EXHIBIT 10.8

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The Securities  represented by this  Convertible  Note have not been  registered
under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  ("Act"),  or  applicable  state
securities laws ("State Acts") and shall not be sold,  hypothecated,  donated or
otherwise  transferred  unless the  Borrower  shall have  received an opinion of
Legal Counsel for the Borrower, or such other evidence as may be satisfactory to
Legal Counsel for the Borrower,  to the effect that any such transfer  shall not
require registration under the Act and the State Acts.
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                         TOUCHSTONE RESOURCES USA, INC.
                         f/k/a The Coffee Exchange, Inc.

                         12.00% SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

                                $2,100,000 No: 1

                          DATE OF ISSUE: MARCH 23, 2004

      Touchstone  Resources  USA,  Inc.  (a Delaware  corporation)  (hereinafter
referred to as the  "Borrower")  is indebted and, for value  received,  herewith
promises to pay to:

                             TRIDENT GROWTH FUND, LP

or to its order, (together with any assignee, jointly or severally, the "Holder"
or "Lender") on or before March 23, 2005 (the  "Termination  Date") (unless this
Convertible  Note shall have been sooner called for  redemption or presented for
conversion  as herein  provided),  the sum of Two Million  One Hundred  Thousand
Dollars  ($2,100,000)  (the  "Principal  Amount")  and  to pay  interest  on the
Principal  Amount at the rate of twelve  percent  (12.00%) per annum as provided
herein.  In  furtherance  thereof,  and in  consideration  of the premises,  the
Borrower covenants, promises and agrees as follows:

      1. Interest:  Interest on the Principal  Amount  outstanding  from time to
time  shall  accrue at the rate of 12.00%  per annum and be  payable in cash via
wire transfer in monthly  installments  commencing April 30, 2004 and subsequent
payments  shall be made on the  last  day of each  month  thereafter  until  the
Principal  Amount and all  accrued and unpaid  interest  shall have been paid in
full unless the Holder gives the Borrower written  notification  that it desires
for a  particular  month's  interest  payment  to be  paid  in  fully  paid  and
nonassessable  shares of common  stock,  $0.001 par value,  of the Borrower (the
"Common  Stock"),  based on a stock  price of $1.00 per share and such price per
share shall be subject to  adjustment at the times,  and in accordance  with the
provisions as set forth in section 4(a).  Overdue  principal and interest on the
Convertible Note shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, bear interest
at the rate of 18.00% per annum.  All  payments of both  principal  and interest
shall be made at the address of the Holder hereof as it appears in the books and
records of the  Borrower,  or at such other  place as may be  designated  by the
Holder hereof in writing to Borrower.

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      2. Maturity:  If not sooner redeemed or converted,  this  Convertible Note
shall  mature  on March  23,  2005 at  which  time  all  then  remaining  unpaid
principal,  interest  and any other  charges  then due under the Loan  Agreement
shall be due and payable in full via wire transfer.

      3. Optional  Redemption:  (a) On any interest payment date and after prior
irrevocable  notice as provided for below,  the outstanding  principal amount of
this Convertible  Note is redeemable at the option of the Borrower,  in whole or
in part, at 100% of par. (b) The Borrower may exercise its right to redeem prior
to Termination  Date by giving notice (the  "Redemption  Notice") thereof to the
Holder as such name  appears on the books of the  Borrower,  which  notice shall
specify  the terms of  redemption  (including  the place at which the Holder may
obtain  payment),  the total  principal  amount to be redeemed  (such  principal
amount herein called the  "Redemption  Amount") and the date for redemption (the
"Redemption Date"),  which date shall not be less than 90 days nor more than 120
days  after the date of the  Redemption  Notice.  On the  Redemption  Date,  the
Borrower shall pay all accrued unpaid interest on the Convertible Note up to and
including the Redemption Date, and shall pay to the Holder a dollar amount equal
to  the  Redemption  Amount.  In  the  case  of  Convertible  Notes  called  for
redemption,  the  conversion  rights will expire at the close of business on the
Redemption Date.

