The implicit conversion failes because List<> implements IList, not viceversa. So you can say IList<T> foo = new List<T>(), but not List<T> foo = (some IList-returning method or property).
List<ProjectResources> list = new List<ProjectResources>();
IList<ProjectResources> obj = `Your Data Will Be Here`;
list = obj.ToList<ProjectResources>();
The other answers all recommend to use AddRange with an IList.
A more elegant solution that avoids the casting is to implement an extension to IList to do the job.
In VB.NET:
<Extension()>
Public Sub AddRange(Of T)(ByRef Exttype As IList(Of T), ElementsToAdd As IEnumerable(Of T))
For Each ele In ElementsToAdd
Exttype.Add(ele)
Next
End Sub
And in C#:
public void AddRange<T>(this ref IList<T> Exttype, IEnumerable<T> ElementsToAdd)
{
foreach (var ele in ElementsToAdd)
{
Exttype.Add(ele);
}
}