Joseph Groia

Golden Valley Mines & Royalties Ltd. is a mineral exploration company, which engages in the exploration of mineral properties. It focuses on project and royalty generation and continues to evaluate opportunities to enhance its mining exploration property portfolio, with a view to growing its assets by way of partner-funded option/joint ventures and through its shareholdings in related entities. The firm holds interests in exploration properties located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and the James Bay region of mid-north Quebec. The company was founded on August 15, 2000 and is headquartered in Val-d'Or, Canada.

Groia & Co. is a leading securities litigation boutique firm based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company has been providing high-quality litigation services for over twenty years and has established a peerless reputation for creative and tough-minded legal representation. The private company is best known for its work in defending regulatory proceedings and prosecutions brought by regulators, as well as for defending clients in white-collar criminal prosecutions. Groia also assists clients with the full range of litigation needs, including shareholder disputes, wrongful dismissal claims, directors’ liability, and breaches of contract. The company was founded by Joseph Peter Paul Groia.

Metropolitan Energy Corp. engages in the exploration, acquisition, and development of mineral properties. The company was founded by Michael G. Thomson on July 16, 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The Law Society of Upper Canada engages in the provision of legal services. The company was founded in 1797 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Xinergy Ltd. operates as a mineral exploration company, which produces metallurgical and thermal coal with mineral reserves, mining operations and coal properties in the Central Appalachian regions of West Virginia and Virginia. It also sells high quality thermal and metallurgical coal to electric utilities, steelmakers, energy trading firms and marketers of coal and industrial companies. The company was founded on February 11, 2005 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.