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News and Events

  • The Ontario Exploration Showcase will be held at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay,Ontario April 7-8, 2020. Registration, display and sponsorship forms are available on our registration page.
  • The NWOPA Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the following awards to be presented the evening of Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at the Awards Dinner at the Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase.
  1.   "Dave Christianson" Lifetime Achievement Award
  2.   “Bernie Schnieders” Discovery of the Year Award
  3.   Developer of the Year Award
  4.  “Dan Calvert” Distinguished Service Award          (Click to see the attached list of previous winners and contacts to submit your nominations)
  • The 7th Annual Mining Day was held at Marina Park in Thunder Bay on June 22, 2019 (view Mining Day website)
  • The Annual General Meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association (NWOPA) took place on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at the Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase (OPES) in Thunder Bay.
  • 2019 Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase "Here we GOLD again"  was held at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay  on April 2 & 3 , 2019. On Tuesday evening April 2 the NWOPA Awards were presented (Click to view)
  

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Ore Deposits 101
Check out this series of videos from Sprott Global Investments
giving an introduction to different ore deposit types in simple layman's terms
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