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  • Mining Explorers 2011: Ryan Gold Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    RYG: TSX-V Chairman: Murray John President: Shawn Ryan CEO: Michael Skead, MAusIMM Vice President Exploration: Ian Gendall, Pr. Sci. Nat. Ten-year-old junior, Valdez Gold (Yukon) Inc., merged with Ryan Gold Inc. in December to form Ryan Gold (Yukon) Inc., an international natural resource company focused on identifying and successfully defining and developing mineral deposits in Canada, the United States and other geologically attractive and politically stable investment climates. In April the new company signed purchase,...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SBB.V: TSX-V President and CEO: Anthony P. Walsh, MBA, CA Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development: John Wakeford, P. Geo. Vice-President, Exploration: Peter Manojlovic, P.Geo. Sabina is an emerging precious metals company with the objective of becoming a mid-tier gold producer. The company is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties primarily in Nunavut with its flagship Back River gold project and the prospective 3,000-square-kilometer, (1,158 square miles) Wishbone...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Seabridge Gold Inc.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SEA: TSX and SA: NYSE Amex President and CEO: Rudi P. Fronk Chairman: James S. Anthony Senior Vice President, Exploration: William E. Threlkeld Seabridge Gold Inc. is a development stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of gold properties located in Canada. The company is designed to provide its shareholders with exceptional leverage to a rising gold price by increasing its gold ounces in the ground but not to go into production on its own. During the period 1999 through 2002, when the price of gold was... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Selwyn Resources Ltd.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SWN: TSX-V President and CEO: Harlan D. Meade Chairman: Wade Nesmith Vice President, Exploration: Jason Dunning Selwyn Resources Ltd. primary focus remains the exploration and development of the properties that make up the Selwyn Project in Yukon Territory, which it owns 50-50 with Chinese-owned Chihong Canada Mining Ltd. The Selwyn Project located primarily in eastern Yukon Territory hosts large tonnages of zinc-lead mineralization that extends across the border into Northwest Territories. The project has the potential for...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Shear Minerals Ltd.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SRM: TSXV President and CEO: Pamela D. Strand, M.Sc, P.Geol. Executive Chairman: Julie Lassonde-Gray Vice President, Exploration: Jennifer Burgess Shear Minerals Ltd., a company focused primarily on diamond exploration and development in the Canada's Far North, has undergone a profound transformation in the past 12 months from early-stage explorer to would-be producer. Shear currently has a portfolio of nine diamond projects in Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Alberta, eight of which are drill-ready. In August 2010, Shear... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Silver Quest Resources Ltd.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SQI: TSX-V President and CEO: Randy Turner, P.Geo CFO: Christopher Mitchell, P.Eng. Vice President, Exploration: David Pawliuk, P.Geo Silver Quest Resources Ltd. is focused on exploring for silver and gold on its numerous property holdings, ranging from early stage grassroots to advanced stage resource delineation and expansion projects scattered across central British Columbia and Yukon Territory. In late March, Silver Quest and Richfield Ventures Corp. executed a joint venture agreement in which the junior has a 25 percent...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Silver Range Resources Ltd.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SNG: TSX-V President and CEO: W. Douglas Eaton, B.A., B.Sc. Chairman: Bruce A. Youngman, B.Sc. Chief Financial Officer: Larry Donaldson, C.A. The spin-out of Silver Range Resources Ltd., which was completed in August, was designed to increase value for shareholders of Strategic Metals Ltd., the junior exploration company that formerly held Silver Range as a wholly owned subsidiary. By creating a new precious metal-focused company, Strategic hoped to advance bulk tonnage targets at the silver-enriched Silver Range Project and... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Silvercorp Metals Inc.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SVM: TSX/SVM: NYSE Chairman and CEO: Rui Feng, Ph.D., Geology President & COO: Myles J. Gao, P. Geo. Chief Financial Officer: Maria Tang, CA, CPA Silvercorp Metals Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and mining of high‐grade, silver‐related mineral properties in China and Canada. Silvercorp is the largest primary silver producer in China through the operation of its four silver‐lead‐zinc mines at the Ying Mining District in the Henan Province of China. In Canada, Silvercorp is...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Skyline Gold Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SK: TSX-V Executive Co-chairman: Robert V. Matthews, C.A. Executive Co-chairman and CEO: Clifford A. Grandison Chief Operating Officer: James (Jim) Sparling, P.Geo, MBA Skyline is a junior mineral exploration company currently focused on its principal asset, the Iskut Property in the heart of the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia. The Iskut Property is adjacent to the historic Snip Gold Mine initially operated by Cominco Ltd., then Homestake Canada Mining Co. During its operation, from 1991 to 1999, the Snip... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Smash Minerals Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SSH: TSX-V President and CEO: Adrian Fleming CFO: Darryl Cardey Director: Steve Swaffield Director: Greg Fekete Smash Minerals Corp. is a new junior exploration company undertaking gold exploration in Yukon Territory. Smash is headed by Adrian Fleming, formerly of Underworld Resources Inc., which is credited with discovering the 1-million-ounce-plus Golden Saddle gold deposit at its White Gold Project in the Yukon in 2008 and sparking the first modern gold rush to the Klondike. Drilling in 2009 by Underworld significantly...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Strategic Metals Ltd.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    SMD: TSX-V President and CEO: W. Douglas Eaton, B.A., B.Sc. Chief Operating Officer: Ian J. Talbot Chief Financial Officer: Larry Donaldson Over the past 15 years, Strategic Metals Ltd. has assembled an impressive portfolio of some 160 mineral properties and royalty interests in Yukon, British Columbia and western Northwest Territories. These properties collectively host a widely diverse suite of metals. The junior exploration company is directing its research and exploration activities toward prospects with potential for... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo LLC

