Almaden Minerals, Ltd., (AAU), Vancouver, BC, is an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties primarily in Canada and Mexico. It has interests in five principal properties, which include the Elk gold and silver property, which comprises the Siwash Gold deposit in Canada; the ATW diamond prospect in Canada; the Caballo Blanco gold, silver, and copper prospect in Mexico; the Fuego copper and gold prospect in Mexico; and the San Carlos copper, gold, and silver prospect in Mexico. The company also has interests in various prospects located in Canada, including Ram prospect; the Rock River Coal project; the PV prospect; the MOR prospect; the Sam, Cabin Lake, Caribou Creek, Tim, Meister River, and Merit prospects; and the Logan property. In addition, it has interests in various properties located in Mexico, including the Yago prospect; the Galeana prospect; the Santa Maria prospect; the Guadalupe prospect; and the Tropico prospect. Almaden Minerals has a joint venture agreement with BHP Billiton World Exploration, Inc. to undertake exploration in eastern Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
http://www.almadenminerals.com Market Cap (intraday): 82M Revenue (ttm): 95K Total Cash (mrq): 3.18M Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 32M Average Volume (3 month): 151k Average Volume (10 day): 237k
BPI Energy (BPG), Vancouver, BC, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and sale of coalbed methane (CBM) reserves in the United States. It controls approximately 418,435 acres of CBM rights in the Illinois Basin. The company holds 100% interest in Delta project located in Saline and Williamson counties in southern Illinois. The Delta Project has 43,000 contiguous leased acres of CBM rights. In addition, the company, through lease, option, and farm-out agreements, controls a total of 239,487 acres in the Montgomery project located in the north central part of the Illinois Basin, as well as 135,948 acres in the Clinton/ Washington project located in the northwestern part of the Illinois Basin. It also has an indirect interest in the Jericho project. As of July 31, 2005, the company’s estimated proved reserves were 10,292 million cubic feet of natural gas. The company was incorporated in 1980. It was formerly known as BPI Industries, Inc. and changed its name to BPI Energy in December 2005. BPI Energy is headquartered in Solon, Ohio.
Market Cap : 204.03M Revenue (ttm): 117.84K Total Cash (mrq): 7.25M Total Debt (mrq): 549.82K Shares Outstanding: 69.16M Average Volume (3 month)3: 196k Average Volume (10 day)3: 334k
Cumberland Resources, Ltd. (CLG), Vancouver, BC engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties primarily gold. It has 100% interest in the Meadowbank project that consists of 10 crown mining leases and 3 exploration concessions in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut in northern Canada; and the Meliadine project, which is located 20 kilometers north of the Hamlet of Rankin Inlet. The company was incorporated as Eton Resources, Ltd. in 1979 and changed its name to Cumberland Resources, Ltd. in 1980. Cumberland Resources is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Market Cap: 151M Total Cash (mrq): 26.88M Total Debt (mrq): 249K Shares Outstanding: 55.00M Average Volume (3 month)3: 100k Average Volume (10 day)3: 287k
Desert Sun Mining Corp. (DEZ), Toronto, ON, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties for the purpose of producing precious metals. Its principal asset is the Jacobina Gold Mine and associated 155 kilometer Bahia Gold Belt, located in the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil. The company also holds four exploration targets along the Bahia Gold Belt, including Joao Belo Zone, Morro do Vento, Canavieiras Mine Area, and Pindobacu mine. It has additional interests in Witwatersrand Basin, southern Africa; Tarkva mine, southcentral Ghana; and The Roraima Group in northern Brazil, southern Venezuela, and the Guyana. As of September 15, 2005, it had proven and probable mineral reserves of 17,620,000 tonnes at 2.11 g Au/t containing 1,200,000 ounces of gold at Jacobina Mine area. The company was incorporated under the name Fredonia Oil & Gas, Ltd. in 1980. It changed its name to Consolidated Fredonia Oil & Gas, Ltd. in 1984 and to Sun River Gold Corp. in 1986. Further, the company changed its name to Yellow Point Mining Corp. in 1991 and to Desert Sun Mining Corp. in 1994. Desert Sun Mining Corp. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
http://www.desertsunmining.com Market Cap: 278M Total Cash (mrq): 9.69M Total Debt (mrq): 3.26M Shares Outstanding: 87.58M Average Volume (3 month): 705k Average Volume (10 day)3: 1.39M
EuroZinc Mining Corporation (EZM), Vancouver, BC, operates as a mine development and mineral exploration company. It focuses on starting production from its 100% owned Aljustrel Project in the Portuguese portion of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. In addition to the Aljustrel Project, EuroZinc has 100% ownership of the surrounding Malhadinha exploration concession. The Malhadinha concession totals 38.8 square kilometers and contains various gravity targets. The company was founded in 1981
Market Cap: 613M Revenue (ttm): 252M Total Cash (mrq): 6.02M Total Debt (mrq): 80.72M Shares Outstanding: 533M Average Volume (3 month): 284k Average Volume (10 day): 390k
GeoGlobal Resources, Inc. (GGR), Calgary, AB, a development stage company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas in India. It primarily has interests and operates in the oil fields located in Krishna-Godavari Basin and Cambay Basin. The company was formed in 2002 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Market Cap: 649M Total Cash (mrq): 35.58M Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 63M Average Volume (3 month): 450k Average Volume (10 day)3: 1.366M
Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc.(MDM),Ontario, CA, engages in the exploration and development of natural resource properties in Canada. The company has working interests in the AK Property located in the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It has a joint venture agreement with De Beers Canada Exploration, Inc. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
Market Cap (intraday): 188M Total Cash (mrq): 695K Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 53M Average Volume (3 month)3: 36k Average Volume (10 day)3: 61k
Metallica Resources, Inc.,(MRB), Toronto, ON, a development stage company, engages in the exploration, development, and acquisition of mineral deposits principally in Mexico and Chile. It owns a 100% interest in the Cerro San Pedro gold and silver heap leach project in central Mexico; a 30% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project in northern Chile; and a 100% interest in the Rio Figueroa copper-gold project in northern Chile; and other preliminary stage copper/gold projects in Chile. The company was founded in 1977. It was formerly known as Temple Explorations, Inc. and changed its name to Burgess Point Resources, Inc. in 1987. Further, Burgess Point Resources changed its name to Metallica Resources, Inc. in 1994. Metallica Resources is based in Toronto, Canada.
