Paul-Henri Couture

AmerAlia, Inc. develops and manages natural chemical resources. It produces sodium bicarbonate from its Bureau of Land Management leases. The company sells its products to the animal feed, industrial, human food and pharmaceutical markets. The company was founded on June 7, 1983 and is headquartered in Rifle, CO.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Pershimco Resources, Inc. is a junior mineral exploration company, which engages in the acquisition, exploration, evaluation, development, and operation of mining properties. The company explores for gold and silver ores, and base metals. It holds interests in the Cerro Quema project in Panama and the Courville Gold Project in the Val-d'Or Gold Mining Camp in Canada. Pershimco Resources was founded on July 21, 1998 and is headquartered in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada.

Nemaska Lithium, Inc. is a developing chemical company. It produces spodumene concentrate at its Whabouchi location and convert it into lithium salts at its Shawinigan transformation plant. The company was founded on May 16, 2007 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

CDP Capital Private Equity (CDPQ) is a private equity subsidiary of The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Montréal with additional office in London.

Natural Resources USA Corp. engages in the business of identifying and developing natural resource assets. It owns Bureau of Land Management leases in Colorado covering large-scale deposits of naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate. Natural Resources USA actively participates in the management and development of: Natural sodium bicarbonate, Water assets and Oil shale research. The company owns and acts as parent company of Natural Soda Holdings, Inc. and Natural Soda Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary, Natural Soda, Inc., which manufactures sodium bicarbonate and owns substantial natural sodium bicarbonate resources. It also owns department of the Interior leases covering large deposits of naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate called nahcolite. It changed its name from AmerAlia, Inc. to Natural Resources USA on September 14, 2010. The company was founded on June 7, 1983 and is headquartered in Rifle, CO.

Darwin Resources Corp. focuses on the gold and copper projects in Southern Peru. It explores for the projects including Suriloma, Rurimarac, Cojines, Huatiapa, Parihuana and Vicunas. The company was founded on August 23, 2011 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.