      4. Conversion  Right:  The Holder of this  Convertible Note shall have the
right,  at Holder's  option,  at any time,  to convert  all, or, in multiples of
$50,000,  any part of this  Convertible  Note into such number of fully paid and
nonassessable  shares of Common Stock as shall be provided herein. The holder of
this Convertible Note may exercise the conversion right by giving written notice
(the  "Conversion  Notice") to the  Borrower  of the  exercise of such right and
stating the name or names in which the stock  certificate or stock  certificates
for the shares of Common  Stock are to be issued  and the  address to which such
certificates  shall be delivered.  The Conversion Notice shall be accompanied by
the  Convertible  Note.  The  number of shares of  Common  Stock  that  shall be
issuable upon conversion of the Convertible  Note shall equal the face amount of
the  Convertible  Note divided by the  Conversion  Price as defined below and in
effect on the date the Conversion Notice is given;  provided,  however,  that in
the event that this Convertible Note shall have been partially redeemed,  shares
of Common  Stock shall be issued pro rata,  rounded to the nearest  whole share.
Conversion  shall be  deemed to have been  effected  on the date the  Conversion
Notice is  received  (the  "Conversion  Date").  Within 10  business  days after
receipt of the  Conversion  Notice,  Borrower  shall  issue and  deliver by hand
against a signed receipt therefor or by United States  registered  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  to the address designated in the Conversion Notice, a stock
certificate or stock  certificates  of the Borrower  representing  the number of
shares  of  Common  Stock to which  Holder  is  entitled  and a check or cash in
payment  of all  interest  accrued  and  unpaid on the  Convertible  Note  being
converted up to and including the Conversion Date. The conversion rights will be
governed by the following provisions:

      (a) Conversion  Price:  On the issue date hereof and until such time as an
adjustment shall occur, the Conversion price shall be $1.00 per share; provided,
however,  that the Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment at the times,
and in accordance with the provisions, as follows:

      (i) Adjustment  for Issuance of Shares at less than the Conversion  Price:
If and whenever any Additional  Common Stock (as herein defined) shares shall be
issued by the Borrower  (the "Stock Issue Date") for a  consideration  per share
less than the Conversion  Price,  then in each such case the initial  Conversion
Price  shall be  reduced  to a new  Conversion  Price in an amount  equal to the
consideration  per share received by the Borrower for the  additional  shares of
Common Stock then issued and the number of shares issuable to Holder upon

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conversion shall be proportionately increased; and, in the case of shares issued
without consideration, the initial Conversion Price shall be reduced in amount
and the number of shares issued upon conversion shall be increased in an amount
so as to maintain for the Holder the right to convert the Convertible Note into
shares equal in amount to the same percentage interest in the Common Stock of
the Borrower as existed for the Holder immediately preceding the Stock Issue
Date.

(ii) Sale of Shares:  In case of the issuance of  Additional  Common Stock for a
consideration  part or all of  which  shall  be  cash,  the  amount  of the cash
consideration  therefor shall be deemed to be the amount of the cash received by
Borrower  for such  shares,  after any  compensation  or  discount  in the sale,
underwriting or purchase thereof by underwriters or dealers or others performing
similar services or for any expenses incurred in connection  therewith.  In case
of the issuance of any shares of  Additional  Common  Stock for a  consideration
part or all of which shall be other than cash,  the amount of the  consideration
therefor,  other than cash,  shall be deemed to be the then fair market value of
the property  received as determined  by an investment  banking firm selected by
Lender.

      (iii)  Reclassification  of  Shares:  In case of the  reclassification  of
securities  into shares of Common  Stock,  the shares of Common  Stock issued in
such  reclassification  shall be deemed to have been issued for a  consideration
other than cash.  Shares of Additional Common Stock issued by way of dividend or
other distribution on any class of stock of the Borrower shall be deemed to have
been issued without consideration.

