Mining

 

Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp.

Abacus mining is engaged in the exploration and development of multiple copper porphyry bodies in the Afton Mining Camp of British Columbia, Canada.  Focus is on the Ajax deposit which has an NI 43-101 compliant resource of 2.51 billion lbs of copper and 2.29 million ounces of gold measured and indicated and 1.18 billion lbs of copper and 1.09 million ounces of gold inferred.  The project has significant infrastructure in place, which will allow for quick development and lower costs. 

Alberta Star Development Corp.

Alberta Star’s Eldorado-Contact Lake landholdings total over 93,000 acres and encompass five former uranium and silver producing mines.  They have identified numerous uranium and silver prospects on their property, and are also exploring for a large IOCG system. 

Amerigo Resources Ltd.

Amerigo Resources Ltd., through its 100% owned Chilean subsidiary, produces copper/molybdenum by reprocessing tailings from the El Teniente mine in Chile - the world’s largest underground copper mine, owned by Codelco. Revenues grew from $35.24 million in 2004, to $89.47 million in 2009. EBITDA has been positive every year since 2003, and the company has been profitable every year except 2008.

Anaconda Mining Inc.

Anaconda Mining Inc. is a mining and exploration company based in Toronto, Canada focused on the currently producing Pine Cove gold mine, located on the Baie Verte peninsula, Newfoundland.  The Pine Cove mill currently operates at a throughput rate of 900-1000 tonnes per day, with an overall gold recovery of approximately 80%. 

Andover Ventures Inc.

Through a controlling interest in Chief Consolidated Mining Company, Andover Ventures holds an impressive land package in the East Tintic Mining District of Utah.  The 100% owned SUN deposit in the Ambler Mining district of Alaska is considered the second largest deposit in the district. 

Apella Resources Inc.

Apella Resources Inc. is a Vancouver, British Columbia based exploration company.  The company is currently focusing primarily on advancing its vanadium/titanium/iron projects located in central Quebec.  Recent drilling on the Iron-T and Lac Doré North properties have had very positive results.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd has a long mining history.  The Avino Mine in Mexico produced 16 million oz of silver, 100,000 oz of gold, and 24 million pounds of copper over 27 years.  Significant exploration targets on the property indicate potential for resource delineation and future production in the near-term. 

Bard Ventures Ltd.

Bard Ventures Ltd. is a Vancouver based metals exploration company focusing exploration and development in British Columbia. The company’s flagship properties are the Lone Pine Molybdenum project, and the Wasi Creek Zinc Lead Silver project, both located in central B.C., Canada.

Bell Resources Corporation

Bell Resources Corporation holds a number of early to advanced stage exploration properties in the United States and Canada.  Their most advanced property, Granduc, is a historic copper producer and has a historic resource estimate (non 43-101) of 9.9 million tonnes grading 1.84% copper, with potential to expand the resource greatly.

Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd.

Bralorne Gold Mines has assembled the largest past producing gold mines in Western Canada into one land package.  They are focusing their efforts on delineating resources in under explored regions of the property and putting the mine back into production. 

Canada Gold Corporation

Canada Gold Corporation is focused on establishing ore processing facilities near Small Scale, Artisanal mining communities in developing countries. The company's first plant is to be located in Northern Peru. The company expects to complete construction and commission operations within 15 months.

Canada Rare Earths Inc.

Canada Rare Earths Inc. is a Vancouver based junior exploration company focused on exploration and development of its Goeland rare earth project in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada. The project consists of 47 mining claims covering an area of 2,585 hectares and is road accessible. The company has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Goeland property and has initiated an exploration program this spring.

Canadian Zinc Corporation

Canadian Zinc owns the Prairie Creek Mine, an advanced stage development project with a large silver, lead, and zinc resource.  This property can be put into production quickly and cheaply upon receipt of final permits.  However, the permitting process has caused significant time delays, due, in part to controversy surrounding the project from First Nations and environmental groups and the cumbersome structure of the regulatory process in the Northwest Territories. 

Carmax Explorations Ltd..

Carmax Explorations is exploring the Eaglehead property in British Columbia and the Whiskeyjack property in Northern Ontario, Canada.  The Eaglehead property has historic estimates totaling approximately 55 million tonnes grading 0.4% copper not including molybdenum, gold, and silver credits in three mineralized zones.  We believe, significant exploration potential still exists on the property.      

Castle Gold Corp.

Castle Gold is producing from the 100% owned El Castillo Gold Mine in Durango, Mexico and the 50% owned El Sastre Mine in Guatemala.  The company’s strategy, pioneered by experienced management, is to start with small, low cost heap leaching operations, build resources and grow production out of cash flow.  Advanced exploration to define a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate at La Fortuna is underway.   

