David Mallalieu

Geologic Resources Partners LLC is a hedge fund firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. They also have an office in Boston.

Orsa Ventures Corp. is an exploration stage company, which engages in the acquisition of gold, silver and copper assets in the western United States. Its projects include: Coal Canyon, Ashby, Quartz Mountain and Angel's Camp. The company was founded on January 30, 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Placer Dome, Inc. owns & explores gold mines. It produces copper, silver as a byproduct of its gold mining. It has interests in different mines in Australia, the Americas, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Tanzania. Placer Dome was formed in 1987 and is located in Vancouver, Canada.