Touchstone Gold Limited

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Colombia

Incorporation date: June 29, 2009

Registered Address:
Akara Building, 24 De Castro Street,
Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

BVI Registration number: 1536599

Listed on: AIM
Ticker: TGL

About the BVI company:

Touchstone Gold Limited is engaged in the exploration and development of gold properties in Colombia, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Touchstone Gold Holdings S.A. and Touchstone Colombia.

On September 7, 2012, the BVI company was redomiciled from the British Virgin Islands jurisdiction to the province of Ontario, Canada, where the majority of the Board of Directors and officers of the company are located.

Ratel Group Limited

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Africa

Incorporation date: October 18, 2010

Registered Address:
Jayla Place,
Wickhams Cay I,
Road Town, Tortola, VG1110
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: TSX
Ticker: RTG

About the BVI company:

Ratel Group Limited is an international mining exploration company, focused on gold and copper deposits in Africa: the Segilola Gold Project in Nigeria and the Mkushi Copper Project in Zambia. The first one is the largest undeveloped gold resource identified in Nigeria.

The BVI company was listed on the main board of the Toronto Stock Exchange on 4 January 2011. Immediately after that Ratel successfully completed the spin-out reorganization of its African property interests from Ratel Gold Limited, which is now renamed into St. Augustine Gold and Copper Limited.

China Dredging Group Co., Ltd

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: China

Incorporation date: April 14, 2010

Registered Address:
Kingston Chambers,
PO Box 173, Road Town,
Tortola, BVI.

About the BVI company:

China Dredging Group Co., Ltd is a limited liability company, registered in the British Virgin Islands and based in China, providing specialized dredging services exclusively to the Chinese marine infrastructure market.

The company is headquartered in Fuzhou, Fujian province of China, and can access several important ports in the country. It has fleet of more than ten dredgers and is able to work with multiple projects and use different methods simultaneously.

BVI company’s holdings are comprised of China Dredging (HK) Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Fujian WangGang Dredging Construction Co., Ltd, a wholly foreign-owned enterprise of China Dredging HK, and a 50% controlling interest on Fujian Xing Gang Port Service Co., Ltd, an operating company incorporated and operating in PRC.  Fujian WangGang acquired a 50% direct ownership interest in Fujian Service on June 29, 2010 whereas the remaining 50% interest in Fujian Service is owned by Wonder Dredging Engineering Limited Liability Company.

FracRock International, Inc.

Industry: Mining, Energy and Environment

Main business locations: South America, worldwide

Incorporation date: December, 2011

About the BVI company:

FracRock International, Inc. is an oilfield service and technology company, incorporated under the British Virgin Islands law and focused on delivering, through the company’s unique EcoFrac Solutions, the latest well stimulation and completion technologies to international unconventional markets. Currently the BVI company is establishing business activities in Brazil, Argentina, Poland, France and Germany.

FracRock International has a team of industry professionals, including key executives with a particular emphasis on geophysics, completion tools, specialized green fluids and hydraulic fracturing business, which is the fastest growing industry in the sector of oilfield services.

The company is oriented to locally procure and assemble many of the components of its hydraulic fracturing units; mine, process and transport a majority of its proppants; and formulate part of the chemicals intended to be used in the operations. Also, the company will maintain an active R&D program to deliver the most environmentally friendly hydraulic fracturing solutions in the industry.

SCG Business Services Limited

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
2nd Floor, Yamraj Building
PO Box 3405
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands VG1110

About the BVI company:

SCG Business Services Limited is a Canadian-owned, BVI-registered hedge fund consulting firm focused on offshore and domestic fund formation to new and experienced fund managers. The company has structured investment funds in various jurisdictions including Guernsey, Channel Islands, Switzerland, Cayman, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Canada. SCG Business Services closely co-operates with other hedge fund service providers, offering massive Internet presence through its network of hedge fund domains. With more than 1,000 domains, SCG is a major force with an average of 120,000 impressions per month, with most of the domains positioned to appear in the top positions of major search engines, such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. SCG also offers the industry unique opportunities to increase online exposure by participating on one of its hedge fund related domains or blogs linked to hundreds of fund related websites.

Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Inc.

