BVI Companies Worldwide

Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited

2012-01-10T04:08:00.000-08:00

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.

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd.

2011-12-05T10:18:00.000-08:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 173
Kingston ChambersRoad Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 1993

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: HOLI

Financial highlights (Q1 2011):
Total Revenues: US$87,164M
Income from Income Tax: US$15,274M
Net Income: US$12,679M
Market Capitalization: 493.48M

About the BVI company:

The company, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and headquartered in Beijing, China, was incorporated in 1993 under the name HLS Systems International Ltd. In July 2009, it changed its name to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

Through its subsidiaries, primarily through China-based operating companies, Hollysys Automation Technologies is engaged in design, development, producing, sales, installation and maintaining of automation and control equipment and systems in China.

The company focuses on Distributed Control Systems, which control outputs based on input conditions and/or algorithms with a primary focus on power plant and chemical plant automation systems. Other product lines include Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), digital railway signal and information systems, safety controls for nuclear power reactors, and motor drice and transmission systems. The company sells its products and services to various industries, including materials, pharmaceutical, food and beverage processing, nuclear power and rail transportation.

Striding Limited

2011-08-05T03:16:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

About the BVI company:

British Virgin Islands-incorporated company Striding Limited is the owner of the trademark of OptionsClick, which is licensed in the British Virgin Islands. Striding Limited is owned and managed by a group of professionals specializing in financial options, commodities, derivatives, stocks, forex and marketing, software research and development.

The OptionsClick™ platform was developed with the purpose to provide the high quality binary online trading interface. The platform offers trading on a range of financial instruments. The trademark owns series of advanced technology platforms that power the range of financial instruments. OptionsClick™ offers simple user interface, online help facilities, and professional support.

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd.

2011-06-01T04:44:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Namibia

Registered office:
197 Main Street,
PO Box 3540
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, is an integrated oil and gas exploration company focused on the new energy play in Namibia. The company has offices in Canada and Namibia.

Eco's wholly owned subsidiary, Eco Oil & Gas (Namibia), founded in 2008, enjoys strong local presence with the energy and oil and gas sector in Namibia and the surrounding region.

The company holds offshore three license blocks covering more than 25,000 square kilometers and onshore, two license blocks covering 30,000 square kilometers.

China Netcom Group Corporation Limited

2011-05-23T15:15:00.000-07:00

China Netcom Group Corporation (BVI) Limited was the direct controlling shareholder of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited.

Industry: Telecommunications

Information on China Netcom Group Corporation (BVI) Limited

Registered Address:
P.O. Box 3140,
Wickhams Cay 1,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 341457

Law firm in BVI: Conyers, Dill & Pearman

The following information is on China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited:

About the BVI and HK company:

China Netcom Group Corporation was established on May 16, 2002, to take up China Telecom Group's fixed-line networks in 10 northern provinces. China Netcom Group is leading broadband communications and fixed-line telecommunications operator in China, dominating in NorthEast provinces.

The company offers fixed-line telephone services, broadband and other Internet-related services, and business and data communications services. China Netcom Group provides an intra- and inter-provincial transport network in many regions of China, and operates an advanced regional fiber-optic network connecting major cities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Updated Information: In October 2008, China Netcom Group Corporation completed its merger with China Unicom. China Netcom became a wholly owned subsidiary of China Unicom and the listings of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange were withdrawn.

EuroTex Finanz Inc

2011-02-25T02:48:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered office:
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
PO Box 2283, Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Ticker: EFL.F

About the BVI company:

EuroTex Finanz Inc., a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and based in Canada, is ingaged in the provision of international financial services to small enterprises. The BVI company is focused on mergers and acquisitions business area and the management of various businesses, advising clients on transaction structure, negotiating major transaction agreements and due diligence investigations. Company also participates in pre-bid planning and post-acquisition planning and integration, provides assistance through bridge financing, IPO investment, debt restructuring and venture capital. EuroTex Finance also works in the sphere of financial solutions, delivering asset-based lending, cash flow loans and venture capital, debt consolidations, as well as restructuring and refinancing solutions. However, the company does not work with retail clients.

Among assets, clients and investments of EuroTex Finance Inc., there are multi-family real-estate, oil and gas ventures, restaurant franchises and corporations that seek to be publicly listed.

Zanaga Iron Ore Company Limited

2010-12-29T03:35:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: the Republic of Congo

Registered Address:
Coastal Building 2nd Floor
Wickham's Cay II
P.O. Box 2221
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: London Stock Exchange (AIM)
Ticker: ZIOC

About the BVI company:

Zanaga Iron Ore Company is a British Virgin Islands-registered holding company for the Group Xstrata plc focused on managing, developing and constructing a world class iron ore project in the Republic of Congo at full production.

The Company currently owns through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Mining Project Development Congo S.A.U. ("MPD Congo"), which is itself a 100% owned subsidiary of Jumelles Ltd., two exclusive exploration licences for iron ore in the Lekoumou District, in south western Republic of Congo, the Zanaga-Madzoumou Exploration Licence and the Zanaga-Bambama Exploration Licence.

Aviation Services Management Limited

2010-12-15T05:04:00.000-08:00

Industry: Transportation and Logistics

Main business locations: Middle East

Incorporation year: 1998

About the BVI company:

Registered in the British Virgin Islands and headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, Aviation Services Management (ASM) operates and delivers aviation services network for Asia, Middle East, Africa, CIS, Europe and USA. The company provides wide range of specialized aviation services designed to business and commercial aviation companies, including global over flight & landing permits; ground handling; fueling and fuel savings programs; first class crew and passenger amenities; enhanced flight planning; air charter & corporate jet management; aircraft registration & re-registration; world class airport representation services for scheduled & ADHOC carriers; governmental procedures; airport representation services; crew management and recruitment.

Sable Mining Africa Limited

2010-12-01T02:22:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Africa

Registered Address:
Romasco Place, Wickhams Cay 1,
PO Box 3140, Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 27 April 2007

Listed on: London Stock Exchange (AIM)
Ticker: SBLM.L

Financial highlights: (30 September 2010)
Total assets: $173,805,000
Total equity: $171,774,000
Cash and cash equivalents: $132,177,000
Basic and diluted loss per share: $0.4 cents

About the BVI company:

Sable Mining Africa Limited, formerly known as BioEnergy Africa Limited, is a resource company whose main focus is mining assets in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily coal and iron ore. The company is investing in early stage exploration and development mining businesses or assets.

Through its investments in South African coal mining company, Delta Mining Consolidated Ltd., the BVI company has interests in four major coal projects in South Africa and Botswana. Also, Sable Mining Africa Ltd. is the owner of 80% of Monaf Investments (Private) Ltd. which holds the Lubu Coal concession in Zimbabwe, of 61% interest in the Gulukwane iron ore porject in South Africa, as well as of 51% interest in the company holding iron ore reconnaissance licences in Liberia.

In November 2010, the BVI company acquired Guinea Development Mineral Ressources SA. In July 2009, the company acquired a 20% interest in African Management Services Limited, the company providing accounting services.

MDM Engineering Group Limited

2010-11-15T02:32:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Registered office:
Nerine Trust Company
PO Box 905
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: February 2006

BVI registration number: 1067430

Listed on: London's Alternative Market (AIM)

Ticker: MDM.L

BVI Legal Advisers:
Maples and Calder
Sea Meadow House
PO Box 173
Road Town
Tortola VG 1110
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

MDM Engineering Group Limited is a mineral process engineering and project management company. The company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and based in South Africa, having its main operations there. The company undertakes mineral resources projects of varying size and concentrates on the gold, base metals, industrial metals and diamond sector.

The range of services of MDM Engineering Group varies from project evaluation and the design and construction of plants to project management.

Zamin Precious Minerals Limited

2010-11-01T04:11:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Latin America

Registered Office:
Zamin Precious Minerals Limited
Kingston chambers, PO Box 173
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

The Zamin group of companies is an international group having offices in London (UK), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Zug (Switzerland). This natural resource investment group has a world-class portfolio of resource projects and investments primarily in Latin America. The strategy of the company is to partner with regional and federal governments to develop assets and create clearly defined infrastructure and logistics solutions.

Saracen Trade & Investment Inc.

2010-09-13T04:26:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Europe, Middle East

About the BVI company: Saracen Trade & Investment is a private capitalised investment company with substantial capital investments in the investment company and hedge fund group. It is registered in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and headquartered in Switzerland. Company's main focus is trade finance and investment banking activities, including work with Islamic banks and raising debt and capital from traditional banking sources. Also, company's profile includes market strategy formulation primarily for the Middle East.

The company has close relationships with major Investment Company in Bermuda and Hedge fund specialist group in the UK. It has also joint venture and representative offices in Dubai and Iraq.

In 2007, Saracen Trade & Investment Inc. became a founder shareholder in a Global Shipping Fund with current assets in excess of US$ 550 million and a founder shareholder in an Aircraft Leasing Company.

Mondeo Development Group Ltd

2010-07-06T05:09:00.000-07:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China

Incorporation date: January 8, 2007

Financial highlights (2009):
Total assets: Can$4,571,331
Revenues: Can$3,562,860
Gross profit: Can$641,098
Net income: Can$337,475
Shareholder equity: Can$2,391,749

About the BVI company:

Mondeo Development Group Ltd. is a British Virgin Islands-incorporated private company engaged in design, manufacturing and distribution of optical modules to mobile device makers in China. The company has developed know-how and technologies for designing optical modules in use by most mobile phone and portable devices.

Mondeo has also established relationships with key mobile phone manufacturers and suppliers in China. The company sells its products directly to customers, without any distributors or agents.

Mondeo Development Group Ltd. is the holder of the full stock of Pacific Optical, a private company incorporated in Hong Kong and being the owner of full stock of Pacific Shenzhen, a private company incorporated in Shenzhen, China.

Laureate (BVI) Ltd

2010-06-11T05:54:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered office:
Abbott Building
2nd Floor, PO Box 933
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Laureate Trust is a BVI-registered fund engaged in hedge fund management and portfolio management. It is one of the leading fund management companies. The BVI fund has years of experience in portfolio management, using variety of trading strategies. Laureate (BVI) Ltd was launched for private investors.

The size of the Fund is US$5 billion, it is an equity fund designed to capitalize on rapidly growing companies with outstanding corporate governance, excellent market opportunities, and high potential.

Black Marlin Energy Limited

2010-03-21T13:50:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: East Africa

Registered office:
Akara building,
De Castro Street,
Wickhams Cay I,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: November 8, 2001

Financial highlights (30 June 2009):
Net assets: USD 15,761,654
Share capital: USD 26,850,492
Revenue: USD 320,100
Cash and cash equivalents: USD 56,342

100% owned subsidiaries:
Black Marlin Exploration Limited (BVI)
East African Exploration Madagascar Limited (BVI)
East Africa Exploration (Seychelles) Limited
East Africa Exploration (Kenya) Limited
East Africa Exploration (Ethiopia) Limited

About the BVI company:
Black Marlin Energy Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration company in East Africa. Black Marlin Energy is incorporated under the law of the British Virgin Islands and is headquartered in Dubai, UAE.
The group's focus is mainly seismic acquisition services on land, transition zones and shallow water, as well as acquiring petroleum exploration ventures in the East African region.

Tranen Capital, Ltd

2010-02-24T05:17:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial services

Main business locations: Global

Registered address:
Tranen Capital, Ltd
#6, Third Floor
P.O. Box 875
Qwomar Trading Building
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands VG 1110

About the BVI company:

BVI-registered Tranen Capital Ltd. is an investment fund with strategy oriented to the concept of the Secondary Market of Life Insurance, or the Life Settlement Industry. Tranen Capital operates a diversified strategy by utilizing the various benefits of Life Insurance products. The BVI company is focused on risk management and capital preservation.

While most investments funds are based on a classic buy and hold maturity strategy, Tranen fund intends to use alternative arrangement of buying policies and then selling them on before maturity when the capital value appreciates due to being closer to the maturity date.

The company has operation office in New York and in Singapore. It also holds representative office in Japan.

StarBurn Software Ltd.

2010-02-19T07:26:00.000-08:00

Industry: Software Development

Main business locations: Global

Registered address:
StarBurn Software, Ltd
P.O. BOX 3321, Drake Chambers,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:
StarBurn Software, Ltd. is a global developer and distributor of optical media storage software technologies. The company provides CD, DVD and Blu-Ray optical media solutions and technology.

StarBurn SDK is a software development kit which is able to add optical media recording and mastering capabilities to any Windows application. StarBurn SDK provides possibility to add high-performance CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD burning capabilities to any custom application. StarBurn takes care of complex issues associated with the burning process such as handling specific optical media types, thread management, intermediate caching and non-standard device commands.

TuneWiki Ltd.

