Preliminary work is currently underway at Bateman and early results are strongly positive. The first task executed was to verify the previously reported gold mineralization in an extensive Timiskaming polymictic conglomerate unit. Clark Exploration prospectors visited the trenches that reported channel samples of up to 0.5 grams per ton over 11 meters. Chip sampling by the prospectors along the old channel sample locations verified the strongly anomalous gold values within the conglomerates. The prospectors took 22 samples with the highest being 0.72 grams gold per ton, 11 ranging from 0.20 and 0.37 grams gold per ton, 8 ranging from 0.11 and 0.20 grams per ton and only 4 less than 0.10 grams gold per ton. Recently, J. Paul Murphy (a director of DDCC), during a property visit, took a grab sample by the road, which returned a value of 0.68 grams gold per ton.

Presently, Valgold and Golden Share Mining are evaluating properties in the surrounding areas. Procurement of a diamond drill t