Paladin's planshttps://www.miningweekly.com/article/paladin-gets-access-to-aurora-deposits-2011-12-15
Paladin's plans for Aurora: infill drilling at Michelin and exploration drilling this summer.
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In other news, ALS's early stage Wager Bay gold project in Nunavut has been written down, along with Mustang Trend gold project in Newfoundland. The majority of ALS's own exploration dollars have been pumped into more iron ore; Snelgrove Lake, to look for DSO targets, and Julienne Lake iron ore. Snelgrove should be the next big JV (they held it back from the Century deal).
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MD&A notes that weaker market conditions are providing more royalty financing opportunities. "The Corporation is currently evaluating several royalty financing/investment opportunities."