2010-02-09T02:01:00.000-08:00

Industry: Software Development

Main business locations: Global

Registered office: British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2007

About the BVI company:
TuneWiki is a company headquartered in the British Virgin Islands and having offices in Los Angeles, Bellbrook, Ohio and Tel Aviv, Israel. The operation, administration and control of TuneWiki are executed from company's offices and servers located within the United States. It is a provider of social media players with the largest legally-licensed lyrics database in the world. TuneWiki's technology combines subtitled lyrics with music and music videos. Due to lyrics translation into more than 40 languages, TuneWiki has become globally known lyrics resource. The site of the company also provides such community features as lyric and translation updates, real-time mapping, geographical charting and fan community.

Windworks Engineering Inc.

2010-01-10T11:02:00.000-08:00

Industry: Energy and Environment

Main business locations: Europe

Registered office:
PO Box 438
Palm Grove House
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

BVI Registration Number: 1467202

Listed on: Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Ticker: WEI.DE

About the BVI company:
Windworks Engineering Inc. is an independent company working in the renewable energy segment with a core focus in the area of wind turbine development. The purpose of the company is to provide an innovative, cost effective and competitive alternative to meet the ever increasing global demand for renewable energy. Windworks acquired the intellectual property for the design, manufacture and production of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT).

Athlone Global Security Inc.

2009-12-01T01:32:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Israel, North America

Financials (June 30, 2009):
Cash and cash equivalents: US$7,030,603
Investments in HLS companies: USD$14,396,000.

About the BVI company:

Athlone Global Security Inc. is an investment company focused on companies that specialize in the development and distribution of Homeland Security (HLS) solutions. AGS is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and has its main offices in the USA and Middle East (Israel). AGS investments concentrate on early-stage, private-sector HLS technologies.

AGS is engaged in the acquisition of technologiaclly oriented private HLS companies developing products for which there is great demand in the market in connection with the global war on terrorism.

AGS has a strong team and infrastructure in Tel Aviv and is focusing on ivestment opportunities in Israel, which is an attractive source of emerging HLS technologies for North American and European markets.

The products included in the AGS Group portfolio include the main branches of homeland security - protection of critical infrastructure, prevention of unauthorized access, threat detection and information security.

Thunderbird Resorts Inc.

2009-11-16T01:00:00.000-08:00

Industry: Tourism

Main business locations: Central and South America, South East Asia, Eastern Europe, India

Registered address:
Icaza, Gonzales-Ruiz & Aleman (BVI) Trust Limited
P.O. Box 873
Vanterpool Plaza, Second Floor
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: NYSE
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
NYSE Ticker: TBIRD

Incorporation year: 1997

Corporate Office:
Thunderbird Building
Calle Alberto Navarro
El Cangrejo, Apartado 0823-00514
Panama, Republic of Panama

Auditor:
Grant Thornton UK LLP
London Thames Valley
Churchill House
Chalvey Road East
Slough SL1 2LS
United Kingdom

Financial highlights (2008):
Gross profit: US$114,2 million
Operating loss: US$4 million
Loss for the year: US$33,5 million
Loss per share (basic and diluted): US$1.67
Total assets: US$ 258,5 million
Common shares issued (as of 21 August 2009): 19,736,412

About the BVI company:

Thunderbird Resorts Inc. is an international provider and operator of branded casinos and recreational gaming facilities in eight countries on four continents. BVI company’s main properties, expansions and acquisitions are located in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Perú, Philippines and Poland. The company was started in Guatemala in 1997, currently it is headquartered in Panama.

As of 30 September 2009, Thunderbird Resorts had 30 gaming facilities worldwide, totaling approximately 7,300 gaming positions. The company provides entertainment opportunities intended for the local population of the regions where it operates.

Play LA Inc.

2009-11-09T09:54:00.000-08:00

Industry: Online Gaming

Main business locations: Europe, UK, Latin America

Registered address:
c/o Mossack Fonseca & Co.
Akara Building,
P.O. Box 3136,
24 De Castro Street,
Wickhams Cay 1,
Road Town, Tortola, B.V.I.

Listed on: NASDAQ OTC.BB
Ticker: PLLAF

Incorporation year: 2005

Financial highlights (2008):
Total revenue: US$544,000
Gross profit: US$259,000
Net income: (US$399,000)
Selling general and administrative expenses: US$554,000

About the BVI company:

Play LA, Inc. is a publicly traded internet advertising and publishing company to the online and mobile gaming industry. Its main focus is identification and evaluation of businesses and assets relating to gaming operations. The BVI company owns and operates a network of multi-language websites that comprise unique information on sports betting, gaming tips and advice, tournament information and promotions. The information is renewed every day. Play LA Inc. is operating only in markets where online gaming is regulated, and company's development and expansion plans folow the countries legalizing online gaming and implementing regulation rules.

The first name of the company under which it was incorporated in September 2005 was Argosy Enterprises Limited; in October 2005 the company changed its name to Play LA, Inc.

The assets portfolio of Play LA includes such well-known brands as BettingChoice, GuideToPoker and GuideToCasinos. Other brands which are developed by the company are GuidetoBetting and GuidetoBingo.

Pluris Energy Group Inc.

2009-09-24T10:10:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Argentina, Latin America

Registered office:
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: OTCBB
Ticker: PEYG

Financial highlights (2008):
Net Loss: US$4,649,421
Total assets: US$47,306
Stockholders' deficit: US$7,918,494
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage: US$27,222,091

About the BVI company:

Pluris Energy Group Inc. (BVI) is a holding and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pluris Energy Group Incorporated, which is exploration stage international energy company specializing in the development of international business opportunities including, but not limited to, the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in South America; primarily in the region of Argentina. The activities of the Group’s subsidiaries, including Pluris BVI, are to focus upon acquiring oil and natural gas prospects in hydrocarbon rich regions of Argentina.

Pluris Energy Group, Inc. was incorporated in Nevada in 1997, under the name 'Hadrosaurus Resources, Inc.'. In 2003 the company changed its name on the OTC Bulletin Board public listing to Petrogen Corp., after the acquisition of Petrogen, Inc. In September 2006, it completed merger with its subsidiary, Pluris Energy Group Inc., as a result of which it changed its name to Pluris Energy Group Inc. In this period, the company made strategic shift of its operations from the Texas Gulf Coast to Latin America. Company’s main executive offices are located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Walcom Group Limited

2009-05-08T03:16:00.000-07:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China, Thailand, Philippines

Registered office:
P.O. Box 957 Offshore Incorporations
Centre Tortola
Road Town
British Virgin Islands

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

Financial highlights (2008):
Gross profit: HK$14,707,269
Turnover: HK$26,027'000
Revenue: HK$26,027,300
Cash and cash equivalents: HK$8,328,032
Total assets: HK$24,490,407
Share capital: HK$688,344
Total equity: HK$18,768,464

About the BVI company:

Walcom Group Limited is an investment holding company, along with its subsidiaries, actively engaged in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of chemical feed and additive products for animals. The BVI company operates mainly in Hong Kong and the PRC. Walcom's headquarters is located in Shanghai, China, with research and manufacturing facilities. Company is operating through its subsidiaries Walcom International, which is engaged in investment holding, Shanghai Walcom Bio-Chem Co., Ltd., engaged in manufacturing of chemical feed and additive products; Walcom Bio-Chemicals Industrial Limited, engaged in investment holding and trading of chemical feed and additive products, and Walcom Nutritions International Limited, which is engaged in investment holding.

The business area of Walcom covers research, production, sales and markets of physiological regulation products and provides of animal sciences solutions to customers. Products developed by Walcom possess the autonomous and innovative proprietary Walstrong TM technology, which has been filed 83 patents worldwide. The Walstrong product series are commercialized in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Hallwood Financial Limited

2009-04-21T23:09:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Registered office:
P.O. Box 3136,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: April 16, 2008

About the BVI company:

Hallwood Financial Ltd is a private limited company, wholly owned by a Jersey-based discretionary trust “The Hallwood Trust”, the beneficiaries of which are Anthony J. Gumbiner and his family. Hallwood Financial is investing in marketable securities in the US and the UK. BVI-registered Hallwood has an extensive portfolio of assets, which include cash and short term investments, time deposits and marketable securities.

Hallwood is the owner of 66.28% of a holding company, The Hallwood Group Incorporated (HGI), based in Delaware, whose shares are traded on the NYSE Alternext Exchange. The Delaware company is primarily involved in textile activities, through its subsidiary Brookwood Companies Incorporated.

Polo Resources Limited

2009-03-29T20:55:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Mongolia, Australia

Registered office:
Craigmuir Chambers
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands VG 1110

Incorporation date: 23 May 2007

BVI Registration number: 1406187

Listed on: London's Alternative Market (AIM)

Ticker: POLJF.PK

English solicitors: Charles Russell LLP

BVI law solicitors: Harney Westwood & Riegels LLP

Auditors: Chapman Davis LLP

Principal Bankers: HSBC Bank Plc HBEU

Registrar: Computershare Investor Services (Channel Islands) Limited

Financial highlights (annual report ended June 30 2008):
Total assets: $341,370,000
Total equity: $337,626,000
Cash and cash equivalents: $113,674,000
Total number of shares: 1,874,239,816

BVI subsidiaries:
Polo Australasia Limited - 100% owned holding company
Polo Bangladesh Limited - 100% owned holding company
MUC Resources Ltd. - 100% owned holding company
World Coal Works Corporations - 100% owned holding company

About the BVI company:
Polo Resources Ltd is an international coal mining and exploration group which also has uranium interests. The BVI company acquires and develops interests in international coal projects, particularly those serving Asian market.

The company holds a diversified portfolio of coal and uranium licences in Mongolia, which is highly prospective for mineral deposits. Polo has specifically targeted areas of significant known coal resources that are near the necessary infrastructure to export coal into the Chinese and Russian energy markets.

Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc.

2009-03-07T16:28:00.000-08:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China, United States

Registered Office:
TrustNet Chambers,
P.O. Box 3444,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: May 2, 1991

BVI Registration number:

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: GAI

Financial highlights (2008):
Total Assets: US$ 108,724,700
Net Sales: US$ 105,543,089
Net Loss: US$ 4,427,113

Auditors: Ernst & Young

Legal Counsel: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

100% owned BVI subsidiaries:
Global Appliances Holdings Limited - Investment holding
Global Display Holdings Limited - Investment holding
Wing Shing Overseas Limited – Trading of raw materials and household appliance products
GT Investments (BVI) Limited – Investment holding
Consortium Investment (BVI) Limited - Asset and investment holding
Global Digital Imaging Limited (BVI) – Trading of raw materials and digital products
Wing Shing Products (BVI) Company Limited - Dormant

About the BVI company:
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc. (formerly known as Global-Tech Appliances Inc.) is a holding company, owning subsidiaries and not engaged in daily business operations. Global-Tech is operating in the business segments of home appliances, electronic components and other. Along with its subsidiaries, the BVI company designs and manufactures wide range of consumer electrical products and markets them worldwide. The products manufactured include also floor care products and small household appliances. The BVI company also develops higher-value, more technologically advanced consumer electronic products and components, among its customers there are Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company and the Electrolux Group.

Manufacturing operations of the company are located in Dongguan, PRC. Products of the company are sold to customers primarily in the United States of America and mainland China.

Pansoft Company Limited

2009-01-30T07:15:00.000-08:00

Industry: Software Development

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
AMS Trustees Limited,
Sea Meadow House,
Blackburne Highway, (P.O. Box 116), Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: September 28, 2001

BVI Registration number:

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: PSOF

Financial highlights:
Market capitalization (January 30,2009): 12.51M
Earnings per share: 0.587

About the BVI company:

Pansoft Company Limited (formerly known as Time Maker Limited) is a provider of software solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP), and on-demand customized services for the oil and gas industry in China. ERP software provided by Pansoft provides solutions to various business operations including accounting, order processing, shipping, invoicing, inventory control and customer relationship management. It provides solutions for its clients' application software systems, including system integration and legacy software expansion and integration.

Also, the BVI company offers its clients training, maintenance and implementation services.
Among Pansoft's largest clients there are some of China's largest oil and petroleum companies, including Sinopec and PetroChina and their subsidiaries.

Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited

2009-01-09T04:01:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Kyrgyz Republic

Registered Office:
Palm Grove House
PO Box 438
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands, VG1110

Incorporation date: 20 July 2007

BVI Registration number: 2814897

Listed on: London's Alternative Market (AIM)
Ticker: CGH.L

English solicitors: Watson, Farley & Williams LLP

BVI law solicitors: Ogier

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Principal bankers: Royal Bank of Scotland International

Financial highlights:
Market capitalization: GBP 7.18M
Shares in issue: 71.883433M
Shareholders funds (2007): 15.03M
Earnings after Tax (2008): GBP -4.79M

About the BVI company:

Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd is the holding company of the Chaarat Group. The Group was founded for the purposes of exploring and developing the Licence currently held by Chaarat Zaav in the western part of the Kyrgyz Republic. This area hosts many prospective gold occurrences and mineral resources.

Chaarat Group has exclusive rights to conduct geological prospecting and exploration for commodities including gold and other metals in the licence area which makes 604.6 km2. Chaarat Gold Holdings also extended the terms of the Licence, number Au 174-02, for a further two years from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2010. The Licence extension applies to the entire 604 square kilometre property, as the Licence is not subject to any relinquishment requirements.

