ENRC is a leading diversified natural resources group with integrated mining, processing, energy, logistical and marketing operations.

The Group’s assets are mostly located in the Republic of Kazakhstan and comprise: Kazchrome, Zhairem GOK, SSGPO, Aluminium of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter (KAS), Eurasian Energy Corporation (EEC) and ENRC Logistics.

Other assets, notably the Other Non-ferrous Division, are mainly located in Africa, and include the copper and cobalt assets of the Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC), Chambisi Metals PLC and a 50.5% of Camrose Resourses Limited (Camrose).

ENRC also owns Serov Group, ferroalloys producer in Russia, Bahia Minerals BV (BML) and Mineração Minas Bahia SA (MIBA), iron ore mining projects in Brazil, as well as a 50% stake in the Xinjiang Tuoli Taihang Ferroalloy Company in China (Tuoli) and a 14.35% interest in Northam Platinum Limited, a major platinum producer in South Africa.

ENRC is a FTSE 100 company, currently employing over 70,000 people, of which 65,000 are located in Kazakhstan.

http://www.enrc.com

Eurasian Business Council is a nonprofit partnership for assistance to trade and economic cooperation within the countries of the Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzES) – Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan and Russia.

The main purpose of the Eurasian Business Council is to promote the steady development of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation, establishment of direct links between enterprises and companies of the Eurasian Economic Community member states, as well as full cooperation of the members of the Council.

http://www.evrazes-bc.ru/

Tau Ken Samruk is the holding company for the Kazakh government’s stakes in some of the country’s largest metals and mining companies.

Kazakhstan mining witnessed widespread technological upgrades in recent years. This was further fuelled in recent years by spiralling international metal prices, rapidly expanding demand from China and India, and streamlined procedures for obtaining permits and foreign investment. The country’s current reserve of copper is estimated at 36mn tonnes. Further, it ranks second globally in manganese ore reserve, estimated at 600mn tonnes. Kazakhstan also hosts 30% of the worldwide chromite ore deposits, as well as 95% of the total chromium reserves within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

http://www.tks.kz/

AGMP The Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises was established in Kazakhstan in 2005 by the group of local mining companies. The Association currently has over 50 member-organizations whose joint production output exceeds 25% of Kazakhstan’s GDP. Members of the Association employ over 300 000 people. The largest members are Bogatyr Access Komir LLP, Corporation “Kazakhmys”, “ArcelorMittal Temirtau”, JSC “Ust-Kamenegorsk Titan-Magnesium Combine”, ENRC, “GRK Kazakhstan Nickel” LLP, JSC “Altynalmas”, JSC “Maikainzoloto”, JSC “Kazatomprom”” and others.

The Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises is recognized by the majority of Governmental Bodies and Ministries. It takes part in Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Committee meetings. Representatives of the Association actively participate in the discussion of new legislation acts which concern extracting industries and contribute to the decision making process.

The Association publishes specialized Mining Journal and hosts website www.agmp.kz.

http://www.agmp.kz

Kazakhmys PLCis a leading international natural resources group with significant interests in copper, gold, zinc, silver, power generation and petroleum.

It is the largest copper producer in Kazakhstan and one of the top worldwide with 17 operating mines, 10 concentrators and 2 copper smelters. Kazakhmys Copper operations are fully integrated from mining ore through to the production of finished copper cathode and rod. Total copper cathode equivalent produced in 2010 from own ore was 303 thousand tonnes. Production is backed by a captive power supply and significant rail infrastructure.

Kazakhmys Copper produces significant volumes of other metals, including zinc, silver and gold. In 2010, it produced 167 thousand tonnes of zinc in concentrate. The Group is in the top ten largest silver producers in the world (14 million ounces produced in 2010).

