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
Alligator Energy Limited	Uranium	15	AGE	17 December	Alligator has purchased the Tin Camp Creek Tenements from Cameco Australia Pty Ltd. This project contains immediate drill targets, both to extend and validate known zones of uranium mineralisation as at Caramal and to explore systematically those prospects which have untested radiometric anomalies and/or limited previous drilling with positive results. The Alligator Rivers Uranium Province hosts several world class uranium resources at Ranger and Jabiluka, with the likely potential to host more.
Altius Mining Limited	Gold	15	AYM	5 October	• Gold production from Forsayth, QLD post IPO. • Additional open cut development of gold mines from its Sofala, Karangi, and Gowulma-Gunners tenements, NSW. • Exploration advanced on NSW tenement portfolio
Anatolia Minerals Development Limited	Gold		AQG	-	Merger with Avoca Resources
Antipa Minerals Limited	ALL METALS	8-10	AZY	18 April	The Citadel Project covers an area in excess of 1,700 km2 within the Proterozoic Paterson Province in WA which hosts world-class gold, copper, uranium & tungsten deposits, situated within 150 km of the Citadel Project:
ARK MINES Limited	ALL METALS	3.1	AHK	27 April	Mining explorer with a focus on gold, copper, zinc, iron and rare earth elements in the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales.
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.
Attila Resources Limited	Gold	2.2	AYA	12 November	Attila has secured options to acquire mining tenements located in the northern Perth Basin and the Paddington-Kalgoorlie-Kambalda gold belt.
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.
Blackgold International Holdings Limited	Coal	58.5	BGG	05 November	Coal mining in the Peoples Republic of China
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.
Centius Gold	Gold	7	CNS	27 October	Exploration for gold and other mineral resources in New South Wales and Queensland
Commissioners Gold Limited	Gold Base Metals	4.5	CGU	10 June	Commissioners Gold Ltd has been granted a portfolio of tenements for gold and base metals exploration, in the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales, Australia.
Core Exploration Limited	Copper Uanium	5	CXO	09 February	Core Exploration’s project portfolio includes tenement areas for copper on the Yorke Peninsula, adjacent to the latest IOCGU discovery by Rex Minerals at Hillside which has an inferred resource of 100 million tonnes at 0.7% copper and 0.2g/t gold. Core is also developing an extensive uranium exploration project portfolio in South Australia
Cove Resources Limited	Gold	4.5	CVE	27 January	The Company has the right to earn up to 100% equity interest into four Gold Projects that make up the Goongarrie, Carosue, Sunrise Dam and Spargoville Projects located in Western Australia.
Exterra Resources Limited	Gold	5	ETS	06 December	Exterra has three gold projects, located in the Eastern Goldfields and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia.
Flinders Exploration Limited	Diamonds Phosphate Barite	5	FEX	09 December	FEX is a new diamond and phosphate focussed explorer with a strong tenement portfolioDiamonds SA – ready to bulk sample Eurelia kimberlite field to test for commercial grades Diamonds Pilbara – following up microdiamonds in circular features Phosphate SA – ready to drill Barite SA – ready to drill
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.
GGG Resources PLC	Gold	6	GGB	11 February	GGG Resources own half the mining rights to Bullabulling, a former open pit gold mine in the Coolgardie region, Western Australia. We share the rights jointly (50:50) with Auzex Resources Limited, our Australian partners.
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.
Gold Mines of Peru	Gold Silver	5	GMO	April	Gold and Silver projects in Peru
Guildford Coal Limited	Coal	TBA	GUF	24 June	TBA
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.
International Base Metals Limited	Base metals	30	IBM	TBA	IBML’s premier project is the Omitiomire copper deposit in Namibia, with a number of other projects at earlier stages of exploration in both Namibia and Australia with the Maranoa and the AuriCula Projects Withdrawn
Invictus Gold Limited	Gold Copper	3.5	IVG	27 January	Invictus has been established to explore primarily for deposits of gold, gold-silver, gold-copper and gold-copper-molybdenum. The company has entered into a share purchase agreement with Impact Minerals Limited (ASX:IPT) to become the holder of tenements and tenement applications covering 5,800 sq km in the east central and southern areas of Queensland.
