Top operating mines.

Top operating mines

Ranked by # of employees in 2004

Company                Mine name                  2003 production
Address                # full-time staff
City/postal code       Year established           Exports
Phone/fax              Mine owner/% of ownership  Predicted mine life
Mine manager           Metals mined               Web site

Inco Ltd. Sudbury      Garson Mine/Frood/Stobie/  NP
Operations             Coleman McCreedy East
18 Rink St.            197/468/389
Copper Cliff, P0M 1N0  1907/1887/1971
705-682-5425/682-5319  Inco Ltd. 100%
Mike Mac Farlane       Ni, Cu                     www.incoltd.com
Rick Howes             Creighton Mine/Copper      n/p
                       Cliff North                n/p
                       /South Mine                n/a
                       394/225/301                n/p
                       1901/1886/1889             n/p
                       Inco Ltd. 100%
                       Ni, Cu
Falconbridge Ltd.      Thayer Lindsley/Craig/     429,000 T/889,000 T/
Sudbury business unit  Fraser                     686,000 T
Strathcona Complex     140/300/360                n/p
Onaping P0M 2R0        1992/1995/1981             n/p
705-966-3411/966-6577  n/p                        n/p
Bill Rogers            Ni/Ni & Cu/Ag & Cu         www.falconbridge.com
Falconbridge Ltd.      Kidd Mining Division       n/p
P.O. Bag 2002          430                        n/p
Timmins P4N 7K1        1965                       n/p
705-267-8655/267-8709  Noranda                    www.falconbridge.com
Michel Boucher         Cu, Zn, Ag
Placer Dome Inc./      Manager Porcupine Joint    460,000, ounces
Kinross Gold Corp.     Venture                    No
P.O. Box 70            565                        10 years
South Porcupine, P0N   1909
1H0                    Placer Dome 51% Kinross
705-235-6540/235-6551  Gold 49%
Gary Halverson         Au                         n/p
Barrick Gold Corp.     Holt McDermott             89,500 ounces
P.O. Box 278           166                        n/p
Kirkland Lake P2N 3H7  NP                         10 months (2004)
705-567-9251/567-6867  Barrick Gold 100% owned    n/p
Ray Durham             Au
North American         Lac Des Iles Mines Ltd.    250,000oz of Pd.,
Palladium Ltd.         290                        23,000 Pt,
P.O. Box 10547         1993                       18,000 Au, 6M pds. Cu,
Thunder Bay P7B 6T9    North Americian Palladium  2 M pds. Ni
807-448-2000/448-2001  Ltd.                       Yes- Pd 100 %
Ray Mason              Pd, Pt, Au, Ni, Cu, Co     100%  n/p
                                                  www.napalladium.com
Newmont Canada Ltd./   Holloway Mine              80,450 oz.
Teddy Bear Mines Ltd.  147                        n/a
P.O. Box 279           1996
Matheson P0K 1N0
705-567-4862/567-4863
Brent Kristof          Au                         n/p
Newmont Canada Ltd.    Golden Giant Mine          229, 727 oz
Hwy 614 & 17 Yellow    280                        n/a
Birch Rd.              1985                       End of 2006
Marathon P0T 2E0       Newmont Canada Ltd. 100%
807-238-2104           Au
Dan Robertson

Accuracy cannot be guaranteed since we rely on the listed companies for
information. Due to space restrictions, not all companies appear in the
list. Legend: Copper -- Cu, Nickel -- Ni, Silver -- Ag, Platinum -- Pt,
Palladium -- Pd, Zinc -- Zn, Gold -- Au, Pounds -- pds, Million -- M,
Tons -- T, not provided -- n/p not applicable -- n/a