It is expected that a fully operational mine will be developed in the Licence Area within the next five years. Also, the BVI company will actively work to find other gold occurrences with potential near the Licence Area where it will seek to acquire the rights with the purpose to expand its gold resourse base.

Emerging Metals Limited

2009-01-03T05:46:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Worldwide

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: 40295.L

Legal Advisor: Blomfield Corporate Finance Limited

BVI law solicitors: Harney Westwood & Riegels LLP

Bankers: Conister Trust Ltd

Auditors and Reporting Accountants: KPMG Audit LLC

Financial highlights: (30 September 2008)
Interest received: £193,591
Net loss: £490,885
Total assets: £16,152,403

About the BVI company:

Emerging Metals Limited is a British Virgin Islands company, engaged in the industry of minor metals and rare earth elements. The company is investing in projects with exposure to these metals, and trading physical quantities of them.

Initial investment of the BVI company was the purchase of the Tsumeb Option from Ongopolo Mining Limited, a subsidiary of Weatherly International plc, for the purpose of the acquisition of two smelter slag stockpiles in Namibia, which contain base and rare metals. Emerging Metals Limited plans to produce the rare metal germanium, gallium and zinc, from the slag stockpiles.

Emerging Metals Ltd seeks for further acquisition and investment opportunities in suitable mineral rights projects in which minor metals and rare earth elements already exist or are likely to be found. The BVI company also plans to establish a trading portfolio and engage in the trading on physical quantities of minor metals and rare earth elements.

Tongxin International Ltd.

2008-12-26T01:55:00.000-08:00

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
Kingston Chambers,
P.O. Box 173,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: June 20, 2005

Registered Agent:
Maples Finance BVI Limited

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: TXIC

Financial highlights:
Market capitalization: 30.31 $M
Authorised shares: 39,000,000 ordinary shares
Revenue (ttm): 103.28 $M
EBITDA (ttm): 15.13 $M

About the BVI company:

Tongxin International Ltd (TXI), formerly Asia Automotive Acquisition Corporation, is an independent supplier of engineered vehicle body structures (EVBS) in China, providing products for both light, medium-sized, heavy-duty and vans. Also, TXI designs, fabricates and tests dies for stamping automotive body panels, and manufactures complete cab structures for commercial vehicles.

In April 2008, TXI announced its merger with Hunan Tongxin Enterprise Co. Ltd., pursuant to which Hunan Tongxin became a wholly owned subsidiary of TXI.

China Cablecom Holdings Ltd.

2008-12-01T07:23:00.000-08:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2006

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: CABL

Financial highlights (31 Dec 2007):
Shares Outstanding: 9.3 mln
Warrants Outstanding: $10.5mln
Market Capitalization: $60 mln
Enterprise Value: $150 mln

About the BVI company:

China Cablecom Holdings Ltd. is consolidated cable network operator and acquirer in the highly populated Shandong province of the PRC. China Cablecom is entitled to a 60% economic interest of Binzhou Broadcast and Television Information Network Co., Ltd., an operating cable TV joint venture with a local state-owned enterprise.

China Cablecom Holdings currently operates 22 cable networks, with over 1.2 million paying subscribers. BVI company's strategy is to replicate the acquisitions by operating partnership models in other municipalities and provinces in the PRC, and then introducing operating efficiencies and increasing service offerings in the networks it operates.

World Property and Commodity Fund

2008-11-14T09:18:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers,
PO Box 71 Road Town,
Tortola, BVI

Incorporation year: 2008

Registered Agent: Harneys Corporate Services Limited

Legal Advisor: Harneys Westwood & Riegels

Custodian: Credit Suisse (Gibraltar Branch)

Fund Manager: Co Operative Fund Management Ltd

Administrators: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Accounting Services of Gibraltar)

About the BVI company:

The World Property and Commodity Fund (WPCF) is a closed end investment fund, creating capital appreciation for its investors through the balancing of investments in prime real estate and commodities focusing primarily on investments in the emerging markets and frontier markets of Asia, the Middle East, South America and Eastern Europe. The fund works in the markets where stable political and economic system is still growing, but which still have large potential in terms of property development.

The World Property and Commodity Fund was founded by a group of international investment professionals with vast experience in emerging market property investments, the commodity based trading and investment strategies.

The BVI Fund also balances its holdings by working not only in the direct property markets, – residential and commercial real estate, - but diversifying their holdings and including land holdings that produce or contain commodity based properties.

The Venulum Group

2008-10-23T07:13:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
PO Box 765
4th Floor Rodus Building
Road Reef
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 2002

BVI registered subsidiaries:
Venulum Ltd (BVI)
Venulum Capital LLC (BVI)
Venulum Property Investments (BVI) Ltd

About the BVI company:
The Venulum Group is an international private wealth management company registered and headquartered in BVI, specializing in alternative investments for high net worth individuals and balancing their portfolios with investments in fine wine, real estate and venture capital. The Group is working in the alternative investment market by balancing risks and rewards according to client's needs.

The BVI Group conducts its business in four countries, other two countries having service offices. Its headquarters are located in the British Virgin Islands, the Group operating under British Virgin Islands law and having physical offices in the jurisdiction. Venulum Group has a substantial number of United States based clients.

Along with BVI-registered subsidiaries, the Group has subsidiaries registered in the United Kingdom: Cadman Fine Wines, fine wine sales and marketing division, and its parent company Venulum Wines Ltd. Canada-based subsidiary, Venulum Inc, is responsible for all client services. Mutual fund Venulum Property Investments Ltd, based in the Cayman Islands, enables clients to invest using funds from their retirement portfolios.

UTi Worldwide Inc

2008-10-15T03:05:00.000-07:00

BVI company information archive (2006)

Industry: Transportation and Logistics

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
9 Columbus Centre
Pelican Drive
Road Town
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: January 1995

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: UTIW

Financial highlights (2007) (compare to 2006 financial highlights):
Gross Revenue: US$3.6 billion
Net Revenue: US$1.2 billion
Operating Income: US$158.6 million
Net Income: US$107.9 million
Operating Cash Flow: US$128.2 million
Total Assets: US$$1,660 million

Auditors: Deloitte & Touche LLP

Legal Counsel: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

About the BVI company:

UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based global integrated logistics company, providing supply chain management and optimization solutions. Company services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, truckload brokerage and other supply chain management services. The company assists its clients in designing and implementing solutions that improve the predictability and visibility, and reduce the overall costs of the supply chains.

Company's customer base includes clients operating in the pharmaceutical, retail, apparel, chemical, automotive and technology industries.

On June 30, 2006 global network of freight forwarding offices of UTi Worldwide Inc. included 280 cities, and the company managed over 140 logistics centers, in a total of 64 countries with a staff of more than 17,000 people.

The company also has approximately 151 independent agent-owned offices in 76 additional countries, of which about 131 offices are exclusive freight forwarding agents.

The eight principal support offices of the company are located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Sydney and, in the United States, in Los Angeles, California and Columbia, South Carolina.

Subsequent to January 31, 2006 and effective March 7, 2006, UTi Worldwide acquired 100% shares of Market Industries, Ltd. - a third-party provider of logistics services and multi-modal transportation capacity solutions specializing in truck brokerage.

Saber Energy Corp.

2008-10-02T17:53:00.000-07:00

(updated information)

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Botswana

Registered Office:
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Financial highlights: (2007)
Total assets: approximately $50 million
Net loss: $4 million
Outstanding common shares: 150,610,690
Common share purchase warrants: 2,530,534

About the BVI company:

Saber Energy Corp. was a private energy company focused on developing a coal bed methane (CBM) and shale gas field. In March 2010, the company merged with Talon Metals Corporation. After closing the transaction, Talon continued trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the same symbol (“TLO”).

Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.

2008-09-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

BVI company information archive (2006)

Industry: Electronics

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
116 Main Street
3rd Floor
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Listed on: NYSE
Ticker: NTE

Financial highlights (2007) compare to 2005 financial information
Net sales: US$780.8 million
Gross profit: US$87.0 million
Operating income: US$40.7 million
Net income: US$69.5 million
Net cash: US$71.1 million

Main shareholders:
M. K. Koo: 13.0%
Peter R. Kellogg: 13.0%
I.A.T. Reinsurance Syndicate Ltd.: 11.7%

About the BVI Company:

Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. is a company working in the spheres of electronics manufacturing and design services. It was founded in 1975 in Hong Kong as an electronic products trading company. In 1978 the company's focus was changed to manufacturing of electronic products. In 1980 they moved their manufacturing facilities to China; later these were relocated to Shenzhen, China, in order to take advantage of opportunities offered in southern China. At the moment the company is domiciled in the British Virgin Islands.

Nam Tai provides its services to a select group of the world's leading OEMs of telecommunications and consumer electronic products. The range of manufactured goods includes electronic components and sub-assemblies, e.g. LCD panels and modules, RF modules, DAB modules, FPC sub-assemblies and image sensors modules and PCBA for BluetoothTM headsets. The components are used in numerous electronic products, including cellular phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, electronic toys, handheld video game devices and microwave ovens. The company also produces finished products, namely, cellular phones in semi-knocked down, or SKD, form, mobile phone accessories and educational products.

Nam Tai services include also hardware and software design, component purchasing, assembly into finished products or electronic sub-assemblies and post-assembly testing. They also provide original design manufacturing, or ODM, services, which include designing and developing proprietary products that are sold by our OEM customers under their brand names.

FUQI International Holdings Corporation, Ltd.

2008-09-09T03:31:00.000-07:00

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
British Virgin Islands
Tortola

Listed on:
NASDAQ

Ticker: FUQI

Financial highlights 2007 (for parent company FUQI International, Inc.):

Net sales: $145,559,000
Gross profit:: $16,514,000
Income from operations: $12,490,000
Net income: $13,516,000
Earnings per share (basic): $0.96
Earnings per share (diluted): $0.86
Total assets: $122,715,000
Total liabilities: $25,455,000
Total stockholder's equity: $97,260,000

Auditors: Stonefield Josephson, Inc.

About the BVI Company:

FUQI International Holdings Co., Ltd. is a British Virgin Islands (FUQI BVI) corporation being a subsidiary of FUQI International, Inc., publicly listed in NASDAQ and reincorporated in the state of Delaware by terms of reverse merger transaction in 2001. The BVI corporation, in its turn, is a 100% owner of China-based Shenzhen Fuqi Jewelry Co., Ltd., a company which was established in 2001 and is one of the leading designers of high quality precious jewelry in China, developing, promoting and selling a wide range of products to the Chinese market of luxury goods. The products of the company make of a range of uniquely formed styles and designs made from precious metals such as platinum, gold and Karat gold, diamonds and other gemstones.

Albidon Limited

2008-05-09T15:14:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Africa

Registered Office:
3/F Barclays House
Wickhams Cay
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: April 11, 2000

Listed on:
Australian Stock Exchange
Ticker: ALB

Financial highlights (2007):
Revenue: US$1,326,638
Loss before income tax: US$2,205,075
Loss per share (basic or diluted): US$1.44
Total assets: US$128,107,168
Net assets: US$60,000,948
Share capital: US$73,736,062

Auditors: Ernst & Young

Solicitors: Blakiston & Crabb

BVI Subsidiaries:
Albidon Africa Limited (BVI) 100%

About the BVI Company:

Albidon Limited is nickel exploration and development company listed on both AIM and ASX stock exchanges in March 2004. During the last years, the company has spent a large portfolio of nickel sulphide projects ranging from development stage to grass roots exploration, focusing on exploration in Africa.

The Board and management of the company have a diversity of skills in exploration, mining, metallurgy, concentrate marketing, logistics and project finance in Africa and in the other regions.

Currently, the company positions itself to make the transition from exploration to mining. Its main purposes are to develop the Munali Nickel Deposit in Zambia, to develop its exploration programs on its large portfolio of nickel, uranium and zinc projects in other areas of Africa, and to evaluate new business development opportunities. BVI company's other projects include mineralized drill intersections, such as the recent high grade platinum discovery in Tanzania, and large licence holdings covering prospective ground with targets that have been identified but have not yet been drilled, such as the Songea nickel project in Tanzania.

Promanet Limited

2008-05-03T03:44:00.000-07:00

Industry: Internet

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
Omar Hodge Building, Wickhams Cay I
P.O. Box 362
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Promanet Ltd. is a provider of internet marketplaces. Its general specialization is offering a platform to users seeking special services or partnerships. The company offers platforms for sponsor seekers and sponsors, capital providers and entrepreneurs, artists, models and agencies, pilots and aviation companies, etc. The users have the possibility to enter their inquiry into a Promanet database having module system and thereby find the appropriate partners.

Promanet provides internet based data banks for customers looking for special services, partnerships or other connections. Each data bank is a tailor-made marketplace, searching or offering something very special for a special group of customers.

Homeland Energy Corporation

2008-02-27T05:34:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: South Africa

Registered address:
c/o Craigmuir Chambers
Post Office Box 71
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2004

Listed on: private company (soon to be public on TSX).

