Doug Bedard

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.

ValGold Resources Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties. It also focuses on seeking and holding resource royalties. The company was founded on April 14, 1987 and is headquartered in Thorold, Canada.

Lone Pine Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas. Its reserves, producing properties and exploration prospects are located in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec and the Northwest Territories. The company was founded on September 30, 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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.

Raymond James Ltd. (Broker) (Raymond James-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Raymond James Ltd., a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm was founded in 1962 and is ultimately owned by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a US-based diversified holding company. Raymond James-Broker provides a full array of investment services to corporate and institutional clients.

PFM Capital, Inc. (PFM Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Randy Beattie. The firm is headquartered in Regina, Canada.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Raymond James Ltd. operates as a full-service investment dealer. The firm operates under the divisions of personal investing and equity capital markets. Personal Investing offers solutions to individuals interested in ensuring income, asset growth, and retirement plans. Equity Capital Market provides expertise in investment banking, research, corporate finance, and institutional sales and trading. It caters to individual and institutional clients as well as corporate issuers. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered Vancouver, Canada.

Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of AB is a non profit organization that regulates the practices of engineering and geoscience in Alberta. Its function is licensing individuals and companies that want to practice engineering and geoscience in Alberta. The applicants and companies that meet APEGA’s standards for ethical, professional, and technical competency earn the right to practice and use reserved titles and designations. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Alberta Alpine operates as sports association. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Canmore, Canada.

Versant, Inc. engages in the provision of branding and marketing services. It offers internal and external branding, facing marketing and advertising campaign. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

RadCan Energy Services, Inc. provides oil and gas drilling services. The company was founded by David R. Robinson and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Invicta Energy Corp. explores for oil and gas. The firm engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas in Canada. The company was founded by Gordon L. Reese on November 12, 2009 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Alberta Theatre Projects operates as a Performing arts theater. It provides new play development and dramaturgy. The company was founded in 1972 by Douglas Riske, Paddy Campbell and Lucille Wagner and is headquartered in Listowel, Canada.

WindRiver Power Corp. focuses on developing and operating commercial wind power generation and run-of-river hydro generation projects. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Stampede Drilling Ltd. provides oil and gas exploration and drilling rig contracting services. It provides equipment such as cat engines and mud pumps. The company is headquartered in Estevan, Canada.

Fort Capital Partners is a Canadian investment services company. The private company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The company was founded in 2014 by David Bustos. David Bustos has been the CEO since 2014.

Thunderstone Capital, Inc. provides investment services. The private company is based in Calgary, Canada.

Aureus Energy Services, Inc. provides hot oiling, fluid heating, high-pressure pumping and fluid handling services. It also offers water management services, ng/lpg heaters, diesel heaters & twin heaters and maintenance program services. The company was founded by Jason Tocheniuk in 2011 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Freedom Cannabis, Inc. is a Canadian vertically-integrated cannabis company that focuses on producing high-quality cannabis products and providing contract services for third parties. The private company is based in Acheson, Canada. The company operates in a state-of-the-art, 120,000 square foot indoor production facility in Canada. Freedom Cannabis harnesses clean energy and supports local initiatives, embodying a holistic approach to business that extends to both consumers and communities. The company offers innovative products to both the medical and recreational legal cannabis markets in Canada and the US, operating under two licensed manufacturing facilities. Freedom Cannabis has an extensive portfolio of high-quality cannabis products under various brands, including Purefarma, Pura Vida, Rad, Premium 5, Thrifty, Adults Only, Feelgood, the CB4 suite of medical products in Canada, and ArthroCBD in the US. The company was founded in 2017 by Julie Girad Potestio and Gianfranco Potestio, with Gianfranco Potestio serving as the CEO since then.

Part of Arizona Lithium Ltd., Prairie Lithium Corp. is a company that owns a lithium project located in the Williston Basin of Canada and the United States. The company is based in Emerald Park, Canada. The Canadian company also has a proprietary lithium extraction process technology that selectively removes lithium from brine. Prairie Lithium's projects hold the highest quality inferred lithium brine resource discovered to date, with 4.1mt LCE total inferred resources at 111 mg/l Li. The company was founded in 2019 by Zach Maurer, who has been the CEO since 2019. Prairie Lithium was acquired by Arizona Lithium Ltd. on March 27, 2023 for $49.97 million.