Australian Mining/Exploration Companies

Company	Commodity	Capital Raising (A$ million)	Proposed ASX Code	Proposed Listing Date	Comments
Phoenix Copper Limited	Copper Gold	10	PNX	Early February	Highly prospective Projects located near Burra, Spalding and Minlaton in South Australia - some of Australia's most historically significant and prospective mining regions. LISTED
Aruma Resources Limited	Gold	5	AAJ	2 June	The Company is focused on discovering high-grade, high-margin resources.The ﬂagship Glandore Project in the Eastern Goldﬁelds is prospective for several styles of gold mineralisation and contains a number of small historic high-grade mines.
Australian Gemstone House Limited	Opals Sapphires	30	AGN	28 August	Striving to be the leading producer, exporter and marketer of Australian coloured gemstones around the world.
Bailey Minerals NL	Gold	3-3.5	BAA	05 August	In April 2010, the Company entered into Farmin and Joint Venture Agreements with Drake Resources Limited to explore for gold on the Mt Palmer and Mallee Hen Point Projects. The Company can earn up to a 60% interest in the Mt Palmer project by spending up to $400,000 and up to a 70% interest in the Mallee Hen Point Project by spending up to $400,000.
Ballarat South Gold Limited	Gold	3.5 - 5	BGO	TBA	5 Kms along strike from Lihir's Ballarat Operation WITHDRAWN
Bowgan Minerals Limited	Uranium Gold Copper Zinc	0.6	-	N/A	Bowgan is an un-listed start-up mineral exploration company - primary focus is on exploration for Uranium, an essential energy source of the future. We have secured joint venture agreements with established mineral explorers for the exploration of several tenements in the Northern Territory.
Canyon Resources Limited	Gold	3.5	CAY	15 June	Canyon has signed an early stage strategic option with a group with exploration experience in West Africa to review project opportunities in West Africa.
Eclipse Uranium Ltd	Uranium	7-10	EUL	21 June	Cauldron Energy to divest non-core Northern Territory uranium assets into Eclipse Uranium Ltd, via a Deed of Option
Genesis Resources Limited	Gold Copper Manganese	3	GES	TBA	Genesis owns seven exploration licences covering more than 1,877 km2 in Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia and a JV agreement giving the Company the right to earn the majority position in two highly prospective gold and copper projects in Macedonia.
Golden Iron Resources Limited	Gold	3.5	GDI	15 June	Incorporated to acquire and develop a suite of Western Australian exploration projects highly prospective for gold mineralisation.
Guildford Coal Limited	Coal	TBA	GUF	24 June	TBA
Hampton Mining Limited	Base Metal Gold Iron ore	1.75	HMP	05 September	Exploration and development mining company with a significant portfolio of projects located in Chile and Peru, focused primarily on copper, with exposure to gold, molybdenum, zinc and iron ore WITHDRAWN
Horseshoe Metals Limited	Copper Gold	7	HOR	9 July	In January 2010 the Company entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued securities in Murchison Copper Mines. MCM holds 100% beneficial interests in the Horseshoe Lights and Kumarina Projects in central Western Australia. The Horseshoe Lights Project includes the closed Horseshoe Lights mine - the mine has an existing in-situ JORC compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of 4.88 million tonnes @ 1.0% copper containing 48,000 tonnes of copper metal.
Indochine Mining Limited	Base & Precious Metals	12-25	IDC	23 July	The Indochine Group was established for the special purpose of acquiring highly prospective mining and exploration projects for precious and base metals in South East Asia, including Cambodia.
Jacka Resources Limited	Oil & Gas	3	JKA	TBA	Jacka is farming in to permit WA-399-P in the prospective Exmouth Basin and will earn a 20% equity interest located in a proven and prolific region for oil and gas with several producing and developing fields
Kintore Resources Limited	Tin	5	KRL	N/A	The Company has entered into a share sale agreement with shareholders of Arcadia Resources Limited (Arcadia) pursuant to which the Company has the right to acquire all of the issued share capital of Arcadia, and thereby a 100% interest in the Derby Tin Project in north east Tasmania. WITHDRAWN
Latin Resources Limited	Iron ore Gold	5	LRS	12 August	Focused on the identification and definition of mineral resources in Latin America, with a specific focus on Peru.
Lawson Gold Limited	Gold	5	LSN	08 July	Lawson Gold has been established by FerrAus as a gold exploration company predominantly focussed on the discovery of economic gold resources at its Lawson Gold Project located in the Kalgoorlie goldfields.
Lucknow Gold Limited	Gold	7.5	LUK	26 September	Lucknow Gold Ltd owns the Lucknow and Yambulla Goldfields located within the highly mineralised Lachlan Fold Belt of NSW. WITHDRAWN
Matrix Gold Limited	Gold	3-5	MXD	26 Feb	Matrix Gold holds an impressive portfolio of gold tenements in and around the "Golden Triangle" area in Victoria, Australia. An area which is regarded as a world-class gold province.
Maverick Drilling & Exploration Limited	Oil & Gas	5-10	MAD	01 Sept	Maverick’s net oil reserves in leases over parts of the Blue Ridge Dome are independently estimated at 7.8 million barrels of 1P reserves and 25.6 million barrels of 2P reserves.
Mayan Iron Corporation	Iron Sand	2.5	MYN	2 June	The Company has lodged reconnaissance license applications for the sampling of iron sand, covering an area of 5,912 sq km along the Pacific Ocean coastline of Guatemala.
Metaliko Resources Limited	Gold	6	MKO	05 Oct	The company has gold and other metals exploration interests in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, and in Victoria.
Musgrave Minerals	All minerals	10	tba	30 April	Goldsearch, Mithril Resources Limited (ASX: MTH) and Independence Group NL (ASX: IGO) have agreed to join forces to accelerate exploration in the highly prospective Musgrave region of South Australia by agreeing to form Musgrave Minerals Limited.
New Global Mining Ltd	Gold Base Metals	8	NGO	15 July	The Company has agreements to secure tenure in a suite of tenements over eight principal identified exploration areas forming six West Australian gold and base metal projects
Newport Energy Limited	Oil & Gas	10	NPE	TBA	Newport Energy has positioned itself to participate in the forecast growth of PNG’s oil and gas sector.
Opal Horizon Limited	Opals	2.5-6	OHZ	15 August	Opal is currently mining precious opal from 1 of 2 opal deposits it discovered in western Queensland in 2006. 2 new opal prospects discovered in 2007 have yet to be evaluated. WITHDRAWN
Shree Minerals Limited	Magnetite	4	SHH	23 December	Shree has a portfolio of projects within Tasmania - including its Nelson Bay River magnetite project LISTED
Strata Minerals Limited	Phosphate	5	STJ	14 May	The Company was formed specifically to explore for commercial scale phosphate rock mineralisation on five Project Tenements in Western Australia and Queensland
Talga Gold Limited	Gold	5	TLG	8 July	The company has identified and acquired 100% rights to four high grade gold projects in highly prospective terrains of Western Australia.
Talison Lithium Limited	Lithium	196	TLH	18 December	Talison Lithium is a leading global producer of lithium. The company mines and processes the lithium bearing mineral spodumene at its Greenbushes Lithium Operations in Western Australia.
Tusker Gold Limited	Gold	10	TKA	4 December	Indago Resources (ASX:IDG) is pleased to announce that a prospectus for the spin-off of its Tanzanian gold assets....