David K. Fagin

Golden Star Resources Ltd. engages in gold mining and exploration activities. It owns and operates the Wassa and Prestea mines situated in Ghana. The firm also operates through the following segments: Wassa, Bogoso or Prestea, Other, and Corporate. The company was founded by David A. Fennell on May 15, 1992 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Canyon Resources Corp. explores, acquires, develops, mines and metals, gold, uranium, and other mineral properties. The company was founded by Richard H. De Voto in 1979 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Homestake Mining Co. of California was owned gold operations, located in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile and USA. The Company was founded to develop the Homestake mine discovered in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory in 1876. It was a gold mining company until its diversification into uranium mining. Homestake Mining was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a mineral exploration company, which focuses on high grade, environmentally cleans gold deposits in the Americas. It holds interest in the El Dorado gold project in El Salvador, the Hog Ranch project in Nevada, and the Santa Rita and Zamora-Cerro Colorado gold projects in El Salvador. Pacific Rim Mining was founded on April 11, 2002 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Atna Resources Ltd. engaged in the exploration, development, and acquiring of mine precious metals, uranium, and mineral properties. The company was founded on May 30, 1984 and was headquartered in Golden, CO.