The Players
This alphabetical list below is based on companies that have visible holdings on the Mineral Information Maps produced by Intierra Resource Intelligence portrayed at the beginning of Part 5.*
Agnico Eagle (http://www.agnico-eagle.com/) NYSE symbol: AEM. Has operatorship and an earn-in deal for roughly 60% of the NDT Ventures property on the southern border of the main Cortez Joint Venture area. Agnico Eagle also has an earn-in deal through a subsidiary on the Norma Sass property of Coral Gold.
American Bonanza Gold Mining Corp. (http://www.americanbonanza.com/). TSX-V, symbol BZA. Has 100% interest in Gold Bar property about 35 miles south of Cortez Hills.
Barrick Gold (http://www.barrick.com/) NYSE symbol ABX. Major player on the Carlin Trend. Once operated five historic mines near each other by the town of Eureka on the SE end of the Cortez Trend. They are the Archimedes Mine, Bullwhacker Mine, TL Mine, Richmond Mine, and Ruby Hill Mine. May reactivate the Archimedes mine. Barrick has a 33% interest in the Marigold mine NW of the town of Battle Mountain.
Bema Gold: (http://www.bemagold.com/) AMEX: BGO. Owns 33% of Victoria Resources.
Bravo Venture Group (http://www.bravoventuregroup.com/ ) TSX-V BVG.
CMQ Resources (http://www.cmqresources.com/s/Home.asp) TSX-V symbol CMQ.
Columbus Gold Corp. Currently privately held. Has a property just west of the Gold Acres deposit, not yet listed on the Part Five property map. 9.9% owned by Rick Rule of Global Resource Investments, a U.S.-based leader in private placements and IPOs for junior mining companies.
Consolidated Odyssey Exploration (http://www.odysseyexplorations.com/) TSX-V, symbol ODE. Joint venture partner with White Knight on two properties, one in the Cortez Trend.
Coral Gold (http://www.coralgold.com/) TSX-V symbol CGR.
Glamis Gold. (http://www.glamis.com/) NYSE: symbol GLG. Glamis operates the Marigold mine at the NW end of the Intierra Mineral Information Map, has made an offer to take over Goldcorp, who has in turn obtained a 10% position in White Knight.
Gold Fields: (http://www.goldfields.co.za/) NYSE, symbol GFI. Acquired 11% of CMQ Resources.
Goldcorp. (http://www.goldcorp.com/) TSE, symbol G, NYSE, symbol GG. Owns 10% position in White Knight.
Great American Minerals: According to David Mathewson who runs Tone Resources, GAM's property is partnered with or controlled by Placer Dome. It is located next to Tone's property (marked with an "S") and Nevada Pacific's largest holding on Intierra's Mineral Information Map.
Greencastle Resources Ltd. (http://www.greencastleresources.com/) TSX-V, symbol VGN
Idaho Mining Corporation. Is partnered with Placer Dome on a few properties adjacent to the Cortez Joint Venture area.
J-Pacific Gold Inc. (http://www.jpgold.com/) TSX-V, symbol JPN, OTCBB symbol JPNJF.
Kennecott (Australia) subsidiary of Rio Tinto.(Symbol RTP) Joint venture partner with Placer Dome for 40% of Cortez Mine and the overall Cortez Joint Venture properties, which include Cortez Hills properties.
Klondex Mines Ltd (http://www.klondexmines.com/) TSX.V symbol KDX.
Levon Resources Ltd. (http://www.levon.com/) TSX-V, symbol LVNH, OTCBB LVNVF.
Mill Bay Ventures, Inc. (http://www.millbayventures.com/), TSX-V, MBV.
Mill City Gold (http://www.millcitygold.com/) TSX-V, symbol MC.
Minterra Resource Corp. (http://www.minterra.ca/) TSX-V, symbol MTR
Miranda Gold (http://www.mirandagold.com/) TSX.V symbol MAD, OTCBB: .MRDDF
NDT Ventures Ltd. (http://www.northair.com/) TSX-V, symbol NDE.
Nevada Pacific Gold (http://www.nevadapacificgold.com/). TSX-V symbol NPG.
Newmont Mining (http://www.newmont.com/en/) NYSE symbol NEM. Has major land exposure to Cortez area, particularly on the northern end. Joint venture partner with Victoria Resources and other juniors. Actively looking at joint venture deals.
Placer Dome. (http://www.placerdome.com/) NYSE symbol PDG. Along with Newmont, the largest landholder in the Cortez Trend area. Major joint venture partner with many junior mining companies.
Rio Tinto (http://www.riotinto.com/) NYSE symbol RTP. Parent of Kennecott Australia, which owns 40% of the Cortez Joint Venture. Headquartered in London, Rio Tinto is a world leader in mining a wide variety of natural resources in addition to precious metals.
Senator Minerals Inc. (http://www.senatorinc.com/) TSX-V symbol SNR. Property near NDT Ventures/Agnico-Eagle site are not listed yet on the Part Five property map.
Teck Cominco. (http://www.teckcominco.com/) TSX-V, symbol TEKMVA. A joint venture partner with White Knight. Actively looking at deals in the Cortez Trend area.
Tone Resources (http://www.toneresources.com/) TSX-V, symbol TNS. Controls properties marked on Intierra's Mineral Information Map as "Nevada Gold Ventures."
U.S. Gold Corp. (http://www.usgoldmining.com/) OTCBB symbol USGL. Holds 100% of Tonkin Springs. Sold 55% interest to BacTech - In April 2005, BacTech relinquished their 55% share back to US Gold.
Victoria Resource Corp. (http://www.victoriaresource.com/298/Victoria_Resource.htm) TSX-V symbol VIT.
X-Cal Resources Ltd. (http://www.x-cal.com/) TSX-V, symbol XCL.
White Knight Resources.(http://www.whiteknightres.com/default.asp) TSX-V symbol WKR
Wolfden Resources Inc. (http://www.wolfdenresources.com/ ) TSX-V symbol WLF owns 10% of Klondex.
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