Mats Håkan Carlsson

0373849 B.C. Ltd. engages in the acquisition, mining, and exploration of mineral properties. The company was founded on October 4, 1989 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

The Group's principal activities are to acquire, explore and develop precious base metal properties like copper, cobalt and gold. It has 24.75% interest in the Tenke Fungurume copper cobalt deposits located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also has a 100% interest in the Los Caballos property located in Argentina. The Group has approximately 950,000 hectares exploration property in Argentina.

Founded in 1997, Pareto Securities, Inc., formerly Nordic Partners, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a joint venture formed by leading Nordic & Baltic brokers, E. Ohman J:or Fondkommission AB in Sweden, Evli Bank Plc in Finland and Pareto AS in Norway. Suprema Securities (part of Evli Group) is their affiliate in the Baltics. Their sales and trading network is based on memberships of the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange, Oslo Stock Exchange and Copenhagen Stock Exchange. The firm is a leading provider of stock and bond brokerage and financial advisory services, focusing on sectors where Norway has particular advantages. Pareto Securities' New York office provides a wide array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Suramina Resources, Inc. engages in exploring, acquiring and developing precious and base metal properties. The company was founded on April 5, 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Pareto Securities AB is the Swedish brokerage subsidiary of Pareto Securities AS, itself a subsidiary of Pareto AS in Norway. Headquartered in Stockholm, the firm provides full spectrum of brokerage services specifically tailored for both retail and institutional investors. They has expertise in Nordic capital markets and a strong international presence within the oil, offshore, shipping and natural resources sectors.