicott • President and Director; CEO, Harry Winston: Thomas J. O'Neill • VP and CFO: Alice A. Murphy

Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation

Afri-Can Marine Minerals is looking for jewels in the sea, but it isn't pearls the company is after. Afri-Can Marine explores for diamonds off the coast of Namibia, where it owns interests in some 25 licenses covering 10,000 square miles. It plans to develop deposits that appear profitable. The company's best prospect is its 70%-owned joint venture with Woduna Mining Holding. Its other partnership is Namibian Gemstones Mining. On dry land, the company is also has an option agreement in the Haib Copper Concession in Namibia. To further its relations with the government, Afri-Can sold a stake to a not-for-profit corporation that represents four regional councils in the country.

Address: 4444 St. Catherine St. West, Ste. 201Westmount, Quebec H3Z 1R2, Canada Phone: 514-846-2133 Fax: 514-846-1435

• Chairman: Michael J. H. Brown • President and CEO: Pierre Léveillé • EVP and CFO: Bernard J. Tourillon

African Diamonds Plc

African Diamonds explores and develops diamonds from operations in Botswana, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. The company looks for property near current or former producing mines. It has a joint venture with industry giant De Beers in Botswana. De Beers contributes to the development costs in return for a percentage of profits once the mine is production. The diamonds will be sold to De Beers' marketing firm The Diamond Trading Company. African Diamonds has previously investigated opportunities in Lesotho and Angola.


Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 0.00 M Employees (2004): 198 Employee Growth (1 yr): 890.00% • Executive Chairman: John J.

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African Metals Corporation

African Metals Corporation is based in Canada but does its business in West Africa. The company primarily explores and develops diamond concessions in Mali. Its projects include Kenieba Nord, Kenieba Sud, and Soumala. African Metals has put its gold exploration program on hold as it concentrates on diamonds. None of its properties are in production.


• CEO, CFO, and Director: Willis W. Osborne • President and Director: Klaus Eckhof

Agau Resources, Inc.

Agau Resources knows that getting dirty is just a part of business. The mining company explores and develops mineral properties, primarily at its Grimshaw diamond prospect in the Peach River Arch area of northwestern Alberta. It is acquiring permits and disposing of others as it looks for other promising mineral sites adjacent to its Grimshaw diamond prospect. Kenneth Richardson holds more than 40% of the company.

Address: 3912 116th St.Edmonton, Alberta T6J 1R4, Canada Phone: 780-413-9392 Fax: 780-496-9307 • President, CEO, CFO, and

Director: Einar N. Myrholm

Yes

AREVA Group

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. [ARLP]

Coal is the main resource of Alliance Resource Partners. The company has eight coal mining complexes (seven underground, one surface) in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Maryland. Alliance's more than 540 million tons of reserves also include coal from properties in West Virginia. The company produces about 20 million tons of coal annually, about 50% of which is high-sulfur coal. Two customers, Synfuel Solutions Operating and Virginia Electric and Power, together account for about one-third of sales. Alliance bought out River View Coal in early 2006 giving it nearly 100 million more tons of high sulfur coal reserves. President and CEO Joseph Craft III controls a 44% stake in Alliance Resource Partners.

Address: 1717 S. Boulder Ave., Ste. 600Tulsa, OK 74119 Phone: 918-295-7600 Fax: 918-295-7358


• Chairman: John P. Neafsey • President, CEO, and Director: Joseph W. Craft III • SVP and CFO: Brian L. Cantrell

ALROSA Company Limited

Russian diamond monopoly ALROSA produces nearly 100% of the country's diamonds. It also accounts for more than 20% of the world's rough diamonds. The organization, which is jointly owned by the central government in Moscow and the Republic of Sakha, operates mines throughout Russia and Angola. About 50% of the company's rough diamonds are sold in foreign markets. ALROSA has a distribution agreement with De Beers' marketing arm, The Diamond Trading Company, but is reducing the amount of diamonds it supplies to De Beers. The company also markets its own stones and supports a growing Russian diamond-cutting industry. ALROSA's largest shareholder is the Russian Ministry of State Property (37%).

Address: 10-12, Pervy Kazachy Pereulok109017 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-495-230-66-51 Fax: +7-495-230-66-31


• Chairman, Supervisory Council: Alexey Leonidovich Kudrin • President: Alexandr Olegovich Nichiporuk • VP, Sales and Marketing: Yuri Alexandrovich Dudenkov

Anglo-Canadian Uranium Corp.

Anglo-Canadian Uranium, formerly Interactive Exploration, hopes to bring its mines online. The company explores and develops properties to produce uranium, diamonds, gold, and silver through operations in Canada and Mexico. Its primary exploration projects include uranium and diamond claims in Quebec (Otish Mountain, Kert, Charles, Lac Bienville), as well as gold, silver, lead, and zinc projects in British Columbia (Lucky Boy) and Mexico (Las Coloradas).

Address: The Marine Building, 355 Burrard St., Ste. 1150Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G8, Canada Phone: 604-669-6807 Fax: 604-669-5715

• President, CEO, CFO, and Director: Leonard J. (Len) Harris

Archangel Diamond Corporation

Archangel Diamond Corporation has to dig itself out of court before it can start digging for diamonds. The company is involved in a dispute with Russian oil company OAO LUKOIL over a license to a promising diamond deposit (in the Verkhotina area) in northwest Russia. Archangel Diamond does have De Beers in its corner, which holds a controlling stake in the company.

Address: 65 Overlea Blvd., Ste. 400Toronto, Ontario M4H1P1, Canada Phone: 416-423-1600 Fax: 416-429-2462

• Chairman: Gary M. Ralfe • President and CEO: Jonathan Dickman • Secretary and CFO: David W. Massola

The AREVA Group brings vertical integration into the nuclear age. The company is involved in every step of nuclear power production. AREVA mines uranium and enriches it (under the trade name COGEMA). It builds nuclear reactors and services them (through Framatome ANP, a joint venture with Siemens). AREVA also treats and recycles used fuel. AREVA T&D (for Transmission & Distribution) is the company's electricity transmission and distribution equipment business and its largest unit. Framatome also manufactures electrical connectors, and subsidiary Canberra makes radiation detection equipment. The CEA (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, or French Atomic Energy Commission) owns 79% of AREVA.

Address: 27-29 rue Le Peletier75 433 Paris Cedex 9, France Phone: +33-1-44-83-71-00 Fax: +33-1-44-83-25-00


• Chairman of the Executive Board; Chairman and CEO, COGEMA: Anne Lauvergeon • Executive Board Member and CFO: Gérald Arbola • Executive Board Member; COO, COGEMA: Didier Benedetti

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Ashton Mining of Canada Inc.

Ashton Mining of Canada is a diamond exploration company with interests in North America. The company has exploration properties in Alberta, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Quebec. Its main project is a joint venture (with SOQUEM) in the Otish Mountains of Quebec. Formed in 1993, Ashton Mining of Canada is majority-owned by Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto got a piece of Ashton Mining of Canada when it bought Ashton Mining Limited of Australia.

Address: 930 W. 1st St., Unit 116North Vancouver, British Columbia V7P 3N4, Canada Phone: 604-983-7750 Fax: 604-987-7107


• Chairman: John B. Cole • President, CEO, and Director: Robert T. Boyd • VP, Finance: Alessandro Bitelli

Augusta Resource Corporation

Augusta Resource is hoping to add a little sparkle to its balance sheet. The company owns interests in diamond properties in the Coronation Diamond District in Nunavut, Canada. It's currently raising cash to develop its properties and acquire others in Canada and the US. The company has expanded operations to exploring properties in New Mexico and Nevada. Augusta Resource has an alliance with fellow Canadian diamond miner Ashton Mining of Canada.

Contact Information Address: 837 W. Hastings St., Ste. 400Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3N6, Canada Phone: 604-687-1717 Fax: 604-687-1715

• Chairman: Richard W. Warke • President and CEO: Gil Clausen • CFO: Donald B. Clark

From its base in Belgium, Belgonucleaire fuels the nuclear world. The company produces mixed oxide (MOX), a combination of depleted uranium oxide and plutonium oxide that is used as fuel in nuclear power plants. Belgonucleaire also has a nuclear engineering branch, which researches nuclear fuels, builds equipment for MOX production factories, and develops systems to dispose of nuclear waste safely. The engineering branch also works with other nuclear firms to neutralize plutonium left over from dismantled nuclear weapons. The Belgian national government owns 50% of the company, which was founded in 1957.

Address: Avenue Ariane 41200 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32-2-774-05-11 Fax: +32-2-774-05-47

• Chairman: Jacques Laurent • General Manager: Jean Van Vliet

Brazilian Diamonds Limited

Brazilian Diamonds (formerly Black Swan Resources) hopes to be transformed into wealthy prince. As the new name suggests, it now explores for and acquires diamond properties in Brazil. Its projects include Serra da Canastra, Santo Antonio do Bonito, and Abaeté River. Brazilian Diamonds acquired several of these projects from De Beers Brazil and is working with local mining companies to develop these properties. In 2005 the company sold its holding in Hidefield Gold, but Brazilian Diamonds still works with the gold company in a precious metals exploration joint venture.


• Chairman: Kenneth P. Judge • President, CEO, and Director: Stephen L. Fabian • CFO and Secretary: Robert W. Anderson

Brush Wellman Inc.

Brush Wellman produces beryllium, beryllium oxide, beryllia ceramics, and beryllium alloys. Its beryllium products are used in such industries as aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, and electronics. The company's alloys are prized for their electrical and thermal conductivities, as well as their durability, hardness, and strength. Brush Wellman has sales offices in Asia, Europe, and the US. The alloy and beryllium products unit of Brush Engineered Materials, Brush Wellman is part of its parent's Metal Systems Group. Brush Wellman has its roots in a company that was founded by Charles Brush in 1921.

Address: 17876 Saint Clair Ave.Cleveland, OH 44110-2602 Phone: 216-486-4200 Fax: 216-383-4091

• President; Brush Wellman and Brush Alloys: Donald G. Klimkowicz

Caldera Resources Inc.

Caldera Resources is bubbling up in the diamond mining business. The company hopes to produce diamonds from several projects (Yilgarn Craton, Cromer Cone, Ellendale, and Runton) in western Australia. Its Yilgarn Craton project is a joint venture with SouthernEra Resources; Cromer Cone is a partnership with Ronald Winston (chairman of Harry Winston). Caldera Resources has other exploration projects, including base metals, in the works in western and northern Australia.

Address: 1 Place Ville Marie, Ste. 3900Montreal, Quebec H3B 4M7, Canada Phone: 514-878-8847 Fax: 514-866-2241

• Chairman: John Daniels • President: Christopher W. (Chris) Reindler

Consolidated AGX Resources Corp.

Consolidated AGX Resources has found a home in Brazil. The company acquires and explores diamond and other mineral resource properties. It has an agreement to take a 50% interest in claims in the Batovi Diamond Province of the state of Mato Grosso. The company first entered the agreement in 2001. Consolidated AGX Resources has also been involved in mining exploration in Canada.

Address: 850 W. Hastings St., Ste. 201Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1E1, Canada Phone: 604-689-9661 Fax: 604-689-9610 • President and CEO:

Kathrine MacDonald

Consolidated Gold Win Ventures Inc.

Consolidated Gold Win Ventures has bundled together various properties in Canada. The company is exploring for gold in British Columbia, prospecting for platinum and nickel in Quebec, and delving into diamonds in the Northwest Territories. For now, Consolidated Gold Win has focused its resources on exploratory drilling at its Drybones Bay diamond project in the Northwest Territories. The company also holds a gold property in the prolific Elko County, Nevada area.

Address: 1016 - 470 Granville St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 1V5, Canada Phone: 604-671-4718 Fax: 604-572-1891 • Chairman and President:

Souhail (Abby) Farrage

Darnley Bay Resources Limited

Darnley Bay Resources explores and develops diamond deposits as well as properties containing nickel, copper, and platinum/palladium, primarily in the Northwest Territories of Canada. In 2004 the mining company entered into a joint venture agreement with mining property developer Diadem Resources for a potential diamond exploration region near Paulatuk, Canada in the Northwest Territories. So far this region has yielded eight potential drilling targets.

Address: Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. West, Ste. 3901Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2, Canada Phone: 416-862-7885 Fax: 416-862-7889

• President, CEO, and Director: Leon F. La Prairie • CFO and Treasurer: Richard T. La Prairie

De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited

De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited (DBCM) hopes the lure of diamonds is, indeed, forever. DBCM controls the South African mining interests of De Beers, the world's largest diamond miner and marketer. The company's mines in South Africa produce more than 13 million carats of the sparkly gem every year. Nearly half of that is from its Venetia mine. DBCM was taken private in 2001 under De Beers S.A., a holding company owned by South Africa's Anglo American (45%), the Oppenheimer family (40%), and the government of Botswana (15%). Nicky Oppenheimer, grandson of Anglo American's founder, heads the De Beers operations.

Address: 36 Stockdale St.Kimberley, Northern Cape 8301, South Africa Phone: +27-53-839-4111 Fax: +27-53-839-4210


• Chairman: Johnathan M. E. Oppenheimer • Managing Director: David Noko • Group Finance Director: Stuart Brown

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Diagem Inc.

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interests around the world. It oversees the De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM, mining, South Africa) and The Diamond Trading Company (DTC, diamond marketing, UK). It also controls the De Beers diamond mining interests such as 50% stakes in Debswana (with the government of Botswana) and Namdeb (with the government of Namibia), as well as mining interests in Canada, Russia, and Tanzania. The company mines more than 45 million carats annually, mostly from its Debswana operations. De Beers SA, is owned by South African resources giant Anglo American (45%), the Oppenheimer family (40%) and the Government of Botswana (15%).

Address: Private Bag X01, SouthdaleJohannesburg 2135, South Africa Phone: +27-11-374-7000 Fax: +27-11-374-7700


• Chairman: Nicholas F. (Nicky) Oppenheimer • Managing Director: Gary M. Ralfe • Group Finance Director: Stuart Brown

Dentonia Resources Ltd.

Dentonia Resources would like to make a dent in Canada's diamond and gold mining industries. The company acquires claims on properties that might have valuable mineral deposits and makes partnerships with other companies to explore and develop the sites. Dentonia and two other companies own equal shares in DHK Diamonds, a company they formed to hold claims on diamond properties in the Lac de Gras and Pellatt Lake regions of the Northwest Territories. The company also owns interests in prospective gold properties in southeastern Yukon's Tintina Gold Belt and the Porcupine Mining District in Ontario. Dentonia Resources is also prospecting a copper and molybdenum project in British Columbia.

Address: 1039 Richards St., Ste. 303Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 3E4, Canada Phone: 604-682-1141 Fax: 604-682-1144 • President and Director:

Adolf A. Petancic

Diadem Resources Ltd.

Deposits are required for Diadem Resources, which explores and develops mining properties, primarily diamond projects, in North America. The company is focusing on three diamond projects (Otish Mountains, Franklin Diamond, and Attawapiskat) in Canada and plans to explore other areas around those projects. It has made the most progress on its exploration of the Franklin project, located in the Franklin Bay area of the Northwest Territories. Diadem Resources dropped its claims on the Leek Springs area in California, deciding instead to focus on the Franklin project and other properties.

Address: 110 Meadowvale Rd.Toronto, Ontario M1C 1S1, Canada Phone: 416-284-5959 Fax: 416-286-0795

Fiscal Year End: May Revenue (2004): 0.10 M Employees (2004): 5

• Chairman: Paul A. Carroll • President, CEO, and Director: Rodney N. (Rod) Thomas • VP, Finance: David J. Layman

Diagem Inc., formerly Diagem International Resource, has gone overseas to find its gems. The company prospects and evaluates mineral deposits primarily at its Juina Diamond Project in Mato Grosso, Brazil. In addition, Diagem has mineral operations in Canada through its roughly 30% stake in KWG Resources, which has several properties in Ontario, and a 20% holding in MacDonald Mines Exploration. It also holds interests in other Canadian properties on its own. Diagem was formed in 1995 by former chairman David Cohen.

Address: 630 René-Lévesque Blvd. WestMontreal, Quebec H3B 1S6, Canada Phone: 514-866-6001 Fax: 514-866-6193


• Chairman: Mousseau Tremblay • CEO and Director: Claude A. Durocher • President: Paulo Andreazza

Diamond Discoveries International Corp. [DMDD.OB]

Diamond Discoveries International. The company's name says it all. Diamond Discoveries is a mineral exploration company which leases property in the Torngat fields in northern Quebec. The company has contracted another firm to perform the early stage exploration of the property. Former chairman and CEO Teodosia Pangia holds nearly 15% of Diamond Discoveries.

