William West

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.

West Materials, Inc. engages in the development and distribution of raw materials for metals industry. The company is headquartered in Warren, OH.

Oglebay Norton Co. LLC engages in mining, processing, transporting and marketing industrial minerals and aggregates. It provides aggregates and industrial minerals for applications in the building materials, environmental, energy and industrial markets. The company operates in three segments: Great Lakes Minerals, Global Stone and Performance Minerals. The Great Lakes Minerals segment mines and distributes limestone from facilities located in northern Michigan. The Global Stone segment supplies lime, crushed and ground limestone, construction aggregates and chemical limestone in the Great Lakes region. It's products are used as a filler in building materials, waste water treatment and soil stabilization and as an aggregate for construction of highways, shopping centers, hospitals and schools. Performance Minerals segment mines and processes industrial sands. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.