First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is an established and rapidly growing mining and metals company operating seven mines and developing five projects worldwide. We currently produce copper, nickel, gold, zinc and platinum group elements.The Company's current operations are the Kansanshi copper-gold mine, the Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine, the Las Cruces copper mine, the Kevitsa nickel-copper-PGE mine, the Pyhäsalmi copper-zinc mine, the Ravensthorpe nickel-cobalt mine, and the Çayeli copper-zinc mine.In addition, we are developing projects in Zambia, Panama and Peru that when complete, will increase our annual copper production capacity to more than 1.3 million tonnes per annum.
Aquila Resources Inc. (TSX: AQA) (Frankfurt: JM4A) is a development-stage exploration company focused on its strategic assets in the Great Lakes Region, including its 100%-owned gold- and zinc-rich Back Forty Project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.Aquila's flagship Back Forty Project is a volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit located along the mineral-rich Penokean Volcanic Belt in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and currently demonstrates a 15.1Mt measured and indicated (M&I) resource containing close to 1 million ounces of gold and 1 billion pounds of zinc.