Market Cap: 186M Total Cash (mrq): 46M Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 83M Average Volume (3 month): 152k Average Volume (10 day): 395k
Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd. (NAK),Vancouver, BC, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral exploration properties. The company’s principal focus is on the Pebble Gold-Copper-Molybdenum Project. The Pebble property is located in Alaska near the village of Iliamna, approximately 235 miles southwest of Anchorage. The company owns 80% interest together with the right to acquire the remaining 20% of the Pebble project. This property forms a continuous block consisting of 1,331 mineral claims totaling 39,600 hectares (98,000 acres). Northern Dynasty was incorporated in May 1983 under the name Dynasty Resources, Inc. and changed its name to Northern Dynasty Explorations, Ltd. in November 1983. Further, the company changed its name to Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd. in 1994. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Market Cap (intraday): 345M Total Cash (mrq): 15M Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 59M Average Volume (3 month): 126k Average Volume (10 day): 383k
Northern Orion Resources, Inc. (NTO), Vancouver, BC, engages in the exploration for, and the development of, precious and base metals in Argentina and Cuba. The company has 12.5% interest in the Bajo de la Alumbrera gold/copper mine in the Catamarca Province, Argentina; and owns the Agua Rica copper project in the Catamarca Province, Argentina. In addition, Northern Orion Resources holds an indirect undivided 50% interest in the gold/copper Mantua Project in Cuba. The company was incorporated as Northern Orion Resources, Ltd. in 1986 and changed its name to Northern Orion Resources, Inc. in 2003. Northern Orion Resources is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Market Cap (intraday): 543M Revenue (ttm): 35.77M Total Cash (mrq): 140.92M Total Debt (mrq): 6.04M Shares Outstanding: 148M Average Volume (3 month): 677k Average Volume (10 day): 1.729M
Nevsun Resources, Ltd.,(NSU), Vancouver, BC, through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Africa. It primarily focuses on properties with gold and base metal reserves. The company’s primary mineral properties include the Tabakoto property and the Segala property located in Mali, West Africa; and the Bisha property located in Eritrea, north-east Africa. Nevsun Resources was incorporated in 1965 as Hogan Mines, Ltd. and changed its name to Nevsun Resources, Ltd. in 1991. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada
Market Cap: 179M Total Cash (mrq): 7.4M Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 85M Average Volume (3 month): 221k Average Volume (10 day): 407k
Rubicon Minerals Corporation (RBY), Vancouver, BC, engages in the acquisition and exploration of gold and base metal deposits in Canada, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The company has properties in the Red Lake gold camp, in the Province of Ontario and various district-scale gold exploration properties in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It also has a 60.4% investment in Toquima Minerals Corporation that holds gold and base metal exploration properties in the States of Nevada and Alaska in the United States, as well as 35.6% interest in Africo Resources, Ltd., which controls an option to acquire a 75% interest in a copper-cobalt resource located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The company was formed in March 1996 as 515006 B.C., Ltd. and changed its name to Rubicon Minerals Corporation in April 1996. Rubicon Minerals Corporation is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Market Cap (intraday): 75M Total Cash (mrq): 3.77M Total Debt (mrq): 0 Shares Outstanding: 66M Average Volume (3 month)3: 60k Average Volume (10 day)3: 144k
Western Silver Corporation (WTZ), Vancouver, BC, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties, with a focus on silver, gold, lead, and zinc projects located in North America. The company has 100% interest in Penasquito property located in central Mexico, as well as owns interest in San Nicolas zinc-copper project in Mexico and the Carmacks copper project in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The company was incorporated as Western Copper Holdings Limited in 1984 and changed its name to Western Silver Corporation in 2003. Western Silver is based in Vancouver, Canada.