Canada's mineral exploration and deposit appraisal spending amounted to a preliminary total of 41 billion Canadian dollars in 2022. Of that amount, precious metals accounted for most of the country's mineral exploration and deposit appraisal spending, at approximately 2.4 billion Canadian dollars. Base metals were the second-largest targeted minerals category for spending, with exploration and deposit appraisal spending amounting to nearly one billion Canadian dollars that year.
Mining exploration expenditures in Canada in 2022, by selected mineral commodity (in million Canadian dollars)
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NRCan. (June 7, 2023). Mining exploration expenditures in Canada in 2022, by selected mineral commodity (in million Canadian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/
NRCan. "Mining exploration expenditures in Canada in 2022, by selected mineral commodity (in million Canadian dollars)." Chart. June 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/
NRCan. (2023). Mining exploration expenditures in Canada in 2022, by selected mineral commodity (in million Canadian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/
NRCan. "Mining Exploration Expenditures in Canada in 2022, by Selected Mineral Commodity (in Million Canadian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/
NRCan, Mining exploration expenditures in Canada in 2022, by selected mineral commodity (in million Canadian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Mining exploration expenditures in Canada in 2022, by selected mineral commodity (in million Canadian dollars) [Graph], NRCan, June 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/