Financial highlights (2007 9m):
Total Assets: CAD 27,716,000
Total common shares: 32,629,780
Net loss: CAD 3,910,000
Net loss per share: CAD 0.15
(the company currently invests in exploration)

About the BVI Company:

Homeland Energy Corp. is a private (soon to be public) company focused on energy exploration and development in Southern Africa. The main projects developed by the company at the current moment are three coal properties in the provinces of Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal.

The BVI company is also planning to acquire interests in a number of additional coal properties in eastern South Africa and some neighbouring countries, including Botswana and Swaziland, and owns a significant stake (39%) in Homeland Uranium Inc., a Canadian uranium exploration and development company with uranium exploration activities in Niger and the United States. Homeland also has interest in long-term energy production and development of uranium projects in the United States (Colorado).

After the completion of a reverse take over of TSX Venture Exchange listed Chrysalis Capital Corporation IV, Homeland Energy Corp. is expected to change its name to Homeland Energy Group Ltd. and start trading on the TSX in March 2008.

A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd.

2008-02-20T08:49:00.000-08:00

Formerly Chardan South China Acquisition Corporation

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China

Registered address:
Kingston Chambers
P.O. Box 173
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Registered agent:
Maples Finance BVI Limited

Incorporation date:
May 14, 2007

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: APWR

Financial highlights:
Net Loss (9m 2007): USD 259,156
Market Capitalization: USD 243 million

About the BVI company:

A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (formerly Chardan South China Acquisition Corp.), through its Chinese operating subsidiary, Liaoning GaoKe Energy Group Co., Ltd., is the provider of distributed power generation systems in China. A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. also develops and commercializes additional renewable energy technologies, and has strategic relationships with both Tsinghua University and the China Sciences Academy in Guangzhou. The company is planning to enter into China's wind energy market in 2008.

Gengsheng International Corporation

2008-02-11T07:57:00.000-08:00

Gengsheng International Corporation (formerly known as Powersmart Holdings Limited) is a BVI company being a 100% subsidiary of NASDAQ listed China Gengsheng Minerals Inc. (formerly known as China Minerals Technologies Inc.) The main business of China Gengsheng Minerals Inc. is conducted through the BVI-registered company Gengsheng International Corp. and its China- and BVI- based subsidiaries.

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Date of Incorporation: November 3, 2004

About China Gengsheng Minerals Inc.:
Listed on : NASDAQ
Ticker: CHGS.OB

Financial highlights (2007 6m):
Total assets: USD 50,168,000
Stockholder's equity: USD 30,762,000
Revenues: USD 18,518,000
Operating expenses: USD 3,760,000
Net income: USD 2,821,000
Earnings per share: USD 0.14

BVI Subsidiaries of Gengsheng International Corporation:
Smarthigh Holdings Limited (incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in November 2004)

About the BVI company:
Gengsheng International Corporation (previously known as Powersmart Holdings Limited) is a full-owned subsidiary of Nevada-registered China Gengsheng Minerals Inc., which develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of mineral-based and heat-resistant products, used in the iron and steel industry. China Gengsheng Minerals, founded in 1986 and based in China's Henan province, currently sells its products to more than 160 customers in the iron, steel, glass, cement, aluminium and chemical businesses located in China and in 11 other countries.

All business of the Nevada company is conducted through the BVI-domiciled Gengsheng International Corporation and its China- and BVI-based subsidiaries, - Henan Gengsheng Refractories Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Duesail Fracture Proppant Co., Ltd., Henan Gengsheng High Temperature Materials Co., Ltd., and Smarthigh Holdings Limited.

Some months ago, China Gengsheng Minerals Inc. changed its name (formerly China Mineral Technologies, Inc.), with the change of ticker name from CMIT.OB to CHGS.OB. The BVI-based subsidiary changed its name from Powersmart Holdings Limited to Gengsheng International Corp.

Origin Agritech Limited

2008-01-31T13:37:00.000-08:00

Industry: Agriculture

Main business locations: China

Registered address:
Kingston Chambers
P.O. Box 173
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: February 10, 2005

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: SEED

Financial highlights (2006 9m):
Total assets: USD 124,508,000
Total shareholders’ equity: USD 58,018,000
Net revenues: USD 66,169,000
Gross profit: USD 20,774,000
Total operating expenses: USD 13,652,000
Income before income taxes: USD 9,589,000
Net income: USD 9,658,000
Net income per share: USD 0.41

Main shareholders:

Sinodream Limited (BVI registered personal holding company of CEO Gengchen Han) 14.2%
Bonasmart Limited (BVI registered personal holding company of Director Liang Yuan) 8.3%
Leekdon Limited (BVI registered personal holding company of President Yasheng Yang) 14.2%

BVI registered subsidiaries:
State Harvest Holdings Limited (Investment holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on October 6, 2004)

About the BVI company:
Origin Agritech Limited is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and headquartered in Beijing, China. It is an agricultural biotechnology company working in seed industry and specializing in research, development, production, sale and distribution of agricultural crop seeds, - hybrid corn, rice, cotton and canola. By 2006, the company introduced to the market sixteen new proprietary seeds, developed internally.

Origin Agritech conducts business operations mainly through its private companies Beijing Origin Seed Technology Inc., Changchun Origin Seed Technology Development Ltd., Henan Origin Cotton Technology development Ltd., Zhengcheng Rice Seed Ltd., Changrong seed Ltd., and Beijing Origin State harvest Biotechnology Ltd.

Yucheng Technologies Limited

2008-01-22T07:06:00.000-08:00

Industry: Information Technology

Main business locations: China

Registered address:
Offshore Incorporations Center,
P.O. Pox 957,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: November 24, 2006

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: YTEC

Financial highlights:
Total Assets (2006): USD 49,834,239
Total Revenues(2006): USD 39,979,849
Total Operating Expenses(2006): USD 4,629,056
Net Income(2006): USD 6,110,108
Total Outstanding Shares: 16,394,806
Stockholder's Equity (2006): USD 31,071,683

BVI Subsidiaries (100% ownership):
Port Wing Development Co., Ltd. (incorporated in BVI, Nov 3,2005)
Ahead Billion Venture Ltd. (incorporated in BVI, Nov 3,2005)

About the BVI company:
The main business of Yucheng Technologies Limited (YTEC) is providing IT and outsourced services to the Chinese banking industry. The company is registered in the British Virgin Islands and headquartered in Beijing, China. It has nine subsidiaries and representative offices located in China, to serve its banking clients nationwide. Yucheng provides IT solutions and services to Chinese banks in the following fields: IT consulting, solutions and software platform, system integration, and outsourced operations. The company specializes in banking channel management IT solutions and services, such as web banking and call centers, business processing solutions, risk/performance management solution consulting and implementation service.

Yucheng becomes one of the leading third party providers of POS merchant acquiring services in partnership with banks. 13 of the 15 top banks in China are the customers of the BVI company. The BVI company is a combined entity of China Unistone Acquisition Corporation, Beijing Sihitech Co., Ltd., Beijing e-Channels Century Technology Co., Ltd.

LJ International Incorporated

2008-01-16T09:13:00.000-08:00

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Main business locations: Hong Kong, China, USA

Registered address:
PO Box 957
Offshore Incorporation Centre
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1987

BVI registration number: 216796

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: JADE

Financial highlights (2006 9 months):
Total assets: USD 129,548,000
Total stockholders’ equity: USD 57, 073,000
Gross profit: USD 22,358,000
Income before income taxes: USD 3,490,000
Net income: USD 3,081,000
Earnings per share: USD 0,15

British Virgin Islands counsel: Harney Westwood & Riegels

Auditors: Moores Rowland Mazars

About the BVI company:
LJ International Inc. together with its subsidiaries (the Group) is focused on designing, branding, marketing, retailing and distributing full range of jewelry to jewelers, national jewelry chains, department stores, electronic and specialty retailers. The company is based in Hong Kong, but makes its main manufacturing operations in the People's Republic of China. The largest amount of products is sold in the United States of America. The LJ Group also owns commercial and residential properties in Hong Kong, primarily for investment purposes.
The company launched its Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ in April 1998.

China Natural Resources Inc.

2008-01-14T02:26:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
Sea Meadow House,
Blackburne Highway,
P.O. Box 116,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Date of Incorporation: December 14, 1993

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: CHNR

Financial highlights (thousands Rmb):
Net sales (2006): 145,389
Net income (2006): 72,548
Total Assets (2006): 180,765
Current assets (2006): 143,330
Shareholder’s equity (2006): 130,531

Auditors: GHP Horwath P.C.

BVI subsidiaries:
Silver Moon Technologies Limited (incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on March 24, 2000)
Sunwide Capital Limited (incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on January 22, 2001)
Feishang Mining Holdings Limited (incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on September 2004)

About the BVI company:

BVI-registered and Hong Kong-based China Natural Resources Inc. (CNRI) is one of important natural resources development companies operating in China. The company receives most of its earnings from the sale of zinc and iron.

Being incorporated on December 1993, in 2004 China Natural Resources merged with Nevada-based China Resources, which was founded in 1986 (the "Re-domicile Merger"). CNRI has succeeded all the rights and obligations of China Resources under the existing agreements and relationships.

Prior to the Re-domicile Merger, the Company's common shares were traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol “CHRB”. Following the Re-domicile Merger, the trading symbol was changed to “CHNR”.

Also, in 2006 CHNR acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Feishang Mining Holdings Limited (FMH) from its former owner, - the British Virgin Islands company Feishang Group Limited.

FMH was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in September 2004. FMH is the beneficial owner of 100% of the capital stock of Chinese company Wuhu Feishang Mining Development Co. Limited. All the operations of FMH are conducted through Wuhu.

Eurotech Holdings Company Limited

2008-01-08T10:44:00.000-08:00

Industry: Energy and Environment

Main business locations: Hong Kong and China

Registered Office:
TrustNet Chambers,
P.O. Box 3444,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: September 30, 1996

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: CLWT

Financial highlights (2006):
Total assets: USD 19,975,000
Issued and outstanding shares: USD 94,000
Total equity: USD 12,990,000

Auditors:
PriceWater House Coopers
BDO International

BVI Subsidiaries: Pact Asia Pacific Limited (51% ownership)
Registered office:
Offshore Incorporations Limited,
P.O. Box 957,
Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, BVI

About the BVI company:

EuroTech Holdings Company Limited is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and headquartered in Hong Kong. Together with its Hong Kong- and BVI-based subsidiaries, the company is engaged in manufacturing and distribution of automated process control, analytical instruments and testing equipment in the area of water and waste water treatment, wastewater plants and environmental protection monitoring stations.

The main operating subsidiary of EuroTech Holdings is Hong Kong-registered Euro Tech (Far East) Limited, engaged in the marketing and trading of water and waste water related process control, analytical and testing instruments, and other products in Hong Kong and PRC.

One of company's majority owned subsidiaries, Pact Asia Pacific Limited, is also registered in the British Virgin Islands. Principal activities of this BVI company are selling of environmental protection equipment, undertaking environment protection projects and providing relevant technology advice, training and services.

Beside Hong Kong office, Euro Tech has twelve other offices located in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Xian, Shenyang, Wuhan, Dalian, FuZhou, Suzhou, Dongguan, Cheng Du, Qing Dao, Urumqi and one assembly plant located in Pudong, Shanghai.

China Technology Development Group Corporation

2008-01-05T13:10:00.000-08:00

Industry: Energy and Environment

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers,
P.O.Box 71,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registered agent: Harneys Corporate Services Limited

Date of Incorporation: 1995

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: CTDC

Financial highlights:
Total Assets (2006): USD 8,297,000
Shareholder’s equity (2006): USD 6,489,000
Net loss (2006): USD 14,371,000
Loss per share (2006): USD 1.27

Legal Adviser: Baker & McKenzie

Auditors: Friedman LLP

Bankers: China Merchants Bank Hong Kong branch

Subsidiaries:
- Jing Tai Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong registered company)
- BHL Networks Technology Co Ltd (Hong Kong registered company)
- Jingle Technology Co Ltd (BVI registered company)
- BHL Networks Technology Co Ltd (Cayman Islands registered company)
- Beijing BHL Networks Technology Co Ltd (China registered company)
- Zhejiang University (Hangzhou) Innoessen Bio-technology Inc. (China registered company)
- China Green Industry Group Limited (BVI registered company)
- Green Energy Industry Limited (BVI registered company)
- Fullwing Limited (BVI registered company)
- Margot Limited (BVI registered company)
- China Green Holdings Limited (BVI registered company)
- Sinofield Group Limited (BVI registered company)
- Southwick International Limited (BVI registered company)
- Trenda International Limited (BVI registered company)
- Shenzhen Innoessen Bio-Tech Inc. (China registered company)
- China Merchants Zhangzhou Development Zone Innoessen Biotech Co., Ltd (China registered company)
- China Green Investment Group Limited (China registered company)
- China Green Food Investment Limited (BVI registered company)
- Wellknown Limited (BVI registered company)
- Green China Club Limited (BVI registered company)
- China Natures Technology Inc. (BVI registered company)
Registered Office: Trident Chambers, P.O.Box 146, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Date of incorporation : 28 January 2003
Registration number: 531367

About the BVI company:

China Technology Development Group Corporation is focused on providing renewable energy solutions, working in the solar energy business in China.