Address: 750 W. Pender St., Ste. 804Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2T7, Canada Phone: 604-683-1368 Fax: 604-685-6905

• Chairman, President, CEO, CFO, Secretary and Director: Edward C. Williams

Diamond Fields International Ltd.

Diamond Fields International prefers to do its business on a beach. The company primarily explores for diamonds on a 176,000 acre concession on the shoreline and sea bed off the coast of Namibia. Diamond Fields pays a 10% fee to the Namibian government on the value of any diamonds recovered. The company purchased its own marine diamond mining vessel and the ship commenced mining production in 2005. Diamond Fields also has a nickel exploration project in Greenland with partner Inco Limited. It is exploring several diamond and gold projects in Liberia.

Address: 1st Fl., Unit 4, Foregate Square, Table Bay BoulevardCape Town 8001, South Africa Phone: +27-21-425-1990 Fax: +27-21-425-1999


• President, CEO, and Director: Roger J. Daniel • COO, CFO, and Secretary: Kenneth E. (Ken) Hecker

Diamondex Resources Ltd.

mining business. The exploration and development company specializes in diamond exploration in Canada's Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and northern Quebec. Diamondex acquires properties and has joint venture agreements in some exploration projects. Formed in 1999, none of the company's some 15 properties currently produce diamonds. Fellow Canadian miner Barrick Gold owns more than 10% of Diamondex.

Address: 650 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1410Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4N8, Canada Phone: 604-687-6644 Fax: 604-687-1448

• Chairman: James E. Eccott • President, CEO, and Director: Randy C. Turner • CFO: J. Christopher Mitchell

Dianor Resources Inc.

A diamond is Dianor Resources' best friend. The company has diamond mining operations in the James Bay and Otish Mountains regions of Quebec and Ontario. It partners with other Canadian mining outfits, including Alexis Minerals, Eastmain Resources, and Globex Mining Enterprises, in order to share the costs in exploring and developing properties. The company's Threegold Resources subsidiary was formed to manage its gold and base metal mining projects.

Address: 730, 4e avenueVal-d'Or, Quebec J9P 1J2, Canada Phone: 819-825-7090 Fax: 819-825-7545


• Chairman and CFO: Daniel Duval • President, CEO, and Director: John Ryder

Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

friend, you should look up Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (DDMI). The company has a majority stake (60%) in the Diavik Diamonds Project north of Great Slave lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada; partner Aber Diamond owns the remaining portion. Production began at the mine in 2003. With an estimated life cycle of 16-20 years, the Diavik mine will peak at a production rate of about 8 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.

Address: 5007 50th Ave.Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2P8, Canada Phone: 867-669-6500 Fax: 867-669-9058

• President and COO: Joe Carrabba • Manager, External and Internal Affairs: Tom Hoefer

Dios Exploration Inc.

Heavenly-sounding Dios Exploration prefers to be below the earth's surface. The company explores for diamonds in the Otish Mountains of Quebec and Ontario. Its properties include 33 Carats, Hotish, Artaud, Chibouki, and Pontax, among others. Fellow mining company Vaaldiam owns a 51% stake in the Hotish property. In 2005 diamond mining giant De Beers withdrew its option agreement with Dios Exploration to explore the 33 Carats property. The company has a purchasing agreement with Diarough, in which Diarough will buy all diamonds produced by Dios Exploration.

Address: 500 René-Lévesque West, Ste. 910Montreal, Quebec H4A 3P4, Canada Phone: 514-483-5149 Fax: 514-485-2155


• President and Director: Marie-José Girard • Marketing Manager and Director: Normand Payette

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Dwyka Diamonds Limited

Dwyka Diamonds has stars in its eyes. The company explores and mines for diamonds at such projects as Nooitgedacht, Blaauwbosch, Newlands, and New Elands in South Africa. It also explores for diamond deposits in India through a strategic alliance with BHP Billiton. Dwyka Diamonds produces aggregate, concrete, cement bricks, and pavers as by-products of its mining operations.

Address: Level 4, HPPL House, 28-42 Ventor Ave.West Perth 6005, Australia Phone: +61-8-9324-2955 Fax: +61-8-9324-2977


• Chairman: Melissa J. Sturgess • Managing Director and Director: Cedric J. Bredenkamp • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Michael J. Langoulant

Dyson Group plc

Dyson Group researches and develops performance materials (metal composites, fibers) and thermal products (ceramics, refractories). Some of the company's products include Ecoflex catalytic converter components and Saffil polycrystalline chemical fibers, both developed by Dyson's Saffil subsidiary (acquired in 1999). The company also has a US-based subsidiary, Millennium Materials (acquired in 2001), which develops metal matrix composites, primarily under the Carolite name, and is used in hard disk drive manufacturing. The vendor of Millennium Metals, Dr. Sam Weaver, holds nearly 15% of the company. Dyson was founded in 1810.

Address: 381 Fulwood Rd.Sheffield S10 3GB, United Kingdom Phone: +44-114-230-3921 Fax: +44-114-230-8583


• Non-Executive Chairman: Tom Brown • Chief Executive and Director: Mike O'Brien • Finance Director and Board Member: Nick Parker

or e6, is named after the sixth element, carbon (the building block of diamonds). The company is among the leading global suppliers of synthetic and natural industrial-grade diamonds and other industrial abrasives. Its abrasives are used for cutting, grinding, drilling, and polishing metal, concrete, glass, plastics, and other materials. The company, which had been called De Beers Industrial Diamonds (Debid) until 2002, comprises companies both independent of and partly owned by diamond giant De Beers.

Address: 1 Debid Rd.Nuffield Springs, Gauteng 1559, South Africa Phone: +27-11-812-9000 Fax: +27-11-812-9245

• Chairman: Jonathan Oppenheimer • Managing Director: C. Christian Hultner • Executive Director, Strategy Development: Edward A. Brooks

Eramet Marietta, Inc.

Think steel is strong? Eramet Marietta thinks there is room for improvement. The company produces and sells manganese alloys which are used to make steel stronger and more resistant to heat. The manganese is mined in West Africa and then mixed and refined at the company's chief plant in Marietta, Ohio. The company is a US subsidiary of France-based superalloys manufacturer Eramet.

Address: 16705 State Rte. 7 SouthMarietta, OH 45750 Phone: 740-374-1000 Fax: 740-374-1386


• President, Eramet North America: Jean Michel Deserais

European Diamonds PLC

exploration in Europe. Established in 1999, the company explores and develops diamond properties, particularly focusing on the Lahtojoki and Lentiira projects in eastern Finland (on the Russian border). Its other diamond property includes the Liqhobong project in Lesotho (a kingdom located within South Africa). The Liqhobong project is expected to produce about 290,000 carats of diamonds annually. The company is on track for its mining operations in Africa and Finland to begin production in 2006.

Address: 22 Grosvenor Sq.London W1K 6LF, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7529-7502 Fax: +44-20-7491-2244


• Chief Executive: Roy G. S. Spencer • COO: George M. Beaton • Finance Director and Secretary: James S. Cable

• President: Aly Mawji

Excalibur Industries

Excalibur Industries is on a quest for uranium. Through subsidiary Mountain West Mines, the company holds interests in uranium properties, including some 85 patented claims, in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Excalibur hopes to draw royalties from its mineral interests, but the company's contractual rights have been involved in a legal dispute. Excalibur has agreed to sell some of its Powder River Basin properties to Canada-based mining company Uranerz Energy. Colorado silver claims held by Excalibur were sold in 2004.

Address: PO Box 3551Duluth, MN 55803 Phone: 218-724-4711 • Chairman, President and

CEO: Joseph P. Hubert

Ferrotec (USA) Corporation

of Japan-based Ferrotec, the company makes fluids that, when controlled with a magnetic force, can be used for sealing, sensing, lubrication, and heat transfer. Known as ferrofluidics, these liquids are used by makers of audio speakers and lighting (General Electric is a major customer) and in its own engineered products. Ferrotec USA's sealing devices are used for making semiconductors (rotary seals) and in oil and chemical production. The company's main manufacturing plant is in New Hampshire.

Address: 40 Simon St.Nashua, NH 03060-3075 Phone: 603-883-9800 Fax: 603-883-2308


• Chairman and CEO: Akira Yamamura • COO: Eiji Miyamaga • CFO: Richard R. Cesati II

Ferrotec Corporation

seals and computer seals. Other applications include semiconductor components, flat panel displays, and hard disk drive manufacturing. The company also manufactures thermoelectric modules, solid-state devices used in medical devices, automotive equipment, telecommunications equipment, and home electronics. Founded in 1980, Ferrotec has operations in the US, through Ferrotec (USA) Corporation, as well as in Asia and Europe. The company is shifting its production to China in order to cut costs for its electronics production.

Address: 1--4-14 Kyobashi, Chuo-kuTokyo 104-0031, Japan Phone: +81-3-3281-8808 Fax: +81-3-3281-8848


• President; Chairman, Ferrotec (USA): Akira Yamamura

Firestone Diamonds plc

Firestone Diamonds is always looking for a diamond in the rough. With more than 40 years of diamond mining and exploration experience, the company has operations in Botswana (Mopipi, Orapa, Jwaneng projects) and the west coast of South Africa's Namaqualand region (Bonte Koe, Avontuur, Groen River valley, and Oena projects). Its projects in Botswana are being explored in partnership with South African diamond giant De Beers. Firestone Diamonds also has a kimberlitic exploration project in the US.

Address: 26-28 Hammersmith GroveLondon W6 7BA, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-8834-1028 Fax: +44-20-8181-6894


• Executive Chairman: James Flannan Kenny • Chief Executive: Philip Kenny • COO: Tim Wilkes

Garnet Point Resources Corp.

Garnet Point Resources really digs precious stones. The company has diamond exploration and development projects primarily in Saskatchewan and Nunavut. It has an agreement with BHP Billiton Diamonds to develop these projects, in which Garnet Point will have a small stake if the properties go into production. The company also has an option agreement with Full Metal to develop its Arcadia property in Nunavut. Garnet Point is also looking to explore and develop gold and uranium metal properties.

Address: 925 W. Georgia St., Ste. 1304Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3L2, Canada Phone: 604-684-2181 Fax: 604-682-4768

Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 63.40%

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Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, LLC

Energy, Toshiba, and Hitachi. As part of the Global Nuclear Fuel joint venture formed in 2000, it combines the design, manufacturing, and marketing operations of its parent companies to manufacture and sell light-water nuclear reactor fuel. It serves customers in Europe, Mexico, Taiwan, and the US. Global Nuclear Fuel Americas operates a plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. The company works with fellow General Electric affiliates GE Nuclear Energy and Global Nuclear Fuel - Japan.

Address: 3901 Castle Hayne Rd.Wilmington, NC 28402 Phone: 910-675-5000 Fax: 910-675-6666

• Chairman and CEO: John D. (Jack) Fuller • President and COO: Craig P. Kipp

Haynes International, Inc.

Haynes International is an ally of companies that use alloys. Haynes develops and manufactures nickel- and cobalt-based alloys. The company specializes in high-temperature alloys (HTAs) able to withstand extreme temperatures and corrosion-resistant alloys (CRAs) that stand up to corrosive substances and processes. HTAs are used in jet engines, land-based gas turbines, and waste incinerators, while CRAs have applications in chemical processing, power plant emissions control, and hazardous waste treatment. HTAs account for about three-quarters of the company's sales. The Blackstone Group investment firm owns about 70% of Haynes, which exited bankruptcy protection in 2004.

Address: 1020 W. Park Ave.Kokomo, IN 46904-9013 Phone: 765-456-6000 Fax: 765-456-6905

• President, CEO, and Director: Francis J. Petro • VP, Business Planning and Information Technology: Charles J. Sponaugle • VP, Marketing: James A. Laird

Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation Limited [HSVLY]

Highveld Steel and Vanadium knows not to meddle when you find the right niche in metals. The company is one of the world's leading producers of vanadium, a silvery, soft metal highly resistant to corrosion and used primarily as a steel-strengthening element. Highveld Steel mines its own ore for its steelworks and also produces carbonaceous products and ferro-alloys. In 2003 the company took a 50% stake in South Africa Japan Vanadium to expand into the Japanese market. UK-based mining conglomerate Anglo American owns about 80% of Highveld Steel.

Address: Old Pretoria Main Rd., PO Box 111Witbank, Mpumalanga 1035, South Africa Phone: +27-136909911 Fax: +27-136909033


• Chairman: Godfrey G. Gomwe • CEO: André J. de Nysschen • Executive Director and General Manager, Finance: Luigi Matteucci

Horseshoe Gold Mining Inc.

Horseshoe Gold Mining is looking for any luck it can get in its search for diamonds. The company is primarily looking for the precious gem in Canada's Northwest Territories. Horseshoe Gold, through its one-third interest in DHK Diamonds, has a stake in more than 200,000 acres in the Lac de Gras area. Its other exploration project is the Fuego gold and silver metals prospect (wholly-owned by fellow Canadian mining company Almaden Minerals) in the Oaxaca State of Mexico.

Address: 1022 Nelson St., Ste. 1202Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2H2, Canada Phone: 604-662-4480 Fax: 604-685-0553 • President and Director:

James E. McInnes

International Uranium Corporation [IUCPF.PK]

International Uranium truly does its business across the globe. Besides its uranium waste recycling operations in the US, the company is exploring for uranium, base, and precious metals in Mongolia (through its 44%-owned Fortress Minerals subsidiary.) It also has holdings in several Canadian uranium properties, but none of those are in operation. International Uranium earns revenue by recycling uranium and vandium waste at its White Mesa processing mill in Utah and selling the recovered metals to customers. With uranium prices rising, the company has recommenced some exploration activities at properties in Canada and the US.


• Chairman: Lukas H. Lundin • President, CEO, and Director: Ron F. Hochstein • VP, Corporate Development: Harold R. Roberts

• President: Thomas Tough

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ISX Resources Inc.

ISX Resources, formerly Otish Mountain Exploration, is looking for ice. Not interested in the cold, wet stuff, this mining company focuses on diamond exploration in Canada's Otish Mountains. The company changed its name in 2005. Under its former name, the company engaged in polymetallic mining focused on zinc-copper-gold-silver deposits in Zacatecas State in Mexico. ISX Resources has mineral interests in British Columbia and the Yukon. None of its properties are in production.


KWG Resources Inc.

Forget the gold rush -- KWG Resources has joined the great Canadian diamond rush. The company and joint venture partner Spider Resources have two diamondiferous (diamond-bearing) properties in development in northern Ontario. Also with Spider, it is exploring the McFaulds Lake base metal project in Ontario. In 2005 KWG Resources looked to merge with its partner Spider but the deal eventually fell through. The company's Grand Bois project in Haiti was eventually written off in 2003. Diamond miner Diagem International Resource has a 33% stake in the mining company.

Address: 630 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Ste. 2930Montreal, Quebec H3B 1S6, Canada Phone: 514-866-6001 Fax: 514-866-6193


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Frank C. Smeenk • CFO: Léonard Teoli

Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. [LQMT.OB]

It's not liquid, it's not metal -- it's Liquidmetal Technologies. Building on research done at the California Institute of Technology by company vice chairman William Johnson and VP Atakan Peker, Liquidmetal Technologies sells amorphous metal alloys, including an alloy that's lighter than titanium but more than twice as strong as conventional titanium alloys. The company's products are sold as bulk alloys, coatings, composites, and powders. Applications include casings for cell phones; suppliers to electronics giant Samsung account for a majority of Liquidmetal Technologies' sales.

Address: 25800 Commercentre Dr., Ste. 100Lake Forest, CA 92630 Phone: 949-206-8000 Fax: 949-206-8008


• Chairman: John H. Kang • CFO: Young J. Ham • CTO: Neil Paton

Monroe Minerals Inc.

Diamonds are Monroe's best friend, or, at least Monroe Minerals would like it to be that way. This company is engaged in gem quality diamond exploration and development in sub-Saharan Africa. Its main exploration project is the London Project near Johannesburg, South Africa. In all the company has about five key projects in South Africa. Monroe Minerals is also looking to expand in Angola.