Cerro Grande Mining Corporation

Cerro Grande Mining corporation is focusing efforts on increasing production at the Pimenton Gold Mine, Chile. The Pimenton Mine property has Proven and Probable reserves of 132,000 tonnes containing 13.5 g/t Au and 1.47% Cu.  Current exploration aims to define economic grade reserves of a potentially large deep-seated porphyry deposit at the Pimenton Mine Property and the near by Tordillo project. The company also plans to initiate drilling in November 2011, on the Santa Cecilia Project which holds significant further upside potential for CEG.

Champion Bear Resources Ltd.

Champion Bear Resources Ltd. is a junior exploration company holding several properties in the Sudbury and Dryden mining regions of Ontario.  The company’s current focus is on their PGM, gold and base metal properties, Eagle Rock and Parkin.  The Parkin property overlies 7 km of the Parkin offset dyke, and is currently being drilled by JV partners Wallbridge Mining Company and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd.

China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd. is a gold and non-ferrous metal producing company with two flagship properties in China; The Chang Shan Hao Gold mine in Inner Mongolia, and The Jiama poly-metallic mine in Tibet.  Strong potential exists for near term production growth and continued exploration aims to expand the existing resource base at both projects.

Cloudbreak Resources Ltd.

Cloudbreak Resources is delineating resources on two copper porphyry/skarn deposits on the Sarp property in northwestern Turkey.  The company has an option to earn 65% interest in this property.  The Derekoy porphyry has a historic resource estimate of 221 million tonnes grading between 0.24 –0.27% copper, and Ikiztepe Hill has a historic resource estimate of 13.5 million tonnes grading 0.52% copper and 0.05% molybdenum. 

Columbus Gold Corp

Columbus Gold and its exploration team, Cordilleran Exploration Company (Cordex), are focusing on the generation and development of successful mining prospects in the western United States.  They are largely focused on gold in Nevada, and are utilizing a joint venture model.  Currently, the company has 13 of its 25 projects joint ventured to major and junior mining companies.  They are maintaining 100% interest and conducting exploration on their Bolo property.

Commerce Resources Corp.

Commerce Resources Group is an exploration and development company with a particular focus on tantalum and rare metal deposits with a potential for economic grades and large tonnages.

Compliance Energy Corporation

Compliance Energy Corporation is currently developing the Raven Coal Project on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.  The project has resources of 39.1 million tonnes measured and indicated, and 59 million tonnes inferred.  The company recently signed a joint venture to aid in project development.

Consolidated Spire Ventures

Consolidated Spire Ventures holds interest in three early to mid stage gold and silver exploration projects in British Columbia, Canada and Mexico.  The company is exploration focused and aims to explore their properties to advanced stage and option them to other companies for feasibility and production. 

Coral Gold Resources Ltd.

Coral Gold Resources holds a large land position in the prolific Battle Mountain-Eureka Gold Trend, Nevada.  Nevada is the world’s third largest gold producer and the potential is still great for exploration on this trend.  Coral Gold has identified a 1.1 million ounce resource near the surface and are targeting possible gold mineralization at depth. 

Creston Moly Corp.

Creston Moly Corp. owns 100% of the El Creston deposit in northern Sonora, Mexico.  This advanced stage project has a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate of 169 million pounds of molybdenum indicated, and 141 million pounds of Mo inferred, which will be upgraded in September 2008, based on a recently completed infill drilling program.  Economic studies are underway, and we believe the aspects of the project are good, due to the project’s accessibility, infrastructure, and potential for expansion.  

Desert Gold Ventures Inc.

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is a junior exploration company focusing its exploration and development in the prolific gold belts of Nevada. The company’s flagship property is the Goldbanks project, located 55km south of Winnemucca, Nevada.

Diamcor Mining Inc.

Diamcor Mining Inc. is proceeding with the impending acquisition of the Krone-Endora diamond project from De Beers.  The project has initial resources of 54.26 million tonnes of diamond bearing gravels containing an estimated 1.31 million carats of diamonds.  The company is planning to commence with recommended extended drilling and trial mining in Q4 of 2010, with a target of achieving a production rate of 15,000 carats per month within 12 months of operations.

DMC Mining Ltd.

DMC Mining is an Australian (Perth) based iron ore company focusing its exploration and development on its flagship property, the Mayoko Iron Ore Deposit, located in the Republic of Congo (ROC), West Africa.

Duran Ventures Inc.

Duran Ventures is a Canadian exploration company focused on advancing the Pasacancha Project which features a past producing silver-lead-zinc mine and the Aguila copper-molybdenum project in Ancash, Peru.  The 11,000 hectares of Peru projects are 100% owned by Duran Ventures.

