Mining Stocks List

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1. Company: Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX)

Barrick Gold Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold properties. Its products include gold, copper, silver, and zinc. The company holds interests in various gold mineral resources, including Goldstrike, Pueblo Viejo, Cortez, Bald Mountain, Turquoise Ridge, Round Mountain, Ruby Hill, Hemlo, Marigold, Golden Sunlight, Eskay Creek, South Arturo, and Donlin Creek mines located in North America; Lagunas Norte, Veladero, Pascua-Lama, and Pierina mines situated in South America; Porgera, Cowal, Plutonic, Kanowna, Darlot, Granny Smith, Lawlers, Henty, Osborne, and Reko Diq mines located in Australia Pacific; and Bulyanhulu, North Mara, Buzwagi, and Tulawaka mines situated in Africa. Barrick Gold Corporation's copper mines include Zaldivar Mine located in Chile and Osborne Mine situated in Australia. As of December 31, 2006, the company had proven and probable mineral reserves of 123.1 million ounces of gold, 6 billion pounds of copper, and 964 million ounces of contained silver within gold reserves. Barrick Gold Corporation was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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2. Company: Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM)

Newmont Mining Corporation engages in the exploration, acquisition, and production of gold properties in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Canada, Bolivia, New Zealand, and Mexico. As of December 31, 2006, it had proven and probable gold reserves of approximately 93.9 million equity ounces and an aggregate land position of approximately 44,470 square miles. The company also produces copper in Indonesia. Newmont Mining Corporation was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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3. Company: Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (HMY)

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited conducts underground and surface gold mining in South Africa, Australia, and Papua New Guinea (PNG). It also engages in related activities, including exploration, processing, and smelting. The company operates 22 shafts, 1 project shaft, 1 open cast mine, and 9 processing plants located in the Witwatersrand basin of South Africa, as well as the Green Stone belt. It also owns interests in two operating centers consisting of both underground and open pit mines located at Mt. Magnet and South Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In addition, the company holds interests in the development and exploration prospects at Hidden Valley and Wafi in Papua New Guinea. As of June 30, 2007, Harmony Gold Mining Company's prospecting interest measured 95,827 hectares in South Africa, 348,000 hectares in PNG, and 325,088 hectares in Australia. Its mining operations included total proven and probable reserves of 53.67 million ounces. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Randfontein, South Africa.

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Hecla Mining Company, a precious metals company, engages in the discovery, acquisition, development, production, and marketing of mineral resources. The company involves in the exploration and development of mineral properties, as well as in the mining and processing of silver, gold, lead, and zinc. It has 100% interest in the Lucky Friday unit located in northern Idaho; 29.73% interest in the Greens Creek unit located on Admiralty Island, near Juneau, Alaska; 100% interest in the La Camorra unit located in the eastern Venezuelan state of Bolivar; and 100% interest in the San Sebastian unit located in the state of Durango, Mexico. The company produces and sells metal concentrates to custom smelters on contract; and unrefined gold and silver bullion bars directly to customers or further refines before sale to precious metals traders. Hecla Mining was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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5. Company: Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS)

Pan American Silver Corp. engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, and operation of silver properties. It also focuses on copper, zinc, lead, and gold minerals. The company has mining operations in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia; and has non-producing silver resources in the United States and Argentina. It owns and operates the Quiruvilca silver mine, the Huaron silver mine, and the Morococha silver mine in Peru; La Colorada Mine, Mexico; and San Vicente, Bolivia. Pan American's development projects include the Alamo Dorado silver project in Mexico and Manantial Espejo in Argentina. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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6. Company: Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR)

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. engages in the production, processing, and sale of steam and metallurgical coal in the United States. Its reserves primarily consist of high British thermal units (Btu), low sulfur steam coal, and metallurgical coal. The company also involves in the purchase and resale of coal mined by others. It sells its steam coal to utilities and industrial customers as fuel for electricity generation. As of December 31, 2006, the company owned or leased 548.6 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves, including low sulfur reserves, sulfur content, and high Btu content. As of February 1, 2007, it had 8 regional business units that were supported by 38 active underground mines, 27 active surface mines, and 10 preparation plants located in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, as well as a road construction business in West Virginia that recovers coal. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Abingdon, Virginia.

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Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified metals and mining company worldwide. It produces, exports, and supplies iron ores and pellets to the steel making industry, as well as manganese ores and iron alloys, including metallurgical ore used primarily for the production of ferroalloys; natural manganese dioxide used for the manufacture of electrolytic batteries; and chemical ore used in various industries for the production of fertilizer, pesticides, and animal food, as well as used as a pigment in the ceramics industry. The company also produces nickel; copper; platinum-group metals, such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium; precious metals, including gold and silver; coal; and other non-ferrous minerals, such as kaolin, potash, cobalt, sulphuric acid, liquid sulphur dioxide, selenium, and tellurium, as well as engages in bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum metal smelting operations. In addition, it engages in railroad, coastal shipping, and port handling operations; and provides logistic services, including rail transportation for its mining products, general cargo and passengers, bulk terminal storage, and ship loading services for the company's mining operations and for third parties. Further, the company, through joint venture interests, invests in the aluminum, coal, energy, and steel businesses; and offers hot-rolled steel, cold-rolled steel, galvanized steel, electro galvanized steel, pig iron, steel plates, sheet products, and steel tubes. It also has investments in seven hydroelectric power plants in operation and one under construction in Brazil. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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8. Company: USEC Inc. (USU)

USEC, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, supplies low enriched uranium (LEU) for commercial nuclear power plants worldwide. It sells separative work units (SWU) component of LEU, the SWU and uranium components of LEU, and uranium. SWU is a standard unit of measurement that represents the effort required to transform a given amount of natural uranium into two streams: enriched uranium having a higher percentage of U235 and depleted uranium having a lower percentage of U235. The company also performs contract work for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractors at the Paducah and Portsmouth plants, which includes the maintenance of the Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plant in a state of readiness or cold standby, processing out-of-specification uranium, and provision of infrastructure support services. In addition, USEC provides nuclear energy solutions and services, including design, fabrication, and implementation of spent nuclear fuel technologies; nuclear materials transportation; and nuclear fuel cycle consulting services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

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9. Company: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, mining, and production of copper, gold, and silver. It holds interests primarily in the Grasberg open pit and the Deep Ore Zone mines in Indonesia. The company also owns interests in the Grasberg block cave, Kucing Liar, Deep Mill Level Zone, Ertsberg Stockwork Zone, Mill Level Zone, Big Gossan, Dom open pit, and Dom block cave. In addition, it smelts and refines copper concentrates, and markets the refined copper products. As of December 31, 2006, it had 2,813,089 metric tons of proven and probable recoverable ore reserves. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. sells its concentrates containing copper, gold and silver primarily to companies in Asia and Europe, and to international trading companies. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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10. Company: Stillwater Mining Co. (SWC)

Stillwater Mining Company engages in the development, extraction, processing, refining, and marketing of palladium, platinum, and associated metals in Montana, the United States. The company's mining operations consist of the Stillwater Mine located on the J-M Reef in Nye, Montana; the East Boulder Mine located at the western end of the J-M Reef in Sweet Grass County, Montana; and a smelter and base metal refinery located in Columbus, Montana. As of December 31, 2006, it had proven and probable ore reserves of approximately 42.4 million tons with an average grade of 0.54 ounce of platinum group metals per ton, containing approximately 23.0 million ounces of palladium plus platinum. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Billings, Montana. Stillwater Mining Co. is as a subsidiary of Norimet, Ltd.

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