John Christopher Cowan

Advanced Primary Minerals Corp. is engaged in the business of the development of its primary kaolin resources which are wholly owned together with surface rights or controlled under lease. The company's plant consists of proprietary dry processing circuit which uses no chemical additives in the process to manufacturing products of ceramics industry for sanitary ware, tile, glaze and tableware applications. The company was founded on September 27, 2002 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Falconbridge Ltd. mines for copper and nickel. It also invests in zinc and aluminum. The company's products include copper, primary and fabricated aluminum, cobalt, lead, molybdenum, silver, gold and sulphuric acid. The company also processes and recycles metal-bearing materials. Falconbridge was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Hecla Mining Co., United Keno Hill Mines Ltd. is a Canadian company that produces silver and other metallic resources. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. United Keno Hill Mines was acquired by Elsa Reclamation & Development Co. Ltd. on December 06, 2007.