El Nino Ventures Inc.

El Nino Ventures Inc. is funding exploration to earn a 50% interest in the advanced stage Bathurst Zinc Project from Xstrata Zinc.  The joint venture is exploring for a large VMS deposit to extend the mine life of Xstrata’s Brunswick #12 Mine past 2010.  El Nino is drilling their large landholdings in the DRC Copperbelt, and exploring for zinc and lead in Ireland.   

Evolving Gold Corp.

Evolving Gold is currently exploring its 100% owned Rattlesnake Hills gold project in central Wyoming.  Phase II drilling is aimed at completing 15,000 meters and providing sufficient data to calculate an inferred resource estimation.  The company currently has $17.9 million in working capital.

Explor Resources Inc.

Explor Resources Inc. is a Quebec based mineral exploration company that has assembled a portfolio of grassroots and early stage exploration drilling properties in Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The company is focused on the exploration of gold and base metals in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt.

Explorator Resources Inc.

Explorator Resources is focused on the El Espino-Venus project in north-central Chile.  This project has a delineated resource of 165.361 million pounds of copper and 68,000 ounces of gold indicated, and 1.184 billion pounds of copper and 539,000 ounces of gold inferred.  There is potential for significant high grade oxide copper resources, which offer near term production potential, and longer term, the delineation of 150+ million tonnes of sulfide copper-gold mineralization amenable to open pit and bulk tonnage underground extraction.    

Fission Energy Corp

Kelowna, BC based Fission Energy Corp. is headed by a competent management team including President and COO, Ross McElroy, P.Geol., who has a history working in the Athabasca Basin including being a member of the early stage discovery team of the MacArthur River uranium deposit.

Formation Capital Corporation

Formation Capital has three separate strategies: the development and production of the Idaho Cobalt project, the exploration of precious metals and uranium properties in North America, and the revenue generating operations of the Sunshine Precious Metals Refinery, which processes client material. 

Foundation Resources Inc.

Foundation Resources’  flagship property is the Coldstream gold project located 115 kilometers west of Thunder Bay in northwest Ontario. The East Coldstream deposit at the Coldstream project has a historic resource of 5.1Mt containing 234,000 Oz Au. The company has performed aggressive exploration work on this project including over 16,000 meters of diamond drilling completed to date  and the ongoing 2011 summer drill program.

Golden Chalice Resources

Golden Chalice Resources has a strong portfolio of 35 properties focused on large discoveries in Ontario, a world-class mining district.  The company is exploration driven and discovery focused.  The Langmuir deposit represents a new nickel discovery with excellent accessibility and infrastructure near Timmins, Ontario. 

Golden Goose Resources Inc.

Golden Goose Resources is simultaneously advancing two advanced stage assets towards production.  The Magino project is a former gold producer with a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 500,000 oz of gold and further potential at depth.  The Lac Levac project is a nickel target with a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 1.25 million tonnes of ore grading 0.89% Ni in the indicated and inferred categories.  Resource expansion is ongoing at both properties in 2007 and 2008. 

GoldRea Resources Corp.

Goldrea Resources Corp. (GOR) is a junior mining company which has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire the Shandong Daye Gold mine in China.  This is an operating mine with infrastructure already in place.  Goldrea is currently conducting a drilling program to outline an economic gold resource.

Gold Resource Corporation

Gold Resource Corporation is anticipating 70,000 ounces in the first 12 months of production, beginning in mid-2009, at its 100% owned El Aguila property from the El Aguila open pit.  Several high-grade veins have been identified nearby which will provide ore starting in year two.  The company also holds three other properties within trucking distance of the El Aguila mill site.

Goldrush Resources Ltd.

Goldrush Resources is focused on maximizing shareholder value through the development of mineral deposits in the safe and stable countries of West Africa.  The company currently holds five prospective exploration permits in Burkina Faso covering 845 square kilometres.

Gowest Gold Ltd.

Gowest Gold Ltd. is focused on the 100% company owned Frankfield East deposit, part of the north Timmins gold project.  The deposit has an Indicated NI 43-101 Resource Estimate of around 1.6 million tonnes containing 348,000 oz of gold with a grade of 6.68 g/t Au, and an Inferred resource of approximately 4.3 million tonnes containing 838,900 ounces of gold at a grade of 6.01 g/t Au.  A positive Preliminary Economic Assessment on the project was announced on November 14, 2011.

Grenville Gold Corporation

Grenville Gold is pursuing advanced exploration projects with significant evidence of mineralization in South America to bring their resources to NI 43-101 compliance and eventually production.  They aim to put three properties into production over the next four years.  Several of their properties have historic resource estimates and historic production.