Address: 900 Elvedon House, 717 - 7th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 0Z3, Canada Phone: 403-205-4996 Fax: 403-265-0608


• Chairman: Brian M. Benitz • President, CEO, and Director: Derek J. Moran • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Peter T. Farkas

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. [MDM]

Mountain Province Diamonds' prospects. The mining company explores for and develops diamond properties. It owns 44% of the 520,000-acre AK site in Canada's Northwest Territories; joint-venture partner De Beers Canada owns 51%, and Camphor Ventures owns 5%. De Beers Canada oversees exploration of the property, where sample mining continues. Mountain Province Diamonds also owns mining subsidiaries in Scandinavia and the US, but is focusing on the AK site. Once production begins, the company will sell its diamonds to The Diamond Trading Company. Financier Dermot Desmond's Bottin (International) Investments owns 25% of Mountain Province Diamonds.

Address: 21 Nesbitt Dr.Toronto, Ontario M4W 2G2, Canada Phone: 416-364-6928 Fax: 416-364-0618

• Chairman, CFO, and Secretary: Elizabeth J. Kirkwood • President, CEO, and Director: Patrick C. Evans

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NanoMagnetics Ltd.

The company engineers and licenses materials for use in data storage, medical imaging, and water purification applications. Its DataInk and Magnetoferritin products are nanoscale particles that are grown within protein spheres. The company touts its designs as having many benefits unavailable from traditional chemical and metal preparations. NanoMagnetics was founded in 1997 by former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher (and current CEO) Eric Mayes and former investment banker Nick Tyler; investors include Amadeus Capital Partners, Formula Ventures, Prelude Ventures, and UBS.

Address: University Gate East, Park RowBristol BS1 5UB, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1179-151-277 Fax: +44-1179-039-001

• Chairman: Alan Duncan • CEO and Director: Eric Mayes

Neo Material Technologies Inc. [NEMFF.PK]

New Material Technologies processes rare earths, zirconium, and magnets for use in fuel cells, automotive wiring, glass, cell phones, and other electronic products. Its rare earths division, which includes lanthanum and neodymium, accounts for most of the company's sales. Neo Materials (formerly called AMR Technologies) operates a research facility in the UK and has subsidiaries which operate processing plants in China and Thailand. Its products are distributed to customers in 25 different countries; China and North America account for most of New Material Technologies' sales. The company acquired earth magnet materials company Magnequench in 2005.

Address: 121 King St. West, Ste. 1740Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T9, Canada Phone: 416-367-8588 Fax: 416-367-5471


• Chairman: Archibald Cox Jr. • President, CEO, and Director: Constantine E. Karayannopoulos • CFO: Michael F. Doolan

New Gold Inc. [NGD]

New Gold, formerly DRC Resources Corporation, is looking for metals and minerals in its own backyard. The Canadian mining company is mainly exploring and developing the Afton Copper-Gold Project, located near the city of Kamloops in British Columbia. The Afton Project is estimated to hold 1.6 billion pounds of copper and 2 million ounces of gold. It explores promising properties and then sells or partners with larger mining companies in order to develop the projects. The company was involved in oil and gas exploration in the 1980s and still earns royalties from those properties. Chairman John Kruzick holds a 20% stake in New Gold.



• Chairman: Clifford John (Cliff) Davis • President, CEO, and Director: Christopher John (Chris) Bradbrook • COO: Kevin J. Ross

New Millennium Resources Limited

for diamonds in Angola. Since acquiring Angola Resources, the company has been primarily trying to develop the Lapi Diamond Project. It has a joint venture agreement with the Angolan government to explore for diamonds in the Lapi Diamond area. New Millennium Resources believes there is potential to uncover more than 8 million carats. It also has an interest in an exploration project in Greenland, with joint venture partner Hudson Resources, to explore for diamonds, niobium, and tantalum.

Address: 100 Mill Point Rd. Ste. 5South Perth 6151, Australia Phone: +61-8-9368-0388 Fax: +61-8-9368-0588


• Chairman: David Johnston • CEO, Finance Director, and Secretary: Shane M. Healy

Nordic Diamonds Ltd.

the cold as long as there is plenty of ice in the area. The diamond exploration and mining company, formerly Poplar Resources, has properties in Finland (Kuopio-Kaavi Diamond Project), Sweden (Nyborg and Bottenbacken projects), and Canada (in the Nunavut region). Nordic Diamonds is committing most of its resources to exploring the Kuopio-Kaavi diamond project and the Bottenbacken copper, gold, and palladium project.

Address: 700 W. Georgia St., Ste. 888Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1K4, Canada Phone: 604-718-5454 Fax: 604-646-2054

• Chairman and CEO: Alvin W. Jackson • President, COO, and Director: Walter Melnyk • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Tanuja de Silva

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North Star Diamonds Inc. [NSDM.PK]

North Star Diamonds hopes to shine down upon all aspects of the diamond business. The company explores for diamonds in the Superior Craton of southern Manitoba and in the Ukraine. To help fund its exploration projects, North Star Diamonds also sells cut and polished diamonds on its Web site. The company has also begun marketing its diamonds on eBay. Management gained control of the company in 2003, with the plan of both mining and retailing diamonds.

Address: 525 Seymour St., Ste. 908Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 3H7, Canada Phone: 604-685-1527 Fax: 604-685-1596

• Chairman, President, and CEO: Walter Stunder • CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer: David Maxwell • VP, Corporate Development: Alec Peck

Oryx Natural Resources

Oryx Natural Resources (ONR) has diamond mining interests, which primarily include the Sengamines operation in Congo. Sengamines has mining activities in that country's Kasai Oriental province. ONR holds a majority stake in Sengamines, along with the Congolese government and other investors. Following a major restructuring in 2004, the African Mining Management Company (AMMCO) took control of the mining company. ONR is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.

Address: Parc Nicol Offices, Bldg. 6, 301 William Nicol Dr.Bryanston, Gauteng 2021, South Africa Phone: +27-11-707-1400 Fax: +27-11-707-1401

• Chairman: Issa Al Kawari • Deputy Managing Director: Geoffrey T. White • CFO: Robert Scott

Petra Diamonds Limited

Petra Diamonds has diamond exploration activities in Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Sierra Leone, and South Africa. The company's main project (in partnership with BHP Billiton) is Alto Cuilo in Angola. Petra's other interests in Angola include Muriege and Medio Kwanza. It also holds 30% of the Nabera consortium, which in 1999-2001 managed Alexkor, one of South Africa's most productive diamond mines. Petra has since decided to exit the Alexkor business. The company has been on an acquisition spree, buying Crown Diamonds and Kalahari Diamonds. (In late 2005 Petra terminated the deal to acquire Mano River Resources.) With diamond production within sight, Petra has cut back its platinum and gold exploration.

Address: Elizabeth House, 9 Castle St.St. Helier, Jersey JE4 2QP, Channel Islands Phone: +44-15-3470-0111


• Chairman: Adonis Pouroulis • CEO and Director: Johan Dippenaar • COO and Director: Kevin Dabinett

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. [POT]

The Bigfoot of Saskatchewan is PotashCorp, the world's leading producer of potash, commonly used as fertilizer. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan also produces nitrogen (used in fertilizer and a variety of industrial and consumer products) and phosphate (for feed products, food products, and detergents). Its annual production capacity of 12.5 million tons of potash represents more than 20% of the world's capacity. PotashCorp also sells these minerals as phosphate feed ingredients for animal nutrition and as nitrogen products for the industrial chemicals market. Its PCS Nitrogen unit makes its nitrogen products. The company has about 20 plants in North America, Brazil, Chile, and Trinidad.

Address: 500-122 1st Ave. SouthSaskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 7G3, Canada Phone: 306-933-8500 Fax: 306-933-8844


• Chairman: Dallas J. Howe • President, CEO, and Director: William J. (Bill) Doyle • EVP and COO: James F. (Jim) Dietz

Pure Gold Minerals Inc. [PURGF.PK]

Pure Gold Minerals isn't purely in the gold business. In fact, the company primarily explores diamond mining opportunities in Canada. It is involved in several joint ventures (most significantly with diamond giant De Beers and Ashton Mining of Canada), with exploration projects in Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and the Nunavut region. Pure Gold Minerals is also exploring the Otis Mountains of Quebec, as well as areas of Ontario around Opikeigen Lake.


• President, CEO, and Director: Donald A. R. (Don) Sheldon • CFO: Carmon Currie

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Reefton Mining NL

Reefton Mining doesn't venture far from shore in its line of work. The Australian mining company stays along the coast to explore and develop diamond, gold, and base metal projects in Namibia. It is currently focused on developing the Skeleton Coast project (diamonds), where it holds leases on about 200 miles of shoreline. The company is also looking to produce heavy minerals (such as garnet and zircon) in the Skeleton Coast area. Reefton Mining owns the Erongo polymetallic project (uranium, gold, semi-precious stones, and industrial metals) in Namibia.

Address: Level 1, 47 Ord St.West Perth 6005, Australia Phone: +61-8-9322-7822 Fax: +61-8-9322-7823

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2005): 0.10 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 44.70% • Executive Chairman:

Bradley S. Moore

Rex Diamond Mining Corporation

in Africa and India. In Africa the company primarily has operations in Sierra Leone. In India it formed a joint venture with Jindal Power and Steel to explore diamond properties. Rex Diamond earns a majority of its revenue by trading rough diamonds. Its REXdiamonds subsidiary markets and sells polished diamonds and jewelry. It sold its exploration assets in South Africa to African Gem Resources (Afgem) in 2005. Rex Diamond also ceased its exploration activities in Mauritania and Paraguay.

Address: 16 Cumberland St.Toronto, Ontario M5R 3N5, Canada Phone: 416-955-9033 Fax: 416-955-0783


• President, CEO, and Director: Serge Muller • CFO and Secretary: Ben Holemans • Rough Diamond Sales: Henri Thieren

Rio Narcea Gold Mines, Ltd. [RNO]

After winning the gold for so many years, Rio Narcea Gold Mines now intends to go platinum. The company operates gold mines in Portugal and Spain in Europe and in Central America and West Africa. Having expanded its operations through the acquisition of Defiance Mining in September 2004, Rio Narcea controls more than 22,140 square kilometers of mineral rights, exploration permits and licenses, and exploitation permits. Going beyond the gold, Rio Narcea is developing project in Spain that is now extracting nickel and will later mine platinum, copper, and related minerals.

Address: 181 University Ave., Ste. 1210Toronto, Ontario M5H 3M7, Canada Phone: 416-956-7470 Fax: 416-956-7471


• Chairman and CEO: Chris I. von Christierson • President and Director: Alberto Lavandeira • COO: David R. Baril

RMI Titanium Company

RMI Titanium manufactures titanium alloys and specialty metals in various extruded shapes and millings. Products include alloy plate, alloy sheet, billet, boom, coil, ingot, and slab. Aircraft parts manufacturers are the company's primary customers. RMI Titanium is a subsidiary of RTI International Metals and is part of the parent company's Titanium Group business segment.

Address: 1000 Warren Ave.Niles, OH 44446-0269 Phone: 330-544-7633 Fax: 330-544-7796

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 60.00 M Employees (2005): 500 • SVP, Titanium Group:

Stephen R. Giangiordano

Santoy Resources Ltd.

Santoy Resources is putting all of its energy into mineral exploration for the energy sector. The junior mineral-resource company primarily explores uranium and coal in Canada. It has uranium projects in British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Santoy Resources also has a deal with several other mining outfits to explore uranium in Central America. Prior to its focus on coal and uranium, the company explored diamond, precious metal, and base metal projects.


• President, CEO, and Director: Ronald K. Netolitzky • CFO: Robert V. Matthews

Sierra Leone Diamond Company Limited

Sierra Leone Diamond Company (SLDC), formerly Africa Diamond Holdings, just wants to get a hold of the precious gem. It is a diamond exploration company which has been exploring property in Sierra Leone since 1996. Besides diamonds, the company also has rights to precious and base metals on its properties. None of its properties are currently in production. With the country emerging from years of civil unrest, Sierra Leone Diamond hopes to tap its undeveloped mineral resources. Timis Diamond Corporation controls the company.

Address: Canon's Court, 22 Victoria St.Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda

• Chairman: Frank Timis • Vice Chairman, Corporate Development: Allan B. Dolan • President and CEO: David Gadd-Claxton

Snowfield Development Corp.

Snowfield Development surely wouldn't mind a little ice across its path. The company explores and develops diamond properties in Quebec and the Northwest Territories. Its Ticho project is the company's most advanced property. Snowfield Development is also exploring for gold at the Snow property in British Columbia and is looking for partners in the exploration of other mineral properties.

Address: 100-1009 Expo Blvd.Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2V9, Canada Phone: 604-681-5720 Fax: 604-681-6937

Fiscal Year End: April Revenue (2005): 0.00 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 989.30% Employees (2005): 4

• CEO, President, Director: Robert T. Paterson • CFO and Director: John J. Nagy

SouthernEra Diamonds Inc.

SouthernEra Diamonds is in the age of the diamond. It is a diamond mining company with exploration and development operations primarily in South Africa and Angola. The company also has exploration activities in Australia, Canada, Congo, Gabon, and Zimbabwe. Its Camafuca diamond project in Angola is in development. In 2004 SouthernEra Diamonds was formed when SouthernEra Resources split into two separate publicly traded companies. The other company, Southern Platinum, operates the platinum and gold businesses.

Address: 220 Bay St., 14th Fl.Toronto, Ontario M5J 2W4, Canada Phone: 416-359-9282 Fax: 416-359-9141


• Chairman: Christopher M. H. (Chris) Jennings • Acting President and CEO: Alasdair MacPhee • SVP, CFO, and Secretary: Christopher J. (Chris) Reynolds

Spider Resources Inc.

Diamonds are what this Spider hopes to catch in its web. Spider Resources is a diamond exploration and development company with properties in Canada (James Bay Lowlands and Wawa, both in Ontario). It dropped its project in Brazil (Alto Paranaiba) in 2004 to focus on projects in Canada. Formed in 1992, The company has partnered with fellow Canadian mining company KWG Resources to develop its properties. It is also looking into a merger with KWG to combine assets.


• Chairman: Earl Coleman • President, CEO, and Director: Neil D. Novak • VP, Finance, CFO, and Director: Richard J. (Rick) Hamelin

Sunrise Diamonds plc

Sunrise Diamonds hopes to wake up to the shining radiance of diamonds. The company is exploring the Kussamo kimberlite cluster in northern Finland. It is also prospecting near the Kaavi-Kuopio kimberlite cluster, where European Diamonds has activities. The company plans to expand exploration in other areas of northern Europe. Sunrise Diamonds was formed in 2005, when Tertiary Minerals' spun-off of its diamond exploration business in Finland. Executive chairman Patrick Cheetham holds more than 30% interest in the company. Cheetham also heads up Tertiary Minerals.

Address: Sunrise House, Hulley RoadMacclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2LP, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1625-505947 Fax: +44-1625-626024

• Chairman: Patrick L. Cheetham • Project Manager, Business Development: Andrew Dixon

SXR Uranium One Inc.

SXR Uranium One, formerly Southern Cross Resources, explores and develops uranium properties in Australia and Canada. The company is primarily exploring and developing the Honeymoon Project in Australia, while also acquiring new projects to explore. Other projects in Australia include the Goulds Dam Project and the Karkarook Project. SXR sees uranium demand increasing due to nuclear reactors being built in Asia and Europe. Along with its name change, in late 2005 the company acquired Aflease Gold and Uranium Resources, primarily for its mining assets in South Africa.

Address: 26 Wellington St. East, Ste. 820Toronto, Ontario M5E 1S2, Canada Phone: 416-350-3657 Fax: 416-363-6806


• Chairman and CEO: Mark Wheatley • CFO: Leigh Curyer • VP, Corporate Development, Secretary, and Director: Donald (Don) Falconer

Tahera Diamond Corporation

search of diamonds. The Jericho Diamond Project, located in the Arctic region of Nunavut, is the company's primary development for rough diamond production (expected to begin production in 2006). The company has other diamond exploration projects in the Northwest Territories. In addition, Tahera has an agreement with De Beers Canada to explore and develop property adjacent to its Jericho Diamond Project. Dundee Precious Metals is the largest shareholder, holding more than 10% of the company.

Address: 121 Richmond St. West, Ste. 803Toronto, Ontario M5H 2K1, Canada Phone: 416-777-1998 Fax: 416-777-1898


• Chairman and CEO: R. Peter Gillin • EVP, Corporate Development: Grant D. Ewing • EVP, Operations: Daniel D. (Dan) Johnson

YesTGC Industries, Inc. [TGE]

works in the oil patch, and for TGC Industries. From its inception, TGC Industries has conducted seismic surveys for oil exploration companies in the US. The company principally employs land surveys using Eagle seismic systems, which obtain 3-D seismic data related to subsurface geological features. Employing radio-frequency telemetry and multichannel recorders, the system enables the exploration of rivers, swamps, and inaccessible terrain. TGC Industries also sells gravity information from its data bank to oil and gas exploration companies.

