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Mineral Exploration Projects Northwest Territories and Nunavut _ Alert Legend Mineral Exploration Projects &% Nickel-copper PGE's Coal Northwest Territories and Nunavut *# Uranium 0 50 100 200 300 400 500 ` Kilometers Rare Earth Elements 1$ Iron /" Base Metals i[ Active Mine Canada Coal Inc. Fosheim Peninsula ?! Gold _ Eureka XY Diamonds Canada Coal Inc. _ Community Vesle Fiord Winter Road www.miningnorth.com Map Version: May 23, 2012 All Season Road NU-NWT Border _ Isachsen _ Grise Fiord _ Mould Bay _ Dundas Harbour ColtStar Ventures Inc. Eleanor /" _ Polaris Pond Inlet Resolute _ _ _ Clyde River _ Nanisivik _ Commander Resources Ltd. Arctic Bay Storm /" Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation ColtStar Ventures Inc. Mary River _ Qikiqtarjuaq Allen Bay Copper /" 1$ Rio Tinto Canada Exploration Inc. Banks Island Commander Resources Ltd. XY Bravo Lake (Baffin Island Gold) ?! Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ?! Cumberland Commander Resources Ltd. _ Johnson Point Qimmiq (Baffin Island Gold) XY Fort Ross _ _ Pangnirtung _ Sachs Harbour _ Igloolik Stornoway Diamond Corporation Aviat XY _ Hall Beach Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Advanced Exploration Inc. 1$ Chidliak Tuktu XY Advanced Exploration Inc. Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Ulukhaktok 1$ Roche Bay Qilaq _ Advanced Exploration Inc. Tuktoyaktuk Diamonds North Resources Ltd. Western Permits _ _ Cape Parry Halkett Inlet Gold XY _ /" Taloyoak ?! West Melville Iron Company Ltd. Fraser Bay Deposit Vale Canada Limited 1$ Melville Permits /" _ Iqaluit Kugaaruk Darnley Bay Resources Ltd. _ Darnley Bay Diamonds North Resources Ltd. _ Aklavik Diamonds North Resources Ltd. Barrow _ Inuvik _ &% Amaruk XY Paulatuk MMG Resources Inc. &%XY Diamonds North Resources Ltd. Amaruk Nickel ?! Amaruk Gold _ _ Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven _ Kimmirut _ Fort McPherson Stornoway Diamond Corporation ?! Qilalugaq _ Tsiigehtchic Talmora Diamond Inc. North Country Gold Corp. Horton River Inuk (Committee Bay Gold Project) XY XY Hope Bay Mining Ltd. _ Repulse Bay Elu Belt _ Cape Dorset North Arrow Minerals Inc. ?! Oro ?! Hope Bay Mining Ltd. Hope Bay Project _ Kugluktuk North Country Gold Corp. Vale Canada Limited _ Umingmaktok Anuri (Committee Bay Gold Project) Southampton _ Colville Lake MMG Resources Inc. ?! High Lake &% Northrock Resources Inc. /" Turner Lake Stornoway Diamond Corporation ?! _ Fort Good Hope Hammer /" Indicator Minerals Inc. Hornby Bay Mineral Exploration Ltd. MMG Resources Inc. Nanuq North XY Coppermine *# High Lake East _ Coral Harbour XY ?! _ Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Elgin Mining Inc. XY Nanuq &% Shear Diamonds Ltd. Ulu Bathurst Inlet Rockinghorse Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd. XY Southampton Island Diamonds North Inc. Uranium North Resources Corp. Hepburn /" Amer Lake Cache Exploration Inc. Shear Diamonds Ltd. Xstrata plc *# ` PP 8186 and 8187 (Nunavut Rare Earth) Coltstar Ventures Inc. MMG Resources Inc. Jericho Mine Hackett River Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Mackenzie Mountains/Pu_rple Onions Hood /" George Lake (Back River Project) XY /" ! Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited /" Elgin Mining Inc. ? i[ Meadowbank Mine MMG Resources Inc. Lupin Mine Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Titan Uranium Inc. Izok Lake /" ?! Goose Lake (Back River Project) Thelon Basin *# Aura Silver Resources Inc. _ Déline ?! ?! AREVA Resources Greyhound Lake Strategic Metals Ltd. _ Tulita /" Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Kiggavik /" Midas Touch (Misty Claims) Aben Resources Ltd. MMG Resources Inc. Xstrata plc Wishbone Gold Anconia Resources Corp. ?! Selwyn Recce Gold Gondor Wishbone /" Cameco Corporation ARNI GGL Resources Corp. Turqavik # *# &% ?! Providence Greenstone Belt Panarc Resources * _ ` Baker Lake Bling Property *# *# Cache Exploration Inc. ?! Cameco Corporation Chesterfield Inlet ?! Aberdeen Forum Uranium Corp. Nunavut Rare Earth _ Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Schultz Lake (North Thelon) Lac de Gras i[ Ekati Diamond Mine Canada Nickel Corp. Diamonds North Resources Ltd.?! Peter Lake Rio TintoXY i[ Fox (South Nunavut) Merc International Minerals Inc. CH Diavik Diamond Mine Uranium North Resources Corp. ?! Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited XY Mallery Lake ?! ?! Damoti Lake XYHarry Winston Diamond Mines Meliadine Lac de Gras _ _ ?! _ Wekweètì ?! Gamètì Seabridge Gold Inc. Rankin Inlet Stoneshield Capital Corp. Courageous Lake Starfield Resources Inc. Risby Anconia Fortune Minerals Ltd. Ferguson Lake [Ni-Cu-PGM] Anconia RB Northquest Ltd. NICO Zac ?! /" Copper North Mining Corp. Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Pistol Bay _ Snap Lake Mine Kennady North &% Coates Lake /" i[ XY Thanda Resources Ltd. ?! ?! _ /" Ferguson Lake [Diamonds]XY ?! Whale Cove Whatì Tyhee Gold Corp. XYDe Beers Canada Inc./Province Diamonds Inc. Anconia Resources Corp. Tyhee Gold Corp. Nicholas Lake Gahcho Kué Kivalliq Energy Corporation Marce North American Tungsten Ltd. _ Ormsby Zone _?! Yathkyed (Angilak) Cantung Mine ?! Tamerlane Ventures Inc. *# Indian Mountain Lake i[ Tyhee Gold Corp. ?! Rae ?! Clan Lake Uranium North Resources Corp. _ Diamonds North IronOne Inc. Edzo Aura Consolidated Gold ?! Yandle 1$Maguse River WPC Resources Inc. _ Reliance ?! Manson Creek Resources Quest Lake Uranium North Resources Corp. ?! Uptown Gold ?! Nowyak (Aura Consolidated Gold) ?! _ Lutselk'e Diamonds North Canadian Zinc Corp. Yellowknife?! _ ?! River Arviat Prairie Creek Diamonds North Resources Ltd. _ _ Fort Simpson ` ` Esker (South Nunavut) /" TNR Gold Corp. Olivut Resources Ltd. Avalon Rare Metals Inc. Moose Property XY HOAM Nechalacho _ Jean Marie River Nahanni Butte Cache Exploration Inc. _ _ Fort Providence ` PP 8188 (Nunavut Rare Earth) Sanikiluaq _ Fort Resolution _ Canadian Orebodies Inc. _ Kakisa Prosperity Goldfields Corp. 1$ Haig Inlet Tamerlane Ventures Kiyuk ?! _ Hay River/" Pine Point Mine _ Fort Liard _ Trout Lake _ McKinnon Prospecting Ltd. K'atlodeec_he Enterprise 1$ SQ-05 _ Fort Smith.
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