Gryphon Gold

Gryphon Gold is primarily focused on the Borealis gold property in Nevada, which has a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate of 1.42 million ounces measured and indicated, and 1.1 million ounces inferred.  The property has an oxide resource that is amenable to heap leaching.  The company is using the joint venture model to advance a portfolio of 54 properties acquired through the acquisition of Nevada Eagle Resources.    

Harvest Gold Corp.

Harvest Gold is a TSX Venture listed junior mineral exploration company.  The company’s flagship property, Rosebud, hosts a past producing, high grade underground mine operated by a Hecla Mining and Newmont Mining joint venture from 1997 to 2000.  Remaining in place resources total approximately 0.24 million ounces of gold and 2.13 million ounces of silver.

Hemis Corporation

Hemis Corporation is exploring for gold in Mexico and Alaska.  The El Tigre property is a gold, copper, and molybdenum breccia target in Sonora, Mexico.  The company identified several mineralized zones in their 2007 drilling program.  The Anchor Point property is an offshore placer gold target in the Cook Inlet of Alaska.  Early stage exploration is underway.   

Hudson Resources Inc.

Hudson Resources is focused on diamond exploration in West Greenland. The company has a direct 100% interest in a 733 sq. km property in the Sarfartoq region, near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. It has a further 80% interest in an additional 765 sq. km. via a joint venture with New Millennium Resources NL.

Hunt Mining Corp

Hunt Mining Corp is a junior exploration company focusing on the acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal projects in South America. The company's flagship project, the La Josefina project in Argentina, has an NI 43-101 compliant measured, indicated and inferred resources of 7.0 Mt containing 0.16 M oz Au and 2.7 M oz of Ag. The company is committed to advancing the project towards production.

Jasper Mining Corporation

Jasper Mining Corporation holds 100% interest in 19 properties in British Columbia.  The company is focusing on developing its copper/molybdenum Isintok property, and molybdenum hosting McFarlane property, with the intention of completing 43-101 resource calculations on both properties in early 2009.

Kalahari Resources Inc.

Vancouver based Kalahari Resources Inc. (KLA), is an emerging mining and exploration company focused on gold properties.  The company’s flagship property is the Lamaque Property located in the Abitibi Greenstone belt approximately 1 km north of the Cadillac-Larder Lake break, the primary control for gold mineralization at the Val d’Or gold camp in Quebec. 

Kingsman Resources Inc.

Kingsman Resources (TSX.V: KSM) is exploring its Snowshoe Property in the Boundary Mining District of Southern British Columbia.  They are currently drilling six targets identified through an electromagnetic survey.  The property has Eocene aged mineralized veins, which have produced millions of ounces of gold in this region. 

Klondex Mines Ltd.

Klondex Mines is a B.C. company engaged in acquiring, exploring and developing gold and silver properties in Nevada.

Lateegra Gold Corp.

Lateegra Gold Corp owns five properties in Ecuador and Mexico. They are focusing on the Picacho and El Condor properties, both with significant evidence of economic mineralization. The Picacho property is already in production, and the El Condor property hosts geology and mineralization very similar to successful gold targets adjacent to the property.     

Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc.

Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc. holds a 100% interest in two key properties located in Ontario, Canada and Nevada, USA.  The Bell Mountain property has a Measured and Indicated NI 43-101 Resource Estimate 9,761,000 tonnes of material at an average grade of 0.526 g/t Au and 17.63 g/t Ag, hosting 165,018 oz Au and 5,533,907 oz Ag, and an Inferred resource of 2,046,000 tonnes of material at an average grade of 0.449 g/t Au and 13.26 g/t Ag hosting 29,550 oz Au and 872,411 oz Ag.    

Lion Energy Corp.

Lion Energy recently sold 100% interest in its potash assets in south central Saskatchewan for equity. LEO has signed an agreement with Africa Oil Corp. to farm-in AOI’s production sharing contracts in the Republic of Kenya and Puntland, Somalia. In October 2009, the company announced a non-binding LOI with regards to a business combination with Southern Star Energy Inc. and Gold Star Resources Corp.

Lomiko Metals Inc.

Lomiko Metals is a junior mining company focused on the exploration of its 100% owned Vines Lake gold property located in the Cassiar region of northern B.C.  The company holds 50% interest in eight lithium mining claims in Chile and recently entered an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% interest.

Lovitt Resources Ltd.

Lovitt Resources Ltd. is a junior exploration company focusing its exploration and development efforts in the Wenatchee Gold Belt located in Central Washington State.  The company’s flagship property is the Lovitt Mine Property located just outside of Wenatchee, WA.

