Nikolaus Kiefer

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Founded in 1995, Acumen Capital Finance Partners Ltd. is an independent boutique investment dealer headquartered in Calgary. The firm is a Participating Organization of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), a Member Firm of the TSX Venture Exchange, a Member Firm of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and a Member in the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Acumen's research efforts focus on small-cap companies Canadian and US companies.

Founded in 1981, Haywood Securities Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with additional offices in Calgary and Toronto. The firm offers a full array of investment services. Their research focuses on companies in the mining, oil & gas, biotechnology, telecommunications and technology sectors. They focus on young companies that are built around innovative ideas and offer the potential for rapid growth. Haywood Securities is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the Montreal Exchange, the Canadian Trading and Quotation System, the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. They are also registered to transact securities business in the U.S. and are a member of the NASD.

Petrowest Corp. provides pre-drilling and post-completion services. It operates through five divisions: Civil Services, Construction, Environmental Services, Rentals and Transportation. The Civil Services division includes a full range of mobile rock and gravel crushing activities including pit run crushing, quarry crushing and stripping and cleaning of quarry pits. The Construction division engages industrial and civil infrastructure work, land clearing, construction, road building as well as well site preparation and clean-up, restoration and reclamation. The Transportation division provides services in general heavy duty hauling, equipment transportation, log loading and hauling, gravel and pipe hauling for the construction, forestry and oilfield industries, as well as the safe transportation of contaminated waste soils. The Environmental Services division owns a landfill site, located in northeastern British Columbia. The Rentals division owns heavy and oilfield equipment including articulated haulers, tracked excavators, crawler dozers, sidebooms and earth compactors. The company was founded on May 24, 2011 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.