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3.  Operating Partners

                              A.  TCL International, Inc.

                                 TCL is a Dallas based holding company that specializes in transportation,
                                 project  management,  marine  fabrication  and  logistics  services.  Its
                                 executives and managers have many years of experience in domestic and
                                 international  operations.  They  operated  a  freight  terminal  in  Houston,
                                 Texas  as  a  part  of  a  global  logistics  business  that  they  conducted
                                 worldwide including focused operations in the USA, Canada, Russia and
                                 the countries of the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and Africa.

                                 TCL  managed  logistics  services  in  the  US,  Russia,  and  in  several
                                 countries in Africa and the Middle East.

                                 Since  2014,  TCL  has  been  exploring  the  possibility  of  expanding  its
                                 operations  to  Paraguay.  At  present,  the  company  is  committed  to  its
                                 active presence in the country and to participate in its development. The
                                 principals  have  many  years  of  experience  in  banking  and  finance,
                                 shipping operations, ports and barge building, and terminal operation.

                                 TCL plans to bring other partners to this enterprise.

                              B.  Ceregral S.A.

                                 Ceregral  S.A.  operates  a  private  import  terminal  with  a  built-in  custom
                                 house under a contract with the government.  That facility is in the City of
                                 Fernando de la Mora, Grand Asuncion. The company owns a 32-hectare
                                 site located on the banks of the Paraguay River in the City of Villeta, south
                                 of Asuncion.

                                     Some of the existing infrastructure for the planned terminal site are
                                     the following:

                                 •   Site is totally fenced.
                                 •   Compacted, clean open fields.
                                 •   140,000 sq. ft. covered storage.
                                 •   Separate storage areas with solid floors.
                                 •   Office building.
                                 •   Reception/ guard building.
                                 •   Electrical installation.

                                                   Ceregral will add the following assets to this operation:

                                 •   Agreement with the government to use the loading/ unloading service
                                     at the Villeta’s government owned port facility.
                                 •   Agreement with the government to operate a private custom house.
                                 •   Environmental Impact Assessment approved by the Secretariat of the
                                     Environment.
                                 •   Transportation service.
                                 •   Meat exporters.

                                                This company has a terminal operation at the Villeta site.




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