Top junior mining companies.

Top Junior Mining Companies

Ranked by exploration investment in 2003

Company Name            Contact Name             Property owned
Address                 Position                 Prop. actively explored
                                                 in North
City/postal code        Exploration Invest. in North in 2003
Minerals prospected
Phone/fax               Web site                 Capital Shares
                                                 Outstanding (approx.)

Rubicon Minerals        David Adamson            75
Corp.                   n/p                      50
888-1100 Melville St.   $4.7M                    Gold
Vancouver V6E 4A6       www.rubiconminerals.com  issued + outstanding
604-623-3333/604-623-                            52.84 M
3366
Sudbury Contact Mines   Sean Boyd                1
Ltd.                    President                1
500-145 King St. E      $3M                      diamonds
Toronto M5C 2Y7         www.sudburycontact.com   28 million
416-947-1212/367-4681
Skyharbour              Donald Houston           8
Development Ltd.        President                8
1490-885 West Georgia   $2.5M                    gold
St.                     skyharbourresources      21.6 million
Vancouver V6C 3E8       limited.com
604-687-3376/687-3119
Wolfden Resources Inc.  Ewan Downie              8
309 Court St. South     President                5
Thunder Bay P7B 2Y1     $2.5M                    gold
807-473-6723/473-1977   www.wolfden              42 million
                        resources.com
Band-Ore Resources      Wayne O'Connor           5
Ltd.                    President                5
200-1115 Sutton Dr.     $1M+                     gold, diamonds
Burlington L7L 5Z8      band-ore.com             35 million
905-319-7469/319-3527
Landore Resources       William Humphries        12
Inc.                    President                4
555 Central Ave.        $1M+                     gold, precious, base
Thunder Bay P7B 5R5     landore.com              metals
807-623-3770/623-2335                            42 million
Temex Resources Corp.   Brian Groves             10
141 Adelaide St.        President                10
W Suite 1000            $1M+                     gold, diamonds
Toronto M5H 3L5         temexcorp.com            25 million
416-862-2246/862-2244
Alberta Star            Tim Coupland             2
Development Corp.       President                2
200-675 Hastings St.    $1M+                     gold, base metals
W.                      www.alberta-star.com     copper
Vancouver V6B 1N2                                21 million
604-681-3131/801-5499
Pele Mountain           Alan Shefsky             5
Resources Inc.          President                5
2200 Younge St. Suite   $1M                      diamonds, PGMs
1002                    www.pelemountain.com     43 million
Toronto M4S 2C6
416-368-7224/368-7230
Tom Exploration Inc.    Gilles Fiset             2
204-15 rue Gamble E.    President                2
Rouyn-Noranda QC J9X    $860,000                 gold
3B6                     tomexploration.com       23 million
819-797-8668/797-6050
Platinum Group Metals   Mike Jones               24
800-409 Granville St.   President                10
Vancouver V6C 1T2       $800,000                 Pd,Pt,Ni,Cu,Au
604-899-5450/484-4710   platinumgroupmetals.net  32 million
International KRL       Semus Young              1
Resources Corp.         President                1
1022-370 Granville St   $500,000+                gold, copper,Ni
Vancouver V6C 1V5       krl.net                  17 million
604-689-0299/689-0288
Tres-Or Resources Ltd.  Laura Lee Duffet         2
1525-625 Howe St.       President                2
Vancouver V6C 2T6       $400,000                 diamonds PGMs and
604-541-8376/541-8926   tres-or.com              base metals
Cabo Mining Corp.       John Versfelt            2
502-595 Howe St.        President                2
Suite 502               $400,000                 silver, gold base
Vancouver V6C 2T5       cabo.ca                  metals, diamonds
604-681-8899/681-0870                            9 million
Antoro Resources Inc.   Francois Desrosiers      7
400 St. Jacques Suite   President                8
200                     $350,000                 diamonds, gold,
Montreal H2Y 1S1        antoro.com               precious metals
514-982-6044/982-9559                            39 mill com.shares
Red Lake Resources      Chris England            17
Inc.                    President                11
Suite 900 555 Burrard   $300,000                 gold
St.                     n/p                      18 million
Vancouver V1X 1M8
604-684-0454/677-
54440
MetalCORP Ltd.          Donald A. Sheldon        5
309 S. Court St.        President                5
Thunder Bay P7B 2Y1     $300,000                 gold, precious
807-346-2760/346-2769   metalcorp.ca             metals
                                                 23 million
Slam Exploration. Ltd.  Mike Taylor              4
626 New Castle Blvd.    President                2
Miramichi N.B. E1V      $250,000                 gold
2L3                     slamexploration.com      15 million
506-627-1354/627-1328
Vendron Gold Inc.       Tom Meredith             1
65 Queen St. West       President                1
Toronto M5H 2M5         $250,000                 gold
416-368-0099/368-1539   vendron.com              33 million
Freewest Resources      Makenzie Watson          4
Cda. Inc.               President                4
1525-800 boul.          $250,000                 base, precious
Rene-Levesque           freewest.com             metals
Montreal H3B1X9                                  85 million
514-878-3551/878-4427
Romios Gold Resources   Tom Drivas               2
Inc.                    President                2
17 Didrickson Dr.       $250,000                 PGMs, gold, copper
Toronto M2P 1S7         romios.com               8 million
416-221-4124/218-9772
Diadem Resources Ltd.   Michael Eustace          3
330 Bay St. Suite 830   President                2
Toronto M5H 2S8         $200,000                 Diamonds, copper/
416-364-2893/368-2579   www.diademresources.com  nickel, zinc
                                                 $60 million
Metalore Resources      George Chilian           1
Ltd.                    President                1
Box 422                 $200,000                 gold, VMS
Simcoe N3Y 4L5          www.metalore             2 million
519-428-2464/428-2466   resources.com
Tri Alpha Investments   Barry Coughlan           1
Ltd.                    President                1
400 Burrrard St.        $125,000                 gold, zinc
Suite 1910              n/p                      7 million
Vancouver V6C 3A6
604-683-3331/685-8677
Zenda Capital           Paul Ankorn              2
Corporation             President                2
410-55 Adelaide St. E   $100,000                 gold
Toronto M4C 1K6         zendagold.com            12.5 million
416-360-4137/360-8139
Dianor Resources Inc.   John Ryder               23
730 4th Ave.            President                23
Val-d'Or, Que. J9P      $100,000                 diamonds
1J2                     dianor.com               57,000
819-825-7090/825-7545
Fronteer Development    Mark O'Dea               12
Group Inc.              President                3
1640-1066 Hastings      $100,000                 gold
St. W                   fronteergroup.com        21 million fully
Vancouver V6E 2E9                                diluted
604-632-4677/632-4678
Intrepid Minerals       Laurence Curtis          3
Corp.                   President                1
1710-155 University     $100,000                 silver, gold
Ave.                    intrepidminerals.com     40 million
Toronto M5H 3B7
416-368-4525/368-3859

n/a = not applicable, n/p = not provided, nfp = not for publication.
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