Top operating mines in Northern Ontario.

Ranked by number of employees in 2004

Company name(s)            Mine name         2003 production/metals
Mine manager               # of full-time
                           employees
Address                    Year established  Exporting
City/postal code           Mine owners/% of  Predicted mine life
                           ownership
Phone/Fax                  Metals mined      URL/Web site

Inco Ltd. Sudbury
Operations
18 Rink St.
Copper Cliff, P0M 1N0
705-682-5425/682-5319
Mike Mac Farlane
(Mine Manager)             Garson Mine/
                           Frood/Stoble/
                           Coleman McCreedy  NP
                           East
                           197/468/389       NA
                           1907/1887/1971    NP
                           Inco Ltd. 100%    NP
                           Ni, Cu            www.incoltd.com
Rick Howes (Mine Manager)  Creighton Mine/
                           Copper Cliff
                           North/South Mine  NP
                           394/225/301       NA
                           1901/225/307      NP
                           Inco Ltd. 100%    NP
                           Ni, Cu            www.incoltd.com
Falconbridge Ltd.
Sudbury Mines/Mill
Business Unit
Strathcona Complex
Onaping P0M 2R0
705-966-3411/966-6577
Bill Rogers                Thayer Lindstey
                           Mine/Lockerby/
                           Craig/Fraser      429,000 T/225,000T/
                           140/100/300/360   889,000 T/686,000 T
                           1992/1974/1995/   NP
                           1981
                           NP/NP/NP/NP       NP/NP/NP/NP
                           Ni/Ni/Ni & Cu/Ag  www.falconbridge.com
                           & Cu
Falconbridge Ltd.          Kidd Mining       NP
                           Division
Michel Boucher             430               NP
P.O. Bag 2002              1965              NP
Timmins, P4N 7K1           Noranda           www.falconbridge.com
705-267-8655/267-8709      Cu,Zn,Ag
Placer Dome (CLA) Inc./
Kinross Gold Corp.         Manager of the    460,000,ounces
                           Porcupine Joint
                           Venture
Gary Halverson             565
P.O. Box 70                1909              No
South Porcupine, P0N 1H0   Placer Dome       10 years
                           Inc.51% Kinross
                           Gold Corp 49%
705-235-6540/235-6551      Au                NP
Barrick Gold Corp.         Holt McDermott    89,500 ounces
Ray Durham                 166
P.O. Box 278               NP                NP
Kirkland Lake, P2N 3H7     Barrick Gold      10 months (2004)
                           Corp. 100% owned
705-567-9251/fax [phone]  Au                NP
North American Palladium   Lac Des Iles      250,000oz of Pd., 23,000
Ltd.                       Mines Ltd.        Pt,
Ray Mason                  290               18,000 Au, 6M pds. of Cu, 2
                                             M pds. Ni
P.O. Box 10547             1993              Yes-Pd 100 %
Thunder Bay, P7B 6T9       North Americian   100% NP
                           Palladium Ltd.
807-448-2000/807-448-2001  Pd, Pt, Au, Ni,   www.napalladium.com
                           Cu, Co
Newmont Canada Ltd./
Teddy Bear Mines Ltd.      Holloway Mine     80,450 oz.
Brent Kristof              147
P.O. Box 279               1996              NA
Matheson, P0K 1N0          Newmont 84.65%/   3.5 years
                           Teddy Bear Mines
                           15.35%
705-567-4862/567-4863      Au                [e-mail]
Newmont Canada Limited     Golden Giant      229, 727 oz
                           Mine
Dan Robertson              280
Hwy 614 & 17 Yellow Birch  1985              No
Rd.
Marathon, P0T 2E0          Newmont Canada    End of 2006
                           Ltd. 100%
807-238-2104               Au                [e-mail]
River Gold Mines Ltd.      River Gold Mines  74, 036 oz.
                           Ltd.
Norman Lecuyer             206
127 Mission Rd.            1974              NP
Wawa, P0S 1K0              Murray Pollitt    10 years
                           100%
705-856-2718/856-7173      Au                [e-mail]
Goldcorp Inc.              Red Lake Mine     532,028 oz.
Claude Lemasson            500
General Delivery           1948              NA
Balmertown, P0V 1C0        Goldcorp 100%     NA
807-735-2077/735-2703      Au                www.goldcorp.com
Placer Dome Inc.           Campbell Mine     197, 114 oz.
Peter Busse                385
P.O. Box 10 Mine Rd.       1949              No
Balmertown, P0V 1C0        Placer Dome Inc.  8 years
                           100%
807-735-2075/735-2765      Au                NP
Placer Dome Inc.           Musselwhite Mine  222,450 oz.
Dan Gagnon                 298
P.O. Box 7500              1988              NP
Thunder Bay, P7B 6S8       Placer Dome 68%/  2012
                           Kinross Gold
                           Corp. 32%
807-532-2160/532-2021      Au                www.placerdome.com
Teck Corona Operating      Teck Corona       117,490 Oz.
Corp.                      David Bell Mine
Chris Woodall              195 (2002)
P.O. Bag 11                1985              NP
Marathon, P0T 2E0          Teck Cominco      6 years
                           50%/Homestake
                           Canada Inc. 50%
807-238-1041/238-1019      Au                www.teckcominco.com
Williams Operating Corp.   Williams Mine     418,286 Oz.
Vern Baker                 600
P.O. Bag 500               1984              NP
Marathon, P0T 2E0          Teck Cominco      11 years
                           50%/Homestake
                           Canada Inc. 50%
807-238-1100/238-1050      Au                www.teckcominco.com

We cannot guarantee accuracy since we depend on representatives from the
listed companies for much of the information. Others have been contacted
or qualified for inclusion in the list but did not provide any or
sufficient information. Legend: Copper-Cu, Nickel-Ni, Silver-Ag,
Platinum-Pt, Palladium-Pd, Zinc-Zn, Gold-Au, Pounds-pds., Million-M,
Tons-T, not provided--NP, not applicable--NA