Manson Creek Resources Ltd.

Manson Creek Resources Ltd. is a Calgary based junior precious/base metals and uranium exploration company focusing its exploration in British Columbia, the Yukon, and Saskatchewan. The company’s strategy is focused on creating shareholder value through the early acquisition and development of quality properties that have undiscovered resource potential.

Mawson Resources Ltd.

Mawson Resources’ flagship property is the Rompas gold-uranium project located in northern Finland.  A recent preliminary exploration program completed by Mawson returned average grades of 224 g/t gold and 3.6% uranium in 21 samples.  The company’s highly prospective property portfolio also includes uranium focused properties in Sweden and the Alto Quemado gold-copper project in southern Peru.

MBMI Resources Inc.

MBMI Resources Inc. is a junior exploration company with a portfolio of 8 nickel laterite projects in the Philippines. The company intends to operate a series of  contiguous Small Mining Licenses to produce Direct Shipping Ore (DSO). Over time, the company intends to consolidate the projects into a single larger mine site which could include a processing facility.

Megastar Development Corp

Megastar Development Corp. is a mineral exploration company that has assembled a portfolio of 3 properties with gold and VMS (mainly Cu and Zinc) exploration prospects in Quebec and B.C. All projects cover a range of development from grassroots to historic production/resource estimates. The company has received its  first NI 43-101 resource estimate on their Simkar property.

Merrex Gold Inc.

Merrex Gold Inc. is focused on two advanced exploration properties: the West Mali Gold Project in West Africa, and the Jubilee Zinc-Lead Project in Nova Scotia, Canada.  The Jubilee project has good infrastructure, high-grade zinc and lead mineralization, and a NI 43-101 resource estimate of 3.1 million tonnes grading 3.81% zinc and 0.89% lead.  The West Mali Siribaya Gold Project represents a large new gold discovery in a prolific mining district. 

Mesa Uranium Corp.

Mesa Uranium is exploring for uranium in the Lisbon Valley Mining District of Utah, the largest uranium producing area in the United States.  They are exploring the under explored northeastern fault block of the Lisbon Valley Fault, which is believed to host similar mineralization that has produced 78 million pounds of uranium in the district.  They drilled the property in 2006, and have a number of targets that remain to be tested.    

Mindoro Resources Ltd.

Mindoro Resources has over 20 exploration projects covering more than 55,000 hectares in the Philippines.  The company holds a very large land position targeting district scale epithermal and porphyry projects.  They also have a 75% interest in the Agata nickel laterite project, which they hope to produce DSO ore from by 2008.  The Philippines is a country of great mineral wealth that has seen a mineral exploration revival in the last 3 years. 

Midway Gold Corp.

Midway Gold Corp. is a precious metals exploration company focused on the creation of value for shareholders by exploring and developing quality precious metal resources in stable mining areas.  The company currently has measured, indicated and inferred resources totaling over 4.6 million ounces.

Molycor Gold Corporation

Molycor Gold Corp holds 5 molybdenum/precious metals properties in British Columbia and 5 gold properties in the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend of Nevada.  The company is actively exploring the Crowrea and Empress properties in British Columbia, and continues exploration in Nevada. 

Monument Mining Ltd.

Monument Mining is focused on epithermal gold deposits in Malaysia.  Commercial production at the Selinsing Gold Project in Pahang State was achieved in September, 2010.  The mine is currently operating at a rate of 30,000 tons per month and as of September 30, 2010, has produced 22,843 ounces of gold.

Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.

Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. is working to develop the CUMO project located near Boise, Idaho.  The project hosts what is considered the largest un-mined open pit molybdenum deposit in the world.

Murgor Resources Inc.

Murgor is advancing the Hudvam, Wim, and Fon deposits.  All three properties have NI 43-101 compliant resource estimates. The company recently announced a significant increase in resources at its Hudvam and Wim properties. They also hold two large grassroots exploration properties in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt.  The company hopes to be in production in 2009. 

Musgrove Minerals Corp.

Musgrove is focusing on mineral exploration and development in Idaho, USA. The company’s flagship project, the Empire Mine polymetallic project, has a historic non NI 43-101 compliant resource of 27.88 million tons at 0.42% Cu, 0.23% Zn, 0.33 g/t Au and 10.2 g/t Ag, containing 234 Mlbs Cu, 128 Mlbs. Zn, 0.30 Moz Au and 9.15 Moz Ag. The company’s other focus, the Musgrove Creek project, has a NI 43-101 inferred resource of 8 million tonnes grading 1.22g/t gold containing 313,822 ounces Au in total.

