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Top Junior Mining Companies Ranked by 2009 exploration budget Contact # of geologists Email address # of support staff Address Geographic area of claim City/Postal code Currently exploring? Phone/Fax Type of exploration projects underway Website Minerals explored Head office location 2009 Exploration budget Noront Resources Ltd. R. Nemis Pres 8 info@norontresources.com 10 10 Toronto St., Suite 1000 McFraulds Lake area - NE ON Toronto, On M5C 2E3 Yes 416-367-5444 Copper, nickel, PGE exploration www.norontresources.com Copper, nickel, PGE's Toronto $18,000,000 Premier Gold Mines Ltd. Ewan Downie, president & CEO 8 info@premiergoldmines.com 12 Suite 401 - 1113 Jade Crt. Geraldton, PQ-North, Red Lake, Mexico Thunder Bay, On P7B 6M7 Yes 807-346-1390/807-346-0100 Geraldton "Hardrock" project, Rahill-Bonnanza project, and the PQ-North project www.premiergoldmines.com Gold Thunder Bay $15,000,000 Rainy River Resources Ltd. Brad Baker, investor relations 5 bwb@rainyriverresources.com 7 Suite 303-1620 W 8th Ave. Northwestern ON (EMO) Vancouver, Bc V6J 1V4 Yes 604-639-4490/604-639-4498 Resource definition, environmental studies and Preliminary Economic Studies. www.rainyriverresources.com Gold, nickle, platinum palladium, silver, copper Vancouver $10,000,000 Rubicon Minerals Corporation Bill Cavalluzzo - VP - investor 6 relations bcavalluzzo@rubiconminerals.com 6 22 Cliffside Dr. Red Lake, On., Alaska and Nevada Toronto, On M1N 1L2 Yes 416-265-8049 Drilling, de-watering, shaft deepening, drifting www.rubiconminerals.com Gold Vancouver $10,000,000 Liberty Mines Inc. Gary Nash, president 5 info@libertymines.com 2 311A 89825-51 Avenue Timmins Edmonton, Ab Yes 780-485-2299 4 diamond drills turning, geophysical surveys www.libertymines.com Pentiandite, chalcopyrite, cobaltite, PGM metals Edmonton $7,200,000 Queenston Mining Inc. Charles Page, president and CEO 5 info@queenston.com 4 201-133 Richmond St. W Kirkinad Lake Cold Camp Toronto, On M5H 2L3 Yes 416-364-0001 Diamond drilling www.queenston.com Gold and copper Toronto $7,000,000 North American Palladium Margaret Johnston 17 info@napalladium.com 20 2116-130 Adelaide St, W. n/p Toronto, On M5H 3P5 Yes 416-360-7590/416-360-7709 Underground drilling at Lac Des IIIes mine, offset zone www.napalladium.com PGM's Toronto $7,000,000 Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. Alar Soever, president 6 info@wallbridgemining.com 16 129 Fielding Rd. Sudbury area, Sultant, Kirkland Lake, Southern British Columbia Lively, On P3Y 1L7 Yes 705-682-9297/705-682-2144 Exploring nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, gold, zinc and silver www.wallbridgemining.com Nickel, copper platinum, palladium, gold, zinc and silver Sudbury $6,000,000 Armistice Resources Corp. Todd J Morgan, president, CEO 2 info@armistice.ca 36 P.O. Box 130 Kirkland Lake/Virginiatown Virginiatown, On P0K 1X0 Yes 705-567-4567/866-855-5379 Advanced underground exploration project www.armistice.ca Gold Kirkland Lake $5,600,000 np = not provided na = not applicable nfp = not for publication, Northern Ontario Business makes every attempt to publish accurate information. Accuracy cannot be guaranteed as we rely on listed companis for the information. Others may have qualified but did not provide information. For the remaining lists go to www.northernontariobusiness.com. Top Mining Supplier Companies Ranked by number of employees Contact year established Email Address Offices in North/other Address # Full-time employees City/Postal Code 2008 Revenue Phone/Fax Specialized products Website Other service areas Export/ % Exported Dumas Contracting Ltd. Ashley Malley, contract Since 1994 administrator aforster@dumasmining.com PO Box 1600, 865 Mountjoy St. S. 798 Timmins, On $5M+ 705-360-7773/705-264-2845 Mining Contracting www.dumasmining.com Engineering and specific civil construction projects Yes/8% Boart Long Canada Brianne Bourke, marketing Since 1915 info@boartlongyear.com Haileybury, Saskatoon, Delta, Sudbury, Flin Flon, Timmins, Val d'Or, Mississauga, Calgary, etc. P.O. Box 330 1111 Main St. W 400 North Bay, On P1B8H6 $5M+ 705-474-2800/705-474-2373 drilling services, exploration, geotechnical, and environmental, instrumentation, www.boartlongyear.com n/p Yes/np Toromont CAT Dana Matson, branch manager Since 1952 dmatson@toromont.com Lively, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Dryden, Ottawa 25 Mumford Rd. 315 Lively, On P3Y1K9 $5M+ 705-692-4764/705-692-5277 Dealership for all Caterpillar products www.toromont.com General construction, forestry, mining, power generation, industrial engines, etc. No Mansour Group of Companies Milad Mansour, president Since 1980's awhalen@mansourgroupinc.com Sudbury, Marathon, Val-d'Or 2502 Elm St., PO Box 670, Stn B 225 Sudbury, On P3E 4R6 $5M+ 705-682-0671 /705-682-4217 Mining supply, scrap metal, pumps, hose, diesel, trains/repairs, drilling, etc. www.mansourgroupinc.com Forestry Yes/5-10% Atlas Copco Anne-Marie Grossi, manager Since 1967 marketing annemarie.grossi@ca.atlascopco.com Lively, Timmins, Balmertown, Marathon 200 Mumford Rd. 220 Lively, On P3Y1L2 n/p 705-669-2940/705-692-4691 Mining and construction tools and equipment, aftermarket 24/7 service www.atlascopco.com Aggregate, groundwater, oil extraction No Mining Technologies International Ryan Lipic, marketing manager n/p ryan.lipic@mti.ca Lively, North Bay 145 Magill St. 200+ Lively, On P3Y1K6 $5M+ 705-692-3661 Mining equipment & consumables www.mti.ca n/p Yes/60% np=not provided na=not applicable nfp=not for publication. Northern Ontario Business makes every attempt to publish accurate information. Accuracy cannot be guaranteed as we rely on listed companies for the information. Others may have qualified but did not provide information. For the remaining lists go to www.northernontariobusiness.com. Top Employment Agencies Ranked by number of full-time professionals Contact # of full-time professionals Website Phone/Fax Levert Personnel Resources Inc. Terry Zuk, general manager 36 www.levert.ca 705-525-8367/705-525-2451 Sudbury Vocational Resources Centre Mona Sauve-Turner 35 www.svrc.on.ca 705-671 -2544/705-671 -2635 YMCA Employment Services Nancy Dube, director 32 www.sudbury.ymca.ca/employment 705-674-2324/705-674-3236 Yes Employment Services Inc. Gisele Cousineau 29...