LeRoy E. Wilkes

Part of Newmont Corp., Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp. is a private company that explores for and develops gold and other minerals. The company is based in Albuquerque, NM.

Washington Corp. provides real estate services. Its operations consist of the ownership of real estate, both income-producing and unimproved, and office building management, primarily in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metals assets. It holds interests in Back River Gold, Wishbone, and Hackett River projects. The company was founded on June 7, 1966 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Copper Mesa Mining Corp. is a mineral exploration and development company. It expanded its resource base through exploration at its current properties, forming exploration alliances with other mining companies. The company has Chaucha copper-molybdenum porphyry property and the Junin copper-molybdenum, silver/gold property in Ecuador.

The Washington Group, Inc. provides government relations and lobbying services. Its services include legislative tracking & analysis, congressional testimony preparation, crisis management, writing legislative and regulatory language, organizing Washington conferences, drafting position papers, advising on political positioning and media tracking and analysis. The firm clients include healthcare, technology, telecommunications, environmental, defense, trade, real estate and transportation entities. The company was founded in 1995 by G. John O'Hanlon and is headquartered in Washington, DC

Ridgeway Mining Co. is a private company that explores gold and copper mines. The company is based in Ridgeway, SC.