New Guinea Gold Corp.

New Guinea Gold (NGG) is focused on a number of properties in Papua New Guinea.  They plan to be in production on their Sinivit property in April 2007, and will utilize revenues to fund exploration on its other key properties.  The company is planning to spin off seven of its properties into two separate entities in 2007. 

Norsemont Mining Inc.

Norsemont Mining Inc. holds two key properties located in Peru, South America and is exploring for copper, gold, silver and molybdenum. The company’s flagship property, the Constancia property, has an initial NI-43-101 compliant indicated resource estimate of 749 million lbs plus an inferred resource of 1.23 billion lbs of copper.

North American Gem Inc.

North American Gem Inc. is a junior exploration company based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, holds various properties in B.C and Alberta, targeting Uranium, Molybdenum, Gold, Copper and other Base metals. The company’s flagship property, The Louise Lake Property in British Columbia, has 43-101 compliant resource estimates.

Nubian Resources Ltd.

ICS Copper Systems holds a 70% interest in the Mokambo Mine, one of the few remaining copper deposits in the Central African Copperbelt.  The long-term growth potential is good, as a large sulphide resource could be exploited following the open pittable oxide mining. 

Orko Silver Corp.

Orko Silver Corp. owns three adjacent silver properties in the state of Durango, Mexico that they are exploring.  They currently have a resource estimate on their main property, La Preciosa, in which they have a 100% interest.  The company aims to have a resource estimate of 100 million ounces silver to become an attractive acquisition target.

Opawica Explorations Inc.

Opawica Explorations is focused on two advanced exploration properties in Ontario.  The Atikwa Lake property is a potential open pittable copper gold project, and the Dingman property is a potential open pittable gold project.  Both properties have historic resource estimates that will be upgraded to NI 43-101 compliance in 2009.     

Oracle Mining Corp.

Oracle Mining Corp. (formerly Gold Hawk) is a junior exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and exploitation of mineral resource projects. The company’s flagship property, the Oracle Ridge Copper Mine Project near Tucson, Arizona, is a historic underground mine operated in the 1990s. The mine has excellent infrastructure and development in place. The company is conducting a drilling program to verify historic data for a new NI43-101 compliant resource estimate.

Pacific North West Capital Corp.

Pacific North West Capital Corp’s 100% owned River Valley project near Sudbury has 30.5 Mt NI 43-101 measured and indicated resources containing 953,000 oz Pd, 329,500 oz Pt and 59,500 oz Au. In April 2011, the company began a 15,500 meter program to expand the River Valley resources. The company also has gold and polymetallic projects with resource estimates.

Pan American Goldfields Ltd.

Pan American Goldfields Ltd.’s flagship Cieneguita project has commenced production. The company expects to produce 17.5 koz in 2011. The company’s privately held joint venture partner has committed up to $8 million in financing to initiate production and complete a feasibility study.

Paragon Minerals Corporation

Paragon’s 100%-owned South Tally Pond VMS project is host to the Lemarchant base metal discovery as well as a number of other untested prospects on this camp-sized, brownfields exploration project. The company’s other key interests include the high-grade gold JBP Linear project, the recently acquired Gold Star gold project in northwest Ontario, and successful joint venture gold projects such as Golden Promise and Huxter Lane.

Passport Potash Inc.

Passport Potash Inc. is a potash exploration and development company based in Vancouver, BC and Phoenix, Arizona. The company is focusing on the early stage Holbrook potash project, located in the Holbrook Basin Arizona, which has a recently defined exploration potential resource of 290 - 315 million metric tonnes of K2O, or 460 - 500 million metric tonnes of KCl.  The property has good access to existing infrastructure, and an initial NI 43-101 resource estimate is expected by the end of Q1 2012.

Pebble Creek Mining Ltd.

Pebble Creek Resources is focused on mineral exploration in India.  Their most advanced project is the Askot VMS copper-zinc deposit, which the company is planning to drill in 2007 for a NI 43-101 compliant resource.  The company is also working to become a prospect generator by acquiring a number of properties in India. 

Platinex Inc.

Platinex is currently assessing gold mineralization on its Shining Tree gold property in the Ontario Abitibi Greenstone Belt. The company plans on delineating a small open pitable resource and underground narrow vein resource on the property in 2010.  The company holds several properties prospective for PGE exploration and owns proprietary data on North American PGE deposits.

PMI Gold Corp.

PMI Gold Corp. controls two advanced stage gold properties in Ghana where they are exploring for gold under former open pit mines.  The company plans to develop the Kubi property in the next year and build a central processing plant to exploit the Obotan and Asankrangwa Gold belt properties in the future. 

