Franconia Minerals is focused on the exploration and development of Platinum Group Metals (PGM) and Base Metals in the continental United States. Headed by a proven management and technical team with over 200 years of combined mining and exploration experience, the Company's head office is in Spokane, Washington. Franconia's most advanced project is the Birch Lake Platinum-Palladium-Copper-Nickel project, located in the Duluth Complex in northeastern Minnesota. The project includes two inferred PGM resources; the 100M tonne Birch Lake resource and the 120M tonne Maturi resource. The Company is also actively exploring for base metals at its Red Knoll copper property in Arizona. Franconia has exploration agreements with Teck Cominco American Inc.