Address: 1304 Summit, Ste. 2Plano, TX 75074 Phone: 972-881-1099 Fax: 972-424-3943

Fiscal Year End: December Revenue (2005): 30.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 53.70% • President, CEO, and

Director: Wayne A. Whitener

The Diamond Trading Company

The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) is the sales and marketing jewel of diamond-mining giant De Beers SA (Anglo American and the Oppenheimer family each own 45% of the company). It supplies about half of all rough diamonds on the market. The DTC receives rough diamonds primarily from De Beers' mines in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Tanzania. It also markets diamonds produced by ALROSA Company in Russia. After sorting and valuing the diamonds, the company sells the gems to clients, referred to as sightholders. On the marketing side, the DTC promotes diamonds to end consumers through such programs as the well-known "A Diamond Is Forever" advertising campaign.

Address: 17 Charterhouse St.London EC1N 6RA, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7404-4444 Fax: +44-20-7430-3022


• Chairman: Nicholas F. (Nicky) Oppenheimer • Managing Director: Varda Shine • Worldwide Marketing Director: David Lamb

Thelon Ventures Ltd.

company to various regions in Canada. The junior mining firm primarily explores and develops diamond and precious metal properties. It has an agreement with Dunsmuir Ventures to explore the Lac de Gras diamond property in Canada's Northwest Territories. The company is also prospecting the Senore gold property located near Val d'Or, Quebec. In addition, Thelon Ventures has an agreement on an uranium property in Nevada.

Address: 475 Howe St., Ste. 609Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2B3, Canada Phone: 604-682-1643 Fax: 604-682-1666 • President and Director:

Jason M. Walsh

Timminco Limited

Timminco hopes it has the mettle to stay in the metal business. The company produces magnesium metal and other specialty alloys including aluminum, strontium, and calcium. These alloys are used in such products as batteries, chemicals, automotive parts, tools, and aerospace equipment. Timminco has manufacturing facilities in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the US. Most sales are to customers in the US. It holds just under 50% of Norwegian company Fundo Wheels, an aluminum wheels maker, and it acquired silicon metals company Bécancour Silicon in 2004.

Address: Sunlife Financial Tower, 150 King St. West, Ste. 2401Toronto, Ontario M5H1J9, Canada Phone: 416-364-5171 Fax: 416-364-3451


• Chairman: Heinz Schimmelbusch • President and CEO: Charles H. (Chuck) Entrekin Jr. • VP, Finance and CFO: Robert J. Dietrich

Titanium Corporation Inc.

Titanium Corporation must begin producing titanium and zircon before the sands of time sift through its fingers. It has developed a process that extracts the two minerals from oil sand tailings -- the waste material that remains after refinery-ready oil is removed from oil-bearing sand. If successful, a 4,300-square-foot pilot plant in Regina, Saskatchewan, would make the company the first producer of titanium and zircon sand in Canada. Oil sand producer Syncrude Canada has agreed to supply tailings from its northern Alberta operations to Titanium Corporation. The company's first customer is a maker of titanium dioxide pigment. Titanium Corporation also owns a 40-square-mile mineral sand deposit in Nova Scotia.

Address: 200 King St. West, Ste. 1903Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T4, Canada Phone: 416-955-0715 Fax: 416-955-0790

• Chairman: George D. Elliott • President and CEO: Scott Nelson • CFO: Bradley Kipp

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Tres-Or Resources Ltd.

The company explores and develops diamond projects in northeastern Ontario (Temagami Diamond property) and Quebec (Notre Dame du Nord area). It also has an option for a stake in a platinum project in Ontario. None of its properties are in production. The company began exploring for diamonds in 2001.

Address: 1934 131st St.White Rock, British Columbia V4A 7R7, Canada Phone: 604-688-6775 Fax: 604-688-6995

• President, CEO, and Director: Laura Lee Duffett • CFO and Director: N. Reid Toreson

Trivalence Mining Corporation [TMIGF.PK]

Trivalence Mining is going for the trifecta in the diamond mining business. The company operates two producing mines: the Aredor mine in Guinea and the Palmietgat mine (which the company is selling) in South Africa. It is exploring a third diamond mine in Botswana with Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, which operates the project through Tinto Botswana. The company directly sells its own diamonds on the open market in Antwerp and Johannesburg. Chairman and CEO Lutfur Khan owns about 30% of Trivalence Mining.

Address: 815 Hornby St., Ste. 502Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2E6, Canada Phone: 604-684-2401 Fax: 604-684-2407

Fiscal Year End: June Revenue (2004): 6.80 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-20.60%) Employees (2004): 517 Employee Growth (1 yr): (-9.30%)

• Chairman and CEO: Lutfur Rahman Khan • President and Director: Waseem Rahman • CFO and Secretary: Omair Choudhry

True North Gems Inc.

True North Gems isn't depending on a compass to find gemstone deposits. The company is currently exploring and developing about a dozen properties, primarily including Tsa da Glisza (emeralds) in the Yukon Territory, Baffin (sapphires) on Baffin Island, and Fiskenaesset (rubies and pink sapphires) in Greenland. It also has rights to acquire interests in other emerald, sapphire, and ruby deposits in Canada. True North Gems was incorporated in 2001.

Address: 602 W. Hastings St., Ste. 500Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1P2, Canada Phone: 604-687-8055 Fax: 604-899-1240

• Chairman, CEO, and Secretary: Andrew Lee Smith • President and Director: Gregory A. (Greg) Fekete • COO: William Rohtert

Tsodilo Resources Limited

Tsodilo Resources is looking to add a little sparkle to its business. The company, through its two subsidiaries Newdico and Gcwihaba Resources, explores for diamonds in northwest Botswana. The subsidiaries are performing survey and drilling exploration activities at its projects and earns no revenue from production. Tsodilo Resources has an 81% stake in Newdico and Gcwihaba Resources is fully-owned. President and CEO James Bruchs holds approximately 25% of the company.

Address: Canada Trust Tower - BCE Place, 161 Bay St.Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1, Canada Phone: 416-572-2033 Fax: 416-572-4164


• Chairman: Christopher M. H. (Chris) Jennings • President, CEO, and Director: James M. Bruchs • CFO and Secretary: L. Kirk Boyd

Twin Mining Corporation

Twin Mining splits its time between gold and diamonds. The development and mining company explores for diamonds in eastern Canada and gold in Canada, Idaho, and Indonesia. Its primary project is the Atlanta Gold Mine in Idaho (expected to begin production by 2007). Twin Mining was originally founded in 1985 under the name Atlanta Gold Corporation. In 1999 when gold prices were low, the company turned to diamond mining and changed its name soon after.

Address: 155 University Ave., Ste. 1250Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7, Canada Phone: 416-777-0013 Fax: 416-777-0014


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Hermann Derbuch • CFO: Domenico Betrucci • Consultant, Business Development: Hendrick Visagie

UEX Corporation

UEX Corporation isn't looking for your typical metals. Formed by Pioneer Metals Corporation and Cameco Corporation, it is a development stage uranium (a basic material used for nuclear material) exploration company. It is currently exploring for uranium at its Black Lake project in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan. Some of the company's other properties include Hidden Bay and Riou Lake. UEX has mining agreements with Cameco and AREVA group. Cameco maintains a 25% stake in the company.

Address: 808 Nelson St., Ste. 1007Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2H2, Canada Phone: 604-669-2349 Fax: 604-669-1240

• President, CEO, and Director: Stephen H. Sorensen • Secretary and CFO: Warren W. Stanyer

UNOR Inc.

Yes

UNOR is looking for uranium in Canada -- or at least the land where it might be found. The company, formerly called Hornby Bay Exploration, primarily explores for uranium on more than 500,000 acres in the Hornby Bay Basin of the Nunavut territory. To a lesser extent, it also seeks out base and precious metals properties in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario. The company held a small stake in an oil and gas property, but it was written off in 2005. In 2004 UNOR went through an upheaval of top level management and refocused its operations on uranium mining.

Address: 357 Bay St., Ste. 700Toronto, Ontario M5H 2T7, Canada Phone: 416-368-0114 Fax: 416-368-0198

• President and CEO: George Bell • Chairman: Ronald Barnes • VP, Corporate Development: Jennifer M. Smith

Uranium Resources, Inc. [URRE.OB]

Mining company Uranium Resources glows with anticipation when it thinks about the fuel needs of nuclear power plants. The company extracts uranium from the earth via the in situ leach process, in which groundwater is pumped into a permeable orebody to dissolve uranium contained in the ore. Uranium Resources produces uranium in South Texas, and the company owns exploration and development interests in New Mexico. The company sells its uranium under long-term contracts to two electric utilities that operate nuclear power plants. Investment firm Zesiger Capital Group controls a 33% stake in Uranium Resources.

Address: 650 S. Edmonds Ln., Ste. 108Lewisville, TX 75067 Phone: 972-219-3330 Fax: 972-219-3311


• Chairman, President, CEO and Director: Paul K. Willmott • SVP, Operations: Richard A. Van Horn • SVP, Technology and New Project Development; President, Hydr: Craig S. Bartels


Établissements Maurel & Prom

No corsages needed for this prom. Établissements Maurel & Prom, formerly a diversified holding company, reorganized in 1998 to focus on oil and gas exploration and production. It operates primarily in Republic of Congo and Cuba but also has assets in Gabon, Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam. Maurel & Prom has proved and probable reserves of 279 million barrels of oil. Oil and gas operations account for 85% of the company's total sales (primarily in the Congo). Established in 1919, the exploration company still retains minor shipping and gold mining interests.

Address: 12 rue Volney75002 Paris, France Phone: +33-1-53-83-16-00 Fax: +33-1-53-83-16-04


• Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Pierre Jacquard • CEO: Roman A. Gozalo • Finance and Administration Director: Claude Deroudilhe

A.I.S. Resources Limited

A.I.S. Resources Limited is an oil and gas company that owns interests in properties within the Provost area of Alberta, Canada. The company owns working interests in wells that produce from the Viking Formation, and in 2004 it participated in the recompletion of one new natural gas well. At the end of 2004 it had total proved net reserves of 11.5 thousand barrels of oil and 15 million cu. ft. of natural gas. A.I.S. Resources estimates an average volume of production of 3 barrels of oil per day and 24.3 thousand cu. ft. of gas per day i 2005. Chairman and CEO Alan Smith owns nearly 47% of the company through Aeonian Capital Corp.

Address: 255 5th Ave. SW, Ste. 2450Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G6, Canada Phone: 403-237-7766 Fax: 403-237-6027


• Chairman and President: C. Alan Smith • Controller and Treasurer: E. Lorraine Campbell

A2D Technologies

A2D Technologies provides digital well log data, interpretive software, and data management services. Through subscribing to A2D's LOG-LINE system, geoscientists access and download well log data from their workstations. A2D customers use its well log data to calibrate seismic data to known geologic conditions in well bores. A2D was founded in 1993 by Dave Kotowych (president), Brenda Sigurdson (VP), and Joe Carroll. Seismic data company TGS-NOPEC Geophysical acquired A2D in 2002. The company's smartSECTION geologic software, which pioneered the use of depth-calibrated well log images to use as a more cost-efficient method of well log correlation, was acquired by Halliburton in 2005.

Address: 2345 Atascocita Rd.Humble, TX 77396 Phone: 281-319-4944 Fax: 281-319-4945

• CEO: H. H. (Hank) Hamilton III • President and COO: Dave Kotowych • EVP Sales and Marketing: Rod Starr

Abbot Group plc

Abbot Group religiously provides services to its oil and gas customers worldwide. The company, primarily through its KCA DEUTAG and Bentec subsidiaries, provides international drilling, well engineering, and wireline services. It offers oil rig design and construction services. Abbot operates a fleet of 45 land drilling rigs and 34 offshore drilling platforms. KCA DEUTAG is the largest offshore platform drilling contractor in the UK sector of the North Sea. It is also one of the world's largest land drilling contractors. Customers include TOTAL , Exxon Mobil, BP, and Hess. Chairman Alasdair Locke owns 17% of the company. In 2006 the company made an offer to buy Norway's Songa Drilling.

Address: Minto Drive, AltensAberdeen ABI2 3LW, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1224-299-600 Fax: +44-1224-230-400


• Executive Chairman: Alasdair J. D. Locke • COO and Director: Michael J. L. (Mike) Salter • Finance Director: Peter J. Milne

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) spreads its wings over the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accounting for 94% of its 92.2 billion barrels of proved oil reserves, the fourth-largest national reserves in the world behind Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait. It also has proved reserves of 196.1 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas. The ADNOC group includes three exploration and production companies, five support companies, two maritime crude oil transport companies, and one refined-product distribution company, which operates more than 200 UAE service stations.

Address: PO Box 898Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Phone: +971-2-602-0000 Fax: +971-2-602-3389

• Chairman of Supreme Petroleum Counsel: His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan • CEO and Secretary General to the Supreme Petroleum Council: His Excellency Yousef Omair Bin Yousef • Director Finance: Saeed A. Ajlan

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Aera Energy LLC

Aera Energy covers a large area of California. The state's leading oil and gas producer, Aera Energy's properties extend from the Los Angeles Basin in the south to Coalinga in the north. It has daily production of 190,000 barrels of oil and 60 million cu. ft. of natural gas and boasts proved onshore and offshore reserves of more than 900 million barrels of oil equivalent. Aera Energy also has interests in real estate operations (in partnership with homebuilder Toll Brothers). The exploration and production company is a joint venture of Exxon Mobil and the Royal Dutch Shell.

Address: 10000 Ming Ave.Bakersfield, CA 93311 Phone: 661-665-5000 Fax: 661-665-5042

• President and CEO: Eugene J. (Gene) Voiland • CFO: Len Fox • CIO: David Walker

AKITA Drilling Ltd. [AKTAF.PK]

Under land, under sea, and under ice, AKITA Drilling knows the drill. The oil and gas drilling contractor operates a fleet of 37 drilling rigs, including some rigs capable of drilling through the icy terrains of Canada's arctic regions. The company also operates three well-servicing rigs. In addition to providing conventional drilling services, AKITA Drilling offers directional, horizontal, underbalanced, and other specialized drilling services to oil and gas companies in Western Canada. Through five joint venture companies it provides drilling services in Canada's northern territories. Sentgraf Enterprises, controlled by chairman Ron Southern, holds an 86% stake in AKITA.

Address: 900, 311 - 6th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 3H2, Canada Phone: 403-292-7979 Fax: 403-292-7990


• Chairman: Ronald D. (Ron) Southern • President, CEO, and Director: John B. Hlavka • EVP and COO: Karl A. Ruud

Allied Resources, Inc. [ALOD.OB]

Allied Resources has allied with Allstate Energy to get the most out of its Appalachian energy resources. The company is an oil and natural gas exploration and production enterprise with operations in West Virginia (in Calhoun and Ritchie counties). Allied Resources produces oil and natural gas from 145 wells, which are maintained and operated by Allstate Energy. The depth at which the wells produce ranges from 1,730 feet to more than 5,470 feet. Allied Resources has proved reserves of 2.9 million barrels of oil, and 1.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas.

Address: 1403 E. 900 S.Salt Lake City, UT 84105 Phone: 801-582-9609 Fax: 801-582-9629 • President CEO, CFO, and

Director: Ruairidh Campbell

AltaCanada Energy Corp.

Not all of AltaCanada Energy's energy resources are in Canada. The oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing company also has interests in properties in Montana. The company is developing shallow gas plays on its land base of 100,000 net acres in Blaine County, Montana. Its US subsidiary, Montana Land & Exploration Inc., drilled 38 wells in 2004. In Alberta its core areas are Gunn/Cardiff, Viking Kinsella, and Wildmere. AltaCanada sold operations in five noncore areas in 2003 and 2004 to help finance its Montana operations. The company, which was formed in 1997, has total proved reserves of 2.6 million barrels of oil equivalent.

Address: 101 6th Ave. SW, Ste. 2100Calgary, Alberta T2P 3P4, Canada Phone: 403-265-9091 Fax: 403-265-9021


• Chairman and CFO: Charles V. Selby • President, CEO, and Director: Donald E. Foulkes • EVP and COO: Donald L. Jackson

Altex Industries, Inc. [ALTX.OB]

More OilRockies than AllTex(as), Altex Industries buys and sells oil and gas properties, participates in drilling exploratory wells, and sells oil and gas production to refineries, pipeline operators, and processing plants. The oil and gas exploration and production independent owns interests in 41 gross productive oil wells and 20,000 gross developed acres in Utah and Wyoming. In 2005 Altex Industries reported estimated proved reserves of 123,000 barrels of oil and 817 million cu. ft. of natural gas. CEO Steven Cardin controls about 49% of the company.

