Agapito Associates, Inc.

Founded in 1978 to meet the needs of the mineral and energy industries, Agapito Associates operates out of offices in Grand Junction and Lakewood, Colorado. Members of the staff include mining, civil and geological engineers, physicists, geologists, numerical analysts, computer specialists, instrumentation specialists, plus administration and technical support personnel. AAI has provided consultin

g and engineering services to mining companies producing base metals, precious metals, coal, potash, trona, limestone, oil shale and salt, and to defense and nuclear waste disposal industries. Engineering projects in underground/surface mining, solution mining, underground roof and pillar stability analysis, ventilation, mine shaft planning, nuclear waste isolation, and rock slope design have been performed in 35 of the United States and 28 countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Northern Thailand, Norway, Peru, Republic of Congo, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Venezuela. Resource estimates prepared according to Canadian NI 43-101, Australian JORC, or USA SEC S-K 1300 standards have been performed for properties in the USA, Canada, Brazil, China, Argentina, Egypt, Spain, Mexico, and Kazakhstan.