Premium Exploration Inc.

Premium Exploration has recently developed a corporate strategy of becoming a prospect generator in Mexico.  They will acquire properties in Mexico, explore several, and joint venture others.  The company is planning a 2007 drill program for a NI 43-101 compliant resource on their flagship property, Nueva Galicia. 

Pure Nickel Inc.

Pure Nickel is focused on nickel exploration throughout Canada.  They recently became one of Canada’s largest nickel explorers upon acquisition of Xstrata’s Canadian Nickel Exploration Package in July 2007.  The company has an experienced, aggressive management team.  We believe investment in Pure Nickel is a good way to participate in new nickel-copper-PGE discoveries. 

Quantum Rare Earths Development Corp.

Quantum Rare Earth Developments Corp. is focused on exploring and potentially developing the Elk Creek Carbonatite complex.  Historic exploration on the property resulted in the compilation of a historic resource estimate of 39.4 million tons at 0.82% Nb2O5 and the US geological survey believes the property may host one of the world's largest resources of niobium and rare earth elements.   

Redstar Gold Corp.

Redstar is advancing the highly prospective Newman Todd property in the Red Lake mining district.  This property has geologic potential for a high grade Red Lake style deposit.  They are also focused on prospect generation utilizing the joint venture model in Nevada.  They currently hold 8 properties in Nevada, 4 of which are optioned at this time.   

Rio Alto Mining Ltd.

Rio Alto Mining Limited is focusing on acquisition and development of its flagship property, La Arena, in Northern Peru.  The La Arena deposit at the project has indicated resources of 58 Mt containing 0.91 Moz Au in an oxide gold cap. Underlying copper/gold sulphide resources are: 220 Mt indicated containing 1.9 Moz Au and 1.74 billion lbs Cu; 170 Mt inferred containing 1.2 Moz Au and 1.19 billion lbs Cu.

Rochester Resources Ltd.

Rochester Resources is an emerging small-scale gold producer in Nayarit, Mexico.  Their main property, Mina Real, has a non NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate of 400,000 tonnes ore at 10 gpt gold.  Rochester is focused on exploration, development, and production on near term properties in Mexico. 

Rye Patch Gold Corp.

Rye Patch Gold Corp. is a junior exploration company focusing its exploration and development in the prolific gold belts of Nevada, USA. The company’s flagship property is the Wilco Project, located 160km Northeast of Reno, Nevada.

Rock Tech Lithium Inc.

Rock Tech Lithium is currently focused on bringing the historic resource estimates at the Georgia Lake Lithium project to NI 43-101 standards.  Historic resources total 9 million tons grading 1.14% Li2O (Lithium Oxide).  The property has experienced underground development including the sinking of a shaft in 1957; however, production was never initiated.

San Gold Corporation

San Gold Corp. is an emerging gold producer with exploration, development and production primarily occurring at its Rice Lake Gold District projects in southeastern Manitoba. The company has two mines currently in production and has two other projects pending National Instrument 43-101 classifications for resource estimates.

Silvercrest Mines Inc.

SilverCrest Mines (“SVL”) owns three silver properties in northern Mexico and El Salvador that they aim to put into production.  They currently have 43-101 compliant resource estimates on two of their properties and expect to have an initial estimate (43-101 compliant) on the 3rd property by mid 2007.  The company aims to build a 150 million ounce silver equivalent resource and become a low cost silver producer, making them a potential  target for acquisition. 

Skygold Ventures Ltd.

Skygold Ventures is delineating a bulk tonnage sediment hosted vein gold deposit at Spanish Mountain in central British Columbia.  The current 43-101 compliant resource states 2.58 million ounces of gold measured and indicated.  The company has five other early stage sediment hosted (SHG) properties in central British Columbia

Solitaire Minerals Corp.

Solitaire Minerals Corp is a diversified junior Canadian mineral exploration company with a specific focus on mineral properties in North America. The company has assembled a portfolio of 11 properties with precious and base metal exploration prospects in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the North West Territories (NWT).

Strathmore Minerals Corp.

Strathmore Minerals Corp is a Canadian based exploration company with significant landholdings in the two largest historical producing uranium regions in the United States, Grants Mineral belt, New Mexico and Gas Hills, Wyoming.  The Roca Honda Project in New Mexico has NI 43101 compliant measured and indicated resources totaling 17.5 million pounds U3O8 and inferred resources of 15.8 million pounds U3O8.

Sultan Minerals Inc.

Sultan Minerals Inc. has built a large land package in southeastern BC hosting several past producing mines in the Nelson Mining District.  The Jersey Emerald tungsten/lead-zinc/molybdenum property encompasses several past producing mines and has a NI 43-101 tungsten resource estimate of 2.72 million tons measured and indicated grading 0.358% WO3 (tungstate), and 2.32 million tons inferred    grading 0.341% WO3. 