Address: 217 S. Ridge Rd.Breckenridge, CO 80424 Phone: 303-265-9312 Fax: 303-265-9312

Fiscal Year End: September Revenue (2004): 0.90 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 9.80% Employees (2004): 2 Employee Growth (1 yr): 0.00% • Chairman, CEO, and CFO:

Steven H. Cardin

Amerada Hess Limited

In case you haven't discovered it before, it's just natural for Amerada Hess to be crude. The company is a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Amerada Hess primarily operates on the UK continental shelf, where it is a major producer of oil and gas in the traditional North Sea oil patches and also in the Atlantic to the west of the Shetland Islands. Amerada Hess Limited is a subsidiary of US-based Amerada Hess Corporation.

Address: 33 Grosvenor PlaceLondon SW1X 7HY, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7823-2626 Fax: +44-20-7887-2199


• President: John J. O'Connor • Company Secretary: Anthony Mulcare • Manager Corporate Affairs: Andy Mitchell

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Aminex PLC

American Natural Energy Corporation [ANRUF.PK]

American Natural Energy Corp. is not selling organic food and dietary supplements to boost metabolism, it is tapping into that other American natural energy source -- hydrocarbons. Doing business as ANEC, the company is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company which focuses its operations on a property in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. ANEC works in tandem with partner Exxon Mobil to develop this Louisiana project. The company has proved reserves of 179,550 barrels of oil and 272.5 million cu. ft. of natural gas. Sales of oil accounted for about 81% of ANEC's total revenues in 2004.

Address: 6100 S. Yale Ave., Ste. 300Tulsa, OK 74136 Phone: 918-481-1440 Fax: 918-481-1473

• President and Director: Michael K. Paulk • VP Finance, CFO, and Director: Steven P. Ensz • Manager Operations: Richard O. Mulford

Aminex is an international oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in the US and Tanzania. In the US it operates along the Texas Gulf Coast area. The company owns Tanzoil NL, the largest holder of exploration acreage in Tanzania. Its completion of a well in the East Songo Songo/Nyuni area in Tanzania in 2004 was the first offshore well in East Africa for more than a decade. The company has exited its Russian exploration operations, which it began in 2003, by selling its stake in Ideloil in 2003. It has also sold its Vinton Dome field interests to Orion Oil & Gas and acquired a 10% stake in a North Korean resources company, Kobril Ltd.

Address: 10 Bedford St.London WC2E 9HE, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20 7240 1600 Fax: +44-20 7240 0295


• Chairman: Peter J. G. Elwes • Chief Executive: Brian A. Hall • Finance Director: Simon P. Butterfield

Anadarko Algeria Company, LLC

Anadarko Algeria Company, LLC has its head office in the Uxbridge section of London and not the West African country in its name. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, has production facilities and other operating units located in the Algerian Sahara Desert. In addition to Algeria, where Anadarko Algeria is responsible for more than 10% of its parent's sales and about 10 million barrels of oil equivalent per year, the company also oversees exploration and production activities in Tunisia and the North Atlantic.

Address: 1 Harefield Rd., UxbridgeLondon UB8 1YH, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1895-209-400 Fax: +44-1895-209-444


• CEO: R. A. (Al) Walker • SVP Exploration and Production, Anadarko Petroleum Corporati: Robert P. (Bob) Daniels • SVP Finance and CFO, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation: James R. (Jim) Larson

Antrim Energy Inc.

Antrim Energy's logo is the distinctive rock formation of the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Country Antrim in Northern Ireland. The up-and-coming independent oil and gas exploration company has taken a giant step in its cause to be a fiscally viable explorer by selling its energy assets in Tunisia and New Zealand. This has given Antrim Energy the financial flexibility to pursue its strategy of drilling in high-impact exploration prospects in Argentina and the UK. The company has acquired gas assets in the Tierra del Fuego region of Argentina, as well as oil and gas interests in the UK sector of the North Sea. It is partnering with UK-based Dana Petroleum on a drilling prospect in the North Sea.

Address: 4050 Bankers Hall West, 888 - 3rd St. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 5C5, Canada Phone: 403-264-5111 Fax: 403-264-5113


• Chairman: Gerry Orbell • President, CEO, and Director: Stephen Greer • COO: Kerry Fulton

Apache North Sea Limited

Apache North Sea manages exploration and production activities in the Forties field for its parent Apache Corporation. Apache completed the acquisition of the Forties field (the oldest oil patch in the North Sea and one of its most productive fields) from BP p.l.c in 2003. Apache North Sea began drilling in the field in 2004. A new core production area for Apache (averaging 53,000 barrels per day), the Forties field has estimated proved reserves of 172 million barrels of oil equivalent. Apache North Sea has made a deal with Royal Dutch Shell that makes it the operator of four Shell blocks near its Forties field area.

Address: Alba Gate, Stoneywood Park, Stoneywood Road, DyceAberdeen AB21 7DZ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1224-756-400 Fax: +44-1224-756-481


• Managing Director: John A. Crum • EVP and CFO Apache Corporation: Roger B. Plank

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Apex Resources Group, Inc. [APXR.OB]

The apex of Apex Resources' journey would be to really strike it rich in the Beaufort Sea. The development stage company is an oil and natural gas independent with operations in oil and gas exploration and production, gold mining, and land development. Apex Resources' core exploration and production business has major assets in Canada's Beaufort Sea, as well as in Louisiana and Texas. The underexploited Beaufort Sea/Mackenzie Delta region holds estimated reserves of more than 1 billion barrels of oil and more than 10 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas.

Address: 610 - 800 W. Pender St.Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 256, Canada Phone: 604-669-2723 Fax: 801-363-2597


• President and Director: John Ray Rask • Secretary and Director: John M. Hickey

Arcis Corporation

Arcis finds its stronghold in adding dimension to geophysical data. The company provides oil and gas companies with integrated 2-D and 3-D seismic services. it offers seismic data processing, geotechnical services, data marketing and management, and an extensive data library. Its library consists of 2-D data representing more than 500 sq. miles, and 3-D data representing more than 1,000 sq. miles of territory located in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Arcis has sold off most if its seismic acquisition equipment. Investment firm ARX, led by CEO Peter Boyd, took the company private in 2004. The company was founded in 1996.

Address: 2600, 111 - 5th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 3Y6, Canada Phone: 403-781-1700 Fax: 403-269-1966

• President, CEO, and Director: Peter Boyd • Interim CFO: Lawrence Lee • VP Finance and CFO: Holly Elrick

Arctos Petroleum Corp.

Arctos Petroleum Corp. (formerly Camflo International) explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas on properties in Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 2004 the junior oil and gas company had a 34% interest in net proved plus probable reserves of 673,000 barrels of oil and more than 2 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. The company markets its natural gas on the Alberta spot market and through aggregators, which sell to major markets. In 2004 Camflo International and Spearhead Resources merged to become Arctos Petroleum; Camflo was considered the acquiring company.

Address: #275 -- 999 8th St. SWCalgary, Alberta T2R 1J5, Canada Phone: 403-265-5900 Fax: 403-531-1719


• President, CEO, and Director: Thomas A. (Tom) Doyle • VP Land and COO: Brian Murray • CFO: Brian D. Korney

Arena Resources, Inc. [ARD]

Independent energy company Arena Resources battles with the big boys in arena of oil and gas exploration and production. The company operates in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and has proved reserves of 21.2 million barrels of oil equivalent. Its assets in Oklahoma and Texas account for the bulk of the company's proved reserves. Arena Resources had an average daily production of 999 barrels of oil equivalent in 2004. Navajo Refining and Plains Marketing account for 74% of the company's revenues. President and CEO Lloyd Rochford holds an 12% stake in Arena Resources.

Address: 4290 S. Lewis Ave., Ste. 107Tulsa, OK 74105 Phone: 918-747-6060 Fax: 918-747-7620


• Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer: Stanley McCabe • President, CEO, and Director: Lloyd T. (Tim) Rochford • VP and CFO: William Randall (Randy) Broaddrick

Aspen Exploration Corporation [ASPN.OB]

Aspen Exploration's aspiration is to explore for and produce oil and gas in northern California. The company operates 49 gas wells and also holds non-operating interests in a further 15. Between 2001 and 2004 the oil and gas independent successfully completed 37 gas wells out of 31 attempts, including a number of wildcat wells. Aspen Exploration has estimated proved reserves of 2,000 barrels of oil and 2.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and has more than 5,400 acres of leasehold property. Calpine and Enserco Energy accounted for more than 10% of Aspen Exploration's oil and gas sales in 2005. Chairman R.V. Bailey owns 22% of the company; CEO Robert Cohan, 12%.

Address: 2050 S. Oneida St., Ste. 208Denver, CO 80224-2426 Phone: 303-639-9860 Fax: 303-639-9863


• President, CEO, CFO, Treasurer, and Director: Robert A. (Bob) Cohan

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Aspen Group Resources Corporation [ASRPF.PK]

Aspen Group Resources expends its energy looking for energy in Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. The oil and gas exploration and production company's main core areas for exploration are Sturgeon Lake and Namaka, Alberta. In 2002 Aspen Group Resources expanded into western Canada through the acquisition of oil and gas firm Endeavour Resources. In 2004 the company sold most of its US oil and gas assets, including its holdings in the Sears Ranch Prospect in Texas and the N.E. Alden Field in Oklahoma. Aspen Group Resources has exploration activities in North Dakota and owns US subsidiary United Cementing and Acidizing.

Address: 1 N. Hudson, Ste. 1000Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Phone: 405-278-8800 Fax: 405-278-8812

• CEO and Director: Robert L. Calentine • Director of Corporate Communications: Kevin O'Connor

Atlas America, Inc. [ATLS]

Atlas America's production map can be found on the page titled Appalachia. The independent energy company is primarily engaged in the development, production, and transportation of natural gas (and some oil) in the Appalachian Basin. The company, which drills through partnerships with other firms, has proved reserves of 155.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent. Atlas America has interests in 5,755 gross wells. Its natural gas transportation business is conducted through 24%-owned Atlas Pipeline Partners, which operates 3,300 miles of intrastate natural gas gathering systems in New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Atlas America has been spun off from former parent Resource America.

Address: 311 Rouser Rd.Moon Township, PA 15108 Phone: 412-262-2830 Fax: 412-262-7430


• Chairman, CEO, and President: Edward E. Cohen • CFO: Matthew A. Jones • EVP: Freddie M. Kotek

Atlas Energy Ltd.

Atlas Energy explores its corner of the oil and gas world in Western Canada. The oil and natural gas exploration and development company operates primarily in Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is active in southern Alberta in the Medicine Hat, Second White Specs, and Belly River shallow natural gas areas. It also has a working interest in a heavy oil project in the Bluesky formation at Mooney. In Saskatchewan it has a working interest in a new heavy oil prospect at Druid and a shallow natural gas target at Unity. It also operates in the Salt Lake and Unity areas of Saskatchewan. The group has proved plus probable reserves of 10.8 million barrels of oil equivalent. Atlas has agreed to acquire Avalon Resources.

Address: 800, 407 - 2nd St. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 2Y3, Canada Phone: 403-215-8313 Fax: 403-265-8324


• President, CEO, and Director: Richard Lewanski • VP Finance, CFO, and Director: James C. (Pep) Lough • VP Operations: Harold Hay

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. [ATW]

Atwood Oceanics is at work at sea. An offshore oil and gas drilling contractor, the firm owns 11 drilling rigs, including four semisubmersible rigs, two jack-ups, one submersible, two semisubmersible tender assist vessels (which place drilling equipment on permanent platforms), and two platform rigs. Some 94% of sales come from overseas operations in the territorial waters of Australia, Egypt, Italy, and Malaysia; customers include ExxonMobil Production Malaysia (20% of sales), and Burullus Gas (10% of sales). The company, which also operates in the Gulf of Mexico, plans to expand its operations to include offshore Japan. Fellow drilling contractor Helmerich & Payne owns 22% of Atwood Oceanics.

Address: 15835 Park Ten Place Dr.Houston, TX 77084 Phone: 281-749-7800 Fax: 281-492-7871


• President, CEO, and Director: John R. Irwin • SVP, CFO, and Secretary: James M. Holland • SVP Marketing and Administration: Glen P. Kelley

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Aurado Energy Inc.

Aurado Energy acquires production stage oil companies in the Caspian and Middle Eastern regions. The company has been exploring in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. It also holds oil and gas assets in Canada. It has been operating in Kazakhstan through subsidiary Liman Caspian Oil, which held a 90% interest in the Liman Block, but the right to that license is in dispute with Aral Petroleum, previous owner of the block. Aurado Energy has announced that it is trying to confirm the rightful ownership of the Liman Block license and is pursuing all legal means toward that end. The group plans to sell some or all of its Canadian oil and gas assets to pay off debt and clear the title to its Kazakhstan license.

Address: Piazza del Sole 26980 Agno-Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland Phone: +41-91-610-17-40 Fax: +41-91-610-17-49

• Chairman: Oliver M. Stahel • CEO: Peter Pazmany • CFO: Nigel Pennington

Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. [AUCAF.OB]

There is less royalty in this Commonwealth connection than there used to be. Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties explores for and produces oil and natural gas from properties located in Australia. Originally formed as a trust, the company did not operate or control any of its properties until 2005, when Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties decided to become an oil and gas explorer as well. The company's principal assets are 14.9 million gross acres of royalty interest and 8.9 million gross acres of working interests in Australia's Cooper-Eromanga and Gippsland Basins. CFO Robert Kamon holds a 34% stake in Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties; President Ely Sakhai, 25%.

Address: 1301 Ave. MCisco, TX 76437 Phone: 254-442-2638 Fax: 254-442-3843

• President and Director: Ely Sakhai • Secretary and Director: Robert Kamon

Avenue Group, Inc. [AVNU.OB]

Avenue Group, once located in cyberspace, is now traveling along the broad pathways of the oil and gas industry. Chairman and CEO Levi Mochkin formed the firm in 1999 to invest in Internet, e-commerce, and related IT ventures, but the company is now focusing on the oil and gas sector though the formation of its Avenue Energy subsidiary, which explores for oil and gas in Turkey. In partnership with the Sayer Group, the company has petroleum exploration and production assets covering about 1.2 million acres in Turkey. The company acquired a 50.1% stake in Stampville.com in 2005. Mochkin owns nearly 28% of Avenue Group.

Address: 34-36 Punt Rd.Melbourne, Australia Phone: +61-3-9533-7800 Fax: +61-3-9533-7900


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Levi Mochkin • CFO, Secretary, and Director: Yam-Hin (Jim) Tan

Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. [BSIC.OB]

It's not hard to figure out what's on OGDCL's radar. Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (or OGDCL) is Pakistan's largest oil and gas exploration and production company. OGDCL's products include gas, crude oil, and LPG. The company's exploration activities are performed both on its own and through joint ventures, some of which the company operates; OGDCL explores both within and outside of Pakistan, as well as offshore. The company has about 200 exploratory wells and approximately 250 development wells. Its remaining recoverable reserves account for about one-third of Pakistan's oil and gas reserves. OGDCL was founded by Pakistan's government in 1961; the government spun off some 5% of the company in 2003.

Address: OGDCL House, Plot No.3, F-6 / G-6, Blue Area, Jinnah AvenueIslamabad, Pakistan Phone: +92-51-9209811 Fax: +92-51-9209792

• Chairman: Arshad Nasar • Managing Director: Mohammad Raziuddin • Acting Executive Director and General Manager, Accounts and: Khalid J. Khan

Bayou City Exploration, Inc. [BYCX.OB]

You don't have to be an earth scientist to know that Basic Earth Science Systems gets down to the basics -- oil and gas. It is involved in exploration, production, operation, and development activities, exploiting crude oil and natural gas assets in Colorado's Denver-Julesburg Basin, the Williston Basin of Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan, and South Texas. The company operates some 51 wells and has proved developed reserves of 1.1 million barrels of oil and 870 million cu. ft. of gas. Basic Earth Science Systems' president and CEO Ray Singleton controls 26% of the company.

