EX-24.1 5 y63512exv24w1.htm EX-24.1: POWER OF ATTORNEY EX-24.1
EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Valarie A. Hing as its lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution or revocation, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, to:
     (1) execute and file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, for and on its behalf in any and all capacities, any and all reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to securities which are or may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned, including but not limited to reports on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G and Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any and all amendments to such reports and forms, with all exhibits and any other document or instrument as may be required in connection with the filing of such report or form; and
     (2) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
          The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, by serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of July, 2008.

         
Glencore Investment Pty Ltd
 
   
By:   /s/ Marc Ocksay      
  Name:   Marc Ocksay     
  Title:   Director     
 
     
By:   /s/ Steven N. Isaacs      
  Name:   Steven N. Isaacs     
  Title:   Director     
 
Glencore AG
 
   
By:   /s/ Steven F. Kalmin      
  Name:   Steven F. Kalmin     
  Title:   Director     
 
     
By:   /s/ Lotta Grenacher Hagmann      
  Name:   Lotta Grenacher Hagmann     
  Title:   Officer     
 
Glencore Holding AG
 
   
By:   /s/ Ivan Glasenberg      
  Name:   Ivan Glasenberg     
  Title:   Director     
 
     
By:   /s/ Willy R. Strothotte      
  Name:   Willy R. Strothotte     
  Title:   Chairman     
 
         
Glencore Investments AG
 
   
By:   /s/ Steven F. Kalmin      
  Name:   Steven F. Kalmin     
  Title:   Director     
 
     
By:   /s/ Andreas P. Hubmann      
  Name:   Andreas P. Hubmann     
  Title:   Director     
 
Glencore International AG
 
   
By:   /s/ Steven F. Kalmin      
  Name:   Steven F. Kalmin     
  Title:   Director     
 
     
By:   /s/ Lotta Grenacher Hagmann      
  Name:   Lotta Grenacher Hagmann     
  Title:   Officer     
 


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