Vancouver-based Goldcorp has revised up its 2010 exploration guidance budget to US$145mn from the originally announced US$130mn.

See http://www.bnamericas.com/news/mining/Goldcorp_ups_2010_exploration_budget_to_US*145mn_due_to_El_Morro,_Camino_Rojo/178535547.

Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the document From Money to Metals by mining researcher Roger Moody. For background, see http://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Goldcorp.