Address: 1801 Broadway, Ste. 620Denver, CO 80202-3835 Phone: 303-296-3076 Fax: 303-773-8099


• President, CEO, and Director: Ray Singleton • CFO, Treasurer, and Director: David J. Flake

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Bear Ridge Resources Ltd.

Reflecting the shift in its exploration focus from Appalachia to the Gulf Coast, in 2005 Blue Ridge Energy renamed itself Bayou City Exploration. An affiliate of the Blue Ridge Group, the company is engaged in oil and gas exploration primarily in Texas and Louisiana. Bayou City Exploration conducts its activities through partnerships and the acquisition of direct stakes in oil and gas properties, and in exploratory and development wells. The company, which has interests in more than 100 wells, has proved reserves of more than 14,850 barrels of oil and 197.8 million cu. ft. of gas. Chairman Robert Burr owns about 15% of Bayou City Exploration; the Blue Ridge Group, 19%.

Address: 10777 Westheimer, Ste. 170Houston, TX 77042 Phone: 832-358-3900 Fax: 832-358-3903


• Chairman: Robert D. Burr • President and CEO: Morris T. Hewitt • SVP and COO: Robert A. Kelley

Belden & Blake Corporation

It may sound like a law firm, but Belden & Blake is in fact an energy company that obeys the laws of supply and demand in the oil and gas market. It acquires properties, explores for and develops oil and gas reserves, and gathers and markets natural gas in the Appalachian and Michigan basins. Belden & Blake has interests in more than 4,120 wells, holds leases on 565,060 net acres, and owns and operates more than 1,260 miles of gas gathering lines. The company has estimated proved reserves of 284.8 billion cu. ft. of gas equivalent. Belden & Blake is controlled by Capital C, an affiliate of Carlyle/ Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund II, L.P.

Address: 5200 Stoneham Rd.North Canton, OH 44720 Phone: 330-499-1660 Fax: 330-497-5463


• Chairman and CEO: James A. Winne III • President, COO, and Director: Michael Becci • SVP and CFO: Robert W. Peshek

Big Sky Energy Corporation [BSKOE.OB]

Still a development-stage company, Big Sky Energy (formerly China Energy Ventures Corp.) is prospecting for new revenue sources. The company has turned toward oil and gas exploration and production, primarily in Kazakhstan. The company had formed joint ventures with Chinese communications providers in an effort to offer Internet service to China's 46 million Internet users, but Chinese regulations regarding foreign ownership of domestic companies hampered the company's ability to make money. In 2004 it sold its Big Sky Network Canada subsidiary, which provided broadband Internet access to about 320 customers through Chengdu Technology Services. Big Sky Energy began in 1993 as Institute for Counseling, Inc.

Address: 440 2nd Ave. SW, Ste. 750Calgary, Alberta, Canada Phone: 403-234-8885 Fax: 403-265-8808


• Chairman and CEO: Matthew Heysel • Co-Chairman and VP, New Ventures: Barry Swersky • President and Director: S. A. (Al) Sehsuvaroglu

Bill Barrett Corporation [BBG]

Bill Barrett Corp. (named after a veteran oil industry wildcatter) is hoping for a Rocky Mountain high as it digs down deep for oil and gas. The company focuses its exploration and development activities in the Wind River, Uinta, Powder River, Williston, Denver-Julesburg, Big Horn, and Paradox Basins and the Montana and Utah Overthrusts. Bill Barrett holds more than 1 million net undeveloped leasehold acres. The oil and gas firm has 738 net producing wells. Bill Barrett has estimated net proved reserves of 341 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent.



• Chairman and CEO: Fredrick J. (Fred) Barrett • CFO: Thomas B. Tyree Jr.

Birchcliff Energy Ltd.

Birchcliff Energy (formerly investment shell Scout Capital) is an oil and gas exploration firm that operates in Alberta. Formed in early 2004, the firm acquired Scout Capital in a reverse merger and became publicly traded. The proceeds of its public offering were used to fund the purchase of a natural gas processing plant and gas-producing properties in the Peace River Arch area. Birchcliff Energy began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in mid-2005.


• President and CEO: A. Jeffrey Tonken • VP and CFO: Bruno P. Geremia • VP Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary: James W. Surbey

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Black Rock Oil & Gas Plc

Black Rock Oil & Gas is less interested in the color of the rock than in the black oil that may lie beneath. The oil and gas explorer focuses its efforts on exploring in areas where commercial discoveries can be rapidly developed. Black Rock is currently active in the North Sea and Isle of Wight in the UK and Ireland, in California in the US, and in Colombia. The company owns exploration acreage in Australia and the UK. In 2005 it signed a farm-in agreement with Carrizo Oil & Gas to participate in part of Carrizo's UK continental shelf operations, which cover seven blocks in the central and southern sectors of the North Sea. It also has a farm-in agreement to operate in the San Joaquin Basin of California.

Address: 30 Farringdon St.London EC4A HJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44-207-544-5677 Fax: +44-207-544-5565

• Chairman: David C. Steinepreis • Managing Director and Board Member: A. Ivan R. Burgess • Technical Director: John M. Cubitt

BlackRock Ventures Inc.

BlackRock Ventures ventures out to recover the viscous black resource that is trapped in the rocks of Western Canada. The oil and gas independent explores oil properties and develops and produces heavy oil. Its operations include conventional heavy oil production in Alberta and Saskatchewan and steam-assisted gravity drainage activities in Alberta oil sands. The company's three core areas are Seal (Peace River oil sands area) and Hilda Lake (Cold Lake oil sands area) in Alberta and Lloydminster in Saskatchewan. BlackRock Ventures has proved plus probable reserves of 24.7 million barrels of oil equivalent, mostly from the Seal area. The company was established in 1996.

Address: Ste. 400, 435 - 4th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 3A8, Canada Phone: 403-233-2253 Fax: 403-263-0437


• Chairman: Kenneth F. Williamson • President and Director: John L. Festival • VP Finance, CFO, and Secretary: Don W. Cook

Blast Energy Services, Inc. [BESV.OB]

Despite some earlier financial struggles, Blast Energy Services (formerly Verdisys) is having a blast helping its customers keep pumping out oil from mature fields. Using specially fabricated mobile drilling rigs, the company provides a range of oil and gas services, including lateral drilling and well production enhancement. It also provides satellite telecommunications services to oil and gas companies operating throughout North America. Berg McAfee Companies holds a 28% stake in the company, which has revamped its management organization following an investigation of its accounting practices.

Address: 14550 Torrey Chase Blvd., Ste. 330Houston, TX 77014-1022 Phone: 281-453-2888 Fax: 281-453-2899

• Chairman: O. James Woodward III • President and Co-CEO: David M. Adams • Co-CEO and CFO: John O'Keefe

Blue Ridge Group, Inc.

Knowing when to hold them and when to fold them is all part of the oil and gas exploration gamble. Once focused on Appalachia, holding company Blue Ridge Group, through its Bayou City Exploration unit, is now engaged in oil and gas exploration primarily in Texas and Louisiana. Bayou City Exploration conducts its activities through partnerships and the acquisition of direct stakes in oil and gas properties, and in exploratory and development wells. This company, which has interests in more than 100 wells, has proved reserves of more than 14,850 barrels of oil and 197.8 million cu. ft. of gas.

Address: 632 Adams St., Ste. 700Bowling Green, KY 42101 Phone: 270-842-2421 Fax: 270-842-2422


• Chairman and CEO: Robert D. Burr • SVP Acquistions Development and Exploration and Director: Harry J. Peters

Bois d¿Arc Energy, Inc. [BDE]

Like its namesake tree, Bois d'Arc Energy has strong roots and a flexible growth strategy. The oil and natural gas exploration and production independent focuses on the Gulf of Mexico shelf. Bois d'Arc Energy concentrates on this region because of its vast area of undiscovered reserves and because major oil companies have moved on to larger projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The company has proved reserves of 323 billion cu. ft. of natural gas equivalent (83% proved developed and 64% natural gas). Bois d'Arc Energy serves as operator for approximately 98% of its properties. Comstock Resources controls about 48% of Bois d'Arc Energy.

Address: 600 Travis St., Ste. 6275Houston, TX 77002 Phone: 713-228-0438 Fax: 713-228-1759


• Chairman: M. Jay Allison • CEO and Director: Wayne L. Laufer • President and Director: Gary W. Blackie

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Bonavista Energy Trust

Bonavista Energy Trust hopes to see increasing revenues in its vista in Western Canada. The company focuses on its core areas in Alberta and Saskatchewan. It has some 1.1 million net acres of undeveloped land, the bulk of which is in Alberta. Bonavista has proved and probabl reserves of 507.9 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 79.5 million barrels of oil and liquids, or 133.4 million barrels of oil equivalent. In 2003 Bonavista Petroleum reorganized into Bonavista Energy Trust (an income trust) and NuVista Energy Ltd. (natural gas exploration). That year the company acquired properties from US firm Taurus Exploration for C$275 million. It also bought Canadian exploration firm TriQuest Energy in 2004.



• Chairman, President, and CEO: Keith A. J. MacPhail • EVP and CFO: Ronald J. Poelzer • VP Marketing: John A. Curkan

Bow Valley Energy Ltd.

Bow Valley Energy bows to no one in its quest for oil and gas. Bow Valley is a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company focusing on assets in Western Canada and the North Sea. Experienced in both onshore and offshore drilling operations, Bow Valley has accumulated proven plus probable reserves of 10.8 million barrels of oil in the UK and another 182,000 in Canada. The company has exited its exploration operations in France and Iran. However, Bow Valley intends to continue as a global exploration company and is looking for exploration and acquisition opportunities.

Address: 333 - 7th Ave. SW, Ste. 1200Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Z1, Canada Phone: 403-232-0292 Fax: 403-232-8920


• Chairman: Daryl K. Seaman • President, CEO, and Director: Robert G. Moffat • VP Operations: John W. Essex

BP Exploration Operating Company Limited

BP Exploration Operating Company is the holding entity for several of the exploration and production subsidiaries of energy giant BP. The group is one of the largest operators in the oil-rich North Sea, which holds up to 30 billion barrels of resource potential. The group also has operations in Vietnam, where it is the project operator of Nam Con Son Development, the largest foreign investment project. BP Exploration Operating Co.'s partners in the project are Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam), ConocoPhillips, and India's ONGC Videsh.

Address: Gathering Station, Thrashers Lane, Corte CastleWareham, Dorset BH20 5JR, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1929-476-072 Fax: +44-1929-476-190

• General Director: John Minge • Business Unit Leader, North Sea Assets, and Director: David (Dave) Blackwood

BP NGL is just drilling what comes natural. The company, a subsidiary of global oil giant BP, is one of North America's leading natural gas producers, with extraction, fractionation, storage, transportation, and gas processing plants throughout the US and Canada. BP NGL markets more than 200 million barrels of natural gas liquids per year. The company explores for and holds large reserves of gas in western Canada. It also operates gas gathering systems and gas plants, markets and trades gas and natural gas liquids, and is entering the petrochemicals industry.

Address: 28100 Torch Pkwy.Warrenville, IL 60555 Phone: 630-836-5000 Fax: 630-836-6535

• Business Unit Leader, Natural Gas Liquids, North America: Jeanne Johns • General Manager North America, Sales and Marketing: Vincent Oddie • Business Development Director: Rod Nielsen

BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. [BPG]

BPI Energy (formerly BPI Industries) is in the industry of acquiring, exploring for, developing, and producing coalbed methane reserves. The Canadian company moved its headquarters to the US in 2005 to focus on its operations in the Illinois Basin, where it controls 418,435 acres of coalbed methane rights. It also leases acreage in other properties within the Illinois Basin. BPI Energy's subsidiary, Illinois Mine Gas, also plans to commercially produce methane gas from abandoned mine works at the company's Delta project. Two major gas pipelines cross BPI's acreages, providing access to gas markets for future production. Incorporated in 1980, the company has been operating in the Illinois Basin since 1996.

Address: 609 Granville St., Ste. 1600Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1C3, Canada Phone: 604-685-8688

• President, CEO, and Director: James G. (Jim) Azlein • CFO, General Counsel, and Director: George J. Zilich

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BPZ Energy, Inc. [BPZI.PK]

BPZ Energy (formerly Navidec) has navigated into a new line of business. The company once provided information technology services including security and access services, application integration, and software development. In 2002 the company discontinued reselling operations that had previously offered customers third-party computer hardware and networking equipment systems; that same year it formed Navidec Capital to evaluate acquisition opportunities. In 2004 the company acquired BPZ Energy -- a move intended to take the company into the oil and gas business. In 2005 the company officially changed its name to BPZ Energy. BPZ owns oil and gas properties in northwest Peru and southwest Ecuador

Address: 11999 Katy Fwy., Ste. 560Houston, TX 77079 Phone: 281-556-6200 Fax: 281-556-6377

• Chairman: Fernando Zúñiga y Rivero • President, CEO, and Director: Manolo Pablo Zúñiga-Pflücker • COO: Frederic Briens

Brek Energy Corporation [BREK.PK]

Brek Energy is a UK-based oil and gas exploration and development company with interests in Texas and the Rocky Mountains of the US. It has proved reserves of about 618 billion cu. ft. of gas and 51,495 barrels of condensate. Brek Energy explores in the Uinta Basin of Utah and the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming. It also has interests in the San Joaquin Basin of California. Formerly First Ecom.com, the company processed electronic payments of e-commerce transactions for banks and merchants via the Internet before switching to oil and gas exploration in mid-2001.

Address: 346 Kensington High St., 3rd. Fl.London W14 8NS, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7471-9898 Fax: +44-20-7371-6668


• Chairman: Ian Robinson • CEO and Director: Richard N. (Rick) Jeffs • CFO and Director: Gregory M. Pek

Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. [BRNC]

Bronco Drilling is game to compete in that wild ride called oil and gas drilling, where the chances of getting bucked off are as likely as making a buck. The contract land driller owns a fleet of 64 land drilling rigs, of which 41 are in use. Bronco Drilling plans to refurbish its inventoried rigs and make them operational by the end of 2006. Many of its rigs, ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 horsepower, can drill to depths between 15,000 and 25,000 feet. The company, which serves natural gas production firms across the US, has 60 trucks to transport its rigs. Bronco Drilling began operations in 2001 with the purchase of a 650-horsepower rig, and has grown through the acquisition of additional rigs.

Address: 14313 N. May Ave., Ste.100Oklahoma City, OK 73134 Phone: 405-745-6060 Fax: 405-745-8096


• Chairman: Mike Liddell • CEO and President: D. Frank Harrison • COO: Karl Benzer

BUE Marine Limited

Sailing the ocean blue, BUE Marine is one of the world's largest offshore marine support companies. It provides equipment and support services to the offshore oil and gas industries, primarily in the Caspian Sea. It boasts a fleet of about 60 vessels, with more under construction. The company switched its focus from the North Sea and sold its stake in BUE Viking (now Viking Offshore Services) to former joint venture partner Kistefos, which owns Viking Supply Ships. In a management buyout in 1991, BUE Marine managing director Carl Rolaston acquired the company to transport fuel, food, water, and equipment to oil rigs. The company was sold to Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine for $150 million in July 2005.

Address: Imperial House, Albert Dock, LeithEdinburgh EH6 7DN, United Kingdom Phone: +44-131-554-9456 Fax: +44-131-554-8328


• CEO: Carl G. Rolaston • Finance Director: Janess Adams • Group Marketing Director: George Macleod

Burmis Energy Inc.

Burmis Energy, which has the limber pine of Burmis, Alberta, as its symbol, has been limber in the oil patches of Western Canada. The oil and gas exploration and production company targets medium-depth, multizone oil and natural gas prospects. It has total proved plus probable reserves of 3.31 million barrels of oil equivalent and 75,000 net acres of undeveloped land. Burmis also has an average production of 1,707 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The company's operations focus on the west-central and east-central regions of Alberta, including the Greater Pembina, Brazeau, and Easyford areas. In Pembina it is constructing a gas plant that can process up to 30 million cu. ft of natural gas per day.

Address: Ste. 1000, 736 - 6th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 3T7, Canada Phone: 403-781-7230 Fax: 403-261-9028


• Chairman: Peter M. S. Longcroft • President, CEO, and Director: Aidan M. Walsh • CFO: Scott R. Dyck

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Burren Energy plc

Burren Energy has burrowed into some political hotspots in search of oil and gas. The exploration and production independent has core producing assets in Turkmenistan in Central Asia, and in West Africa's Republic of Congo. The company manages and operates an eight-vessel Caspian Sea-based tanker fleet dedicated to shipping its own and third-party crude oil production and refined products from countries adjacent to the Caspian Sea to markets worldwide. Burren Energy also has secured a license to explore in Egypt, and in 2005 it acquired 26% of India's Hindustan Oil Exploration Co. (HOEC). Burren has proved and probable reserves of about 146 million barrels (entitlement basis).

