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Press Releases: Exploration Spending 1996 - 2006

Corporate Exploration Strategies, available to subscribers on the Internet, is now in its seventeenth edition.  This annual study is the industry's standard reference on companies' exploration spending and strategies.

	Worldwide Exploration Budgets Reach New High-Water Mark - 2006
	Worldwide Exploration Budgets Reach $5.1 Billion in 2005—Just Shy of 1997 Peak - 2005
	Worldwide Exploration Spending Rebounds To Highest Level Since 1997 Peak - 2004
	Exploration Spending Rises For The First Time Since 1997 Peak - 2003
	Exploration Spending Drops for Fifth Straight Year - 2002
	Exploration Spending Drops to its Lowest Level in Nine Years - 2001
	Exploration Spending Nearing Bottom of Cycle - 2000
	A 23% Decrease in 1999 Exploration Budgets - 1999
	A 31% Decrease in 1998 Exploration Budget - 1998
	Latin America Tops Exploration Spending for the Fourth Year - 1997
	Exploration Spending Surges Upward - 1996

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