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    President: Nori Ushirone Pogo General Manager: Chris Kennedy Pogo Chief Geologist: Paul Jensen Looking beyond just replacing the more than 1,000 ounces of gold per day that it is recovering at its Pogo Mine, Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo LLC - a partnership held 85 percent Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. and 15 percent by Sumitomo Corp. - is seeking out other gold and silver deposits in Interior Alaska. This regional exploration was underscored by the gold-silver-antimony mineralization cut by the Japanese firms at their Stone...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Ucore Rare Metals Inc.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    TSX-V: UCU President and CEO: James McKenzie Vice President, Project Development: Harmen Keyser Consulting Geologist: James Barker With the winds of soaring rare earth element prices in its sails, Ucore Rare Metals Inc. is maneuvering its Bokan Mountain Project in Southeast Alaska toward becoming a domestic source of dysprosium, terbium and other heavy rare earth metals. In March, Ucore reported the first NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate for the HREE-rich deposit situated at the southern end of Prince of Wales Island. At... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Victoria Gold Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    VIT: TSX-V President and CEO: John McConnell Vice President- Yukon: Mark Ayranto Vice President- Exploration: Ted Wilton Victoria Gold Corp., (formerly Victoria Resource Corp.), is a gold exploration company focused on advancing to production the Eagle Gold Deposit on its Dublin Gulch property in central Yukon Territory. Victoria also continues to explore key projects in the Yukon and Nevada to build on its current global mineral inventory of 7.7 million gold ounces. Dublin Gulch, located near the town of Mayo about 375... Full story

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Wolverine Minerals Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    WLV: TSX-V President and CEO: Thomas A. Doyle CFO and Secretary: Logan B. Anderson, ACA (New Zealand) Vice President, Exploration: James M. Dawson, M.Sc., P.Eng. Wolverine Minerals Corp. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and potential development of mineral resource properties in the Yukon where the company hopes to capitalize on the northern territory's rapid emergence as a leading venue for mineral exploration in Canada. In December Wolverine acquired an option for a 100 percent interest in 21 gold prospects in...

  • Mining Explorers 2011: Zazu Metals Corp.

    Updated Nov 6, 2011

    TSX: ZAZ Chairman and CEO: Gil Atzmon Vice President, Corporate Development: Matt Ford Vice President, Exploration: Joe Britton Analysts predict growing demand in Asia markets coupled with the expected closure of several of the world's largest zinc-producing mines will result in a global shortage of the industrial metal in the coming years. Zazu Metals Corp. hopes zinc mined from its Lik Project located about 22 kilometers (14 miles) northwest of Teck Resources Ltd.'s Red Dog Mine, will help fill this forecasted shortfall....