Address: Kierran Cross, 11 Strand, Fl. 2London WC2N 5HR, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-7484-1900 Fax: +44-20-7484-1910


• Chairman: Brian A. Lavers • CEO and Director: Finian O'Sullivan • COO and Director: Atul Gupta

C & C Technologies, Inc.

The Chance brothers took a chance when they founded C&C Technologies, and it has paid off. The company provides geophysical survey and mapping services to oil and gas customers worldwide. Its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is the world's only survey unit capable of operating in depths of up to 3,000 meters, allowing it to record geophysical data in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and off the coast of Africa. C & C Technologies also provides marine construction and geotechnical services. The company was founded in 1992 by brothers Thomas (president) and Jim Chance (VP).

Address: 730 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd.Lafayette, LA 70508 Phone: 337-261-0660 Fax: 337-261-0192

• President: Thomas Chance • CFO: Tommy Ortego • Manager Business Development: Dan Galligan

Cadence Resources Corporation [CDNR.OB]

The sound of the drilling of oil and gas wells is sweet music to the ears of oil and natural gas independent Cadence Resources, which has exploration and production projects in the southern, southwestern, and Midwestern US. The company produces natural gas from wells in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, and oil from wells in Wilbarger County, Texas and Eddy County, New Mexico. Cadence Resources has estimated proved reserves of 59,400 barrels of oil and 505.3 million cu. ft. of natural gas. The company expanded in 2005 by acquiring Aurora Energy, which was drilling for natural gas in unconventional reservoirs such as black shales, coal seams, and tight sands in Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan.

Address: 4110 Copper Ridge Dr., Ste. 100Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: 231-941-0073 Fax: 231-933-0757


• Chairman and President: William W. Deneau • CFO: Lorraine M. King

Cairn Energy plc

Cairn Energy's can-do attitude has taken the oil and gas exploration and production company far afield. The independent firm explores for and produces oil and natural gas offshore and onshore in Bangladesh and India, and is also venturing into Nepal. It has proved and probable reserves of 113.4 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company's producing fields are Sangu offshore Bangladesh and Lakhsmi, Gauri, and Ravva in India; Cairn Energy produces more than 12,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day. After tough market conditions pummeled Cairn Energy, it wrote down a number of producing assets, primarily in the North Sea. In 2004 Cairn Energy made a major oil find in the desert region of Rajasthan, India.

Address: 50 Lothian Rd.Edinburgh EH3 9BY, United Kingdom Phone: +44-131-475-3000 Fax: +44-131-475-3030


• Chairman: Norman L. Murray • CEO: Bill Gammell • Finance Director and Director: Kevin Hart

Calfrac Well Services Ltd.

Calfrac Well Services has plunged into the business of offering a number of services, products, and equipment to companies in the oil and gas industry. The company's oil field services include cementing (to seal well casing), coiled tubing, acidizing, fracturing, and well stimulation services. Fracturing services account for more than 90% of revenue. It serves more than 200 customers primarily in western Canada and the Rocky Mountain region of the US. Founded in 1999, about 40% of Calfrac Well Services is owned by officers and directors of the company.

Address: 411 8th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 1E3, Canada Phone: 403-266-6000 Fax: 403-266-7381


• Chairman: Ronald P. (Ron) Mathison • President and CEO: Douglas R. (Doug) Ramsay • SVP and COO: Robert S. Roberts

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CAMAC Holdings, Inc.

It's not Carnac the Magnificent, but CAMAC International that seems to be able to look into the future and see a fortune. It's own. Arguably America's largest Black-owned business, CAMAC International (the CAMAC name derives from Cameroon-American Company) is an integrated oil and gas company, engaging in a range of oil and gas exploration, production, refining, and energy trading activities. The company has major energy assets in Nigeria and South Africa. Chairman and CEO Kase Lawal also serves as Vice Chairman of the Port of Houston Authority Board of Commissioners. A global player, CAMAC International has offices in Houston, Johannesburg, Lagos, and London.

Address: 4669 Southwest Fwy., Ste. 600Houston, TX 77027 Phone: 713-965-5100 Fax: 713-965-5128


• Chairman and CEO: Kase L. Lawal • SVP and Treasurer: Kamoru A. Lawal • SVP: Joseph A. Loftus

Camex Energy Corp.

Camex Energy has changed its business along with its name. Operating as Computrex Centres, the company previously sold data archiving software and computer ergonomic products, offered file conversion services and custom programming, and operated a data service bureau. In 2005 the company changed its name to Camex Energy and entered the oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing business. Camex has acquired a 33% interest in a completed well in Alberta from Dagur Resources.

Address: 808 4th Ave. SW, Ste. 100Calgary, Alberta T2P 3E8, Canada Phone: 403-263-1190 Fax: 403-237-7049

Fiscal Year End: March Revenue (2005): 0.20 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-34.50%) Employees (2005): 4

• President, CEO, and Director: Mart Kernahan • CFO and Director: Victor Skurat

Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd. [CSPLF]

Seeking black gold in the Great White North, Canada Southern Petroleum explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas. Its main asset is a 31% interest in the Kotaneelee gas field in southeast Yukon Territory, for which it holds five leases for a 21-year term. The company also has interests in producing fields in Alberta and British Columbia, as well as exploration interests in Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and the Arctic Islands. Its has total proved reserves of 1,000 barrels of oil and 7.2 million cu. ft. of natural gas. Founded in 1954, Canada Southern Petroleum successfully settled a protracted dispute with partners BP and Exxon Mobil over development of the Kotaneelee asset in 2003.

Address: 706 - 7th Ave. SW, Ste. 250Calgary, Alberta T2P 0Z1, Canada Phone: 403-269-7741 Fax: 403-261-5667


• Chairman: Richard C. McGinity • President, CEO, and Director: John W. A. McDonald • CFO and Chief Accounting Officer: Randy L. Denecky

Canadex Resources Limited

Oil and water don't mix, but oil and school kids do for this company. Canadex Resources acquires and develops oil and natural gas properties, in addition to providing school and charter bus services. The company has exploration and development assets, including stakes in more than 300 wells in Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Canadex operates its school busing business through its Parkview Transit Inc. and Parkview Transit (Caledon) Inc. subsidiaries, both serving the Greater Toronto region. The company also holds a minority stake (49%) in Ontario-based gold mine company Teddy Bear Valley Mines.

Address: 10 Sun Pac Blvd.Brampton, Ontario L6S 4R5, Canada Phone: 905-792-2700 Fax: 905-792-8490


• Chairman and President: John A. (Jack) Riddell • CFO and Secretary-Treasurer: Vincent C. (Vince) McEwan

Canadian Oil Sands Trust [COSWF.PK]

Canadian Oil Sands Trust puts its trust in the oil that is in the sands in Alberta being exploited by Syncrude Canada, a partnership whose large oil sand mine and supporting plants that produce value-added light, sweet crude oil accounts for about 13% of Canada's total oil production. Established in 1964, the Syncrude Project is the largest single source of oil in Canada, producing 87.2 million barrels (238,000 barrels per day). With a 37% share, Canadian Oil Sands is the largest shareholder in Syncrude (in which Imperial Oil and Petro-Canada also hold significant minority stakes).

Address: 2500 350-7th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 3N9, Canada Phone: 403-218-6200 Fax: 403-218-6201


• Chairman: C. E. (Chuck) Schultz • President and CEO: Marcel R. Coutu • COO: Trevor Roberts

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Canadian Superior Energy Inc. [SNG]

Canadian Superior Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with primary operations in Western Canada. In addition to its core coalbed methane operations in the Drumheller area of Alberta, the oil and gas independent has operations offshore Nova Scotia and Trinidad and Tobago. It also has been exploring and developing within other areas of British Columbia and Alberta in Western Canada. The company is one of the largest acreage holders offshore Nova Scotia after its 2004 acquisition of El Paso Corp.'s offshore Nova Scotia exploration and production assets.

Address: 400 - 3rd Ave. SW, Ste. 3300Calgary, Alberta T2P 4H2, Canada Phone: 403-294-1411 Fax: 403-216-2374


• Chairman and CEO: Gregory S. (Greg) Noval • President, COO, and Director: Michael E. (Mike) Coolen • CFO: Ross A. Jones

Capco Energy, Inc. [CGYN.PK]

Capco Energy is hoping to put a cap on many a successful exploratory well. The oil and gas exploration, development, and production company owns 49 wells (which it plans to boost to 100) in the Gulf Coast shelf region of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as several miles of underwater pipelines. Capco Energy has proved reserves of 3.1 billion cu. ft. of natural gas, and 386,800 barrels of oil. The company owns offshore production platforms and related infrastructure to produce oil and gas. In 2005 Capco Energy agreed on farmout terms to drill an exploratory well in Galveston Federal Waters. CEO Ilyas Chaudhary owns 21% of the company.

Address: 5555 San Felipe, Ste. 725Houston, TX 77056 Phone: 713-622-5550 Fax: 713-622-5552


• CEO, Director, and President, International Operations: Ilyas Chaudhary • President, Domestic Operations and Director: Mike Myers • CFO: Mansoor Anjum

Celtic Exploration Ltd.

Its name might have an Irish connotation but this Celtic Exploration is all about making money in the New World, specifically in Alberta, Canada. The oil and natural gas independent explores for and produces oil and gas in east-central, northern, southern, and west-central regions of Alberta. It is developing the light-oil play in the Beaverhill Lake formation and is also active in the Ashmont area of east-central Alberta. The company drilled a total of 67 (41.5 net) wells and produced an average of 3,608 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2004. It also had more than 11 million barrels of oil equivalent in reserves. The company was incorporated in 2002.

Address: 505 - 3rd St. SW, Ste. 500Calgary, Alberta T2P 3E6, Canada Phone: 403-201-9153 Fax: 403-201-9163


• President, CEO, and Director: David J. Wilson • VP Finance and CFO: Sadiq H. Lalani • VP Operations: Alan G. Franks

Centurion Energy International Inc.

Centurion Energy International focuses on the legions of exploration and production opportunities in North Africa. The company holds stakes in an exploration and production concession in Egypt's Nile Delta. It has sold its production assets in Tunisia, although it has retained interest in the Mellita permit in Tunisia and the right to participate in any drilling on the Ezzaouia and El Biban concessions. Centurion Energy stands guard over a reserve base of more than 50 million barrels of oil equivalent, mostly from the Nile Delta development leases. The company produces more than 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Centurion was incorporated in 1997.

Address: Ste. 1700, Bow Valley Sq. II,, 205 - 5th Ave. SW,Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7, Canada Phone: 403-263-6002 Fax: 403-263-5998


• President, CEO, and Director: Said S. Arrata • SVP and COO: A. D. (Tony) Anton • SVP Finance, CFO, and Director: Barry W. Swan

CEP International Petroleum Ltd.

CEP International Petroleum, established in the Yukon, now focuses on oil and gas exploration in eastern Russia and on the Kamchatka peninsula between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea in the North Pacific Ocean. Through its Russian subsidiaries, CEP International holds an 85% interest in two exploration licenses for the Koriakia region that covers 6,424 sq. km. CEP began an exploration program in the region in 1998 and has obtained two licenses and identified 10 oil prospects. CEP has agreed to combine its operations with those of Canada-based Transco Resources Corp.

Address: 140 4th Ave. SW, Ste. 2050Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N3, Canada Phone: 403-247005 Fax: 403-247-0041

• President and Director: Robert J. Maxwell • CFO and Director: Brian Hearst

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Chaco Resources Plc

Chaco Resources, formerly Gold Mines of Sardinia, has dumped gold in favor of oil and gas. The company is primarily looking at promising exploration areas in northern Paraguay and western Colombia. With demand for oil booming Chaco Resources sees undeveloped areas of South America as having the best potential for liquid fuels and natural gas production. It spun off its Australian precious metal assets, including its Sardinia Gold Mining subsidiary, to a newly formed Canadian subsidiary that was merged with Full Riches Investments to form a separate company, Medoro Resources. Investment firm Willbro Nominees Limited owns 27% of Chaco Resources.

Address: Prestige Travel Suite, Barclays Bank House, 81-83 Victoria Rd.London KT6 4NS, United Kingdom Phone: +44-20-8399-3897 Fax: +44-20-8399-3897

• Chairman: Jon P. Pither • Chief Executive: John C. Morris • Finance Director: Martin Groak

Chaparral Energy, Inc.

With operations spanning America's mid-continent and Permian Basin, Chaparral Energy wants to find that oil and natural gas. The production and exploitation company, which also drills in Texas and the Gulf Coast, has proved reserves of some 600 billion cu. ft., and continues to grow through exploration and acquisitions. Oklahoma Ethanol L.L.C., a joint venture with Oklahoma Farmers Union Sustainable Energy, operates an ethanol production plant in Oklahoma, which is estimated to produce some 55 million gallons per year. Chaparral Energy was founded in 1988. CEO Mark Fisher owns half of the company's common stock, and Altoma Energy -- controlled by Chaparral's vice president Charles Fischer -- owns the remainder.

Address: 701 Cedar Lake Blvd.Oklahoma City, OK 73114 Phone: 405-478-8770 Fax: 405-478-1947


• Chairman, President, and CEO: Mark A. Fischer • EVP and CFO: Joseph O. Evans • SVP, Production Engineering and Operations: James M. Miller

Chaparral Resources, Inc. [CHAR.OB]

It's not the high chaparral of the US but the deserts of Central Asia that attract Chaparral Resources, an oil and gas exploration and production firm involved in energy projects in Kazakhstan. It sold its US interests to enter a joint venture, JSC Karakudukmunay (KKM), with Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company (KazMunayGaz) and other Kazakh companies. Chaparral derives most of its revenues through production and sale of crude oil in the Karakuduk field. Its share of proved reserves in the field is about 27.2 million barrels of oil. Nelson Resources acquired a 60% stake in Chaparral in 2004 before LUKOIL acquired Nelson Resources in 2005. Chaparral Resources agreed to become a subsidiary of LUKOIL in 2006.

Address: 2 Gannett Dr., Ste. 418White Plains, NY 10604 Phone: 866-559-3833 Fax: 866-700-5091


• CEO and Director: Boris Zilbermints • VP Finance and CFO: Charles Talbot

Chevron U.K. Ltd

For Chevron U.K. Ltd things are looking up in Europe as the company drills down. Through Chevron U.K. (operating as Chevron Upstream Europe), Chevron holds interests in more than 30 fields in Denmark, Norway, and the UK. Chevron Upstream Europe's North Sea fields produce 142,000 barrels of oil and 456 million cu. ft. of natural gas per day. Output from the company's Britannia Field in the North Sea meets 7% of the UK's total demand for gas. Chevron Upstream Europe has also developed the UK-based Clair Field, which began producing oil in early 2005.

Address: Seafield House, Hill of RubislawAberdeen AB15 6XL, United Kingdom Phone: +44-1224-334000 Fax: +44-1224-717455

• President and Managing Director: Gary P. Luquette • VP and CFO Chevron Corporation: John S. Watson

Cheyenne Energy Incorporated

Cheyenne Energy is a junior oil and gas exploration and development company focusing on Western Canada. The group drills in Cessford, Camrose, Saddle Hills, and other areas in Alberta for both natural gas and oil targets, producing about 375 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Its 2005 drilling program includes four new wells that are expected to nearly double its production. In December 2004 Cheyenne had total plus proved reserves of 3.75 million cu. ft. of natural gas and 647,000 barrels of oil equivalent. It has total undeveloped land holdings of 8,200 acres. Incorporated in 1997, Cheyenne Energy entered the oil and gas production sector in 2001.

Address: Bow Valley Square II, Ste. 2940, 205 5th Ave. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 2V7, Canada Phone: 403-296-2590 Fax: 403-296-0534


• President, CEO, and Director: Timothy M. (Tim) Cooney • VP Finance and CFO: Adeline L. Roth

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China National Petroleum Corporation

Big Oil in China means state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), which is that country's largest integrated oil and gas company. CNPC has 30 international exploration and production projects including operations in Azerbaijan, Canada, Indonesia, Myanmar, Oman, Peru, Sudan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. The company also operates some older refineries in China. CNPC, which holds proved reserves of 3.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent, has restructured and spun off most of its domestic assets into a separate company, PetroChina.

