Cynthia Patricia Thomas

Founded in 1989, ScotiaMcLeod, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm is a subsidiary of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TOR: BNS). Scotia McLeod offers a full array of investment services bond including stock and money market trading, corporate and government finance, mergers and acquisitions, commodities and futures, personal investment services and mutual funds.

PolyMet Mining Corp. engages in the exploration and development of natural resource properties. It develops and operates the NorthMet project in Minnesota, which hosts copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum group metal mineralization. The company was founded by John P. McGoran on March 4, 1981 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Ferrinov, Inc. produces active anticorrosion pigments for industrial paint manufacturers. The company was founded by Louis Archambault in 1998 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Lepidico Holdings Pty Ltd. provides lithium exploration services. It offers L-Max technology, a proprietary process which has the capacity to commercially extract lithium and other by-products from unconventional sources. The company is headquartered in Belmont, Australia.