Robert C. Woolard

AmerAlia, Inc. develops and manages natural chemical resources. It produces sodium bicarbonate from its Bureau of Land Management leases. The company sells its products to the animal feed, industrial, human food and pharmaceutical markets. The company was founded on June 7, 1983 and is headquartered in Rifle, CO.

Natural Resources USA Corp. engages in the business of identifying and developing natural resource assets. It owns Bureau of Land Management leases in Colorado covering large-scale deposits of naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate. Natural Resources USA actively participates in the management and development of: Natural sodium bicarbonate, Water assets and Oil shale research. The company owns and acts as parent company of Natural Soda Holdings, Inc. and Natural Soda Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary, Natural Soda, Inc., which manufactures sodium bicarbonate and owns substantial natural sodium bicarbonate resources. It also owns department of the Interior leases covering large deposits of naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate called nahcolite. It changed its name from AmerAlia, Inc. to Natural Resources USA on September 14, 2010. The company was founded on June 7, 1983 and is headquartered in Rifle, CO.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.