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August 19, 2008

Northern Lion Gold Looks For A Reason to Roar

By Our Canadian Correspondent

Located 64 kilometres south of Turkey and 97 kilometres west of Syria, Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is considered largely under-explored, despite a history of mineral exploitation that dates back to the Bronze Age. Indeed in many languages its very name, Kupros, or Kypros, has a certain affinity to our modern word “copper”. That’s no co-incidence, as the Romans derived their word from the metal from one of their primary sources – Cyprus. Fast forward a couple of thousand years, and Cyprus is a member of the EU, and is beginning to resolve some of the issues surrounding the historic quarrel between the native Greeks and Turks.

Just the sort of place for a junior explorer to get stuck in on the ground and enjoy a first-mover advantage. EMED Mining’s been having a look around for a year or so, but the latest to join the party is Canadian-listed Northern Lion Gold, which also holds properties in Portugal and Sweden, and which acquired its Cyprus tenement in June. Northern Lion’s president John Lando explains the opportunity: "Cyprus has been known throughout history to be rich with copper and has over 5,000 years of...