Address: 6 Liu Pu Kang Jie, Xicheng DistrictBeijing 100724, China Phone: +86-106-209-4114 Fax: +86-106-209-4806

• CFO: Gong Huazhang • President: Chen Geng • VP: Su Shulin

China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd. [CNEH.OB]

China Northeast Petroleum Holdings, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hong Xiang, is engaged in the extraction and production of crude oil. Its current operations are in a portion of the Jilin Quinan Oil Field which is located southwest of Quinan City in the Jilin Province of the Peoples Republic of China. The company's field has an exploration area of more than 20 square kilometers--so far more than 11 kilometers have proved to be oil-bearing. All crude oil extracted from the site is sold to the Jilin Refinery of PetroChina, which is located less than two miles from the pumping site. Large scale commercial drilling at Qianan Oil Field started in 1986.

Address: 5237 Farago Ave.Temple City, CA 91780 Phone: 626-448-7637

• President and Director: Wang Hong Jun • CEO and Director: Wei Guo Ping

China Oilfield Services Limited

China Oilfield Services is the leading provider of oilfield services in the offshore China market. Its services cover exploration, development, and production of offshore oil and natural gas operations. Its four business segments are drilling services, well services, shipping, and geophysical services. The company owns13 drilling rigs and a fleet of marine support vessels that includes oil tankers, seismic vessels, geotech survey vessels, and equipment for logging, drilling fluids, directional drilling, cementing, well completion, and well work-over services. CNOOC is a key client of the company -- it accounts for more than 55% of revenue. The company started operations in 1967.

Address: 6 Dongzhimenwai XiaojieBeijing 100027, China Phone: +86-10-8452-1762 Fax: +86-10-8452-1325

• Chairman: Fu Chengyu • CEO and President: Yuan Guangyu • CFO and EVP: Wu Mengfei

Choice Resources Corp.

Choice Resources picks and chooses as it explores for and produces oil and natural gas. The company's three core natural gas production areas are Bow Island, Pincher Creek, and Viking, all located in Alberta. Choice Resources has proved reserves of 33.8 billion cu. ft. of natural gas and 965,600 barrels of associated liquids, and it produces approximately 1,400 barrels of oil per day. The company plans to increase its stake in a planned horizontal well at Pincher Creek, where three exploratory wells have been completed. In 2005 Choice Resources plans to drill as many as nine exploration wells and 25 development wells in its core areas.

Address: 1150, 606 - 4th St. SWCalgary, Alberta T2P 1T1, Canada Phone: 403-216-5821 Fax: 403-216-5828

Fiscal Year End: February Revenue (2005): 13.50 M Revenue Growth (1 yr): 39.10%

• President, CEO, and Director: Gordon D. Harris • VP and CFO: Stephen Austin • VP and COO: Dennis Forgeron

Chugach Alaska Corporation

At the heart of Chugach Alaska Corporation is a vision of indigenous people running their own businesses on their own land. Chugach Alaska was formed following the activation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (which was passed by the US Congress in 1971), to provide land management services for the 928,000-acre Chugach region of Alaska. The company derives the bulk of its sales from oil and gas production, mining, commercial timber, and tourist activities that occur in the region. Chugach Alaska's shareholders consist of Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian natives.

Address: 560 E. 34th Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503 Phone: 907-563-8866 Fax: 907-563-8402

• Chairman: Sheri Buretta • President and CEO: Barney Uhart • CFO: Connie Baehr

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CityView Corporation Limited [CTVWF.OB]

CityView Corporation has its eye on Indonesia for acquiring and developing oil and gas reserves. The company is involved in two production-sharing contracts (PSCs) with Indonesia's state-controlled Pertamina. The Madura and Simenggaris blocks were selected as the company's focus for its PSCs. CityView has a combined 25% interest in the Madura (674,100 acres) and Simenggaris (675,582 acres) blocks. PT Medco Energi Corporation is the company's joint venture partner and operating shareholder in the Indonesian interests. CityView Corporation was organized in 1987, originally as a realty company.

Address: Level 9, 28 The EsplanadePerth 6000, Australia Phone: +61-8-9226-4788 Fax: +61-8-9226-4799


• Chairman: Ahmad I. (Iqbal) Saddique • CEO and CFO: Ee Beng Yew

Clear Energy Inc.

Clear Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Peace River Arch is one of its core areas, where it has operations in the Glacier area and in the Clear River, Gordondale, Balsam, and Gage areas. The company has proved plus probable reserves of 9.8 million barrels of oil equivalent and holds more than 345,000 net acres of undeveloped land. The company was formed in 2003 through the reorganization of Vermilion Resources into Vermilion Energy Trust and Clear Energy. In 2004 Clear Energy acquired fellow explorer Ranchgate Energy.

Address: 400 4th Ave. SW, Ste. 2900Calgary, Alberta T2P 0J4, Canada Phone: 403-410-3100 Fax: 403-410-3111


• President, CEO, and Director: Jeffrey S. (Jeff) Boyce • VP Finance and CFO: Stephen E. (Steve) Bjornson • VP Engineering and Operations: C. Tom Banks

CNPC (Hong Kong) Limited [CKKHF.PK]

CNPC (Hong Kong) Limited's mission is to find oil and gas for its customers. The company specializes in the production and exploration for crude oil and natural gas in Asia, South America, and the Middle East. CNPC (Hong Kong) has a production sharing agreement with PetroChina Company, as well as other production sharing contracts to develop and produce crude oil in certain regions in China. The company has 11 oil exploration and production projects in seven countries. CNPC (Hong Kong) plans to expand its oil reserves. Chairman Wang Mingcai and CEO Li Hualin together control about 53% of the company.

Address: Room 3907-3910, 39th Fl., 118 Connaught Rd. WestHong Kong Phone: +852-2522-2282 Fax: +852-2868-1741

• Chairman and Executive Director: Wang Mingcai • CEO and Executive Director: Li Hualin • General Manager Finance and Company Secretary: Lau Hak Woon

CNX Gas Corporation [CXG] Cobra Venture Corporation Compton Petroleum Corporation [CMZ]

Connacher Oil and Gas Limited ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. Consolidated Gulfside Resources Ltd. Continental Energy Corporation [CPPXF.OB] Continental Resources, Inc.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Doyon, Limited Dragon Oil PLC

Corridor Resources Inc. Crescent Point Energy Trust Crimson Exploration, Inc. [CXPI.OB] Curlew Lake Resources Inc. CYGAM Energy Inc. Cyries Energy Inc. Dana Petroleum plc Deep Resources Ltd. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. [DWOG.PK] Deer Creek Energy Limited Defiant Resources Corporation Derek Oil & Gas Corporation [DRKOF.OB] Desire Petroleum plc Destiny Resource Services Corp. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. [DO] Diaz Resources Ltd. Dolphin Drilling Ltd. Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc.

Drilcorp Energy Ltd.

Yes

Yes

E4 Energy Inc. ECL Group PLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

EnCore Oil plc

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Drillers Technology Corp. Drucker, Inc. [DKIN.PK] Dune Energy, Inc. [DNE] Duvernay Oil Corp.

Corp. [EDNE.OB] EGPI Firecreek, Inc. [EFCR.OB] Emerald Energy Plc Empire Energy Corporation International [EEGC.OB] Empiric Energy, Inc. [EPRC.PK] EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.

Endev Energy Inc. Energas Resources Inc. [EGSR.OB] Energy Corporation of America Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. [ENXTF.OB] EnerNorth Industries Inc. [ENY] Enerplus Resources Fund [ERF] ENSCO International Incorporated [ESV]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fugro N.V.

Ensign Energy Services Inc. [ESVIF.PK] Ensign United States Drilling Inc. Equus Energy Corporation ERHC Energy Inc. [ERHE.OB] Eurogas Corporation EuroGas, Inc. [EUGS.PK] Exall Resources Limited Exxel Energy Corp. Fairborne Energy Trust

FairWest Energy Corporation Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. Far East Energy Corporation [FEEC.OB] Faroe Petroleum plc

Find Energy Ltd.

First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. FirstAfrica Oil plc Flagship Energy Inc. [FGSPF.PK] Flint Hills Resources, LP Forum Energy Corporation [FECOF.OB] Fred. Olsen Energy ASA

Gary-Williams Energy Corporation

Yes

Yes

GeoTomo LLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gastar Exploration Ltd. [GST] Gemini Energy Corp. Gentry Resources Ltd. GEOCAN Energy Inc. GeoGlobal Resources Inc. [GGR] Geophysical Consultants Limited

Global Energy Development PLC GlobalSantaFe Corporation [GSF] Grant Geophysical, Inc. Great Plains Exploration Inc. Grey Wolf, Inc. [GW] Habanero Resources Inc. Hallador Petroleum Company [HPCO.OB] Hardman Resources Limited Heartland Oil and Gas Corp. [HOGC.OB] Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. [HP] Hercules Offshore, Inc. [HERO]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Heritage Oil Corporation High Plains Energy Inc. Hiland Partners, LP [HLND] Houston American Energy Corp. [HUSA.OB] Howard Energy Corp. Hunt Consolidated Inc. Hunt Oil Company Husky Energy Inc. INPEX Holdings Inc. Iteration Energy Ltd. Ivanhoe Energy Inc. [IVAN] Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. JED Oil Inc. [JDO] JKX Oil and Gas plc John D. Oil and Gas Company [JDOG.OB] Kaiser-Francis Oil Company KCA DEUTAG Drilling Limited KCS Energy, Inc. [KCS] Kerr-McGee North Sea (U.K.) Limited Kestrel Energy, Inc. [KSTR.PK]

Ketch Resources Trust

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Key Energy Services, Inc. [KEGS.PK] Kick Energy Corporation King Energy Inc. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation LiteWave Corp. [LTWV.OB] LongBow Energy Corp. Luke Energy Ltd. Lundin Petroleum AB

Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. Marathon Oil Company Marathon Oil UK Ltd. Mariner Energy, Inc. [ME] Marubeni Corporation [MARUY.PK] Masters Energy Inc. Matador Resources Company Matrix Energy Services Corporation [MXES.OB] Maverick Minerals Corporation [MVRM.OB] Melrose Resources plc Merit Energy Company Metalore Resources Limited

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NEG, Inc.

Yes

Yes

Midnight Oil Exploration Ltd. Milagro Energy Inc. Miller Petroleum, Inc. [MILL.OB] Montello Resources Ltd. Monument Resources, Inc. [MNMN.OB] Murphy Exploration & Production Company - International Murphy Exploration & Production Company - USA Mustang Fuel Corporation Mystique Energy, Inc. Nabors Drilling USA, LP Nabors Industries Ltd. [NBR] National Energy Group, Inc. [NEGI.OB] National Iranian Oil Company National Oil Corporation NAV Energy Trust

Ness Energy International, Inc. [NESS.OB] Nevarro Energy Ltd.

Nexen Inc. [NXY] NGAS Resources, Inc. [NGAS]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

YesOAO Gazprom

Yes

Yes

Yes

Nicklos Drilling Company Niko Resources Ltd. Noble Corporation [NE] Noble Drilling (U.S.) Inc. Nord Oil International, Inc. [NDOL.PK] Norsk Hydro ASA [NHY] NOVA OIL, INC. [NVAO.OB] Nuovo Pignone Holding S.p.A. NuTech Energy Alliance Corporation NuVista Energy Ltd. Oakridge Energy, Inc. [OAKR.OB]

OAO Rosneft Oil Company Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation Occidental Permian, Ltd. Ocean Rig ASA [OCNRF.PK] Oceaneering International, Inc. [OII] Oceanic Exploration Company [OCEX.OB]

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pebercan Inc.

Yes

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited Oil Search Limited Oilexco Incorporated OJSC Surgutneftegas [SGTZY.PK]

Output Exploration, LLC Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. Paladin Resources plc Pan Andean Resources PLC Pan-Ocean Energy Corporation Limited Pangea Petroleum Corporation [PAPO.OB] Paradigm Geotechnology B.V. Paramount Resources Ltd. Parker Drilling Company [PKD] Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. [PTEN] Peak Energy Services Trust

Pengrowth Energy Trust [PGH] Penn West Energy Trust Peregrine Energy Ltd.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Premier Oil plc

Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS [PBR] Petrel Resources plc Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd.

Petroceltic International plc PetroKazakhstan Inc. Petrol Industries, Inc. [PTLDE.OB] Petrosearch Energy Corporation [PTSG.OB] Petsec Energy Ltd [PSJEF.PK] Peyto Energy Trust Phoenix Technology Income Fund Pioneer Drilling Company [PDC] Pioneer Oil and Gas Pool Well Services Co. Portrush Petroleum Corporation [PRRPF.OB] Prairie Pacific Energy Corporation

Precision Energy Services

Pulse Data Inc.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rosemore, Inc.

Yes

RSX Energy Inc.

Purcell North Energy Ltd. Pyramid Oil Company [PYOL.OB]

Quest Resource Corporation [QRCP] Questar Market Resources, Inc. Questerre Energy Corporation Raven Energy Ltd. Real Resources Inc. Regal Petroleum plc Resilient Resources Ltd. Riata Energy, Inc. Rider Resources Ltd. Rival Energy Ltd. Rock Energy Inc. Rocky Mountain Minerals, Inc. [RMMI.OB] Rocky Old Man Energy Inc. Rolling Thunder Exploration Ltd.

Rowan Companies, Inc. [RDC] RPS Hydrosearch

RWE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft für Mineraloel und Chemie

Saipem S.p.A.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sibir Energy plc

Smedvig asa

Yes

Samson Investment Company San Telmo Energy Ltd. [STUOE.OB] Santos Ltd [STOSY] Sawtooth International Resources Inc. Saxon Energy Services Inc. Secunda International Limited Sefton Resources, Inc. [SFNRF.PK] Seitel, Inc. [SELA.OB] Seneca Resources Corporation Serica Energy Corporation Sharon Energy Ltd. Shell Canada Limited Shell Exploration & Production Company Shellbridge Oil & Gas, Inc.

Signa Engineering Corp. SignalEnergy Inc.

SNRG Corporation [SNRG.OB]

SOCO International plc

Sonsub Inc.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Softrock Minerals Ltd.

Spectrum Energy and Information Technology Ltd.

Sperry-Sun Drilling Services Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. [SPND.OB]

Standard Energy Corporation [STDE.OB] Sterling Energy plc Sterling Resources Ltd. Storm Cat Energy Corporation [SMU] Stratford American Corporation [STFA.OB] Stratic Energy Corporation Stroud Energy, Inc. Stylus Energy Inc. Sundance Resources, Inc. Surge Global Energy, Inc. [SRGG.OB] Syncrude Canada Ltd. TBX Resources, Inc. [TBXC.OB] Teikoku Oil Co., Ltd. Terax Energy, Inc. [TERX.OB]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TODCO [THE] Yes

Yes

Yes

Teton Energy Corporation [TEC] Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc. Texalta Petroleum Ltd.

Texas Vanguard Oil Company [TVOC.OB] TG World Energy Corp. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA The Reserve Petroleum Company [RSRV.OB] The Scotia Group, Inc. The X-Change Corporation [XCHC.OB]

THUMS Long Beach Company Tipperary Corporation Titan Logix Corp.

Topper Resources Inc. [TOPUF.PK] Torque Energy Inc. Total Energy Services Trust

Touchstone Resources USA, Inc. [TSNU.OB] TRAFINA Energy Ltd.

TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tullow Oil plc

Yes

Yes

Yes

Venoco, Inc.

Yes

Yes

Transco Resources Corp. Transmeridian Exploration, Inc. [TMY] Transocean Inc. [RIG]

TransTexas Gas Corporation Trek Resources, Inc. Tri-Valley Corporation [TIV] Trican Well Service Ltd. Triple 8 Energy Ltd. Trivello Ventures Inc. [TRVEF.PK] True Energy Trust TrueStar Petroleum Corporation

Tuscany Energy Ltd. Union Drilling, Inc. [UDRL]

Unit Corporation [UNT] United Heritage Corporation [UHCP] UTS Energy Corporation

Venture Production plc Vermilion Energy Trust VTEX Energy, Inc. [VXEN.OB] W&T Offshore, Inc. [WTI]

WesternGeco

Yes

Yes

Wintershall AG

Yes

West Energy Ltd. Westbow Energy Inc. Western Oil Sands Inc.

Westside Energy Corporation [WHT] Whiting Petroleum Corporation [WLL] Windsor Energy Resources, Inc. Winstar Resources, Ltd.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd. [WOPEF.PK] Yangarra Resources Ltd. Yoho Resources Inc. Zapata Energy Corporation

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