The Group is part of the FTSE-100 index of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and is also listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). The Group employs some 61,000 people, principally in Kazakhstan. The Group’s strategic aim is to optimize its current operations, deliver its major growth projects and to diversify and participate in the development of the significant natural resource opportunities in Central Asia.

http://www.kazakhmys.com

Kazatomprom is the national operator of the Republic of Kazakhstan for export of uranium and its compounds, rare metals, nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants, special purpose equipment, technologies and double-use materials. The main activities of the company are: geological exploration, uranium production, manufacture of nuclear fuel cycle products, reactor construction, nuclear power plants, production of construction materials, the electric energy sector, scientific support of production and social welfare and training of personnel. Today Kazatomprom has more than 26,000 employees and is amongst the leading uranium production companies in the world.

http://www.kazatomprom.kz

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 150 countries with 138,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

KPMG has been operating in Russia for twenty years. For the last years KPMG in Russia and the CIS has been one of the fastest growing practices in KPMG worldwide.

In the CIS, KPMG now has offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Bishkek, Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv, Yerevan and Tbilisi, employing together over 3,000 people.

http://www.kpmg.ru

Polymetal is the largest Russian and the third largest global primary silver producer, as well as in the top five gold producers in Russia. The company operates precious metals’ mines and carries out exploration projects in four regions of Russia (Magadan, Sverdlovsk, Khabarovsk and Chukotka), as well as in Kazakhstan.

In 2007, Polymetal placed 24.8% of the Company’s share capital in an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. The shares trade in the form of GDRs on the Main Market of the LSE and in ordinary share form on the RTS and MICEX exchanges.

Polymetal carries out the full range of deposits’ development – from exploration to production. A key element of Polymetal’s strategy is the creation of regional processing hubs with the aim of ensuring the most efficient and responsible utilisation of financial and human capital and enabling greater returns on the company’s investments.

At present, Polymetal has two projects in the near-launch stage: Albazino will see its first gold pour in 2011 and Mayskoye is due to be put into operation by 2012. Commissioning of these projects will take Polymetal to the important milestone production level of 1Moz of gold equivalent per year which will move the Company into the highest tier of global gold and silver producers.

Polymetal entered the Kazakh market in the fourth quarter of 2009 with the acquisition of the gold and copper deposits at the Varvara mine in the Kostanay region. The facility (which includes processing and gold recovery plants) has annual capacity of 4.2 Mtpa. Varvara’s output consists of gold-copper concentrate and gold-bearing alloy.

http://www.polymetal.ru

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London listed public company headquartered in the UK, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, with executive offices in Melbourne.

The two companies are joined in a dual listed companies (DLC) structure as a single economic entity, called the Rio Tinto Group.

The Group finds, mines and processes the earth’s mineral resources – metals and minerals essential for making thousands of everyday products that meet society’s needs and contribute to improved living standards.

The Group’s major products include aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy products, gold, industrial minerals (borates, titanium dioxide, salt and talc), and iron ore. Its activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America. There are also significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

http://www.riotinto.com

SRK Consulting is the world’s first one-stop consultancy offering specialist services to mining and exploration companies for the entire life cycle of a mining project from exploration through to mine closure. Among SRK Consulting’s approximately 1,500 clients are most of the world’s major and medium-sized mining houses, exploration companies, banks, petroleum companies, agribusiness companies, construction firms and government departments.

Formed in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1974, SRK now employs approximately over 1,000 professionals in 43 permanent offices on six continents. A broad range of internationally recognised associate consultants are also available world-wide to complement the core staff.

The SRK Group’s independence is ensured by the fact that it holds no equity in any project or company and that its ownership rests solely with its staff. This enables SRK to provide its clients with conflict-free and objective recommendations on crucial judgment issues.

SRK Consulting employs leading specialists in each field of science and engineering. Its seamless integration of services, and global base, has made the company the world’s leading practice in due diligence, feasibility studies and confidential internal reviews.
SRK Consulting offices in the countries in which it operates are staffed by international as well as local experts thus ensuring both technical and local context excellence.

http://www.srk.co.uk/

WAI has provided the mineral industry with specialised geological, mining, processing and environmental expertise since 1987, initially as an independent company, but from 1999 as part of the Wardell Armstrong Group (WA). Our experience is worldwide and has concentrated on the metalliferous mining sector and coal.
Our parent company is a mining engineering/environmental consultancy that services the industrial minerals sector from nine regional offices in the UK and international offices in Russia and Kazakhstan. Total worldwide staff complement is now in excess of 300.

