Exploration

What we constantly see when interviewing individuals for stories in Canadian Mining & Energy is that the people in the exploration industry are an optimistic bunch. These passionate prospectors confess that this character trait is essential to the job—they must bash a lot of rocks before they hit pay dirt. But for them, it’s the thrill of discovery that drives them—and their excitement is contagious. 

Recent Exploration articles

Mortensen standing with shovel in forest.
Exploration, First Nations, Mines, Sustainability & environment, British Columbia Gold miner Mitch Mortensen is the perfect advocate for placer mining in B.C.

Placer mining in B.C. has no better advocate than gold miner Mitch Mortensen of Snowshoe Mountain Resources Corp.

by Virginia Rasch
Large piece of machinery with person standing in bucket.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon $500,000 federal funding to help promote northern mining at annual conference

The Yukon Mining Alliance will use the funding to help showcase the opportunities in the North at the annual PDAC Conference in Toronto

by Julie Matchett
Geoscience representative discussing info at open house with a man.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Minerals, Mines, British Columbia Geoscience BC targets ‘hidden’ Central Interior copper-gold deposits

The Central Interior Copper-Gold Research series aims to better understand potential deposits, attract investment and encourage exploration

by Julie Matchett
Close-up picture of PDAC Award, showing two stylized white hands holding up a transparent diamond shape printed with PDAC logo.
Mining Insider, Exploration, First Nations, Minerals, Mines, Global PDAC 2020 awards honour industry leaders

The 2020 PDAC Award recipients have been announced, celebrating outstanding achievement in the Canadian and international mining industry

by Julie Matchett
Logo for the Future of Mining America conference.
Exploration, Mines, Products & equipment, Sustainability & environment, Technology, Global Future of Mining Americas returns to Denver with a focus on digitization, innovation and the future

With over 250 professionals expected to be in attendance, the Future of Mining is a great opportunity for those interested in new ideas, strategies and concepts

Kendra Johnson
Exploration, Minerals, British Columbia Kendra Johnston named new president and CEO of Association for Mineral Exploration (AME)

The BC-based Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) recently appointed Kendra Johnston as its president and CEO.

by Peter Caulfield
The La Loutre property, showing a lake shore with trees.
Exploration, Minerals, Mines, Renewable Energy, Technology, Global, Quebec A miracle metal

A. Paul Gill, CEO of Lomiko Metals, Inc., is excited about the company’s graphite-bearing La Loutre project in Quebec

by A. Paul Gill
Guy Santucci, Cranbrook History Centre Board Chair, and Jason Jacob, President of East Kootenay Chamber of Mines, with one of the dino prints.
Mining Insider, Education, Exploration, History, Mines, British Columbia Local dinosaur prints on display at Cranbrook History Centre

Teck loans museum 140 million-year-old meat-eating raptor tracks found in local mines

(L to R) Brian Testo and Michael Dufresne of Grizzly Discoveries explore the Robocop project near Roosville, B.C.
Exploration, British Columbia Grizzly Discoveries explores near Roosville, B.C.

Brian Testo, CEO of Grizzly Discoveries, is exploring Robocop as a potential for a mine site near Roosville, B.C.

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Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, British Columbia Geoscience BC calls for project proposals to generate new minerals research and data

Projects resulting from the RFPs will deliver new earth science and baseline data for prospectors, explorers, mine developers, governments & community leaders.

A scenic view of the Hank Property, owned by Golden Ridge Resources Ltd.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Minerals, British Columbia Golden Ridge Resources announces plans for 2018 drilling at the Hank Project in BC’s Golden Triangle

Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. has completed a detailed review of all the exploration data generated from its 2017 maiden drill program on the Hank Property.

An overview of attendees at the PDAC Convention in Toronto.
Mining Insider, Education, Exploration, First Nations, Minerals, Mines, Products & equipment, Renewable Energy, Sustainability & environment, Technology, Ontario PDAC 2018 Convention exceeds 25,000 attendees

High attendance rates are a clear sign that the mineral exploration and mining industry has regained its swagger and is building momentum.

Workers at the Driftwood Creek project site.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, British Columbia MGX Minerals engages Hatch Ltd. for Magnesium Metal Study at Driftwood Creek, British Columbia

The Hatch study will evaluate process routes, and order of magnitude capital and operating cost estimates for an initial 10,000 tonne per year processing plant.

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Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, British Columbia FPX Nickel stepout drilling at Baptiste Deposit intersects second-highest grade near-surface nickel

FPX Nickel Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of the Decar Nickel-Iron Alloy Project, located in central British Columbia.

Collage of 3 mining pictures plus logo of Soquem company.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, Quebec SOQUEM completes a new drilling program at the B26 Polymetallic Project

SOQUEM, a subsidiary of Ressources Québec Inc., is a leading player in mineral exploration in Québec.

The all-season Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway covers an area rich in natural gas fields. The government is now considering how to use this gas: locally or shipping it elsewhere?
Exploration, Northwest Territories Exploring the gas fields of the Northwest Territories

The Government of the Northwest Territories studies potential for exploration in the Beaufort-Delta region with the completion of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway

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Picture of helicopter at a forested landing area.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, British Columbia Skeena commences underground drilling at Snip

Skeena Resources Limited is a junior Canadian mining exploration company focused on developing prospective precious and base metal properties in B.C.

Graphic of Kirkham Property.
Mining Insider, Exploration, Mines, British Columbia Metallis commences drilling at Thunder North, contiguous to Nickel Mountain Discovery

Metallis Resources Inc. is a Vancouver-based company focused on the exploration of gold, copper and silver at its 100% owned Kirkham Property situated in B.C.

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