Morgan Ralph Tavakolian

U.S.-Russia Business Council operates as a trade association. It provides business development, dispute resolution, government relations, and market intelligence services to its American and Russian member companies. The company represents the interests of 300 member companies operating in the Russian market. U.S.-Russia Business Council was founded in 2000 and is located in Washington, DC.

Baring Vostok Capital Partners Ltd. (Russia) (BVCP) is a private equity firm headquartered in Moscow, Russia. The firm was founded by Michael Calvey as a subsidiary of Baring Private Equity International, owned by Baring Private Equity Asia Ltd., in 1994. The firm has offices in Moscow, Russia and Guernsey, UK.

LionOre Mining International Ltd. explores and mines for nickel, gold, and other minerals in Western Australia, Botswana, and South Africa. The firm's nickel production is supported by significant by-product credits in the form of copper, cobalt, platinum group metals and gold. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

Goldman Sachs Bank LLC (Broker) (GS Bank-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Raiffeisenbank AO, which is owned by Raiffeisen Bank International AG (VIE: RBI; OTCMKTS: RAIFY) in Austria. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. Headquartered in Moscow, GS Bank-Broker provides market insight, risk management and execution services to institutional clients including Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Banks and Brokerages, Pensions, Endowments and Foundations, Corporations, and Governments.

Norilsk Nickel RAO OAO mines, refines, and smelts nickel. Its operations are based on Russian nickel-copper ore deposits at Norilsk in Siberia and Pechenga near the border with Norway. It also produces composite powders where nickel is coated on carbides, nitrides, borides, and silicides. The company supplies carbonyl powders to the companies engaged in manufacturing rechargeable batteries, sintered components, magnets, ferrites, hardmetals, and EMI shielding in paints and plastics. Norilsk Nickel is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.