C. A. Burns

Copper Mesa Mining Corp. is a mineral exploration and development company. It expanded its resource base through exploration at its current properties, forming exploration alliances with other mining companies. The company has Chaucha copper-molybdenum porphyry property and the Junin copper-molybdenum, silver/gold property in Ecuador.

Amalgamated Metal Corp. Plc engages in the manufacture and distribution of non-ferrous metals, steel and construction materials. It operates through two divisions: AMC Trading and AMC Industrial. The firm's metals primarily include steel, aluminum, and tin. It also supplies raw materials and intermediate products with a focus on non-ferrous metals, steel, and chemicals. Amalgamated Metal Corp. Plc was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Aird & Berlis LLP provides legal services in the areas of banking, corporate finance, energy, environmental, insolvency and restructuring, litigation, municipal & land use planning, and real estate & tax. The company was founded by John Black Aird in 1919 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada

Dorsey & Whitney LLP is a business law that provides legal solutions catering to the needs of business as they enter new markets, establish joint ventures overseas, and navigate international law. The company was founded in in 1912 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Part of Thistle Mining, Inc., Philippine Gold Plc provides finance leasing and lease purchase facilities for a wide range of equipment. The company is based in London, UK. Philippine Gold was acquired by Thistle Mining, Inc. on July 31, 2000 for $5.17 million.

Part of Eldorado Gold Corp., Golden China, Inc. provides merchant banking and investment services for the Chinese precious metals industry. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. Golden China was acquired by APAC Minerals, Inc. on December 23, 2004 for $19.38 million.

McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, financial services, corporate restructuring and insolvency, employment, tax laws, public policy, real estate and litigation and antitrust laws. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. provides nuclear utility services. Its mandate is to enable nuclear science and technology and to protect the environment by fulfilling the government of Canada’s radioactive waste and decommissioning responsibilities. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Chalk River, Canada.

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) is a not-for-profit technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials, and energy industries. CIM is based in Westmount, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. CIM provides a wealth of benefits to its members, including building industry knowledge, enhancing professional profiles, and raising Canadian company visibility. The institute offers a range of services, including professional development, distinguished lecturer programs, and awards. The private company was founded by Patrick B. Carlson, and the CEO is Angela Hamlyn.

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada operates as a mineral exploration and development association. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

The London Metal Exchange Ltd. provides facilities, along with the management and regulatory structure, for trading. Its products include trading and metals which includes ferrous metals such as ferrous liquidity provider programme, ferrous resources, fees and incentive programmes, steel rebar, steel scrap and steel billet, and non-ferrous metals such as aluminium premiums, aluminium alloy, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc, and minor and precious metals. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Platte River Gold, Inc. is a private Canadian company. It carries out precious and base metals exploration, focusing in Mexico and Nevada. The company employees & contractors have direct roles in the discovery of the El Penon Au-Ag Mine in Chile, the Dolores Au-Ag Mine in Mexico & the Jerritt Canyon (Au) and Paradise Peak (Au-Ag-Hg) mines in Nevada. The company's Mexican subsidiary, Minera Platte River S.L. de C.V. (MPRG), controls four significant projects in Mexico, the most important of which is the polymetallic, La Verde Project, near Cosala, Sinaloa about 2.5 hours drive from Mazatlan. MPRG controls 10,207 hectares of exploration and exploitation concessions and owns the operating La Verde underground Ag-Cu-Au mine, all of which are contiguous to the northern boundary of Scorpio's Cosala area land holdings. It was founded in April 2004. It is based in Reno, Nevada and it also has operations in Hermosillo and Cosala, Mexico.

Canadian Remote Power Corp. engages in acquisition, exploration and development of properties for the mining of precious and base metals. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Giant Yellowknife Mines Ltd. is a private company that engages in the exploration of gold.