Rodman & Renshaw/Energy Track

We are pleased to inform you of the Rodman & Renshaw Energy Track, to be held on November 10-12, 2008 at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York, NY.

The conference features:

• Corporate Presentations
• Investor One-on-One Meetings
• Daily Networking Opportunities over Breakfast, Lunch and Cocktails
• Gala Dinner - At the Hammerstein Ballroom

Attendees:

• Institutional Investors
• Venture Capitalists
• Sophisticated Private Investors
• Industry Executives
• Business Development and Partnering Executives
• Private Equity Firms

PRESENTATION INFORMATION

Length and content:
Company presentations will be approximately 20 minutes in length, followed by a 10-minute Q&A session and one-on-one investor meetings. In preparing your presentation, please keep in mind that you are presenting to investors with a familiarity of steel, metals and mining investing. Focus on the points that make your company an attractive investment opportunity.

Please note:
If an investor requests a one-on-one meeting with your management team, please note that we will schedule these meetings 1.5 hours before your presentation and/or directly following your Q&A session.

Presentation slot:
The tentative conference schedule will be posted on our website as it is prepared. If you have an absolute conflict please let us know and we will try to accommodate. Please note that the schedule changes often, so please check it daily, once it becomes available online.

Presentation logistics:
Hypergraphics Studio Inc. will be assisting you in presentation set-up and coordination and will contact you directly. Please visit: www.hypergraphicsny.com/rr_presentations to help you with your presentation logistics. Please complete and fax the Presentation Information Form with your information, at your earliest convenience to (212) 868-3245, Attention Rory McCafferty. Visuals for all presentations must be submitted no later than is October 31^st. If you have any special audio-visual equipment needs or questions concerning presentation preparation (not content), slides, Powerpoint etc.., please call Rory McCafferty at Hypergraphics Studio at 212-868-3241 or email rory@hypergraphicsny.com

Webcasting:
Rodman & Renshaw is using Wall Street Webcasting (a division of The Wall Street Transcript) to provide the infrastructure for webcasting company presentations for this event. This optional service assists with satisfying Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) obligations.
All companies will receive a dedicated link to their webcast for use in their marketing materials and websites. Webcast options are for AUDIO ONLY and AUDIO & SLIDES, (both available live and archived for 90 days).

To register for webcasting, please complete the Webcasting Registration Form.

PLEASE NOTE:
If you have signed up to webcast your presentation, your power point slides will be included in the web cast, available live and archived for 90 days. Please select the "DO NOT" box on the Webcasting Form if you DO NOT wish your slides included in web cast.

HOTEL INFORMATION

We have arranged a special group rate for your stay at the New York Palace Hotel. The rooms are: Main Deluxe Room at the rate of $535 per night.
Hotel Website: www.nypalace.com

To make a reservation, please contact the New York Palace Hotel directly, at 212-888-7000 X 72000 or 1-800-697-2522.
To receive the discounted rate, you must mention the Rodman & Renshaw Conference.

(Cancellation of individual reservations must be made no later than 72 hours prior to the date of arrival to avoid no-show billing)
The reservations must be made by October 16th, 2008 to receive the discounted group rate.

Shipping Instructions for Company Materials (50-75 packets) (Presenting Companies ONLY)

455 Madison Avenue
Service entrance is located on 51^st Street between Madison & Park Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Peter Sofides

The hotel may ONLY accept packages arriving between 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION
DEADLINE:
September 10^th, 2008

You may complete the Presenting Company Registration Form online.

Your Registration Includes:

• Up to 5 company delegates.
• The opportunity to deliver a presentation followed by a Q&A session and one-on-one meetings.
• The opportunity to participate in investor one-on-one meetings.
• Inclusion in the Conference Book (if company profile is submitted by September 26, 2008).
• Inclusion in pre-conference publicity and press releases.
• All meals, refreshments and hospitality services of the Conference.
• Hotel accommodations and travel expenses are not included.

CONFERENCE BOOK

The Conference Book will include detailed information on each company, speaker and presentation.

Please visit the conference book entry portion of the Conference website where you will be able to download a Word file template to be completed with your company profile.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
Information for Conference Book must be submitted no later than September 26, 2008.

RECORDING

The entire conference will be recorded (audio only). By participating in the conference, you expressly grant to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC ("Rodman & Renshaw") the right to make audio recordings of any company speaker during the presentation. By participating you grant to Rodman & Renshaw the right to reproduce any such recordings, or data or written materials submitted for the Conference Book (specifically excluding presentation materials not submitted for the Conference Book), by use of any medium of reproduction. By participating in the Conference you understand and agree that all rights in and to any work produced by Rodman & Renshaw containing a reproduction of any of the content described above shall be the sole and absolute property of Rodman & Renshaw.

We look forward to seeing you in November.