Newfoundland and Labrador is a highly attractive, geologically diverse exploration destination and a globally competitive mining jurisdiction, with world-class deposits of iron, nickel-copper-cobalt and zinc-lead-copper, and highly prospective geology for precious metals, uranium, tungsten, molybdenum, antimony, rare earths and industrial minerals. Our multi-billion dollar mining industry provides a wide variety of commodities to the world market. The Province also hosts a vigorous mineral exploration sector, including many locally-based companies and individuals who provide expertise and financing to seek the next generation of mineral wealth.
We encourage investors seeking new mineral exploration and development opportunities to access the summaries below and follow additional links to learn more. Detailed information and services are provided by the Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Mineral Lands and Mineral Development divisions of the Mines Branch.
The links below lead to information about our mineral potential and investment opportunities, as well as the many ways in which we attempt to mitigate your mineral investment risks: our geoscience information, our land tenure system, our competitive industry assistance programs and other regulatory issues under the jurisdiction of the Mines Branch. These and other materials and resources (including technical reports and maps, an interactive resource atlas, databases, and real-time mineral tenure information) are available on-line and via ‘traditional’ over-the-counter services to the mining and mineral exploration industry.
Note: all links below are PDFs and will open in a new window.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: A HOT EXPLORATION DESTINATION
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Resource Rich – Investment Ready (2020) (1.4 MB)
- Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador (2023) (15 MB)
- Mines and Exploration Properties Map (2024) (3 MB)
POSTERS AND BROCHURES
- Commodity Poster Series
- Iron in Western Labrador (2024) (536 KB)
- Uranium: Central Mineral Belt, Labrador (2024) (1 MB)
- VMS in Newfoundland (2024) (707 KB)
- Gold in Newfoundland (2024) (927 KB)
- Commodity Flyers Series
- Gold in Newfoundland (2024) (7.11 MB)
- Iron in Labrador (2024) (3.9 MB)
- VMS in Newfoundland (2024) (4.2 MB)
- Rare Metals in Newfoundland and Labrador (2024) (8.8 MB)
- Commodity Brochures
- Gold (2007) (12.5 MB)
- Copper (2007) (4.2 MB)
- Nickel (2008) (7.3 MB)
- Zinc and Lead (2008) (6.4 MB)
- Uranium (2009) (9.6 MB)
- Rare Earth Elements (2011) (11 MB)
- Iron Ore (2012) (8.26 MB)
- Fluorite (2013) (1.3 MB)
- Barite (2014) (9.2 MB)
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES / ADVANCED MINERAL EXPLORATION PROJECTS
- Base Metals (VMS) (2.2 MB)
- Gold (1.6 MB)
- Iron (900 KB)
- Rare Metals (513 KB)
- Tungsten (157 KB)
- Uranium, Vanadium (647 KB)
All the company news releases and reports that linked from the Project Information Sheets can be viewed here.
Please let us know of any errors or omissions. Although the Department cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of the data provided, we would like to keep these documents as accurate and up-to-date as possible.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact pub@gov.nl.ca.
PROSPECTORS’ PROPERTIES
The Geological Survey’s Matty Mitchell Prospectors Resource Room produces online information on mineral properties that are available for option and maintains a commodity and property poster series. Information packages on individual properties are available here. Further data are available upon request from matty@gov.nl.ca
Online Tools
GEOSCIENCE ONLINE
Our web portal to on-line data, including interactive maps of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, mineral occurrences, mineral land tenure and much more.
SEARCH OUR INDUSTRY GEODATA COLLECTION
Old data routinely yield new targets. We encourage you to visit our new GeoFiles to avail of information and ideas in more than 10,000 digital mineral-exploration assessment reports included in our larger repository of geoscience documents pertinent to the Province. These private sector Assessment Reports are submitted to the Department of Natural Resources as a requirement of the Minerals Act. Reports are kept confidential for a 3-year period or until the mineral rights are surrendered.
A second source of industry data is our collection of historic exploration files donated by companies to the Department. This collection includes non-confidential technical material informally known to current users as “p-files”. This material is currently housed at the Geological Survey, mainly in hard copy format.
ACQUIRE MINERAL RIGHTS
Information on recent claim staking activity:
REGULATIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE MINERAL INDUSTRY
- Guidebook to Exploration, Development and Mining in Newfoundland and LabradorOpens in new window (273 KB)
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION
Newfoundland and Labrador offers a variety of financial incentive programs to attract investment, encourage exploration and help mitigate risk.
Upcoming Events
Events Calendar – Industry, Energy and Technology (gov.nl.ca)