Michael R. Smith

Oremex Gold, Inc. engages in exploring gold mineral properties. Its properties include the Cerro del Oro, San Lucas, Santa Catarina, Maco and Navidad, which are located in Mexico. Oremex Gold was founded on January 26, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Platte River Gold, Inc. is a private Canadian company. It carries out precious and base metals exploration, focusing in Mexico and Nevada. The company employees & contractors have direct roles in the discovery of the El Penon Au-Ag Mine in Chile, the Dolores Au-Ag Mine in Mexico & the Jerritt Canyon (Au) and Paradise Peak (Au-Ag-Hg) mines in Nevada. The company's Mexican subsidiary, Minera Platte River S.L. de C.V. (MPRG), controls four significant projects in Mexico, the most important of which is the polymetallic, La Verde Project, near Cosala, Sinaloa about 2.5 hours drive from Mazatlan. MPRG controls 10,207 hectares of exploration and exploitation concessions and owns the operating La Verde underground Ag-Cu-Au mine, all of which are contiguous to the northern boundary of Scorpio's Cosala area land holdings. It was founded in April 2004. It is based in Reno, Nevada and it also has operations in Hermosillo and Cosala, Mexico.