The BVI company was one of the first groups of Chinese companies to list on the NASDAQ. Currently, it is the only NASDAQ listed subsidiary of China Merchants Group, - a diversified conglomerate with over HK$60 billion (US$7.7 billion) in total assets.

CTDC has entered the solar energy sector in 2007, and now it is the pioneer producer of cutting-edge thin-film technology in the Photovoltaic industry in China. Additionally, the company manufactures and distributes PV application and other energy-saving products.

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc

2007-12-31T10:01:00.000-08:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China

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

Incorporation year: 1994

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: XING

Financial highlights:
Net sales (2006): US$412 million

About the BVI company:

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, is one of China's largest manufacturers and distributors of telecommunications terminal products, developing, producing and marketing a wide range of mobile handsets, with increasing focus on differentiated products. It is also one of the leading Chinese manufacturers of mobile handsets, in terms of unit sales volume.

The two major subsidiaries of Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. are:

1) CEC Telecom Co., Ltd (CECT), - a limited liability company registered in PRC, and one of the largest domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets in China, with the increasing focus on differentiated products that generates higher profit margins.

2) Qiao Xing Communication Industry Co., Ltd (HZQXCI), - China-registered joint venture and one of the largest local indoor telephone players in China and an emerging mobile phone player in the China market, with its focus on higher-end indoor phones and economy mobile phones.

XING first started its original design manufacturing (ODM) in corded fixed line telephones in 1992 in the Chinese Province Guangdong. The company has demonstrated its differentiated products, the last of which were information securiy mobile phones with Five-star rating launched in 2007.
The Company also developed the first model of LCD telephone sets and the first model of wireless fixed phones in China.

The company has also maintained strategic relation with renowned domestic and international telecommunication terminal R&D firms, including BVI registered TechFaith company.

Commerce Consulting Ltd.

2007-12-24T03:27:00.000-08:00

Industry: E-commerce solutions

Main business locations: Mainly Asia

Registered Address:
Commerce Consulting Ltd
PO Box 3321
Road Town Tortola
British Virgin Island

About the BVI company:

Commerce Consulting Ltd. is the company that fully manages Click-Pay online payment gateway. Click-Pay. PAY Point is a common electronic currency in Click-Pay for transaction of Internet. Click-Pay has connection with major banks in Asia, to process major credit cards and debit cards and provide the most secure and safe payment gateway for their business. Click-Pay may be used for sending money via email from credit card or China Debit Card, for making online purchases, for collecting money via email, for instant payouts via Asia ATM card solution.

Dixy Retail Limited

2007-12-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Registered Office:
Trident Chambers,
P.O. Box 146,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

The BVI holding company Dixy Retail Limited holds 50.96% stake in Dixy Group, meaning that the BVI company is the majority shareholder of one of the leading Russian companies engaged in retail sales of foodstuff and household supplies.

Dixy Group was founded in 1992, after that it started operations under the trademark of Uniland. After the 1998 economic crisis in Russia, the company focused on the discount retail sector – the original distribution business continued to be a small part of the group's operations and was sold in 2006.

The first Dixy store was open in 1999 in Moscow. Dixy Group now operates three retail formats - Dixy, Megamart and Minimart. As of 1st December 2007, the company operates 372 units, including 8 “Megamart” compact hypermarkets and 7 “Minimart” supermarkets, in three federal districts of Russia.

Livermore Investments Group Limited

2007-12-02T10:28:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
Trident Chambers
PO Box 146
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 475668

Incorporation date: 2002 (under the name Empire Online Gaming)

Listed on: London Stock Exchange AIM
Ticker: LIV

Financials:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares: 292,777,772
Profit (2006): USD 62,720,000
Earnings per share (2006): USD 0.21
Total Assets (2006): USD 313,123,000

Bankers:
Bank Hapoalim (Luxembourg)
Leumi Bank (Switzerland)
FIBI Bank (Switzerland)

Solicitors: Travers Smith

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Major shareholders:
Groverton Management Ltd. 47.41%
Mr Aviv Raiz 8.65%
New Star Asset Management 5.55%
RB Investments GmbH 3.89%

About the BVI company:
Livermore Investments Group Limited is an investment company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and listed on London AIM, having a global remit and an administration centre in Cyprus. Company generates returns for shareholders by investing across real estate, equities and the credit markets. Livermore’s investment strategy have a global remit with a focus on value added opportunities in emerging markets.

Livermore Investments Group Limited was operating in online gaming industry under the name of Empire Online Limited; following the Company's EGM on 17 January 2007, Empire Online Limited disposed of its remaining operating activities in online gaming and changed its purpose to Investment Company generating returns for its shareholders through investing across real estate, equities and the credit markets.

Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioning Co.

2007-11-26T07:08:00.000-08:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: October 2006

About the BVI company:
Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioner Co., Ltd. has finished its registration in the British Virgin Islands in October 2006, along with company's financial reorganization and restructuring.

The company is located in Nanhai District, Foshan City. It has emerged as a large-sized enterprise integrating the development, production and marketing of household and central air conditioners.

Chigo Air Conditioner has become the leading brand in the air conditioner industry, with sales network covering more than 100 countries and regions. Company's products include the various sizes of household air conditioners and central air conditioners.

Chigo Air Conditioner has accomplished lot of research results and has passed over 200 global authoritative certifications.

Copper Resources Corporation

2007-11-11T13:48:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Democratic Republic of Kongo, Philippines

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers,
P.O.Box 71,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 626550

Listed on: London Stock Exchange AIM
Ticker: CRC

Financial highlights:
Total Assets (2006): USD 58,265,000
Total Revenue (2006): USD 11,740,000
Net loss (2006): USD 3,089,000
Shareholder’s equity: USD 42,969,000

Bankers: ANZ Bank

Solicitors: Pinsent Masons

Auditor: Chantrey Vellacott DFK LLP

Subsidiaries:

Name of company	Place of incorporation	Ownership interest	Principal activity
Hinoba Holdings (Australia) Pty Limited	Australia	100%	Secretarial & Administration Offices
African Millennium Corporation	British Virgin Islands	100%	Mining exploration
Hinoba Holdings Ltd.	Bahamas	100%	Holding company
Hinoba Holdings (Philippines), Inc.	Philippines	100%	Holding company
Hinoba-an & Sipalay Holdings, Inc.	Philippines	40%	Holding company
Selenga Mining Corporation	Philippines	92.5%	Mining exploration
Miniere de Musoshi et Kinsenda sarl	Democratic Republic of Congo	75%	Mining exploration

About the BVI company:

Copper Resources Corporation is the holding company of a group of mineral exploration and development companies. The group owns a 75% interest in Minière de Musoshi et Kinsenda (MMK), which holds three high-grade deposits in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Kongo. The total recoverable resources of the three properties make 7.2 billion pounds of copper.

The Group is also holding a 92.5% economic interest in one of its principal developments, the Hinoba-an Project, located on Negros Island in the Philippines.

Pan Global Trading, Inc.

2007-11-07T03:36:00.000-08:00

Industry: Marketing and Advertising

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered office:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town, Tortola.
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

The Pan Global Trading, Inc. company is the owner of the WatchX, which publishes the buy prices in the industry of brand watches, and packages them in a unique format that allows subscribers to view scans (movement, dial, back case) of the watch.

The WatchX is advertising that it offers the only online Rolex product, and parts catalogs (1999, 2001, 2002) featuring all of the current Rolex models. The subscribers of the WatchX receive daily and weekly buy price updates on Rolex, Cartier, Breitling, Omega etc. watches.

Disclaimer: The author hasn’t tested WatchX services and can’t advise on quality and reliability.

Orbit Communications Company Ltd.

2007-10-25T05:22:00.000-07:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: Middle East, North Africa

Registered Office:
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 1993

About the BVI company:

Orbit Communications An international communications company registered in the British Virgin Islands and delivering complete end-to-end satellite communications solutions for services such as the internet, voice, data and video to a growing number of customers worldwide. Orbit has its own satellite network and the large capacity of backbone connections in its availability.

Teleports managed by Orbit Communications provide potential customers worldwide with satellite capacity up and downlink services, broadband internet access including bandwidth management and IP addresses.

Orbit Communications is said to be the first satellite pay television operator in the Middle East providing completely digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual service. The Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network has digital technology supporting hundreds of television channels and 20 radio stations.

Orbit broadcasts to most territories of the Middle East and North Africa, including Saudi Arabia,Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Morocco,Tunisia, Pakistan, and other countries of the region. The company also provides Arabic-language communications services in Europe, USA and Australia, planning to expand into other Asian countries and Canada.

Real Trade Group

2007-10-15T09:33:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Forex

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Drake Chambers,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: May 2, 2006
Registration number: 1025031

About the BVI company:

The company Real Trade Group provides services for operations on Forex market. The company offers possibility to make deals using Internet. Free “RealTrader” software allows the clients to receive information about current market conditions, carry out the technical analysis, make deals and monitor the operations.

Real Trade's branch offices are located in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine (Investment Consulting Real-Trade). The BVI company has partners in Indonesia and Israel.

Company's Offers (October 15th, 2007):

Forex $ CFD accounts
Online account opening
Web Money transfers
24-hour trading on the FOREX market from Sunday 23:00 GMT to Friday 22:00 GMT
Trading platform Real Trader 4
Simultaneous management of accounts via Real Trader 4 Multiterminal,
Free Mobile Trading
Fixed spreads from 3 points
11 currency pairs
Instant execution
Instant deposit and withdrawal
Forex Commission - $0
Competitive swaps

Trading Terms (October 15th, 2007):

Minimal deposit - $20
Minimal contract size - 0,01 lots
Maximal contract size - 100 lots
Leverage - 1:100

Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

TechFaith Wireless Technology Group Limited

2007-10-04T02:34:00.000-07:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China, U.S.

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 957,
Offshore Incorporations Centre,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Date of Incorporation: July 2002

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: CNTF

Financial highlights:
Total Assets (2006): USD 207,714,000
Total Revenue (2006): USD 80,804,000
Shareholder’s equity: USD 166,350,000
Net loss (2006): USD 8,800,000
Total gross profit (2006): USD 25,699,000

Auditors: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Bankers: The Bank of New York Ltd.

About the BVI company:
TechFaith is registered in the British Virgin Islands, headquartered in Beijing and operating mainly in China. The company focuses on the research, development and design of mobile hand software. TechFaith's business includes handset design, feature phone solution, wireless module and data card, application software, Smartphone and Pocket PCs. Having a full range of wireless application software including WAP, Java, MMS, WW browser, SyncML and DRM, the company provides total solutions for upper layer software of handsets. TechFaith also develops smartphone software based on open operating systems including Linux and Windows Mobile. The company maintains offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and San Diego.

Resolute Capital Growth Fund

2007-10-01T02:07:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Wattley Building
160 Main Street, PO Box 4443
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Date of incorporation: 2003

Listed on: Irish Stock Exchange
Resolute Capital Growth Fund Limited

Financials:
Minimum subscription: USD 100,000
Net Asset Value: USD 1058.7476 (17/09/2007)

Auditors: Baker Tilly (BVI) Limited

Bankers: Barclays International

About the BVI fund:
Resolute Capital Growth Fund is professional investment fund registered in the British Virgin Islands and licensed with the BVI Financial Services Commission. The founders of the fund have focused on low-volatility, market-neutral and performance-driven trading strategies, offering programs for professional investors and investing primarily in currencies.

Talon Metals Corporation

2007-09-20T03:52:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Brazil

Registered Office:
Geneva Place 2nd Floor,
333 Waterfront Drive
Wickham's Cay Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Renamed on July 5, 2007

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: BZM, TLO

Financial highlights: (compare to 2005 financial highlights)
Total Assets: (2006) CAD 19,863,941
Shareholder’s equity: CAD 24,104,131
Net loss: (2006) CAD 1,976,205
(the company currently invests in exploration)

Auditors: Zeifman & Company LLP

Bankers: Cidel Bank & Trust Inc., Bridgetown, Barbados

About the BVI company:

Talon Metals Corp. (formerly Brazmin Corporation) is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of high quality base and precious metal projects. Currently the main projects of the company located within the Tapajós Gold District in Brazil are Água Branca Gold Project and São Jorge Project. The company owns approximately 17% of stock of Brazauro Resources Corp., an exploration and development company in Brazil.

Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited

2007-09-11T01:18:00.000-07:00

Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited is a BVI fund management company being part of Renaissance Investment Management Group.

Industry: Financial Services

Main markets: Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

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

Date of incorporation: 2003

About the BVI company:

Renaissance Capital Investment Management, based in the British Virgin Islands, was established as an independent business as part of the Renaissance Capital Group, - an independent group of finance and investment companies specializing in the developing markets. BVI-based Renaissance Capital is working in the spheres of investment banking, asset management, merchant banking and consumer financing.

Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited is licensed to provide management services under Section 24 (1) of the BVI Mutual Funds Act, 1996 (as amended).

Renaissance Capital has two business lines – asset and fund management and wealth management services to high net worth individuals. Its clients include the largest Russian insurance companies, most of Russian non-state pension funds, and a number of the largest Russian corporations. Renaissance Capital provides strategic and financial advisory services to many Russian and other CIS corporations in all the leading sectors of economy.

Deswell Industries, Inc.

2007-09-09T13:30:00.000-07:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: Asia

Registered Office:
H.W.R. Services Limited
P. O. Box 71,
Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1987

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: DSWL

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2006) USD 130,670,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2006) USD 106,768,000
Net Sales: (2006) USD 115,276,000
Income before taxation: (2006) USD 9,992,000

Auditors: BDO MaCabe Lo Limited

Bank: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

SEC Counsel: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

About the BVI company:

Deswell Industries, Inc. is an independent contract manufacturer of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products, components and subassemblies; supplier of metallic molds for the company's plastics and electronics operations, manufacturer of metal parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers.

Deswell has its registered office in BVI, but its executive office is located in Hong Kong. Company conducts all kinds of its manufacturing activities at separate plastics, electronics and metallics operation factories located in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China.

The company sells its products to customers in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan), the United States and Europe (Germany, Italy).

Orca Exploration Group Inc.

2007-09-04T10:18:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: East Africa

Registered Office:
PO Box 3152
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: August 31, 2004 (renamed on April 2, 2007)

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: ORC.A; ORC.B

Financial highlights: (compare to 2005 financial results)
Total Assets: (2006) USD 43,904,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2006) USD 37,889,000
Total Revenue: (2006) USD 13,828,000
Profit before taxation: (2006) USD 4,261,000

Subsidiaries:
PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation (company registered in Mauritius)
PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (company registered in Jersey)

Auditors: KPMG

Lawyers: Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

About the BVI company:

Orca Exploration Group Inc. is an international public company registered in the British Virgin Islands, focused on natural gas exploration, production, development and marketing, primarily in East Africa. Company's head office is located in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania). The Company is also planning to explore new oil and gas fields, mainly in African region.

Orca Exploration Group Inc. was previously operating as EastCoast Energy Corporation, which was originally a subsidiary of PanOcean Energy Corporation. It was distributed to shareholders and separately listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in August 2004. In November 2006, EastCoast shareholders approved company's name change into Orca Exploration Group Inc. Orca started trading on the TSXV on 4 April 2007.

Neuimex Direct Dealing S.A.

2007-08-31T01:14:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Forex

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Shirley Trust Company Limited,
P.O. Box 3099,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: November 3, 2004

About the BVI company:

Neuimex Direct Dealing S.A. is an independant Broker for business execution and account holding for Forex and CFD markets based in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The software, services, backoffice and trading platform for Neuimex Direct Dealing S.A. are provided by Swiss-based Neuimex.

Neuimex Asset Management AG was founded by experts in online Forex trading, and offers customers global access to online trading on FOREX, CFD and Futures markets. The company is also a member of the Swiss Self Regulation Organisation PolyReg.

Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

American Leisure Group Ltd

2007-08-17T06:37:00.000-07:00

Industry: Tourism

Main business locations: USA

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
Road Town
Tortola
PO Box 71
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 16 May 2007

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels LLP
Solicitors to the Company as to English law: Olswang
Legal advisers to the Company as to US law: Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Reporting Accountants and Tax Advisers: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Major shareholders:
Hambling Group Limited 37.56%
Stanford International Bank Limited 15.45%

About the BVI company:

American Leisure Group Limited is a BVI incorporated company that focuses on creating an integrated hospitality management, vacation club and related credit facility company, vacation resort development and travel services group.

The Group acquires, develops and operates vacation resorts, comprising holiday family home, townhome and condominium units, with the benefit of extensive central facilities and resort hotel services, located in prime vacation property locations, with the initial focus on the Orlando area in Central Florida.

The following business segments are important for American Leisure Group: resort development and sales, hospitality management, vacation club sales, travel services, financing of vacation clubs.

American Leisure Group is the holder of more than 90% of the issued share capital of American Leisure Holdings Inc. (ALHI).

ValueAct Capital

2007-08-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment

Main business locations: USA

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 2000

About the BVI company:

ValueAct Capital is registered in the British Virgin Islands and has offices in San Francisco and Boston. ValueAct Capital partners are Jeffrey W. Ubben and G. Mason Morfit.

The company is focused on buying large stakes in undervalued companies and then working with their management to boost sales and revenues. To date, on behalf of institutional and wealthy individual investors, the company manages $1.5 billion.

The largest stakes of ValueAct Capital are in The TriZetto Group and Per-Se Technologies, both connected with health care billing software, and PRA International (drug development).

Equest Investments Balkans Limited

2007-07-24T05:41:00.000-07:00

Industry: Real Estate

Main business locations: Bulgaria, Romania

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: December 10, 2003

Financial highlights:
Market Capitalization: €230 million

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels

Main shareholders: approximately 25 UK and European institutions with Griffin Capital represented on the Investment Committee of the company.

About the BVI company:

Equest Investments Balkans Limited is an investment management and advisory company, focused on selected investment companies and funds in the countries including Bulgaria and Romania, where the company has full scale investment offices.
Equest Investments Balkans Limited makes strategic investment in the sectors of Financial Services, Retail and Property Development, and has invested in 6 Bulgarian companies and 1 Romanian company.

Equest's strategic holdings are:

Technomarket, Bulgaria's largest wholesaler and retailer of consumer electronics and household appliances,

Vitosha Insurance, the fifth largest insurance company in Bulgaria,

Immofinance, Bulgarian residential and second home developer,

Pelican Retail Holding, a development company for retail centres.

Other names include Avto Union, Familia Stores, Citadel Holding, etc.

PD Insurance Company Ltd.

2007-07-18T05:24:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Insurance

Main business locations: USA, BVI

Registered Address:
Belmont Insurance Management Limited
P.O. Box 3443
Tropic Isle Building
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

About the BVI company:

PD Insurance Company Ltd. is a provider of liability insurance coverage for punitive damage awards, working within the United States of America. Since punitive damages are not permitted to be insured within many of the US states, a company has been formed outside the country to enable this coverage. The Company is not licensed to do business in any state of the United States, and will provide coverage from its location in the British Virgin Islands. The jurisdiction is chosen for its friendly business and legal climate.

York Kingdom International Ltd.

2007-07-13T05:14:00.001-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main markets: Worldwide except United States, France, the United Kingdom

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

A company engaged in the development and management of offshore financial services for over 20 years. YKI offers its customers financial products and services, together with insurance products. Through independent international advisers located in more than 40 countries, the company provides knowledge and analysis of the financial dynamics of the world market, and the efficient management of diversified offshore investment tools.

York Kingdom International is worth more than US$ 460 in deposits and assets under management or advice. York Kingdom International has over 30 investment fund families available. The company invests in funds that are recognised for their standards of performance and excellence. York Kingdom International's products and services are only available through independent international financial advisers.

Peeker Investment Group Ltd.

2007-07-08T04:29:00.000-07:00

BVI corporation is an investment vehicle for Peeker Group. The following information is about whole Peeker Group and Peeker Investment Group (BVI) Ltd.

Industry: Future technologies

Main markets: Worldwide

Registered address:
Drake Chamber,
Commonwealth Trust Limited
PO Box 3321,
Road Town
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 536774

About the BVI company and Peeker Group:

Peeker Investments Group Limited is a privately held investment company focused on technology acquisition, investments in manufacturing and development of power plants in Europe. PI Group UK provides also venture capital funding for new technology companies, in the field of clean power and energy trading.

Peeker Investments Group provides a platform for PAESI (Peeker-Atomic Energy Systems Inc), to increase its manufacturing and distribution of clean electrical power in Europe.

Along with Nevada-based Peeker Corporation, PI Group is part of Peeker Group of companies, - the group of specialists in renewable energy and plasma propulsion systems.

Peeker Investments Group is pursuing an acquisition strategy to increase its manufacturing and service capability for its existing and new technology products in the field of power generation and delivery, networking, and transportation. The Company is looking for adequate targets in the US, Eastern Europe, UK, India, Japan and China.

Charter Capital Corporation

2007-06-25T04:54:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Address:
Charter Capital Corporation
PO Box 119
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 491446

About the BVI company:

Charter Capital Corporation (CFX) provides comprehensive services to foreign exchange market participants. These services include:

Introducing Brokers.
Trading Managers. The CFX trading system is tailored to meet the needs of traders managing multiple accounts from one screen.
Physical Delivery. CFX offers physical delivery of currencies in sizes of $50,000 and higher.
Metals Trading. CFX offers an efficient means of trading spot gold and silver online.
Online Forex Trading.

Corvus Capital Inc

2007-06-19T11:54:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Palm Chambers
PO box 119
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Financial highlights (2006):
Assets: 36,152,000 £
Share capital:
- Authorised Ordinary shares of 5p each: 400,000,000
- Allotted, called up, and fully paid Ordinary shares of 5p each: 262,892,500
Basic return per share: 4.13p
Diluted return per share: 3.98p

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Solicitors: Fladgate Fielder

Main shareholders:
OMX Securities Nominees Limited (10.74%)
Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited (6.54%)
Lehman Brothers International (4.87%)
Man Financial Limited (3.81%)

100% owned subsidiaries:
Castello Strategy Limited (British Virgin Islands)
CVS Management Limited (England and Wales)
Corvus Management (Suisse) SA (Switzerland)
Swiss Investment Group AG (Switzerland)

About the BVI company:

Corvus Capital is an international investment management company, dealing with both strategic assets and trading business in a number of sectors on an international basis. Although the Company has no criteria to choose specific sectors for investing, at present it is focusing on the following sectors: Insurance; Investment; Consumer Goods; Engineering; Industrials; Leisure & Hotels; Health; Media & Entertainment; Natural Resources; Professional & Support Services; Retailing; Technology; Telecommunications; Utilities; Investee Companies and Management.

Over the last two years, Corvus' investments have been mainly focused in the United States, UK and Asian region. The company seeks potential investment opportunities in Europe, North America and Asia, and consolidates its position in the Republic of South Africa. Its equities and assets involved in the investment projects are worth in excess of US$750m. In the last eighteen months, Corvus has been an investor or co-investor in new and secondary issues in excess of US$50m.

Company's strategy is initial representing of investments by substantial shareholdings in investee companies to maximise the potential of returns to shareholders. Corvus also provides direct loans as financial support to investee companies, or stands as a guarantor to third party lenders.

UTV International Holdings Limited

2007-06-12T06:22:00.000-07:00

The BVI holding company; subsidiary of UTV Software Communications Ltd.

Industry: Software Development

Main business locations: India, UK, USA

Registered Address:
Craigmuir Chambers,
PO Box 71, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Parent company listed on: NYSE
Ticker: UTVSOF.NS

About the parent company:

UTV Software Communications Ltd. is Media & Entertainment Company located in India, with strong positions in 4 areas that include Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, TV Content and New Media (i.e. Animation and Gaming). The company has subsidiaries with offices across India, the UK and USA.

UTV Software Communications Ltd. has strategic relationships with 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney and Sony Pictures. The Company has large 3D Animated facilities located in Mumbai.

UTV Software Communications Ltd. is listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. The main company's subsidiaries are:

United Entertainment Solutions Ltd., a company incorporated in 1997. Main business is post-production and SFX;
UTV Communications (USA) LLC, incorporated in 2004. The company is working in the US market, in the areas of picture distribution, international co-productions, joint ventures in animation;
UTV Communications (UK) Ltd., set up in 2004. The company's primary activity is the film distribution business in the UK;
UTV Communication (Mauritius) Ltd. The company is set up in 2004, and its core business is film distribution in all parts of the world barring the US and UK.

Added: In 2006 UTV Software Communications Ltd. has sold its BVI holding company together with holding owned Antah UTV Multimedia & Communications SDN BHD to Media Footing SDN BHD.

OpenTV Corp.

2007-06-06T06:24:00.000-07:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: Japan, USA

Registered Address:
Insinger Trust (BVI) Limited
P.O. Box 438 Roadtown,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 346535

Incorporation date: 2000

Delaware incorporated daughter company listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: OPTV

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels

About the BVI company:

BVI registered OpenTV Corporation is the majority shareholder of the Delaware incorporated OpenTV Inc. Employees of OpenTV Inc. in accordance to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are co-owners of OpenTV Corporation. This way the British Virgin Islands Company is used both as a holding company and corporate vehicle for employee benefit program.

OpenTV Inc. is the provider of solutions for the delivery of digital and interactive television. The company powers advanced digital television, including PVRs, VOD, IPTV, HDTV, MPEG4, Flash, etc.; participation television, a modular solution for a truly cross-platform, interactive experience; games and gaming services.

