Jeannette Lye

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

CI Investments, Inc. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1965 as CI Mutual Funds, Inc. and adopted the name CI Investments in June 2005 to reflect its diverse line-up of investment options, including mutual funds, segregated funds, asset allocation programs, structured products and other alternative investments. They are a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX). CI Investments manages money on behalf of Canadian investors and provide them with an increasingly comprehensive Canadian, global and industry funds.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

The Conference Board, Inc. is a membership organization working for the public interests. It creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses in their performance and to better serve the society. The firm publishes information and analysis, makes economics-based forecasts and assesses trends, and facilitates learning by creating communities of interest that bring together senior executives from around the world. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morningstar Research, Inc. Canada is Canada's leading investment fund research firm. They were formed in 1999 as the result of the acquisition of Portfolio Analytics and BellCharts Inc. by Chicago-based Morningstar Inc., the global investment firm in the US. They market the two most popular mutual fund software products, PALTrak and BellCharts and operate the Morningstar.ca web site. In addition, Morningstar Canada provides analysis and consulting services for investment management, fund performance evaluation and pension plan governance. They are located in Toronto.

Intermediate Capital Group Plc (Private Equity) (ICG) is a private equity division of Intermediate Capital Group Plc founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Signal Hill Equity Partners Inc(Signal Hill Equity Partners) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2007 by James C. Johnson and Patrick W. A. Handreke. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte & Touche, Inc. provides accounting services. The company is based in Calgary, Canada.

Hazelview Securities, Inc. (HSI) is a Canadian investment advisory firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Hazelview Investments, Inc., which is owned by Tre Lupi, Inc. HSI provides discretionary investment advisory services to pooled investment funds (Hazelview Investment Funds) and serves as a sub-adviser to other investment advisers of pooled investment funds.

Caracle Creek International Consulting, Inc. provides mineral resource exploration and mining consulting services for small and large projects in mineral exploration and mining industries globally. It offers geological and geophysical, rare element exploration, coal energy, project generation, design and management, data compilation and target generation, 3D geological modeling, visualization and spatial database management, property evaluation and due diligence studies. The company was founded by Scott Jobin-Bevans and Trevor Richardson in 2001 and is headquartered in Sudbury, Canada.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Romet Ltd. manufactures and supplies rotary gas meters, electronic volume instrumentation and auxiliary equipment for natural gas industry. Its products include rotary meters, honeywell electronics, romet electronics, spare parts and equipment and services include anodizing service and romet meter service. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

GenieKnows, Inc. engages in an internet search industry. It offers pay per click, display advertising, 1-click banner, exit traffic, hot spot, landing pages, search box, and yellowee.com. the company was founded in November 1999 and is headquartered in Dartmouth, Canada.

East Kootenay Chamber of Mines operates as a non-profit organization. It promotes mining interests. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cranbrook, Canada.

LeadSift, Inc. develops software for sales and marketing professionals and business leads. Its proprietary technology analyzes chatter from popular social media streams like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogs and turns the data into accurate and targeted local leads for sales. The company was founded by Tapajyoti Das, Hatem Nassrat, Sreejata Chatterjee and Daniel Allen in 2011 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Terralogic Explorations, Inc. engages in acquisition and development of mineral exploration properties. it offers data management, exploration technology, geological and project management services. The company is headquartered in Cranbrook, Canada.

Royal BC Museum Corp. operates as Canada’s cultural treasures. The firm's business areas include collections and conservation, knowledge(curators), academic relations, exhibition development and implementation and learning. Its operations include human resources and volunteer services, IT services, marketing and sales, fundraising development, property management, security and site development, communications, visitor services and access to collections, licensing, business development, archives and access, digital preservation, freedom of information/protection of privacy and records management. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

Mining Industry Human Resources Council operates as a minerals and metals industry. It specializes in labour market information, research & publications, certification, training and standards. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Cidel Asset Management, Inc. (Cidel AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Cidel Bank Canada. The firm was founded by Peter D. Sacks and Robert H. Gibson in 2013 and formerly known as Toron AMI International Asset Management. Headquartered in Toronto, they offer investment services and solutions to private clients. Cidel AM is a signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).