Christopher Russell Rankin

Canaccord Adams is an independent financial services firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with additional offices in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Halifax. The firm's analysts search worldwide for emerging and small- to mid-cap growth opportunities, identifying value and exposing risk. The research team analyzes seven sectors, clarifying current events and anticipating market trends in high-quality daily, weekly and monthly research products. Canaccord Adams focuses on the following sectors: metals and mining, energy, technology, life sciences, real estate and gaming, consumer and industrial growth. The firm is a subsidiary of Canaccord Financial, Inc.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.