John McBride

COSTA Energy, Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas reserves in Canada.

Caspian Energy, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company. It operates through two segments: Kazakhstan and Others. The Kazakhstan segment includes oil and natural gas industry. The Other segment comprises corporate assets and the operations in the Canadian and Netherlands entities. Caspian Energy was founded on September 21, 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Hosted Data Transaction Solutions, Inc. manages merchant transactions and payment facilitation service. The company develops and deploys touch screen POS system software, associated enterprise management tools and numerous POS applications. It also provides system hardware integration services, merchant staff training, system installation services and post sale software and hardware support services. The company was founded on October 22, 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Elgin Mining, Inc. engages in gold mining that focuses on production at the Bjorkadal Gold Mine in Sweden, and the exploration and development of the Lupin Gold Mine and the Ulu Gold Deposit, both located in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Its portfolio includes an interest in Auracle Resources, which is exploring the Mexican Hat property in Arizona, and Lincoln Mining's Oro Cruz and La Bufa gold projects. The company was founded by David Alexander Wiley in 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

SOFTIMAGE, Inc. develops software with 3D technology. The company is based in Montréal, Canada. SOFTIMAGE was acquired by Autodesk, Inc. from Avid Technology, Inc. on November 18, 2008 for $35.10 million.

Part of International Petroleum Corp., Pan-Global Energy Ltd. explores and develops oil and gas properties. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. Pan-Global Energy was acquired by Newmex Minerals, Inc. on May 01, 2006 for $33.45 million.

Katanga Mining Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in mining, processing, and selling of copper and cobalt metal. It operates a copper cobalt mine complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo through two joint ventures, Kamoto Copper Company and DRC Copper and Cobalt Project. The company was founded on October 7, 1996 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Moto Goldmines Ltd. engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Subiaco, Australia.

INI Power Systems, Inc. engages in the development of direct methanol laminar flow fuel cells. The company was founded by Larry J. Markoski in 2002 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Mightex Systems supplies photonic products and services for a broad spectrum of applications including industrial imaging, bio-photonic solutions, LED illumination, machine vision, life & health sciences and industrial test & measurement etc. The company was founded by Miles Li and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Pearl Exploration & Production Ltd. engages in the exploration for, and the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves located in Canada and the United States. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Calgary, AB.

Echelon Capital Corp. operates as a capital pool company. The company was founded on February 27, 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Bridgeport Ventures, Inc. is an exploration and development company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of properties prospective for gold and copper. It currently holds an interest in ten gold prospective properties located in Nevada. The company was founded on May 10, 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Raven Hill Partners, Inc. operates as a venture capital firm. It specializes in startups and early stage investments. The firm invests in both private and public companies. The company was founded by Dustin K. Angelo, Lewis Victor Lawrick, John D. McBride and David Alexander Wiley and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Nighthawk Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation of gold mineral properties in the Northwest Territories. It focuses on Colomac Gold Project. The company was founded on October 8, 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Data Deposit Box, Inc. is a cloud backup solutions company, which engages in the provision of small and mid-sized businesses with premium security and protection services to large enterprises. It offers continuous backup, agentless backup, smart storage solution, and mobile backup. The company was founded by Timothy Jewell in 2002 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

CC Capital Partners, Inc. is a venture capital firm located in Toronto. The firm founded in 1987.

Waverley Resources Ltd. is an exploration stage company, which engages in the acquisition of gold mining properties. The company was founded on February 12, 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Carrie Arran Resources, Inc. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. It focuses on the acquisition of the Black Creek Gold Project. The company was founded on April 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.