Markus K. Christen

Credit Suisse Group AG is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management and four geographic regions: Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and Americas. The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions, tailored financing, and advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers. The Investment Bank division offers a broad range of financial products and services focused on client-driven businesses and also supports Credit Suisse’s Wealth Management division and its clients. The Swiss Bank division offers comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate, and institutional clients in Switzerland. The Asset Management division offers investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations, and individuals. The company was founded by Alfred Escher on July 5, 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Alternative Earth Resources, Inc. is a mineral exploration company. The company is looking for opportunities in the mining sector with projects having indicated resources located in safe jurisdictions. Alternative Earth Resources was founded on April 13, 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC provides global investment banking services in the United States. It provides private banking and financial advisory services and banking products. Its businesses include securities underwriting, sales & trading, investment banking, private equity, alternative assets, financial advisory services, investment research and asset management. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. provides investment services. It offers securities underwriting and trading, mergers & acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment & derivative, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nevada Geothermal Power Co. develops geothermal power plants. The company is headquartered in Reno, NV.

Part of AltaRock Energy, Inc., NGP Blue Mountain I LLC provides geothermal energy related services. The company is based in Reno, NV. The CEO of the company is Brian D. Fairbank.

Part of AltaRock Energy, Inc., NGP Blue Mountain Holdco LLC operates as an investment holding company with interest in geothermal energy. The company is based in Reno, NV. NGP Blue Mountain Holdco was acquired by Blue Mountain Power LLC, a SUB of AltaRock Energy, Inc. from Alternative Earth Resources, Inc. on April 01, 2013.