Canada Day 2012

Brixton Metals – Gary Thompson, Co-Founder

Brixton Metals is an exploration company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of precious and base metal assets with the intention of advancing any properties of merit to commercial feasibility. Brixton's flagship property, the Thorn, in Northern BC has been the focus of Brixton's exploration activities for 2011 and 2012.  In 2011 Brixton drilled 95m of 904g/t AgEq and in 2012 followed up with a two phase drill program that uncovered considerable upside potential for the property.  Brixton Metals Corporation shares trade on the TSX-V under the ticker symbol BBB. For more information about Brixton please visit our website at www.brixtonmetals.com.

Canadian High Commission – Brian Parrott, Minister-Counsellor and Senior Trade Commissioner

Colt Resources – Luis Martins, Advisory Board Chairman

Colt Resources is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on advanced-stage high-grade gold and tungsten deposits in Portugal.

Colt Resources – Natalia Sokolova

Colt Resources is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on advanced-stage high-grade gold and tungsten deposits in Portugal.

Forbes West Management Corp, Alderon Iron Ore Corp., Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd., Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp – Mark Morabito, Founder and Executive Chairman

Forbes West is a Canadian company that specializes in identifying, funding, developing and managing resource-based opportunities, with a special interest on the junior mining sector.

Forbes West manages three Iron Ore companies, all of whom have significant properties located in the Labrador Trough, Canada's premier iron ore district.

Alderon Iron Ore Corp.

Alderon is an iron ore development company focused on advancing its Kami Project to production by the end of 2015. Kami has an NI43-101 resource of 1.1 Bt M&I at 29.8% iron and 277.4 Mt Inf at 29.5% iron.  Highlights include an off-take agreement with Hebei Iron & Steel, China’s largest steel producer, in a deal worth over $400M, port access to ship up to 8Mtpa, and a highly experienced management team.

Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd.

Cap-Ex is a Canadian company with significant landholdings in the Labrador Trough, and is focused on the development of its Block 103 iron ore property. Block 103 is strategically located near existing, and planned infrastructure. A minimum of 22,000m of drilling is underway aimed at completing an initial resource estimate in Q1 2013 and a PEA in Q2 2013.

Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp

Ridgemont is focused on the exploration of its wholly-owned Lac Virot iron ore project located in the Labrador Trough. Ideally situated within 20km of four producing iron ore mines, (Mont-Wright, Carol, Scully and Bloom Lake), Lac Virot is also within close proximity to a common carrier railway with access to a year-round deep sea port. Ridgemont is currently carrying out an aggressive exploration program totalling 14,000m of drilling.

Government of British Columbia (Sponsors) – Susan Haird, European Trade and Investment Representative

Susan was the deputy chief executive of the UK Department for Trade and Investment from April 2004 until August 2012. 

From 2002 to 2004, she was director for human resources & change management at the then Department of Trade & Industry.  Before that, from 1999 to 2002, she was first director of export control and then director of export control & non proliferation.  In the latter role, she was also the UK Governor on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

From 1996 to 1999 Susan was the deputy chief executive of the Office for Manpower Economics. Previous posts within the then Department of Trade & Industry have included the nuclear industry; the vehicle industry and trade relations with a number of East European and Latin American relations. Susan was also director of equal opportunities in Cabinet Office from 1989 to 1992.

Susan has an MA in Economics and Modern History from St Andrews University and a certificate and diploma in Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe, Bruges.  Susan also did a Stage at the European Commission.

Namibia Rare Earths

Namibia Rare Earths – Donald Burton, President

Namibia Rare Earths Inc (TSX:NRE) is a Canadian public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange focused on the accelerated development of its 100% held Lofdal Rare Earths project in Namibia. Lofdal is an early stage, district scale exploration project covering over 200 km2 with a demonstrated potential for the discovery of multiple REE deposits with a focus on exceptional (>80%) heavy rare earth-enriched carbonatite deposits. The company has allocated 22,500m of diamond drilling towards the delineation of a mineral resource by mid-2012. The company completed a C$28.7m initial public offering and Toronto Stock Exchange listing in April 2011 and is well funded to carry outs its development program.

Northern Shield Resources – Ian C. Bliss, President & CEO

Northern Shield Resources (TSX-V:NRN) is a Canadian-based company
exploring for platinum group elements (PGE) and base-metals in eastern
Canada. Northern Shield is built around its PGE expertise and is one of very few
junior mining companies focused on PGE exploration outside of southern Africa.

Recently Northern Shield announced the discovery of a new and significant
volcanogenic massive sulphide camp at Wabassi, northern Ontario with high
grades of copper-zinc-silver mineralization. This provides diversification for its
shareholders and a hard asset as it continues to explore for PGE.

The company conducts its exploration using a scientific, model-driven approach
in under-explored regions.

Orbite Aluminae – Yves Noël, Vice-President Sales and Marketing

Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT, OTCQX:EORBF) is a Canadian cleantech company whose unique technology will have a significant impact on the aluminum industry. Our vision is to use our technology to become the lowest cost and cleanest producer of smelter grade alumina (SGA) and high purity alumina (HPA) as well as high purity by-products such as silica, hematite, rare earths and rare metals.  Our innovative process allows for the environmentally sustainable production from locally sourced aluminous clay and other feedstock without producing any waste products or red mud.  Orbite plans to operate up to ten SGA plants and at least 1 HPA plant in the North Atlantic region of North America, as well as license its technologies to well-qualified producers whose aim is to reduce their operating costs and environmental footprint. 

Selwyn Resources – Harlan Meade, President and CEO

Selwyn Resources is a publicly traded, Canadian base metals exploration and development company. The company's core project is the World class Selwyn Project, located in eastern Yukon. The Selwyn project has reactivated the Howard's Pass zinc-lead district, and since 2005 the company has invested over $110M to define Selwyn deposit as one of the largest undeveloped zinc-lead deposit in the world.

Selwyn has completed in August 2010 a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Yunnan Chihong Zinc and Germanium Co. Ltd. Chihong, a fully integrated zinc-lead mining and smelting company based in Yunnan Province in southern China, to invest $100 Million to advance Selwyn project to bankable feasibility and complete permitting. Selwyn and Yunnan Chihong have formed Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. to advance the project and have launched an approximate $85M exploration and development programs of definition drilling, engineering, permitting and initial underground development to complete bankable feasibility study, permitting and project financing by mid 2012.

Toronto Stock Exchange – Orlee Wertheim, Head