Business & Finance
Business and FinanceBusiness and Finance 
Tue, November 10, 2009
Thomas Weisel Partners Hosts Annual Alternative Energy & Natural Resources Conference
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 10, 2009) - Thomas Weisel Partners (
The conference will showcase presentations from over 90 established and emerging public and private companies from around the globe, representing alternative energy, base metals, basic materials, energy exploration and production, gold & precious metals, international oil & gas, oil & gas exploration and production and uranium.
"We remain committed to focused coverage in the Alternative Energy & Natural Resources sectors, which witnessed a strong rebound in 2009. The Alternative Energy Peer Stock Price Index leads the entire sector, up 45.8% YTD, compared with the S&P 500 up 15%. The S&P Energy sub-index is up 11%, with the Metals & Mining sub-index up 40%. Gold equities had a strong showing this year, with the NYSE Gold index up a robust 42%. We believe that various factors including a gradual economic recovery and improvement in global demand will continue to improve over the next year," said Keith Gay, Head of TWP's Research Group.
The conference will be led by Thomas Weisel Partners' eleven senior alternative energy and natural resource research analysts: Dana Benner, CFA, energy equipment & services; David Dudlyke, international oil & gas; Heather Douglas, CFA, gold & precious metals; Horst Hueniken, CFA, basic materials; Thomas Martin, international oil & gas; Andrew Mikitchook, CFA, gold & precious metals; Kurt Molnar, oil & gas exploration and production; Jeff Osborne, alternative energy; Michael Scialla, oil & gas exploration and production; Simon Tonkin, base metals & uranium; Dilip Warrier, alternative energy. Analysts will offer insight into the major trends impacting their respective sectors.
A full list of company participants includes: Accenture Ltd. Active Power, Inc. Advantage Oil and Gas Ltd. Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Alter NRG Corp. Andean Resources Limited ARC Energy Trust Ballard Power Systems, Inc. Bankers Petroleum Ltd. Bannerman Resources Limited Better Place Big Ass Fans Birchcliff Energy Ltd. BPL Global, Ltd. BPZ Resources, Inc. BTU International, Inc. Calfrac Well Services Ltd. Celtic Exploration Ltd. Centamin Egypt Limited China Wind Systems, Inc. CIC Energy Corp. Coastal Energy Limited Coda Automotive Colossus Minerals Inc. Comverge, Inc. Concho Resources Inc. CPower Daylight Resources Trust Denbury Resources Inc. Despatch Industries, Inc. Duluth Metals Limited Eldorado Gold Corporation Ener1, Inc. EnerNOC, Inc. Exide Technologies Extract Resources Limited Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. Fuel Tech, Inc. FuelCell Energy, Inc. GlobeStar Mining Corporation Gran Tierra Energy groSolar GT Solar Incorporated Guyana Goldfields Inc. IAMGOLD Corporation Itron, Inc. Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. Luca Technologies Inc. Magma Energy Corp. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. MBA Polymers, Inc. Medoro Resources Ltd. Mega Uranium Ltd. Metalico, Inc. Migao Corporation Mullen Group Ltd. Ormat Technologies, Inc. Osisko Mining Corp. Pacific Rubiales Energy Corporation Paladin Energy Ltd. Paramount Resources, Ltd. Petra Solar, Inc. Petrolifera Petroleum Ltd. Platinum Group Metals Plug Power Inc. Potash One Inc. Precision Drilling Trust Premier Gold Mines Limited Progress Energy Resources Quadra Mining Ltd. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Queenston Mining Inc. Red Back Mining Renewable Energy Group, Inc. Rentech, Inc. Rex Energy Corporation Satcon Technology Corporation Savanna Energy Services Corp. SEMAFO Inc. ShawCor Ltd. Southwestern Energy Company St. Mary Land & Exploration Company Sterling Resources Toreador Resources Corporation Trican Well Service Ltd. Trilogy Energy Trust Ultra Petroleum Corp. UQM Technologies, Inc. US Geothermal Venoco, Inc. Verenium Corporation Western Potash Corporation Xunlight Corporation Zenn Motor Company Inc.
About Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. is an investment bank, founded in 1998, focused principally on the growth sectors of the economy. Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. generates revenues from three principal sources: investment banking, brokerage and asset management. The investment banking group is comprised of two disciplines: corporate finance and strategic advisory. The brokerage group provides equity and convertible debt securities sales and trading services to institutional investors, and offers brokerage, advisory and cash management services to high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients. The asset management group consists of: private equity, public equity and distribution management. Thomas Weisel Partners is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Baltimore, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Denver, New York, Portland, Toronto, London and Zurich. For more information, please visit [ www.tweisel.com ].