Company's headquarters is located in San Francisco, California, with offices worldwide, and is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol OPTV.

China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited

2007-06-01T06:14:00.000-07:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China

Registered Address:
P.O. Box 957,
Offshore Incorporations Centre,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 244168

Subsidiary (China Mobile Limited) listed on: NYSE
Ticker: CHL

Market Capitalization of subsidiary (China Mobile Limited): 184.98 billion US dollars

Auditors: KPMG

Legal Advisors:
Linlaters
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Main shareholders:
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Limited

About the BVI company:

China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Ltd. is majority shareholder of Chine Mobile Limited holding an equity interest of approximately 74.57 per cent of this Chinese wireless communications giant. The remaining 24.43% equity interest of the company is held by public investors. China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Ltd. is owned by China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Limited. Indirectly through Chine Mobile Limited, the China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Ltd. is owning also the following Chinese, BVI and Cayman Islands companies:

Guangdong Mobile (China) (Mobile telecommunications operator)
China Mobile Group Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Jiangsu Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Fujian Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Fujian Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Henan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Henan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Hainan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Hainan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Beijing Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Shanghai Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Tianjin Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Tianjin Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Hebei Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Hebei Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Liaoning Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Liaoning Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Shandong Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Shandong Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Guangxi Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Guangxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Anhui Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Anhui Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Jiangxi Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Jiangxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Chongqing Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Chongqing Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Sichuan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Sichuan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Hubei Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Hubei Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Hunan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Hunan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Shaanxi Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Shaanxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Shanxi Mobile Communication (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Shanxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Neimenggu Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Neimenggu Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Jilin Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Jilin Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Heilongjiang Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Heilongjiang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Guizhou Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Guizhou Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Yunnan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Yunnan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Xizang Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Xizang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Gansu Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Gansu Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Qinghai Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Qinghai Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Ningxia Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Ningxia Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Xinjiang Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Xinjiang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
Beijing P&T Consulting & Design Institute (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
China Mobile Communication (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
China Mobile Holding Company Limited (China) (Investment holding company)
China Mobile (Shenzhen) Limited (Roaming clearance services)
Aspire Holdings Limited (Cayman Islands) (Investment holding company)
Aspire (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
Aspire Technologies (Shenzhen) Limited (China) (Technology development)
Aspire Information Network (Shenzhen) Limited (China) (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
Aspire Information Technologies (Beijing) Limited (Technology development)
Fujian FUNO Mobile Communication Technology Company Limited (China) (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
Advanced Roaming & Clearing House Limited (British Virgin Islands) (Roaming clearance services)
Fit Best Limited (British Virgin Islands) (Investment holding company)
Peoples Telephone (Hong Kong) (Mobile telecommunications services)

Source: China Mobile Limited Annual Report 2006

As we can see from the company list, the most mobile telecommunications operating companies are paired with BVI investment holding companies. This is quite prominent example of BVI company use as investment holding company. 30 Chinese mobile telecommunications operators are owned through 30 BVI investment holding companies, and another 3 BVI investment companies as well as Chinese and Cayman Islands holding company are used in the structure.

As of 31 December 2006, China Mobile Group had a Mainland China market share of approximately 67.5%. The Group's GSM global roaming services covered 219 countries and regions, and its GPRS roaming services covered 138 countries and regions.

In 2006, the Company was once again chosen by Financial Times as one of the “FT Global 500”, and was included it the list of “The World's 2000 Biggest Public Companies” by Forbes magazine.

Gobi Partners Inc.

2007-05-26T05:09:00.000-07:00

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main Business Locations: China

Incorporation date: 2002

About the BVI company:

Gobi Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focusing on IT and digital media investments in China. The company was incorporated in 2002 and has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The Gobi Fund and Gobi Partners are operated by Thomas G. Tsao, Wai Kit Lau and Lawrence Tse.

Aschmoun (UK) Limited

2007-05-21T04:16:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Russian Federation, UK, North America

Registered Address:
Geneva Place, Waterfront Drive,
PO Box 3469,
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Bankers:
Barclays Bank Plc, London, UK
EFG Group Bank, Geneva, Switzerland

Solicitors:
Howard & Howard (UK)
Davies Bagambiire & Associates (Canada)

Joint venture participants:
- Aschmoun (UK) Limited, (Asset Management), 50%
- JSC Neftegasprom, (Licenses Holder), 15%
- Auriga Developments Limited, (Fund Management), 10%
- International Fuel Concepts UK Ltd., (Commercial Operations), 5%
- Petrogas Energy LLC, (Project Management), 5%
- PromTorgInvest LLC, (Social Development), 5%
- Local Government(s), (Regional), 10%

About the BVI company:
The BVI-registered Aschmoun (UK) Limited is working in the Minerals and Natural Resources sectors of the Russian Federation. Each of the associate companies included in the alliance specializes in various sectors of business, especially in the development and exploitation of oil and gas, minerals and natural resources.

Aschmoun Ltd. maintains representative offices in London and Toronto, to support and co-oprdinate associate companies registered in England and Wales. The Company has strong relationships and interests in numerous regions of the Russian Federation.

Currently the Company has an estimated market value of approximately $750 million; these funds are planned to be invested into the projects in Russia and North America, as well as in other associate company activities through Auriga Developments Limited.

Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd.

2007-05-16T08:55:00.000-07:00

Main business locations: BVI

Industry: Telecommunications

Registered Address:
Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd.
P.O. Box 440
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Main shareholders: Cable and Wireless PLC

About the BVI company:

Cable & Wireless is providing telecommunications services to 16 islands in the BVI, from Anegada to Jost van Dyke. Cable & Wireless has made a considerable investment in providing a variety of different connections to the rest of the world. The company is using a leading-edge fibre optic technology to link the BVI directly to the USA, the UK, Europe, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Eastern Caribbean Fibre System has extended optical quality connections throughout the region. The Company has made major upgrades to the switching facilities to provide advanced business services for customers.

Cape Verde Solutions Ltd

2007-05-12T12:45:00.000-07:00

Main business locations: Cape Verde

Industry: Real estate

Registered Address:
Commercial Building Qwomar number 6, 3rd floor,
P.O. box 875,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation Number: 672282

About the BVI company:

Cape Verde Solutions Ltd. is a provider of property solutions within Cape Verde. The Company is pioneering the use of Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) in Cape Verde, - a construction technique that provides greater strength over traditional building techniques.

The company is subsidising construction costs, through unknown post completion costs. Post completion services are open to tender ad established on a renewable basis.

Balmoral Capital Holdings Inc.

2007-05-07T05:56:00.000-07:00

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Balmoral Capital Holdings Inc.
Omar Hodge Building
Wickhams Cay I
P.O.B. 362
British Virgin Islands

Industry: Financial Services

About the BVI company:

The Balmoral Investment Banking Group, formerly known as Zephyr Communications Limited, is a company with head office in the British Virgin Islands, and representative office in the United States.

Balmoral Group specializes in identifying, financing and advising middle-market companies as they expand and develop. Its focus are companies in emerging growth countries, outside the U.S.

The company provides full range of investment banking services including IPOs, Registered Directs, M&A Advisory and Debt Capital Markets. Advisory services include selling and buying, divestitures, recapitalizations, fairness opinions, etc. Balmoral Capital Debt Capital Markets Group provides advisory and placement services and private placement transactions including acquisitions, management buy-outs, recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings.

O'Neal Webster

2007-04-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

Industry: Legal Services

Registered Address:
Simmonds Building,
30 DeCastro Street,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands.

About the BVI company:

O'Neal Webster is a full service law firm registered in the British Virgin Islands. It is a member firm of Lex Mundi, the worldwide association of independent law firms, and of World Service Group (WSG), a global non-profit membership association of local, national and international providers of professional business services.

The firm's practice areas include mutual funds, limited partnerships, banking and finance, intellectual property, real estate, shipping, trusts and estates, litigation cases.

Harney Westwood & Riegels

2007-04-26T13:56:00.000-07:00

Industry: Legal Services

Registered Address:
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands, VG1110

Incorporation year: 1960 (Harold Harney), 1966 (Neville C. Westwood), 1973 (Michael D. Riegels)

About the BVI company:

Harney Westwood & Riegels is the oldest and one of the largest law firms in the British Virgin Islands, closely involved with the legislative development process in the jurisdiction. Harneys' clients in the BVI range from private individuals to the world's leading law firms, corporations and banks. Clients include Barclays, BNP Paribas, CSFB, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and UBS

The firm has offices in Hong Kong and London, which provide legal advice on BVI law to the clients from Far East and Europe.

Harneys Corporate Services, a trust company closely affiliated to the firm, provides for easy incorporation of BVI companies and offers a complete range of post-incorporation corporate services.

Harneys has over 150 lawyers and staff worldwide. The firm is divided into the following specialist departments that advise on BVI and Anguillan law. Anguilla based office provides full range of legal services relating to Anguillian law.

Spring Networking Ltd

2007-04-23T03:09:00.000-07:00

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Registered address:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 2004

About the BVI company:

Spring Networking Ltd. is the owner of the trademark FLO-WERS.COM, and the web site https://www.flo-wers.com. The FLO-WERS.COM project was founded in the middle of year 2004, with the purpose to organize delivery of floral gifts in Moscow. Now it is focused also on Azerbaijan and The United States of America. The company is planning to develop to more countries as well.

MoneyForex Financial Ltd.

2007-04-18T08:12:00.000-07:00

Edited on May 28, 2009, Please read the BVI FSC warning before.

Information gathered from MoneyForex Financial Ltd website on April 18, 2007:

Industry: Financial Services > Forex

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 181,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: December 8, 2006
Registration number: 629302

About the company:

MoneyForex Financial Ltd. is online currency trading broker offering forex trading. Money Forex's target audience is individual and corporate investors such as money managers, banks and financial institutions in dealing with forex trading. The company is incorporated under the provisions of the International Business Companies Act, 1984.

The company offers futures, securities, and foreign exchange as a forex broker and primary market maker. Beside the financial industry, the group is engaged in real estate development, advertising, media communication, internet technology, software application and development.

Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

UTi Worldwide Inc

2007-04-05T09:20:00.000-07:00

BVI company information update (2008)

Industry: Transportation and Logistics

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
9 Columbus Centre
Pelican Drive
Road Town
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: January 1995

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: UTIW

Financial highlights:
Gross Revenue: (2006) 2,786 million
Net Revenue: (2006) $966 million
Operating Income: (2006) $132.1 million
Net Income: (2006) $88.4 million
Total Assets: (2006) $1,259 million

Auditors: Deloitte & Touche LLP

Legal Counsel: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

About the BVI company:

UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based global integrated logistics company, providing supply chain management and optimization solutions. Company services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, truckload brokerage and other supply chain management services. The company assists its clients in designing and implementing solutions that improve the predictability and visibility, and reduce the overall costs of the supply chains.

Company's customer base includes clients operating in the pharmaceutical, retail, apparel, chemical, automotive and technology industries.

On June 30, 2006 global network of freight forwarding offices of UTi Worldwide Inc. included 280 cities, and the company managed over 140 logistics centers, in a total of 64 countries with a staff of more than 17,000 people.

The company also has approximately 151 independent agent-owned offices in 76 additional countries, of which about 131 offices are exclusive freight forwarding agents.

The eight principal support offices of the company are located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Sydney and, in the United States, in Los Angeles, California and Columbia, South Carolina.

Subsequent to January 31, 2006 and effective March 7, 2006, UTi Worldwide acquired 100% shares of Market Industries, Ltd. - a third-party provider of logistics services and multi-modal transportation capacity solutions specializing in truck brokerage.

Equator Exploration Limited

2007-03-29T15:16:00.000-07:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: West Africa

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71, Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2000

Listed on: London Stock Exchange (AIM)
Ticker: EEL

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2005) USD 194,061,000
Capital reserves: (2005) USD 203,342,000
Loss: (2005) USD 3,713,000
(the company currently invests in exploration)

Auditors: Chantrey Vellacott DFK

UK Solicitors: Pinsent Masons

Main shareholders:
Morstan Nominees Ltd
Bear Stearns Securities Corp
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd
Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd
Lehman Brothers International (Europe)

About the BVI company:

Equator Exploration Limited is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas projects in the highly prospective region of West Africa. The company is building a diversified portfolio of exploration, appraisal and production assets in the region. Currently Equator's efforts are focused in the Gulf of Guinea, and recently the company completed drilling its third well on offshore Nigeria. Equator also owns rights to acquire a 100% interest in two blocks of its choice in the territorial waters, and continues to evaluate other exploration opportunities in this region.

West Africa is considered to be one of the most prospective offshore deepwater exploration and production regions. Equator's strategy is to identify, acquire and explore high quality prospects with the potential for large oil and gas reserves, mainly in West Africa. The company also gets revenue from the marketing and sale of seismic data that it has acquired jointly with PGS Exploration (UK) Limited.

EastCoast Energy Corporation

2007-03-23T17:17:00.000-07:00

The BVI company changed its name to Orca Exploration Group Inc.