Temex Resources Corp.

Temex Resources is a TSX Venture listed company focused primarily on gold projects in northeastern Ontario.  The company’s flagship Timmins Gold project is held in a 60/40 joint venture with Goldcorp.  The company’s 100% owned Juby Lease property near Shining Tree, Ontario has NI 43-101 resources of 14.1 Mt @ 1.36 g/t containing 0.614 Moz Indicated and 18.3 Mt @ 1.14 g/t containing 0.602 Moz inferred gold resources.

Terra Ventures Inc.

Terra Ventures aims to acquire and develop uranium properties worldwide.  They currently have partial ownership in 9 properties and 100% ownership in 3 properties in Canada and 4 in Utah.  They have a 100% interest in 283,154 hectares in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan, the world’s premier uranium mining region, as well as a Quebec property with a historic resource estimate of 5.67 million pounds of U3O8.  They recently acquired a property in Utah with a historic resource estimate of 5.79 million pounds of U3O8 and 34.7 million pounds of vanadium. 

Thunder Mountain Gold Inc.

Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc is a US based junior exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of precious and base metal properties in stable mining regions. Thunder Mountain’s flagship South Mountain project in southwestern Idaho, has NI43-101 compliant indicated and inferred resources of 3.4 million tonnes containing 61,654 oz Au, 4.9 Moz Ag, 47.0 Mlb Cu, 8.8 Mlb Pb and 121.2 Mlb Zn.

Timberline Resources Corporation

Timberline Resources Corp.’s flagship Butte Highlands property is located 15 miles from Butte Montana and features potential near term gold production of approximately 60,000 ounces pear year slated to begin in late 2011.  A 50/50 joint venture on the project carries Timberline’s 50% interest to production. 

Torch River Resources

Torch River Resources is exploring the Red Bird porphyry style molybdenum deposit, which has a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate of 151.3 million pounds of molybdenum in the indicated (61.2 million) and inferred (90.1 million) categories.  The company plans to begin a preliminary economic assessment program following their 2007 drilling program. 

Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc.

Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc. is focused on brining the flagship Chester Complex project located in north-central Ontario to production before year end.  The company is planning to produce 30,000 ounces of gold in the first 12 months of production, and reach a production rate of 60,000 ounces of gold per annum by month 24.

Valencia Ventures Inc.

Valencia Ventures is primarily focused on the advancement of the Cachinal and Nuevo Juncal silver projects in northern Chile.  The Cachinal property has a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 18.41 million ounces of silver indicated and 3.02 million ounces of silver inferred on 2.25 kilometers of strike length.  The company aims to build a 75 million ounce resource at Cachinal and a similar sized resource at Nuevo Juncal.  They have vended the Mt. Bundy gold project into a separate company that intends to list on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Western Copper Corp.

Western Copper Corp. is pursuing production at their wholly owned Carmacks Copper Project in the Yukon Territory.  This property has a large copper resource amenable to low cost acid leaching.  Under the current schedule, this deposit could be in production by Q4-2009.  The company also owns several advanced stage copper porphyry properties in Western Canada that they are actively exploring. 

West High Yield Resources Ltd.

West High Yield Resources Ltd. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties in Canada.  The primary objective is to develop magnesium and gold on its Rossland Mining camp properties located near Rossland, B.C.  The property has an NI 43-101 resource estimate stating measured + indicated resources of 39.8 million tonnes grading 23.1% Mg.

Western Potash Corp.

The company’s flagship property Milestone has an NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate stating an indicated resource of 32.21 Mt KCl and an inferred resource of 230.29 Mt KCl.  The resource is based on four drill holes.  We anticipate the inclusion of further exploration data will increase the confidence level of a significant portion of the inferred mineral resources.

Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd.

Yankee Hat Minerals “KHT” Ltd. is a mineral exploration company, focused on locating and defining base and precious metals deposits. Currently, KHT has two gold projects: the Fran in central B.C., and Shanghai Creek in the Yukon Territories.  Recently, KHT acquired the option to explore two early stage projects in the Northwest Territories.

Yellowhead Mining Inc.

Yellowhead Mining Inc. is a Canadian company engaged principally in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties. The company’s principal asset is its wholly owned Harper Creek mineral property north east of Kamloops, BC. The Harper Creek mineral property is a volcanogenic sulfide deposit with copper, gold and silver. The most recent 43-101 technical report of Harper Creek project stated an indicated resource of 569 million tonnes at 0.32% copper.