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: China

Registered address:
PO Box 344
Road Town
Tortola British Virgin Islands

Listed on: NASDAQ OTC Market
Ticker: QXU.F

About the BVI company:

Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Inc. (formerly known as Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc.) currently specializes in the molybdenum-mining industry. The BVI company is focused on mining and processing rare metal ores and several base-metal ores, including molybdenum, copper, lead and zinc.

Qiao Xing currently owns a 100% equity interest in Balinzuo Banner Xinyuan Mining Co., Ltd. and a 34.53% equity interest in Chifeng Aolunhua Mining Co., Ltd., and the right to receive 100% of the expected economic residual returns from Chifeng Haozhou Mining Co., Ltd.

XING ( as Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc.) was one of the first Chinese companies listed on NASDAQ, as well as one of the leading companies working in the telecommunications product business in China. In 2007, the BVI company made the strategic decision to shift its business focus from the telecommunications industry to the resources industry, and the diversification was started with the acquisition of CLJL in April 2009. Then, the company has made other acquisitions in the resources industry and divested its fixed-line and budget mobile phone businesses.

On January 28, 2010 the BVI company changed its corporate name to Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Inc. The company continues to evaluate acquisition opportunities in the resources area to strengthen its positions in the mining industry. It is also working to divest its remaining mobile-phone business to become a pure-play resources company.

West African Minerals Corporation

formerly Emerging Metals Limited

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: West Africa

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 4 July 2007

BVI Registration number: 1415559

Listed on: London's Alternative Market (AIM)
Ticker: WAFM 

About the BVI company:

West African Minerals Corporation (formerly Emerging Metals Limited) was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands for purpose of making investments and/or acquisitions in the sphere of iron ore mining and exploration. The company has built a portfolio of iron ore assets in West Africa, including exploration licences in Cameroon and Sierra Leone. The head office of the company is located in the Isle of Man, which is currently the company's main country of operation.

West African Minerals plans to continue to identify and evaluate other possible opportunities for the acquisition of interests in natural resources companies and projects.

BGS Acquisition Corp.

Industry: Business Services

Main business locations: Latin America

BVI Registration Number: 333-178780

Listed on: NASDAQ

Ticker: BGSCU

About the BVI company:

BGS Acquisition Corp. was recently registered under the corporate law of the British Virgin Islands as business company with limited liability. BGS Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with an operating business.

The company plans to focus on acquiring operating businesses that have their primary operations located in the countries of Latin America, or in the United States in the areas principally serving the Spanish-speaking market.

Xcite Energy Limited

Industry: Mining
Main business locations: UK
Registered office:Geneva Place
Waterfront Drive
P.O. Box 3469
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: London Stock Exchange (AIM), Toronto Stock Exchange – Venture Division
Ticker: XEL.L, XEL.V

Financial highlights:
Net profit (2011): £129,563
Total assets (2011): £152,771,290
Earnings per share (basic or diluted) (2011): 0.1p


About the BVI company:

The BVI company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Xcite Energy Resources Limited, is engaged in oil exploration and development of heavy oil resources in the North Sea on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. All of the current material interests of Xcite Energy Limited are held through Xcite Energy Resources, which corporate office and operational office are located in the United Kingdom.

In 2003, Xcite Energy Resources Limited was awarded its 100% working interest in the Bentley field in Block 9/3b in the UK North Sea.

Minexco Minerals Corporation

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: South America

About the BVI company:

Minexco Mineral Corporation is a mineral resources exploration company, focusing on projects in Guyana, South America. The company has a presence in Guyana since 2008. Minexco Minerals owns 100% of the Tamakay Prospecting License in Guyana. Tamakay covers approximately 12,800 acres (20 Sq. Miles), it has been mined for gold and diamonds since the early 20th century.

Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited

Industry: Energy and Environment

Main Business Locations: UK, worldwide

About the BVI company:

Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited is an aerial survey and mapping company, it develops innovative technologies with digital photographic mosaics and produces maps showing the location of landmines and unexploded remnants of war.

On October 7, 2011, Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited became a subsidiary of NHS Health Solutions, Inc., which is fully focused on developing and expanding upon its partnership with the BVI company.