‘‘ Drift USA ’’ means Drift Exploration Drilling, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Orbit Garant. ‘‘ EBITD A ’’ means earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. ‘‘ EBT ’’ means earnings before interest expense and income taxes. ‘‘ EDC ’’ means Export Development Canada, a crown corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors. ‘‘ Environment, Health and Safety R equirements ’’ means the federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations as well as permits and other approvals relating to the protection of the environment and workers’ health and safety governing, among other things, air emissions, water discharges, non-hazardous and hazardous waste (including waste water), storage, handling, disposal and clean-up of dangerous goods and hazardous materials such as chemicals, remediation of releases and workers’ health and safety in Canada and elsewhere. ‘‘ Existing Credit Agreement ’’ means the amended and restated credit agreement entered into by Orbit Garant and Orbit Garant Drilling, a general partnership, dated as of April 10, 2007, as amended October 24, 2007 and April 9, 2008. ‘‘ exploration drilling ’’ means drilling which occurs during the early or late exploration stage of the mining process. ‘‘ F acility A ’’ means the $7.0 million 364-day extendible revolving credit facility to be provided for under the New Credit Agreement. ‘‘ F acility B ’’ means the $6.0 million non-revolving credit facility to be provided for under the New Credit Agreement. ‘‘ F acility C ’’ means the $20.0 million revolving, reducing credit facility to be provided for under the New Credit Agreement. ‘‘ Fiscal 2008 Interim P eriod ’’ means nine months ended March 31, 2008. ‘‘ Fiscal 2007 Interim P eriod ’’ means nine months ended March 31, 2007. ‘‘ F orages Garant ’’ means F orages Garant & F r ` eres Inc., the company that resulted from the October 1, 2006 amalgamation of Garant and 4382463 Canada Inc. ‘‘ G&A ’’ means general and administrative expenses. ‘‘ GAAP ’’ means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada. ‘‘ Garant ’’ means F orages Garant & F r ` eres Inc., a predecessor of Orbit Garant, incorporated on November 23, 1984 under the CBCA. ‘‘ Garant Subco ’’ means 4378792 Canada Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Orbit Garant. ‘‘ Gesco ’’ means 6705570 Canada Inc., a holding company controlled by P ierre Alexandre. ‘‘ intermediate mining companies ’’ refers to companies with mining-related revenues over US$50 million but less than US$500 million annually. ‘‘ junior mining companies ’’ refers to companies that are typically involved in mineral exploration that do not have significant current mining-related revenues. ‘‘ LT M ’’ means the 12 month period ended March 31, 2008 prepared on a pro forma basis. ‘‘ major mining companies ’’ refers to large, global mining companies with current annual revenues of more than US$500 million annually. ‘‘ management ’’ means the CEO, CFO and COO together with the other members of the senior management team of Orbit Garant. ‘‘ MEG ’’ means Metals Economics Group, Halifax, Nova Scotia. ‘‘ MEIP ’’ means the management equity incentive plan of Orbit Garant dated as of April 4, 2007. 16