Investors in Metals and Mining

Sprott is a global asset manager providing investors with access to highly-differentiated precious metals and real assets investment strategies. It invests and holds all of its assets in physical gold and silver bullion and seeks to provide a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of direct investment.

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Limited offers security brokerage services. The company provides market research and equity sales and trading, analysis, and financing services. Additionally, it offers tax, insurance, pension consulting, and online dealing services. Canaccord Genuity Wealth Limited was formerly known as Collins Stewart Wealth Management Limited and changed its name to Canaccord Genuity Wealth Limited in April 2013. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Canaccord Genuity Wealth Limited operates as a subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Group Limited

SIDEX is a private equity, venture capital, and venture debt firm specializing in investments in seed/start-ups, early venture companies and growth capital investments. It also specializes in PIPE transactions. It seeks to invest in mineral exploration and mining industry projects and companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Quebec and may invest in companies headquartered outside Quebec so long as the full amount of its investment is expended in Quebec. It may consider investments in gold projects in Abitibi. It invests between CAD $0.1 million ($0.07 million) and CAD $1.5 million ($1.13 million) in companies with enterprise value between CAD $1 million ($0.75 million) and CAD $200 million ($151.04 million). The firm prefers to invest up to 10 percent in a company's equity but can also invest beyond ten percent. The firm makes balance sheet investments. Its investments take the form of common shares. SIDEX was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with an additional office in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada.

Resource Capital Funds is a mining-focused private equity firm that partners with companies to build strong, successful and sustainable businesses that strive to produce superior returns to all stakeholders.

The Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a development capital fund that calls upon the solidarity and savings of Quebecers to help create and maintain jobs in Québec by investing in small and medium-sized businesses. Its mission also involves offering its shareholders a fair return. No other institution has stricken such a balance, which indeed, is a fundamental principle of a labour-sponsored investment fund. Since its inception in June 1983, the Fund, whose net assets is $9.3 billion as at May 31, 2013, has become a hub of knowledge, resources and contacts for Québec companies and a key player in the Québec economy.

Founded in 1985, Gen Cap America (GCA) is a private investment firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. GCA specializes in acquisitions and recapitalizations of middle market businesses. GCA is actively investing Southvest Fund VI, L.P., a $165 million fund which began making investments in May 2010. Investment candidates usually have revenues between $5 and $100 million and most are privately held businesses or subsidiaries and divisions of larger corporations. Investments are made in established businesses with demonstrated operating histories and quality management teams. GCA is a partner with management teams who wish to invest in their companies by becoming part of the buying group. Recapitalizations are also structured for business owners who desire immediate liquidity yet wish to participate in the growth of their business by maintaining operating control.

Normandie Participations SAS, SCR is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, all stages of venture capital, growth capital and buyout investments. It prefers to invest in very small, small, medium sized companies and mid-cap companies based in the former French region of Normandy. It prefers to be a generalist investor therefore it can consider investments in all sectors. The firm typicaly invests a minimum of €0.15 million ($0.18 million) and usually co-invests. Normandie Participations SAS, SCR is based in Colombelles, France.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses.

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund, built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs. The firm is headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, but makes investments all over the world. With $50M under management, the fund is focused on East coast investments. Founder Collective is industry agnostic, but the firm prefers companies that have an information technology component.

NCI is a private investor company that offers their skills for investing in the public and private markets.