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: East Africa

Registered Office:
PO Box 3152
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: August 31, 2004

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: ECE.A ; ECE.B

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2005) USD 21,097,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2005) USD 16,662,000
Total Revenue: (2005) USD 5,759,000
Profit before taxation: (2005) USD 953,000

Subsidiaries:
PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation (company registered in Mauritius)
PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (company registered in Jersey)

Auditors: KPMG

Lawyers: Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

About the BVI company:

EastCoast Energy Corporation is an international company focused on the development and marketing of natural gas in East Africa. It is an independent publicly traded company with head office in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The company came into existence in August 2004, following approval by PanOcean shareholders and the various regulatory agencies involved.

Since 1994, EastCoast Energy Corporation operates the Songo Songo gas field – the first natural gas development in Tanzania. Also, EastCoast distributes natural gas to industrial customers in the Dar es Salaam area, and is working to create larger markets for gas production from Songo Songo in Tanzania.

With the purpose to build markets for natural gas sales in East Africa, PanOcean Energy Corporation acquired an interest in the Songo Songo offshore natural gas properties, attracted industrial partners to the project, facilitated the financing of the project by a consortium of multi-lateral lending agencies led by the World Bank. At Dar es Salaam, EastCoast is operating a 22 km distribution system to deliver natural gas to industrial users.

Antillian Service Corporation

2007-03-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: The Caribbean, Mexico

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3175
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

About the BVI company:

Antillian Service Corporation (ASC) is the Caribbean's leading Glass and Aluminium Trading company, receiving products from North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. After that the products are distributed to the construction, industrial and decorative industry. The company provides regional distribution channels handling all international documents, insurance, maritime logistics throughout the Caribbean region. Key customers are also provided with export financing. The major suppliers whom the company represents since 1998 are Vitro Flotado de Mexico – one of the world's leading glass producers. The company delivers a line that includes floated, laminated, bent, tempered glass for high-end users.

McW. Todman & Co

2007-03-15T11:03:00.000-07:00

Industry: Legal Services

Main business locations: British Virgin Islands

Registered Office:
McNamara Chambers
116 Main Street
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1969

About the BVI company:

McW. Todman & Co is a law firm founded in 1969 on the British Virgin Islands by Dr. McWelling Todman. The firm is situated on the upper floors of the Todman building at the centre of Road Town, Tortola.

It is interesting that Dr. Todman was the first native British Virgin Islander operating a law firm in these islands. Now the law firm has retained its roots in the BVI community and still continues to grow and develop in the legal environment that characterizes the British Virgin Islands. McW. Todman & Co is one of the top litigation practices in the BVI; also it offers discreet services to clients in corporate formation and management, through its wholly owned McNamara Corporate Services Limited.

McW. Todman & Co is working internationally; each of its lawyers is licensed for practicing in at least one jurisdiction, other than in the BVI. The firm is a member of the Caribbean Law Firm Group, with a network of relationships in all the common law jurisdictions bordering the Caribbean Sea.

The firm is often recommended by several reputable firms of Solicitors practising in London, Toronto, Perth, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as Attorneys in Miami, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, New York and Washington D.C. and has worked in collaboration with leading English Queen's Counsel from Erskine Chambers, 3 Stone Buildings, Pump Court, Fountain Court and other internationally recognized Barristers' chambers out of London.

Mr. Terrance Neale, Mr. John Carrington and Ms. Heather Tull in 2004 were appointed as consultants on BVI legal matters to Charles Russell LLP, a well-known firm of solicitors of 8-10 New Fetter Lane EC1 4RS, London. In co-operation with Charles Russell LLP, the law firm provides various services in relation to BVI commercial law matters.

AsiaPac Investment Consultants Ltd.

2007-03-10T11:59:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Asia, UK, Thailand

Registered Office:
Tropic Isle Building
P.O. Box 438
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1995

Auditors: Pattana Auditing Company Ltd.

About the BVI company:

AsiaPac Investment Consultants is a firm consisting of leading independent financial advisers, having the stable reputation of the highest standard for providing financial and investment advice. The company provides professional advice, to maximize the tax and investment advantages of one's expatriate status. The company has considerable experience in offshore financial planning and global markets. It is also linked to the leading offshore institutions and offers a wide range of affiliated services, including tax planning and investment management.

AsiaPac Investment Consultants are working with Companies registered in regulated jurisdictions, offering political and economic stability and confidentiality, - like the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong.

The list of services provided by AsiaPac Investment Consultants includes:

- Personal Investment Portfolios: sourcing managed Funds which have a track record of providing consistent and above average returns. Once established, the Portfolio is reviewed in depth either quarterly or monthly with a valuation.
- Retirement Planning: providing the in depth information required to establish flexible retirement plans, designed specifically for the needs and financial circumstances.
- Provision of School Fees: making provisions for private education at fee-paying schools.
- Trusts: providing advise on whether or not a Trust can be suitable in your business and financial circumstances.
- Tax Efficiency: identifying the most appropriate investment strategy for the certain tax regimes.
- Other Services: Assisting in other areas, including establishment of personal banking facilities, property purchase and financing, life cover, disability insurance, frozen pension transfers; medical insurance; wills; corporate pension plans.

Global Forest Services, Inc.

2007-03-06T05:48:00.000-08:00

Industry: Forestry, Business Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Palm Grove House,
PO Box 438
Road Town, Tortola,
BVI

Incorporation year: 2004

About the BVI company:

The Global Forest Services Group (GFS) is an independent organization providing market oriented solutions for improving forest management and the sustainability of forest-based industries, as well as verifying systems to trace raw material and wood products through the supply chain within programmes.

GFS was established in 2004 by one of the most experienced teams of forest and timber industry auditors in SE Asia. The basic staff of GFS is comprised of 4 members, all of them with over 6 years of forest auditing experience. GFS also works in close association with a number of other companies and institutions.

GFS has worked with more than 50 private sector clients, MTCC, the Forest Department of Malaysia, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), TNC (The Nature Conservancy), CIFOR (The Centre for International Forest Research) AFP (The Asian Forest Partnership), and the UNDP.

Currently the Global Forest Services Group consists of GFS Inc and GFS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd and GFS Thailand Pte Ltd. The company also has plans for affiliate companies in Indonesia, China, Guyana and Brazil.

GFS's purpose is work with all sections of the supply chain, including forest managers, processors, manufacturers, and retailers. The Group provides technical assistance to members of the forest and timber industry, through full forest and chain of custody certification through FSC or MTCC, or through the WWF Global Forest and Trade Network system. GFS also provides client specific programmes to address particular market needs for an individual consignment or for a given customer.

GFS recent initiatives included: reduction of impact logging, providing timber for tsunami reconstruction, work through the supply chain, regional policies to tackle illegal logging.

Compass Travel Club Ltd

2007-02-28T08:32:00.000-08:00

Industry: Tourism

Main business locations: Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Spain, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Cyprus, Egypt

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 146,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: December 20, 2002

BVI company registration number: 525118

About the BVI company:

Compass Travel Club is a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and offering travel agent services in the resorts of Spain, Cyprus, Egypt, UAE, Austria, Turkey, India, Portugal, Tunisia, Croatia, etc.

Company's partners are located in the countries of Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Thailand.

Compass Travel Club has offices in Moscow (Russia), Punta Cana (Dominican), Hurghada and Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt), Larnaca (Cyprus).

Farnel Capital

2007-02-23T12:19:00.000-08:00

Industry: Software Development

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Farnel Capital offers web-site development for maritime and transport companies, as well as completed software solutions. The company provides services on an Internet-resource development to the companies engaged in the sea transportations. Company's prospects include marine agencies, transport and forwarding companies.

The BVI company offers extensive opportunities on business expansion for sea container shipping and inland transportation. The main site service is presented by the Internet freight exchange, system for posting, searching and sending requests on cargo transportation and open transport offers.

Bonso Electronics International Inc.

2007-02-20T06:43:00.000-08:00

Industry: Electronics

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 71,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1980

BVI company registration number: 9032

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: BNSO

Financial highlights:
Sales (2004): USD 74,706,725
Net Income (2004): USD 2,268,610
Assets (2004): USD 53,598,445

Bankers:
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels

About the BVI company:

Bonso Electronics Limited was incorporated as manufacturer of electronics weighing scales and balances. Together with its subsidiaries, the company designs, develops, produces and sells electronic sensor-based and wireless products.

In the last years, through the adoption of full vertical integration of its production and marketing facilities Bonso Electronics has been transformed from a typical OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) company to an international corporation developing both ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) and OBM (Original Brand Manufacturer) business.

This vertical integration has been strengthened by the acquisition of Korona Haushaltswaren GmbH & Co. KG, of Germany in 2001 and of Gram Precision Inc. of Canada in 2002.

Bonso Electronics is headquartered in Hong Kong, but company's production is centered at the 600,000 square foot manufacturing plant in China. This facility was completed in 1998, employs about 3,000 workers.

PlayTech Limited

2007-02-16T06:24:00.000-08:00

Industry: Online gaming; Software development

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Playtech Ltd
Trident Chambers
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 12 September, 2002

Listed on: London Stock Exchange
Ticker: PTEC

Financial highlights:
Sales (2005) : $47.6
Operating profits (2005) : $35. 6 million

Auditors: BDO Stoy Hayward LLP

About the BVI company:

Playtech is the publicly traded online gaming software supplier offering value-added solutions to the online gaming industry's top operators. The company designs, develops and deploys unified software platforms for the online gaming industry.

Among Playtech's clients there are GoldenPalace.com, Sunny Group, Hard Rock Casino, Sports Interaction, Christchurch Casinos, the Action Online Group. There are also such successful brands as casinotropez.com, clubdicecasino.com, BetWWTS.com and SportsInterAction. Operators working with Playtech can choose to license the gaming software on their own.

Currently the company is focused on Asia and Europe. Playtech's clients in the UK include such household names as bet365, the Tote, Betfred, and the Leisure and Gaming group.

Reverse International Limited

2007-02-11T08:04:00.000-08:00

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: Australia

Registered Office:
Beaufort House,
PO Box 438,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Reverse International Limited provides 8000 Reverse as the way to call reverse charge to Australia. One number given allows to call Australia reverse charge from most phones from most overseas destinations.

Reverse International Limited also supplies its Credit Card Calling Service.

General Enterprise Management Services Limited (GEMS)

2007-02-06T10:09:00.000-08:00

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Asia Pacific region

Registered Office:
Omar Hodge Building
Wickhams Cay I
P.O. Box 362
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

Financial highlights:
Funds under management (2005): US$650 million

Main institutional investors:
AIG, GE Capital, Spectrum Value Management, Hutchison Whampoa, Dubai Investment Authority, Japan Tobacco, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Richemont

About the BVI company:

General Enterprise Management Services Limited (GEMS) was founded in 1998 by Simon Murray as an independent investment company just for management of private equity funds. Now it is a private equity fund management group that manages the GEMS Funds (I, II and III), which in its turn make direct investments in the Asia Pacific region. Funds under management in these three Funds total over US$650 million, representing capital commitments from corporate clients, prominent family offices and select individual investors from around the world.

GEMS provides outstanding returns to its investor base, which includes private investors and major multinational institutions such as AIG, GE Capital, Spectrum Value Management, Hutchison Whampoa, Dubai Investment Authority, Japan Tobacco, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Richemont and others.

GEMS Funds have committed to more than 26 deals over seven years at a total value of approximately US$450 million. GEMS I has already made gross distributions totaling over US$252 million.

Object Software Limited

2007-02-02T07:35:00.000-08:00

Industry: Software Development

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
P.O Box 71,
Craigmuir Chamber,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1995

About the BVI company:

Object Software Limited was incorporated in 1995 in the British Virgin Islands. It develops entertainment software for the PC and operates online PC games in China, through its affiliate Object Online Technology Co., Ltd.

It also operates a development studio in Beijing, through its wholly China-based subsidiary Object Software Co., Ltd. During these years Object Software has developed six single player PC games and two online PC games. Among these companies there is the first computer game developed in Mainland China for distributing in the US. In 1996 it was awarded an 82% rating by PC Gamer in the United States.

CIC Energy Corporation

2007-01-28T16:12:00.000-08:00

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Southern Africa

Registered Office:
CIC Energy Corp.
Geneva Place, 2nd Floor
333 Waterfront Drive, Wickham’s Cay
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2006

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: ELC
Listed on: Botswana Stock Exchange

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2006) CAD 78,616,411
Shareholder’s equity: CAD 76,268,322

About the BVI company:

CIC Energy Corp. ("CIC") was established as a result of the consolidation of Coal Investment Corp. and Consolidated Ophir Ventures, effective March 14, 2006. CIC is engaged in the exploration, development and operation of two greenfield coal properties located in the Mmamabula Coalfields in Southern Africa. These properties are 100% in the ownership of CIC's wholly owned subsidiary Meepong Resources (Proprietory) Limited. The Mmamabula Energy Project is comprised of two coal prospecting licenses in the Mmamabula Coalfields of southeastern Botswana.

CIC is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, under the symbol ELC, and on the Botswana Stock Exchange, under CIC Energy.