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What's New

• The 5th Annual Mining Day will be held at Marina Park in Thunder Bay on June 3, 2017.
• A proposal has been presented to the Minister's Mining Act Advisory Committee on double assessment credits for prospecting by Jessica Bjorkman. (Presentation)               (Double assessment credits explained)
• The Impact of the New Mining Act on Mineral Exploration in Ontario (Click to view results of survey)

• MNDM's Mining Act Modernization         Phase III Update          (Nov. 2016)

           (click to view document)

News and Events

• The Annual NWOPA Awards Banquet was held on April 4, 2017 at the Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase (click for details)
  
• The Annual General Meeting of NWOPA was held at the Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase May 4,2017 and elections were held to fill six positions on The Board of Directors.(click to view the new 2017-2018 board)
  

Current Metals Prices

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
(details)