      (iv) Split up or  Combination  of Shares:  In case issued and  outstanding
shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or split up into a greater  number of
shares of the  Common  Stock,  the  Conversion  Price  shall be  proportionately
decreased,  and in case issued and  outstanding  shares of Common Stock shall be
combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock,  the Conversion  Price
shall be proportionately  increased,  such increase or decrease, as the case may
be, becoming effective at the time of record of the split-up or combination,  as
the case may be.

      (v) Exceptions:  The term  "Additional  Common Stock" herein shall mean in
the most  broadest  sense all  shares of Common  Stock  hereafter  issued by the
Borrower (including, but not limited to Common Stock held in the treasury of the
Borrower and common stock  purchasable via derivative  security or option on the
date of such grant ), except  Common Stock issued upon the  conversion of any of
this Convertible Note or Warrant.

      (b) Adjustment for Mergers, Consolidations, Etc.:

      (i) In the event of distribution to all Common Stock holders of any stock,
indebtedness   of  the  Borrower  or  assets   (excluding   cash   dividends  or
distributions from retained earnings) or other rights to purchase  securities or
assets,  then, after such event, the Convertible  Notes will be convertible into
the kind and amount of  securities,  cash and other property which the holder of
the  Convertible  Notes would have been  entitled to receive if the holder owned
the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible  Notes  immediately
prior to the occurrence of such event.

      (ii) In case of any capital reorganization,  reclassification of the stock
of the  Borrower  (other  than a change  in par  value or as a result of a stock
dividend, subdivision, split up or combination of shares), this Convertible Note
shall  be  convertible  into the kind and  number  of  shares  of stock or other
securities  or property of the  Borrower to which the holder of the  Convertible
Note would have been  entitled to receive if the holder  owned the Common  Stock
issuable  upon  conversion  of the  Convertible  Note  immediately  prior to the
occurrence of such event.  The  provisions  of these  foregoing  sentence  shall

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similarly    apply    to    successive    reorganizations,    reclassifications,
consolidations,  exchanges,  leases,  transfers or other  dispositions  or other
share exchanges.

      (iii) Notice of Adjustment. (A) In the event the Borrower shall propose to
take any action which shall result in an adjustment in the Conversion Price, the
Borrower shall give notice to the holder of this Convertible  Note, which notice
shall  specify the record date, if any, with respect to such action and the date
on which such action is to take place.  Such notice  shall be given on or before
the  earlier of 10 days  before the  record  date or the date which such  action
shall be taken. Such notice shall also set forth all facts (to the extent known)
material  to the effect of such action on the  Conversion  Price and the number,
kind or  class  of  shares  or  other  securities  or  property  which  shall be
deliverable  or  purchasable  upon the  occurrence of such action or deliverable
upon conversion of this Convertible  Note. (B) Following  completion of an event
wherein the  Conversion  Price shall be adjusted,  the Borrower shall furnish to
the holder of this Convertible Note a statement, signed by an authorized officer
of the  Borrower  of the facts  creating  such  adjustment  and  specifying  the
resultant adjusted Conversion Price then in effect.

      5. Reservation of Shares:  As of June 30, 3004, the Borrower  warrants and
agrees  that it  shall  at all  times  reserve  and keep  available,  free  from
preemptive rights,  sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to
effect conversion of this Convertible Note.

      6. Registration  Rights: The Holder has certain rights with respect to the
registration  of shares of  Common  Stock  issued  upon the  conversion  of this
Convertible  Note pursuant to the terms of the Loan  Agreement.  Borrower agrees
that  a  copy  of  the  Loan  Agreement  with  all   amendments,   additions  or
substitutions  therefor  shall be  available to the Holder at the offices of the
Borrower.

      7. Taxes:  The Borrower shall pay any  documentary or other  transactional
taxes  attributable to the issuance or delivery of this  Convertible Note or the
shares of Common  Stock  issued upon  conversion  by the Holder  (excluding  any
federal,  state or local income taxes and any  franchise  taxes or taxes imposed
upon the Holder by the jurisdiction, or any political subdivision thereof, under
which such Holder is organized or is qualified to do business.)

