*Approximate figure. Notes: Includes on-site and off-site mine activities. Includes field work, overhead, engineering, economic and pre- or production feasibility studies, environmental, and land access expenditures.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, nrcan.gc.ca, 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Exploration spending in Canada by select mineral commodity 2022
Canada's mineral exploration and deposit appraisal spending amounted to a preliminary total of ** 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 *** billion Canadian dollars. Base metals were the second-largest targeted minerals category for spending, with exploration and deposit appraisal spending amounting to nearly *** billion Canadian dollars that year.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/437507/expenditures-for-mineral-exploration-in-canada-by-select-mineral/
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