The Group provides a wide range of services for minerals-related projects. This ranges from preliminary exploration planning, through reserve estimation, mine design and financial appraisal, to bankable final feasibility study.

WAI has a strong client list, including companies and organisations from the private and public sectors, as well as many major lending institutions. In addition, WAI has been involved in many AIM and Full Board London stock exchange listings.

http://www.wardell-armstrong.com

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 141,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.

Ernst & Young expands its services and resources in accordance with clients’ needs throughout the CIS. 3,500 professionals work at 17 offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Togliatti, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Baku, Kyiv, Donetsk, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Yerevan, and Minsk.

For more information about our organization, please visit

http://www.ey.com/

IMC Montan is an international mining consultancy that is a merger of group of companies Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH (DMT), Germany, IMC Group Consulting Limited (IMCGCL), UK and engineering group White Young Green Plc (WYG), UK.

The company has a staff of international and Russian experts in the area of mining and processing of minerals, mine infrastructure etc. IMC Montan has been working in Russia and CIS for over 18 years and implements projects in the following areas: design of company development projects and programs; preparation of competent person and mineral expert’s reports; due diligence; financial analysis; justification of investments, technical support etc.

http://www.imcmontan.ru/

TOMS has been working in mining industry for 18 years, rendering the whole range of services for deposits development from investing money up to its remuneration.
TOMS provides project management services in the form of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM). It includes test works in minerals concentration, working out “technological reglaments” (Russian standard), project feasibility studies, engineering and construction of ore mines, tail facilities and accompanying infrastructure, concentrating plants and factories for recovery of all types of minerals, supply of process solutions and LSTK plants, supervision and consulting services.
TOMS takes all responsibility for the final result, that benefits investors and owners with a most efficient mineral deposit exploitation.
TOMS is a good combination of highly experienced specialists, modern innovative technologies and complex high quality solutions.

http://www.tomsgroup.ru

Irgiredmet provides R&D expertise, testwork and process optimization for precious and base metals and diamonds.

The activities range from initial investigations to process development and design, construction and commissioning of industrial mines and plants. Working closely with clients and in conjunction with engineering partners, Irgiredmet supplies a flexible package of technology for process development and optimization.

We offer a full range of sophisticated facilities for sample preparation and characterization, comminution, gravity, flotation, physical separation, smelting, leaching, purification and metals recovery, tails detoxification etc.

http://www.irgiredmet.ru

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 150 countries with 138,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

KPMG has been operating in Russia for twenty years. For the last years KPMG in Russia and the CIS has been one of the fastest growing practices in KPMG worldwide.

In the CIS, KPMG now has offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Bishkek, Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv, Yerevan and Tbilisi, employing together over 3,000 people.

http://www.kpmg.ru

With clients on every continent and 70% of sales derived from overseas markets, Micromine is the leader in providing innovative software solutions to the mining and exploration industry.

We are the only mining software company that provides solutions for the entire mining life cycle, ranging from exploration and mine design to underground and surface mining.

Established over twenty years ago, the strength of Micromine’s reputation and continued success can be directly attributed to our award winning software, world-class programming expertise and ability to meet the demands of a challenging and variable world market.

Micromine services over 12,000 clients in more than 90 countries worldwide. We have offices in 16 of the world’s largest mineral producing countries and are in the process of further expansion.

Our local teams are proficient in a number of relevant, local languages. Versions of our products are available in four languages, including English, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.

http://www.micromine.com

TOMS has been working in mining industry for 18 years, rendering the whole range of services for deposits development from investing money up to its remuneration.
TOMS provides project management services in the form of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM). It includes test works in minerals concentration, working out “technological reglaments” (Russian standard), project feasibility studies, engineering and construction of ore mines, tail facilities and accompanying infrastructure, concentrating plants and factories for recovery of all types of minerals, supply of process solutions and LSTK plants, supervision and consulting services.
TOMS takes all responsibility for the final result, that benefits investors and owners with a most efficient mineral deposit exploitation.
TOMS is a good combination of highly experienced specialists, modern innovative technologies and complex high quality solutions.

http://www.tomsgroup.ru

Moody’s Investors Service is a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. Moody’s commitment and expertise contributes to transparent and integrated financial markets. The firm’s ratings and analysis track debt covering more than 110 countries, 12,000 corporate issuers, 25,000 public finance issuers, and 106,000 structured finance obligations. Moody’s Investors Service is a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO), which reported revenue of $2 billion in 2010, employs approximately 4,500 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 26 countries. Further information is available at

http://www.moodys.com

American Appraisal is the largest international independent valuation company. American Appraisal Associates operate more than 55 offices in 48 countries of the world. AAR provides valuation opinion and advisory services to the clients in various industries including Metals and Mining, Oil and Gas and Utilities.
Among our clients are major Russian Metals and Mining companies.

http://www.american-appraisal.com

ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. (ARMZ), AKA Atomredmetzoloto, is currently ranked as the world’s second largest uranium mining company by resource base and is the fifth biggest global producer in terms of uranium output. ARMZ supplies strategic feedstock to the Russian nuclear industry, having produced 3687 tons of uranium in Russia and Kazakhstan in 2008. As of January 1, 2008, ARMZ’s uranium reserves and resources amounted to 538 013 tons of uranium, which has secured us the second place among global primary uranium producers.

ARMZ is part of Rosatom – the Russian State Corporation controlling the nation’s nuclear activities. ARMZ – together with its affiliates and subsidiaries – employs over 14 thousand people.

Founded in 1992, ARMZ is the successor of the world’s largest uranium production complex built by the Soviet Union. All uranium mines in Russia, as well as a number of uranium joint ventures in the former USSR and abroad, were brought together under ARMZ in 2008, after the restructuring of Russia’s nuclear industry had been completed.

http://www.armz.ru

Stewart Group is a global provider of Geochemical & Assay solutions to the mining and exploration industry, Mineralogy & Metallurgy testing and consulting and Inspection & Analysis services for metals, minerals, precious metals, ores and solid fuels.

Operating for over 30 years across a global network of certified laboratories, Stewart Group applies cutting edge technology to ensure accurate, timely analysis to the highest quality and employs close to 1,000 staff across its international network.

http://www.stewartgroupglobal.com

Flag carrier of Kazakhstan Air Astana operates to 28 international and 24 domestic routes transporting over 7000 passengers a day. It has fleet of modern aircraft – Boeing 767-300ER, 757-200, Airbus 321, 320, 319, Embraer 190 and Fokker 50.

The airline offers a very high standard of in-flight and customer service, it is a full member of IATA operating to EASA/JAR safety standards.

Air Astana’s Internet Booking Engine offers special fares with access to over 21,000 hotels worldwide, and a frequent flyer program – Nomad Club that unites over 76,000 people.

http://www.airastana.com

Ogier is one of the world’s leading providers of offshore legal and fiduciary services employing over 800 professional and support staff.

The Russia and CIS team at Ogier is a cross-jurisdictional and multi-practice area team dedicated to providing top quality services, principally in the areas of:

• IPO / Capital Markets
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring
• Private Wealth
• Banking
• Investment Funds

The “one stop shop” integrated legal and fiduciary service Ogier offers is particularly important to listed company clients who benefit from having all their offshore legal and company administration needs met under one roof.

The group has a presence in nine jurisdictions around the world, namely Bahrain, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London and Tokyo.

http://www.ogier.com

Uranium One is one the world’s largest publicly traded uranium producers with a globally diversified portfolio of assets located in Kazakhstan, the United States and Australia. In Kazakhstan, the Company has joint venture interests in the Akdala, South Inkai, Karatau, Akbastau, Zarechnoye and Kharasan in situ leach uranium deposits. In the United States, the Company began uranium production from its in situ leach assets in the Powder River Basin area of Wyoming during 2011. In Australia, Uranium One owns 51% of the in situ leach Honeymoon Project, which is also expected to begin uranium production in 2011.

http://www.uranium1.com

AK-NIET BURGA LLP is a pioneer in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Central Asia in the field of drilling using RC (reverse circulation) rigs.

The technology allows rapid mineral exploration forming a cutting sampling, which volume reaches 97%. A special cyclone-splitter serves as storage element sacking cuttings in a specified sequence, providing high self-descriptiveness and ability to conduct a rapid analysis in the field conditions.

http://aknietburga.kz