Kent W. Learoyd

Wellington West Capital Markets is an institutional equities firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with an additional office in Calgary. The firm is a subsidiary Wellington West Capital, Inc., a full-service brokerage, financial planning, asset management and capital markets services firm. Wellington West Capital Markets focuses on providing value-added equity research ideas combined with strong execution in trading and corporate finance. Wellington West focuses on the mining, energy, technology and gaming sectors as well as a broad range of business trust and special situations. They are a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

Pollitt & Co., Inc. is an independent, Canadian brokerage firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with an additional office in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Murray Pollitt in 1984 and they provide brokerage services to institutional and private clients. Pollitt & Co. is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Montreal Exchange, the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. Their investment objective is steady, long-term capital appreciation. Pollitt & Co. employs a disciplined approach that begins with a strong macroeconomic view which they use to identify sectors and companies investors may have undervalued.

Kingsdale Capital, Inc. (Securities) (Kingsdale Capital Securities) is the full-service broker/dealer division of Kingsdale Capital, Inc., a corporate finance and capital markets firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 2002 and offers security brokerage services to institutional investors.

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. (FTI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 2000 and they are a subsidiary of Templeton International, Inc. Their ultimate parent is Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a global investment management company also known as Franklin Templeton Investments. FTI provides investment advisory and portfolio management services with clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts for institutional and high net-worth clients.

Founded in 2008, NCP Northland Capital Partners, Inc., formerly Sandfire Securities, Inc., (NCP) is an employee-owned broker/dealer and securities firm located in Toronto, Ontario. Northland Bancorp, a Toronto-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on real estate acquired Sandfire Securities, Inc. in 2010. NCP Capital Partners is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. The firm provides services for a diverse group of portfolio managers of hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, insurance funds, investment counselors and high net-worth individuals. Their research coverage includes: special situations, technology, clean technology, telecommunications, new media, metals & mining, life sciences, industrials and infrastructure.