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
Kimberley Rare Earths Limited	Rare Earths	18.2	KRE	18 May	Formed by Navigator Resources Limited to develop the Cummins Range Rare Earths Project
Kula Gold Limited	Gold	80	KGD	16 November	Kula Gold is a developing gold company and 100 per cent owner of a promising advanced stage gold project on Woodlark Island, located approximately 250 kilometers from the Papua New Guinea mainland.
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.
Lithex Resources Limited	Rare Earths All metals	4	LTX	16 May	Lithex tenements cover areas in WA which contain the valuable transition metal minerals including tin, tantalum, niobium, alkali metals including lithium, potassium and with scope to define rare mineral lanthanides and actinides.
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.
Metal Bank Limited	Base & Precious Metals	2.2	MBK	14 February	MetalBank has established a portfolio of exploration projects in highly prospective regions of Queensland and WA.
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
Nemex Resources Limited	All minerals	6	NXR	17 April	Exploring and developing mineral projects in Australia and West Africa
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.
Otway Energy Limited	Oil and gas exploration	9-11	OTE	tba	Otway has two Petroleum Exploration Licences, PEL 154 and PEL 155 (the “Tenements”) which are located in the south eastern corner of South Australia and are within the Otway Basin.
Peak Oil and Gas Limited	Oil & Gas	55	PKO	25 November	Peak is an upstream oil and gas company with an attractive combination of near term production and exploration assets located in the Asia Pacific region. Central to this portfolio is the Cadlao Redevelopment Project in the Philippines which is targeted to commence production during Q4 2011.
Plymouth Minerals Limited	Rare Earths	2.8	PLH	15 April	Acquiring and exploring rare earth element mineralisation in Greenland
Polymetals Mining Limited	Base and Precious Metals	7	PLY	04 May	The acquisition, exploration, development and operation of precious and base metals resource projects.
Potash West NL	Potash	6	PWN	18 April	Potash West NL aims to extract potassium – for the production of potash – from one of the world’s largest greensand deposits in WA.
Red October Resources Limited	Nickel	4.5	ROS	29 April	To exploit mineral resource projects including nickel and non-iron ore minerals at the Pardoo Project located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
Regalpoint Resources Limited	Uranium	12	RGU	TBA	The Company currently has rights to a number of Exploration licences at various stages of the granting process. The licences are spread over the States of Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Riedel Resources Limited	Gold Copper Nickel	7	RIE	TBA	Gold, copper and nickel projects in WA
Rift Valley Resources Limited	Gold Nickel	12.5	RFV	29 April	An exciting package of tenements in highly prospective areas of Tanzania.
Salisbury Resources Limited	Copper	7	SBY	20 December	The key project is the Cattle Grid copper mine at Mt Gunson in South Australia where Salisbury has an Exploration Target* of 11-12 million tonnes with a grade of 1-1.5 % copper.
Shree Minerals Limited	Magnetite	4	SHH	23 December	Shree has a portfolio of projects within Tasmania - including its Nelson Bay River magnetite project LISTED
St George Mining Limited	Gold Uranium	4	SGQ	14 October	Exploration projects in two richly mineralised areas of Australia, North East Goldfields of WA and Pine Creek Orogen in NT
Straits Metals Limited	All Metals	N/A	SRQ	14 March	SRL will demerge Straits Metals Limited as a separate company which will be listed on ASX.
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.
Tellus Resources Ltd	Gold	3.75-4.25	TLU	11 May	Tellus has six exploration tenements in regional New South Wales, all located in areas of historic goldﬁ elds, but with relatively little in the way of modern exploration activity.
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....
Western Manganese Limited	Manganese	3	WMN	11 February	Western Manganese is an Australian based, Indonesian focused exploration company. WMN currently hold the rights to two promising manganese exploration tenements near Atembua in West Timor, Indonesia.