      8. Default:

      (a) Event of Default: An "Event of Default" shall exist if any one or more
of the following events (herein  collectively  called "Events of Default") shall
occur and be continuing:

      (i) Borrower shall fail to pay (or shall state in writing an intention not
to pay or its inability to pay),  not later than 10 days after the due date, any
installment  of interest on or principal  of, any  Convertible  Note or any fee,
expense or other payment required hereunder;

      (ii) Any of events stated in Section 7 of the Loan Agreement.

      (b)  Remedies  Upon Event of  Default:  If an Event of Default  shall have
occurred  and be  continuing,  then Lender may  exercise  any one or more of the
following  rights and remedies,  and any other  remedies  provided in any of the
Loan  Documents,  as  Lender  in its  sole  discretion,  may deem  necessary  or
appropriate:

      (i) declare the unpaid Principal Amount (after application of any payments
or installments received by Lender) of, and all interest then accrued but unpaid
on, the Convertible  Notes and any other  liabilities  hereunder to be forthwith
due and  payable,  whereupon  the same shall  forthwith  become due and  payable
without presentment,  demand, protest, notice of default, notice of acceleration
or of intention to accelerate or other notice of any kind, all of which Borrower
hereby expressly waives.

      (ii) reduce any claim to judgment, and/or

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      (iii)  without  notice of  default or demand,  pursue and  enforce  any of
Lender's  rights and remedies under the Loan  Documents,  or otherwise  provided
under or pursuant to any applicable law or agreement, all of which rights may be
specifically enforced.

      (c)  Remedies  Nonexclusive:  Each  right,  power or remedy of the  holder
hereof  upon the  occurrence  of any Event of  Default as  provided  for in this
Convertible Note or now or hereafter  existing at law or in equity or by statute
shall be  cumulative  and  concurrent  and shall be in  addition  to every other
right, power or remedy provided for in this Convertible Note or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute, and the exercise or beginning of the
exercise by the holder or  transferee  hereof of any one or more of such rights,
powers or remedies shall not preclude the  simultaneous or later exercise by the
holder of any or all such other rights, powers or remedies.

      (d)  Expenses:  Upon the  occurrence  of a Default or an Event of Default,
which  occurrence  is not cured  within the notice  provisions,  if any provided
therefore,  Borrower  agrees  to pay  and  shall  pay  all  costs  and  expenses
(including Lenders attorney's fees and expenses)  reasonably  incurred by Lender
in connection with the preservation and enforcement of Lender's rights under the
Loan Agreement, the Convertible Notes, or any other Loan Document.

      9. Failure to Act and Waiver:  No failure or delay by the holder hereof to
require the performance of any term or terms of this  Convertible Note or not to
exercise any right, or any remedy shall  constitute a waiver of any such term or
of any right or of any  default,  nor shall such delay or failure  preclude  the
holder hereof from exercising any such right,  power or remedy at any later time
or times.  By accepting  payment after the due date of any amount  payable under
this Convertible  Note, the holder hereof shall not be deemed to waive the right
either to require  payment when due of all other  amounts  payable,  or to later
declare a default for failure to effect such  payment of any such other  amount.
The failure of the holder of this Convertible Note to give notice of any failure
or breach of the Borrower  under this  Convertible  Note shall not  constitute a
waiver of any right or remedy in respect of such continuing failure or breach or
any subsequent failure or breach.

      10. Consent to Jurisdiction:  The Borrower hereby agrees and consents that
any  action,  suit or  proceeding  arising out of this  Convertible  Note may be
brought  in any  appropriate  court in the State of Texas  including  the United
States District Court for the Northern  District of Texas, or in any other court
having  jurisdiction  over the subject  matter,  all at the sole election of the
holder hereof,  and by the issuance and execution of this  Convertible  Note the
Borrower irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of each such court.

      11. Holders Right to Request Multiple Convertible Notes: The Holder shall,
upon written request and  presentation of the Convertible  Note, have the right,
at any interest  payment date, to request division of this Convertible Note into
two or more  units,  each of such to be in such  amounts as shall be  requested;
provided  however that no Convertible  Notes shall be issued in denominations of
face amount less than $50,000.00.

