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Battery Mineral Resources Corp. is a Toronto-based company focused on the exploration and development of essential minerals for lithium-ion batteries, including cobalt, lithium, copper, and graphite. The company is engaged in discovering, mining, and supplying these battery materials to support the lithium-ion battery market and energy storage sectors. Additionally, it operates exploration properties for lithium and graphite in the United States and South Korea. Battery Mineral Resources is structured into three segments: the acquisition and exploration of mineral assets in Canada, the United States, Chile, and South Korea; operations of its ESI segment in Canada and the United States; and its corporate headquarters located in Canada.

US Grid Company is dedicated to owning and operating natural gas power plants that play a vital role in ensuring a reliable power supply. The company focuses on acquiring and managing facilities in major cities, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States. With an emphasis on enhancing reliability and resilience, US Grid Company collaborates with local utilities and governments to improve energy stability. Additionally, the company aims to reduce carbon emissions by incorporating storage solutions and renewable energy capabilities into its operations, thereby contributing to the decarbonization of the energy grid.

Brigham Minerals, Inc. is a mineral acquisition company that specializes in acquiring oil and gas mineral rights across the continental United States. The company predominantly holds mineral and royalty interests in several key regions, including the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province and the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma, the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado, and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. As of the end of 2019, Brigham Minerals owned interests in approximately 57,800 net mineral acres and had stakes in nearly 5,000 productive horizontal wells, encompassing both oil and natural gas. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

ATX Energy Partners is a privately held oil and gas company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the exploration and development of unconventional, liquids-rich resource plays. Founded by the management team from Brigham Resources after its significant asset sale in 2017, ATX leverages advanced technologies to identify and evaluate resource opportunities primarily in the U.S. Lower 48. The team's expertise includes the identification, acquisition, and development of early-stage domestic resource plays, with a historical focus on frontier opportunities that have not undergone extensive horizontal drilling. ATX is also considering partially delineated prospects that could benefit from optimized drilling and completion techniques. The company is eyeing potential projects in the Permian and Williston Basins, as well as selected areas in the Rockies, reflecting the management team's prior successes in these regions.

Indigo Natural Resources is a Houston-based company engaged in the exploration and production of oil. Founded in 2015, it operates through a dual strategy of aggregating mineral interests and acquiring and developing operated working interest production. The company manages over 600,000 acres of mineral rights across 15 states, with a significant concentration along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Indigo Natural Resources oversees production from more than 600 wells, positioning itself as a notable player in the oil industry.

Brigham Resources, established by industry veterans including Bud Brigham and Gene Shepherd, is a private oil and gas company. It specializes in exploring and producing oil and gas, with a focus on early-stage, unconventional liquids-rich resource plays in onshore U.S. regions. The company employs advanced technologies to identify and develop these opportunities.