Page 47 MLEN SPRING 2020 Page 47 past few years Great Bear took advantage of a nowdefunct provincial in early 2018 government program called JEAP the Junior Exploration As sistance Program T o qualify for the 100000 fund you had to be a company with a market cap under 5 million and Great Bear qualifed in early 2018 At the time of this writing the company was valued at over 600 million The increase in enquiries through Paterson s ofce are signifcant Right now we are helping a lot of companies get access to infor mation that isnt readily available through our website we will help to go look at some core and a lot of companies are contacting me spe cifcally to know if we know anyone who can come and work on these projects Pretty well anyone with a pulse who has an inclination to work in the bush is working in the bush right now he added Companies that had been idle in the Red Lake region for several years are also kickstarting eforts to get the drills turning that includes geophysical surveys mapping and geologists as well as prospectors A few of the companies with their fngerprints on the region include ALX Resources Corp AurCrest Gold Inc Benton Resources Inc BTU Metals Corp Confederation Minerals Ltd Conquest Resources Ltd Crown Mining Corp Cypress Development Corp Frontline Gold Corporation Golden Share Re sources Corporation Golden T ag Resources Ltd Great Bear Re sources Ltd International Montoro Resources Inc MetalCORP Lim ited Newmont Nexus Gold Corp O3 Mining Inc Pacton Gold Inc Planet V entures Inc Premier Gold Mines Ltd Pure Gold Mining Inc Red Lake Gold Inc Redstar Gold Corp Rubicon Minerals Corp Ru pert Resources Ltd Sabina Gold Silver Corp T ri Origin Explora tion Ltd and W est Red Lake Gold Mines Inc There are a limited number of ho tels in the area for out of town con tractors and there have been sev eral homeowners who have also started renting out rooms or their entire home to take advantage of the infux of workers and compa nies looking for gold in the region Bill Paterson Regional Resident Geologist ENDM Red Lake Kenora Districts Proud of our F rontline W orkers The term often conjures images of doctors in Hazmat suits and soldiers in uniform But during the coronavirus outbreak workers across a vast array of industries have found themselves essential parts of the machine that keeps the world in motion required to do their jobs despite great risk W e would like to recognise those who are putting their lives on the line to help others during COVID19 by saying frontline workers THANK YOU Cong ratulations Ontario Mining W eek A salute to Great Bear Resources Proud to be a part of your success More than 53 y ear s of opera tion in the drilling industr y