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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100210184603
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001271559-10-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	D
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
ITEM INFORMATION:		Rule 506
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100211
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100210
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100211

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRANCONIA MINERALS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001271559
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A0

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		D
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	021-60619
		FILM NUMBER:		10589087

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		415 NORTH SULLIVAN ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE C PMB 165
		CITY:			VERADALE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			99037
		BUSINESS PHONE:		509-623-0342

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12720 E. NORA AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1
		CITY:			SPOKANE VALLEY
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			99216
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            <street2>Suite I</street2>
            <city>Spokane Valley</city>
            <stateOrCountry>WA</stateOrCountry>
            <zipCode>99216</zipCode>
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                <lastName>Gavin</lastName>
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                <street2>Suite I</street2>
                <city>Spokane Valley</city>
                <stateOrCountry>WA</stateOrCountry>
                <zipCode>99216</zipCode>
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                <relationship>Director</relationship>
            </relatedPersonRelationshipList>
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        <relatedPersonInfo>
            <relatedPersonName>
                <firstName>Bonnie</firstName>
                <lastName>Kuhn</lastName>
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            <relatedPersonAddress>
                <street1>7415B 35th Ave NW</street1>
                <city>Calgary</city>
                <stateOrCountry>A0</stateOrCountry>
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            <relatedPersonRelationshipList>
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            <relationshipClarification></relationshipClarification>
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        <relatedPersonInfo>
            <relatedPersonName>
                <firstName>Ernest</firstName>
                <lastName>Lehmann</lastName>
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                <street1>Suite 1140</street1>
                <street2>12 South 6th Street</street2>
                <city>Minneapolis</city>
                <stateOrCountry>MN</stateOrCountry>
                <zipCode>55402</zipCode>
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                <city>West Vancouver</city>
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        <relatedPersonInfo>
            <relatedPersonName>
                <firstName>Lewis</firstName>
                <lastName>Lawrick</lastName>
            </relatedPersonName>
            <relatedPersonAddress>
                <street1>938 Meadow Wood Road</street1>
                <city>Mississauga</city>
                <stateOrCountry>A6</stateOrCountry>
                <zipCode>L5J 2S6</zipCode>
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        <relatedPersonInfo>
            <relatedPersonName>
                <firstName>Allan</firstName>
                <lastName>Marter</lastName>
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            <relatedPersonAddress>
                <street1>1428 W. Briarwood Avenue</street1>
                <city>Littleton</city>
                <stateOrCountry>CO</stateOrCountry>
                <zipCode>80120-3652</zipCode>
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        <relatedPersonInfo>
            <relatedPersonName>
                <firstName>James</firstName>
                <lastName>Friedlander</lastName>
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                <street1>16 Devonshire Close</street1>
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    <offeringData>
        <industryGroup>
            <industryGroupType>Other</industryGroupType>
        </industryGroup>
        <issuerSize>
            <revenueRange>No Revenues</revenueRange>
        </issuerSize>
        <federalExemptionsExclusions>
            <item>06</item>
        </federalExemptionsExclusions>
        <typeOfFiling>
            <newOrAmendment>
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            <dateOfFirstSale>
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        <durationOfOffering>
            <moreThanOneYear>false</moreThanOneYear>
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        <typesOfSecuritiesOffered>
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            <isSecurityToBeAcquiredType>true</isSecurityToBeAcquiredType>
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        <businessCombinationTransaction>
            <isBusinessCombinationTransaction>false</isBusinessCombinationTransaction>
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        <minimumInvestmentAccepted>0</minimumInvestmentAccepted>
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            <recipient>
                <recipientName>Wellington West Capital Markets (USA) Inc.</recipientName>
                <recipientCRDNumber>133617</recipientCRDNumber>
                <associatedBDName>None</associatedBDName>
                <associatedBDCRDNumber>None</associatedBDCRDNumber>
                <recipientAddress>
                    <street1>145 King Street West</street1>
                    <street2>Suite 700</street2>
                    <city>Toronto</city>
                    <stateOrCountry>A6</stateOrCountry>
                    <zipCode>M5H 1J8</zipCode>
                </recipientAddress>
                <statesOfSolicitationList>
                    <state>MN</state>
                </statesOfSolicitationList>
            </recipient>
        </salesCompensationList>
        <offeringSalesAmounts>
            <totalOfferingAmount>805710</totalOfferingAmount>
            <totalAmountSold>805710</totalAmountSold>
            <totalRemaining>0</totalRemaining>
            <clarificationOfResponse>Total off. amt./amt. sold in the U.S. under Rule 506 of Reg. D was CAD$856,500/USD$805,710 (8 U.S. investors) and outside of the U.S. under Rule 903(b)(1) of Reg. S was CAD$3,373,500/USD$3,173,451 (19 non-U.S. investors).</clarificationOfResponse>
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        <investors>
            <hasNonAccreditedInvestors>false</hasNonAccreditedInvestors>
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        <salesCommissionsFindersFees>
            <salesCommissions>
                <dollarAmount>563272</dollarAmount>
            </salesCommissions>
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                <dollarAmount>0</dollarAmount>
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            <clarificationOfResponse>All offers/sales in the U.S. under Rule 506 were made solely by Wellington West Capital Markets (USA) Inc. All offering-related sales compensation was paid by the Issuer to Wellington West Capital Markets Inc., the Canadian parent company.</clarificationOfResponse>
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            </grossProceedsUsed>
            <clarificationOfResponse>This payment is being made to the Birch Lake Joint Venture (BBJV) in connection with the Issuer's exercise of its option to acquire an additional 10% interest in BBJV. Ernest Lehmann, a director of Issuer, controls a company with a 70% interest in BBJV.</clarificationOfResponse>
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            <authorizedRepresentative>false</authorizedRepresentative>
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                <issuerName>FRANCONIA MINERALS CORP</issuerName>
                <signatureName>Brian Gavin</signatureName>
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                <signatureTitle>President and Chief Executive Officer</signatureTitle>
                <signatureDate>2010-02-10</signatureDate>
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