Wendy C. Liu

Canaccord Adams is an independent financial services firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with additional offices in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Halifax. The firm's analysts search worldwide for emerging and small- to mid-cap growth opportunities, identifying value and exposing risk. The research team analyzes seven sectors, clarifying current events and anticipating market trends in high-quality daily, weekly and monthly research products. Canaccord Adams focuses on the following sectors: metals and mining, energy, technology, life sciences, real estate and gaming, consumer and industrial growth. The firm is a subsidiary of Canaccord Financial, Inc.

Founded in 1971, Peters & Co. Ltd. is an independent, fully integrated investment firm headquartered in Calgary, Ontario. The firm specializes in investments in the Canadian oil and natural gas and oilfield services industries. They provides investment services to institutional investors and private clients. Peters & Co. employs their own trading group and performs specialized and comprehensive investment research. They are an active underwriter for, and financial advisor to, companies active in the Canadian energy industry. Peters & Co. is a member of the CIPF.

ARC Financial Corp (ARC Financial) is a private equity/venture capital founded in 1989 by Mac van Wielingen, John Stewart and Phil Swift. The firm is headquartered in Alberta, Canada.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).