      12. Transfer: This Convertible Note may be transferred on the books of the
Borrower  by  the  registered  Holder  hereof,  or  by  Holder's  attorney  duly
authorized in writing, only upon (i) delivery to the Borrower of a duly executed
assignment of the Convertible Note, or part thereof, to the proposed new Holder,
along  with a current  notation  of the  amount  of  payments  received  and net
Principal  Amount yet unfunded,  and presentment of such Convertible Note to the
Borrower for issue of a replacement  Convertible Note, or Convertible  Notes, in
the  name of the new  Holder,  (ii) the  designation  by the new  Holder  of the
Lender's  agent for  notice,  such agent to be the sole  party to whom  Borrower
shall be required to provide notice when notice to Lender is required  hereunder

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and who shall be the sole  party  authorized  to  represent  Lender in regard to
modification or waivers under the Convertible Note, the Loan Agreement, or other
Loan Documents;  and any action,  consent or waiver, (other than a compromise of
principal and interest), when given or taken by Lender's agent for notice, shall
be  deemed  to be the  action  of the  holders  of a  majority  in amount of the
Principal  Amount of the Convertible  Notes, as such holders are recorded on the
books of the  Borrower,  and (iii) in  compliance  with the  legend to read "The
Securities  represented by this  Convertible Note have not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended  ("Act"),  or applicable state securities
laws ("State  Acts") and shall not be sold,  hypothecated,  donated or otherwise
transferred  unless the Borrower shall have received an opinion of Legal Counsel
for the Borrower, or such other evidence as may be satisfactory to Legal Counsel
for the  Borrower,  to the  effect  that any such  transfer  shall  not  require
registration under the Act and the State Acts."

      The  Borrower  shall be  entitled  to treat  any  holder  of record of the
Convertible  Note as the Holder in fact thereof and of the Convertible  Note and
shall not be bound to recognize  any  equitable or other claim to or interest in
this Convertible  Note in the name of any other person,  whether or not it shall
have express or other notice thereof,  save as expressly provided by the laws of
Texas.

      13. Notices:  All notices and  communications  under this Convertible Note
shall be in  writing  and shall be either  delivered  in person or by  overnight
delivery and  accompanied by a signed receipt  therefor;  or mailed  first-class
United States certified mail,  return receipt  requested,  postage prepaid,  and
addressed as follows: (i) if to the Borrower at its address for notice as stated
in the Loan Agreement;  and, (ii) if to the holder of this Convertible  Note, to
the address (a) of such  holder as it appears on the books of the  Borrower,  or
(b) in the case of a partial assignment to one or more holders,  to the Lender's
agent for  notice,  as the case may be.  Any  notice of  communication  shall be
deemed given and received as of the date of such  delivery if  delivered;  or if
mailed, then three days after the date of mailing.

      14. Maximum Interest Rate:  Regardless of any provision  contained in this
Convertible Note, Lender shall never be entitled to receive, collect or apply as
interest on the Convertible Note any amount in excess of interest  calculated at
the Maximum  Rate,  and, in the event that  Lender  ever  receives,  collects or
applies as  interest  any such  excess,  the  amount  which  would be  excessive
interest  shall be deemed to be a partial  prepayment  of principal  and treated
hereunder as such; and, if the principal  amount of the Convertible Note is paid
in  full,  any  remaining  excess  shall  forthwith  be  paid  to  Borrower.  In
determining  whether  or not the  interest  paid or payable  under any  specific
contingency exceeds interest calculated at the Maximum Rate, Borrower and Lender
shall, to the maximum extent  permitted under  applicable law, (i)  characterize
any non principal payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest;
(ii) exclude voluntary  prepayments and the effects thereof, and (iii) amortize,
pro rate,  allocate  and spread,  in equal  parts,  the total amount of interest
throughout the entire  contemplated term of the Convertible Note; provided that,
if the  Convertible  Note is paid and  performed in full prior to the end of the
full  contemplated  term  thereof,  and if the interest  received for the actual
period of existence  thereof  exceeds  interest  calculated at the Maximum Rate,
Lender  shall  refund to Borrower the amount of such excess or credit the amount
of such excess against the principal amount of the Convertible Note and, in such
event,  Lender  shall not be subject to any  penalties  provided by any laws for
contracting for, charging,  taking, reserving or receiving interest in excess of
interest calculated at the Maximum Rate.

