Danny,

I do not think these properties impact our claims directly at all because a) GNH has the claims they need staked and no one can take that away; b) The claims being staked are a little ways away from where GNH is working.

What it does do is highlight that there are multiple parties flocking to the region and there is a veritable Gold Rush occurring in the Beauce. We now count: GNH, FNC, UBR, BOW/OSK, NPD.P, Archer Gold (Private), and there will likely be others coming out of the woodwork in the coming weeks.

Maps:

Regional map: http://www.goldenhopemines.com/UserFiles/h_img24b.jpg

GNH claim map: http://www.goldenhopemines.com/UserFiles/claimMap.pdf

FNC is around Beauceville, just south of the GNH "Chute du Bras" Claims

Regional map 2: http://maps.google.ca/maps?rlz=1C1GGLS_enCA329CA329&sourceid=chrome&q=thetford+mines&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Thetford+Mines,+QC&gl=ca&ei=Q5gaS6DlJM-ilAe2n8zxCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CA4Q8gEwAA

BOW/OSK have staked, from what I have heard, S-W of Beauceville and Thetford-Mines. Refferring to the GNH claim map, they have likely taken claims in the Magog Group, North of the Guadeloupe Fault Line.