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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. FCX operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. FCX is the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer. FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits, and significant mining operations in North and South America, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in Arizona and the Cerro Verde operation in Peru. FCX has a strong commitment to safety performance, environmental management and the local communities where it operates. FCX is a founding member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and is committed to implementation of the ICMM Sustainable Development Framework. Our stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FCX”.
Applied Minerals is a leading global producer of Halloysite Clay. Vertically integrated from Mine to Market, our niche focus and in-depth application knowledge allow us to offer our customers commercially consistent product grades, specifically tailored to achieve enhanced performance objectives. Applied MInerals is the owner of the Dragon Mine, the only known measured resource of Halloysite Clay in the western hemisphere significant enough for large scale commercial production. The Dragon Mine is located in the Tintic District of Utah stretching over 230 acres of land. Applied Minerals retained the world`s leading experts in Halloysite to create a standard for the characterization, quantification, and commercialization of this unique mineral. As a result of these efforts, the Company is able to deliver commercially consistent product grades of the highest quality Halloysite in the world. Applied Minerals also holds a broad portfolio of intellectual property surrounding the technology related to its material. Ownership of this IP portfolio provides the Company with the unique ability to provide customers both the highest quality Halloysite Clay in commercial quantities and the resources to assist them in the rapid commercialization of their products. Applied Minerals Inc emerged from a period of corporate transformation in 2008 with a newly placed management, technical development team, and corporate discipline. With a renewed focus, strategy and determination, the Company is excited to offer its unique Halloysite resource and product support to a wide range of established and developing markets.
M&R Automotive is a Menlo Park, CA-based company in the Agriculture and Mining sector.
Advanced Explorations Inc., based in Toronto, Ontario, is a resource development company focused on developing its Roche Bay and Tuktu Iron Ore Projects in one of the world`s largest developing iron ore districts, the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut. The Ocean-based Roche Bay Project boasts an NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate of over 500 million tonnes outlined within a small portion of the potential 140 km of banded iron formation. A positive feasibility study for the project`s C Zone revealed a net present value of $642M on a base case 5.5 Mtpa start-up concentrate operation and substantial upside potential including becoming a low quartile cost producer. To date, the Company has delineated over 1 billion tonnes of iron under NI 43-101 among its Roche Bay and Tuktu deposits and continues to explore other targeted deposits in areas to the north, south and west of Roche Bay. The management team has extensive technical, exploration and Canadian Arctic mining expertise to effectively develop the high quality iron ore opportunities on the Melville Peninsula.
BCGold Corp is focused primarily on gold and copper exploration and development in under-explored historic mining and exploration districts in British Columbia and Yukon. BCGold Corp. acquires and develops conceptual, early and mid-stage exploration opportunities and advances them towards resource development. BCGold Corp. was incorporated on February 10, 2006 and the Company completed its Initial Public Offering, through the Capital Pool Program, on June 8, 2006 . The IPO shareholder list was generated and provided to the IPO Sponsor by BCGold Corp.'s board of directors. The Company's Qualifying Transaction and a non-brokered private placement of $1 million were completed on September 5, 2006, which allowed the Company to enter into the Voigtberg and Toodogonne option agreements with Kaminak Gold Corp. and Stealth Minerals Ltd., respectively. Many of the Company's current shareholders are industry professionals and considered long-term investors. BCGold Corp. investors include venture capitalists, institutions and key individuals in the mineral industry.