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      (b) "Maximum  Rate" shall mean,  on any day, the lesser of (i) 18% or (ii)
the highest nonusurious rate of interest (if any) permitted by applicable law on
such day that at any time, or from time to time, may be contracted  for,  taken,
reserved,  charged or received on the Indebtedness  evidenced by the Convertible
Note  under the laws  which are  presently  in  effect of the  United  States of
America  and the State of Texas or by the laws of any other  jurisdiction  which
are or may be  applicable  to the  holders  of the  Convertible  Note  and  such
Indebtedness  or, to the extent  permitted by law, under such applicable laws of
the United  States of America and the State of Texas or by the laws of any other
jurisdiction  which are or may be  applicable  to the holder of the  Convertible
Note and  which may  hereafter  be in effect  and which  allow a higher  maximum
nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

      15. Rights under Loan Agreement:  This Convertible Note is issued pursuant
to that  certain Loan  Agreement  dated March 23, 2004 by and between the Lender
and Borrower  (the "Loan  Agreement"),  and the holder hereof is entitled to all
the rights and benefits,  and is subject to all the  obligations of Lender under
said agreement.  Both Borrower and Lenders have  participated in the negotiation
and  preparation of the Loan Agreement and of this  Convertible  Note.  Borrower
agrees that a copy of the Loan  Agreement  with all  amendments,  additions  and
substitutions  therefore  shall be available to the Holder at the offices of the
Borrower.  This  Convertible  Note  is  secured  pursuant  to  various  security
agreements dated March 23, 2004

      16.  GOVERNING  LAW:  THIS  CONVERTIBLE  NOTE  SHALL  BE  GOVERNED  BY AND
CONSTRUED  AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE  WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,  OR,
WHERE APPLICABLE, THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
GENERAL  CORPORATION  LAW  OF  THE  STATE  OF  DELAWARE  GOVERNS  THE  CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE OF THE COMPANY  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN  ORAL  AGREEMENTS  BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.

                            [Signature page follows]



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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned  Borrower has caused this Convertible
Note to be duly issued and executed on the Date of Issue as stated above.



Address for Notice:                        Touchstone Resources USA, Inc.
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1111 Presidential Blvd., Suite 158
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
                                           By:  /s/ Stephen P. Harrington
                                              ---------------------------
                                           Stephen P. Harrington
                                           Title:

                                           Attest by: /s/ Stephen P. Harrington
                                                     --------------------------
                                           Title: Secretary




Guarantors,  in  consideration of Lender's loan, do hereby jointly and severally
guaranty  performance under the Note and shall promptly pay principal,  interest
and  penalties  that are not paid by Borrower  to Lender  pursuant to this Note.
This is an absolute and  unconditional  guaranty of payment and may be proceeded
upon by Lender  before  filing any action  against  Borrower or after any action
against Borrower has been commenced.  Obligations of the Guarantors shall not be
discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of Lender to assert,
claim, demand or enforce any remedy under this Note, nor by waiver, modification
or  amendment  of this  Convertible  Note or by any  compromise,  settlement  or
discharge of obligations of Borrower under this Note.  Guarantors shall be given
10 days  written  notice  by Lender of a  default  by  Borrower  prior to Lender
collecting from Guarantors.  Each Guarantor joint and severally  guarantees this
Note.


Touchstone Awakino, Inc.


Touchstone Louisiana, Inc.


Touchstone Vicksburg, Inc.


Touchstone Resources USA , Inc. (Texas)

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