Ken who was a co-founder of Cornerstone used JVs as a model for financing exploration and with Vale and other attempts at JVs is continuing this with KATX.
Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. is a mineral exploration company with a strong technical team that has proven its ability to identify, acquire and advance properties of merit. The company's business model is based on generating exploration projects whose subsequent development is funded primarily through joint venture partnerships. Cornerstone's current and past joint venture partners include Agnico Eagle, Celtic, Cash Minerals, Candente, Coastport, Cogitore, Falconbridge, Inmet, Kermode, Mountain Lake, Moydow, Noranda, Phelps Dodge, and Thundermin. _______________________________________________________ http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=22122483
By the way this release was after Ken left Cornerstone, but obviously the new management found Ken's JVs credible enough to continue with his model and to cite his accomplishments.