When a company is working in the mining business it needs to think on a fairly large scale. Its operations can often extend to dozens of square kilometers. When, however, a good find in a historically active mining region is found, holdings and profits can start to exceed a “regular person’s” common perception of reasonable land ownership and potential profit.

Douglas lake Minerals Inc., an exploration and development mining company, works to locate and develop gold, silver, copper and diamond concessions. The company is currently working to develop concessions in Tanzania.

In recent quarters, the company has been aggressively adding mining concessions with positive testing results. Its Morogoro Tanzania concession has shown indications of significant gold and diamond deposits in excess of initial results (many at shallow depths.) To this end, the company has entered into a strategic partnership with Canaco Resources Inc. to locate and construct infrastructure within the property. Upon

High Ridge Resources Inc. (TSX-V: HRR // FRANKFURT: HR2) has announced that the drilling program at its Chanape project in the San Mateo area, 90 km east of Lima, Peru has begun. Gary Anderson, president and CEO of High Ridge Resources Inc., commented: “We are very excited that the drilling program is getting underway at Chanape. I am pleased at the way the High Ridge team and our consultants have managed the numerous challenges we have faced over the last nine months in Peru and in Canada. We are looking forward to having the Chanape targets finally tested.”

The drilling program will involve an initial 3,000-5,000 meters from up to 9 platforms and will test both the known mineralized targets (exposed on surface polymetallic veins and intrusive breccias) and larger high chargeability-low resistivity (IP) anomalies. The priority targets cover an area of approximately four square kilometers and