Brian Trenholm

Founded in 2001, Salida Capital Corp. is a hedge fund manager located in Toronto. Their global client base includes institutions, family offices, fund of funds and high net-worth individuals. They manage the BTR Global Arbitrage Trading Ltd., the BTR Global Energy Trading Ltd., the BTR Global Growth Trading Ltd., the BTR Global Opportunity Trading Ltd., the BTR Global Prospector Trading Ltd., the RRSP Eligible Long/Short Fund, the Salida Long/Short Fund and the Salida Multi Strategy Hedge Fund.

Salida Wealth Preservation (Listed) Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund's investment objectives are to generate attractive levels of capital appreciation with lower levels of volatility than the S&P/TSX Composite index and preserve capital, by gaining exposure to the Salida Wealth Reservation Portfolio, which invests primarily in securities of natural resource issuers. The fund was founded on March 30, 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 1995, GMP Securities LP is broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto with additional offices in Calgary and Montreal. The firm is a subsidiary of GMP Capital, Inc. (GMP: Toronto). They offer institutional sales, research, trading, investment banking and underwriting and advisory services. GMP Securities primarily focuses on the biotechnology, technology, mining, oil and gas, oil and gas income trusts, industrials, special situations and non-bank financial services sectors.