Hendrik M. Visagie

Founded in 1993, Octagon Capital Corp. is a full-service broker/dealer located in Toronto with additional offices in Calgary and Vancouver. The firm provides services to institutional investors, issuing companies and retail clients. Octagon Capital provides research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading and private client group services. Their research focuses on, but is not limited to, the mining and energy sectors

Founded in 1955, Maison Placements Canada, Inc. is an independent Canadian research-based institutional investment dealer. They are an employee-controlled, privately held firm that provides a range of financial services to corporate, government, institutional and individual investors. They conduct business with most of the major financial institutions in Canada, providing securities underwriting, distribution and execution as well as investment banking. The research department focuses on emerging growth companies with an emphasis on in-depth analysis of a company. The focus of their research is to identify moneymaking situations which promise above average returns and possess superior franchises and/or quality management. They are a member of the Investment Dealers' Association and CIPF.