David Anthony Ellis

Founded in 2006, Barclays Natural Resource Investments is a private equity firm located in New York City. The firm a division of Barclays Capital, Inc., the investment banking division of international financial services group Barclays Bank Plc (LSE: BARC). They also have offices in has offices in London, Sydney and Dubai. Barclays provides investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and supranational organizations. The firm's global research group provides equity and fixed-income fundamental, macro and strategic market coverage alongside an industry-leading index product group.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

PKF, Certified Public Accountants PC provides accounting services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

SG Americas Securities LLC (SGAS) is the securities broker/dealer subsidiary of SG Americas Securities Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by Société Générale SA (EPA: GLE) in France. Headquartered in New York City, SGAS offers capital markets and securities services for retail and institutional clients.

Southern Peaks Mining LP operates as a mining company. The firm is an underground producer with a main focus on copper and other base metal assets. It currently operates two mines; Condestable copper mine and Quiruvilca polymetalic asset. Southern Peaks Mining was founded in October 2010 and is headquartered in Lima, Peru.

Barclays Natural Resource Investments (BNRI) is the global private equity subsidiary of Barclays Capital Securities Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Barclays plc (LSE: BARC) in Great Britain. Founded in 2006, the firm is based in London and focuses on natural resource investment opportunities that provide clients of Barclays Bank Plc (or affiliates) and strategic investors with the opportunity to gain exposure to the natural resources sector by co-investing alongside Barclays Bank plc and the BNRI investment team. In addition to London, BNRI has offices in New York and Doha.

Hydra Energy Pty Ltd. develops and engages in oil and gas field exploitation. It specializes in the areas including production of hydrocarbons, high-tech exploration and production methods, construction and operation of infrastructure, specialized controls and computer applications, services, equipment, training specializations, financial modeling and control. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Origo Exploration AS provides oil and gas exploration and production services. It is an exploration and production company formed to acquire exploration licenses in continental shelves. The company was founded by Andrew Richard Armour, Timothy Sullivan, Svein Ilebekk, Kent Høgseth, Ørjan Gjerde and Erik Samuelsen in September 2014 and is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.

Hydra Energy Holdings Pty Ltd. engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas. It specializes in both technical and commercial facets of the field development process. The company was founded on July 22, 2011 and is headquartered in West Perth, Australia.