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News and Events

  • The annual NWOPA Christmas Party will be held Friday, December 7, 2018 at the DaVinci Centre in Thunder Bay (click for details). 
  • The NWOPA Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the following awards to be presented the evening of Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at the Awards Dinner at the Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase.
         1.  Lifetime Achievement
            2.  “Bernie Schnieders” Discovery of the Year
            3.  Developer of the Year
            4. “Dan Calvert” Distinguished Service Award
             (click for details)
  • 2018 Ontario Prospectors Exploration Showcase "Grassroots Prospects lead to New Mines!" was held at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay April 3 - 5, 2018.
  • The NWOPA 2017 Awards Dinner was held the evening of April 3, 2018 at which time awards were presented recognizing lifetime achievments, mineral discoveries and mine developments. (Click for details)
  • The 6th Annual Mining Day was held at Marina Park in Thunder Bay on June 23, 2018. 

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)