David Trafford

Bateman Engineering N.V. (BATEMAN) is a technologically-driven engineering-project house serving the minerals and metals industries worldwide, covering mining, minerals and metals processing, ferroalloys, mineral salts, environmental protection, bulk-materials handling and water and effluent treatment. Solutions are provided to the challenges of converting natural resources into marketable products, comprising process-orientated engineering, specialist niche technologies, financial and commercial facilitation and contracting and project management. All kinds of projects are handled, from the largest turnkey contracts to retrofits, modifications, the installation of processing equipment and plant audits. The company is incorporated in the Netherlands and has operational centers in India, South Africa, Australia, Russia, Botswana and China. The company operates primarily in developing regions with evolving economies where satisfying market needs and securing new business is promoted by the ability to assist clients to raise project funding and arrange commercial agreements. Flexible contract structuring manages commercial risk. BATEMAN has also adapted its core project-management capability and global competencies to the difficult and remote terrains and minimal infrastructure usually associated with the exploitation of wealth-creating products like precious metals and diamonds. With the assistance of a networked communications system, projects can be conducted by task forces which draw together the collective expertise and experience of the company, the client and other specialists. BATEMAN engineers are specialists in applying technologies to design and construct process plants tailored to client specifications. By remaining abreast of state-of-the-art process technologies through its contacts internationally, the group ensures that innovative but proven technology is offered to its clients. The services are marketed and offered from the office best suited to ensure clients receive a cost-effective and efficient service.

Argo Real Estate Opportunities Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended investment company, which invests primarily in the commercial property markets of Central and Eastern Europe. The company's investment objective is to provide investors with a high level of risk adjusted total returns derived principally from rental income growth and capital appreciation generated from the acquisition, development and active asset management of its Property Investments in the target markets. It seeks to maximize risk-adjusted returns through its strategy of acquiring investments let to strong regional and international tenants and securing a significant portion of the total rental income prior to construction of its development projects by way of pre-letting. The company was founded on July 14, 2006 and is headquartered in St. Martin, Guernsey.

KPMG LLP (United Kingdom) provides audit, advisory, and tax services. Its audit and assurance services encompass accounting advisory, financial reporting publications, financial state audit, internal audit, and revenue recognition. The firm's tax and pension services include statutory residency test, pension, personal tax investigations, tax management consulting, tax technology, legal services, tax value chain, employment issues, indirect tax, and tax policy cycle. KPMG was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kigdom.

Part of BSG Investments Ltd., Global Minerals BV provides mining services.

Da Vince Capital Management Ltd. provides alternative investment services. The company was founded by Oleg Viktorovich Jelezko in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Martin, Guernsey.

Part of BSG Investments Ltd., Koidu Ltd. engages in diamond mining services. The company is based in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte LLP (United Kingdom) provides brokerage services. The company is based in London, UK. David Sproul has been the CEO of the British company since 2003.

Lubel Coal Co. Ltd. operates as a coking coal mining company. The firm through its development of the Lubelska 1 and 2 License areas and these licences are part of the Lvov-Volyn coal basin in western Ukraine creates a profitable coking coal mining company. The company is headquartered in Kiev, Ukraine.

BSG Capital Markets PCC Ltd. provides investment services. The CEO of the British company is Dag Cramer.