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Commercial Solutions Inc. is one of Canada's leading independent industrial distributors with 23 Service Centres and 250 employees located across Canada. Commercial's product line includes more than 150,000 items supplied to MRO and OEM customers.

The Company distributes products for more than 400 leading manufacturers and serves over 10,000 customer accounts within a broad cross-section of industries, including oil and gas, forestry, food processing, chemical processing, mining and aggregate, utilities, agriculture and construction.

In 2002, Commercial acquired Commercial Bearing Service ( 1966) Ltd. for $ 14.8 million and raised $20 million in debt and equity with the assistance of Western America. In 2004, Commercial raised $2.5 million in equity with the assistance of Western America.

Web Site: http://www.commercialsolutions.ca/

  • 1993- Public Company Incorporated by Western America
  • 1994- TSX Venture Exchange IPO; Western America Resources Inc.
  • 1998- Merged with CFE Equipment Inc.
  • 1998- Changed name to CFE Industries Inc.
  • 2002- Merged with Commercial Bearing Service (1966) Ltd.
  • 2002- Changed name to Commercial Solutions Inc.
  • Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: CSA

CCS Income Trust is a dynamic growth trust based out of Western Canada with two focused divisions: CCS Energy Services and Concord Well Servicing. Its core business of providing integrated solutions and multiservice facilities for the treatment, recovery and disposal ("TRD") of oilfield byproducts is unique, and has experienced consistent growth as demand for our services has increased over the years.

In 1993, Canadian Crude Separators Inc. merged with International Technologies Inc. with the assistance of Western America.

Web Site: http://www.ccsincometrust.com/

  • 1986- Public Company Incorporated by Western America
  • 1986- TSX Venture Exchange IPO; International Technologies Inc.
  • 1993- Merged with Canadian Crude Separators Inc.
  • 1993- Changed name to Canadian Crude Separators Inc.
  • 2002- Converted to CCS Income Trust
  • Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol-CCR.UN

Bri-Chem Corp., operates out of its head office located in Acheson, Alberta and its principal activity is the wholesale/distribution blending and packaging of drilling fluid supplies for the oil and gas industry. Bri-Chem is one of Canada’s largest drilling fluid distributors providing over 100 domestic and foreign products to customers throughout Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

In 2007, Bri-Chem acquired Gwelan Supply Ltd. for $26.5 million and raised $42 million in debt and equity with the assistance of Western America.

Web Site: http://www.brichem.com/

  • 1986- Western America acquired control of Virtual Dynamics Corp.
  • 1997- Acquired mBase Systems Inc.
  • 2001- Changed name to mBase Commerce Inc.
  • 2007- Merged with Gwelan Supply Ltd.
  • 2007- Changed name to Bri-Chem Corp.
  • TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: BRY

Serenic Corporation provides industry-leading payroll, human resource management, and industry solutions for not-for-profit and government entities through its two operating subsidiaries: Vision Pay Inc. and Serenic Software, Inc. Vision Pay's Payroll and Human Resource Management and Serenic's Navigator software products are the only industry solutions designed and integrated specifically for Microsoft Navision®, which is currently Microsoft's highest growth financial software product globally. The Company's Payroll and Human Resource Management products are distributed directly by Microsoft through its Navision reseller channel within North America, and Serenic's Navigator products are distributed via a direct sales force and value-added reseller network.

In 2002, Serenic acquired Vision Pay Inc. and raised $0.5 million in equity with the assistance of Western America. In 2004, Serenic acquired Serenic Software, Inc. with the assistance of Western America.

Web Site: http://www.serenic.com/

  • 1997- Public Company Incorporated by Western America
  • 1998- TSX Venture Exchange IPO; Discovery Acquisitions Corp.
  • 2000- Acquired Accurate Financial Xchange Ltd.
  • 2002- Acquired Vision Pay Inc.
  • 2002- Changed name to Vision HRM Software Inc.
  • 2004- Acquired Serenic Software Inc.
  • 2004- Changed Name to Serenic Corporation
  • TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: SER

ViRexx Medical Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel and unique therapeutic products for the treatment of chronic Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and selected solid tumors. ViRexx has two platform technologies, both of which harness the body's power to cure. The Targeted-Autothrombogenic Cancer Therapy ("T-ACT(TM)") platform is designed to cut off the blood supply to tumors, leading to tumor tissue starvation and death. The Chimigen(TM) platform is designed to educate the immune system to recognize and remove specific viruses in the body. The lead product of the Chimigen(TM) platform is HepaVaxx B, which is being developed to treat chronic Hepatitis B patients.

In 2002, ViRexx merged with Norac Industries Inc. and raised $12 million in equity with the assistance of Western America.

Web Site: http://www.virexx.com/

  • 1986- Public Company Incorporated by Western America
  • 1986- TSX Venture Exchange IPO; Norac Industries Inc.
  • 2003- Merged with ViRexx Research Inc.
  • 2003- Changed name to ViRexx Medical Corp.
  • 2004- Merged with AltaRex Medical Corp.
  • Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: VIR
  • American Stock Exchange Symbol: REX




WPI Gold Ltd. has a gold mining and exploration project located 150km north west of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. The D'Aguilar Gold Project encompasses numerous historic mining operations including the Shamrock, Manumbar and Tablelands mines which have yielded 63,000oz of gold from sporadic open cut mining operations since 1987.

In 1996, WPI acquired Australian Resource Management Pty. and raised $0.5 million in equity with the assistance of Western America. In 1997, WPI raised $5.0 million in equity with the assistance of Western America.

  • 1986- Public Company Incorporated by Western America
  • 1986- TSX Venture Exchange IPO; First Canada Financial Corp.
  • 1996- Acquired Australian Resource Management Pty.
  • 1996- Changed name to Western Pacific Gold Inc.
  • 2002- Divested
  • 2004- Changed name to WPI Gold Ltd.

Western America Capital Group
Suite 1500
10025-102A Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2Z2 Canada
Phone:(780) 496-9171 Fax:(780) 496-9172
Email:info@wacapital.com
Web Site: http://www.wacapital.com