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Newfoundland & Labrador Exploration Statistics 1981- 2008

Year	Claims in Good Standing	Claims Staked		Diamond Drilling (m)		Expenditures $
Year	Claims in Good Standing	Labrador	Newfoundland	Labrador	Newfoundland	Labrador	Newfoundland
2008f	190,000	30,000	20,000	200,000	60,000	94,000,000	54,000,000
2007p	189,283	44,171	35,035	185,000	80,000	92,000,000	56,000,000
2006	132,706	31,441	26,071	130,217	90,717	72,058,109	28,778,296
2005	88,546	32,090	9,977	64,692	80,618	30,117,238	18,557,559
2004	64,464	12,113	7,230	35,893	74,265	11,785,467	21,416,126
2003	60,654	4,315	9,232	13,715	44,903	7,692,603	15,381,132
2002	66,287	5,552	27,574	20,625	46,071	31,299,701	12,890,176
2001	47,425	5,780	9,883	14,476	32,700	17,431,894	11,009,831
2000	46,880	6,185	6,783	29,190	45,356	11,939,042	15,377,627
1999	57,431	173	9,470	53,406	62,857	18,257,000	14,096,000
1998	86,955	3,147	11,329	61,593	33,802	35,842,000	12,013,000
1997	126,766	4,743	8,620	105,493	49,145	61,486,000	10,266,000
1996	168,815	5,633	9,666	181,233	54,399	81,443,000	11,104,000
1995	280,750	230,842	17,864	72,250	56,660	60,818,000	10,295,000
1994	36,698	20,788	1,468	933	48,552	1,154,980	11,241,020
1993	22,910	1,778	5,117	8,200	38,310	1,654,236	7,251,764
1992	24,002	1,615	3,503	2,524	19,349	3,712,612	7,429,388
1991	33,297	1,985	5,426	600	43,327	1,131,020	10,933,000
1990	45,427	1,453	8,968	1,350	91,346	753,930	22,520,000
1989	65,223	615	16,956	0	122,852	1,221,914	35,028,086
1988	68,677	843	25,763	518	234,313	453,449	40,706,551
1987	48,359	2,548	19,534	1,891	87,781	191,260	32,308,740
1986	34,256	2,861	12,413	3,110	48,035	61,559	11,738,441
1985	30,236	2,229	12,320	1,359	37,382	252,830	12,347,100
1984	21,246	1,057	11,021	205	43,941	444,100	7,595,900
1983	15,769	409	5,825	1,652	25,362	1,365,721	6,334,279
1982	18,517	0	4,670	9,342	39,429	2,639,648	9,360,352
1981	25,012	0	13,661	0	64,503	2,517,803	13,482,197

p: preliminary; f: forecast
Source: Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources