Mark Alexander Burridge

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Cambrian Mining Plc provides explorations and developments of coal, gold and base metals mining services. It is located in London.

Baker Steel Capital Managers LLP (BSCM) is an independent specialist investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded by David Baker and Trevor Steel in 2001. BSCM manages substantial assets on behalf of a broad range of financial institutions, wealth managers and professional investors.

Aquila Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration, acquisition, and development of mineral properties. Its project portfolio includes Reef Gold, Back Forty, and Bend. The Reef Gold Project is primarily a gold asset and it is located in Marathon County Wisconsin. The Back Forty Project is a polymetallic (zinc, lead, copper, gold silver) volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit located in Menominee County, Michigan, U.S.A. The Bend Project is a volcanogenic massive sulfide occurrence in Taylor County Wisconsin containing primarily copper and gold. The company was founded on February 17, 1997 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

REBgold Corp. is a Canadian exploration and development company, which engages in the process of acquiring and developing economic interest in gold assets along with a mineralized belt in Finland. It is also in the process of evaluating and negotiating targets, ranging from scoping stage assets to producing mines. The company's bacterial oxidation and bioleaching technologies are used to liberate precious metals from difficult-to-treat sulphide ores. REBgold was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Hatch Corporate Finance provides financial advisory services. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded by Guy Jacques Marie de Selliers de Moranville, Rodney Graham Beddows.