NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

PROSPECTORS ASSOCIATION

" PROSPECTING AND THE ENVIRONMENT "

Prospecting is an enjoyable physical outdoor activity

involving the search for Economic Mineral Deposits in the

Province.

Prospecting and Mineral Exploration require a Large Land

Base when starting off to select a Project Area.

Most Economic Mineral Deposits are either hidden under

thick layers of Bedrock, or under thick deposits of Glacial

Till, Swamps and Bogs, as well as Forest Cover.

Prospecting is very much like trying to find a Needle in a

Haystack !

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT

PROSPECTING

IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT PROSPECTING

Project Selection

Airborne Geophysical Survey

Both the Provincial and Federal Governments have

invested significant amounts of money in collecting

Geoscience Data to aid in the Search for hidden Economic

Mineral Deposits throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

Prospectors and Mineral Exploration Companies use these

vast amounts of data in the form of maps, open files and

reports as a key part of their individual and company

exploration programs in the province.

Mineral Claims are no longer staked on the ground by

cutting and blazing lines and erecting corner posts, but

instead are acquired by means of a modern, competitive

online computer staking system.

Sampling an Outcrop

Prospectors come from all walks of life and the one thing

that they all have in common is a sense of Adventure and a

Love of the Out Doors.

Prospectors care for the Environment and conduct their

Prospecting Activities in a Sustainable Manner.

Prospecting and Mineral Exploration activity are carefully

Regulated by the Provincial Government and in some

instances Federal Government Regulations also come into

effect.

The following series of photos will give you a very clear

understanding of the various types of activities that a

prospector conducts in the field.

Sampling a Glacial Boulder

Taking a Lake Sediment Sample

Taking a Soil Sample

Taking a Till Sample

Till Profiling

Taking a Twig Sample

Cut Grid Lines

Cut Grid Lines

Ground Geophysical Survey

Panning a Stream

75 % OF PROSPECTING PROGRAMS END HERE !

ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PROGRAMS MOVE

FORWARD TO THE NEXT STAGE.

Advanced Mineral Exploration includes such

activities as Trenching, Bulk Sampling and

Diamond Drilling.

These types of activities are very well

regulated by NL Dept. of Natural Resources.

Surface Trenching

Bulk Sampling

Trench Compliant

Trench Site Rehabilitated

Diamond Drilling

Drill Site Rehabilitated

Drill Site Rehabilitated

Only Footprints Remain

THANK YOU !

The Newfoundland and Labrador Prospectors

Association [ NLPA ] is strongly committed to the

fundamental principle of its members conducting

their prospecting and mineral exploration

activities in an environmentally responsible and

sustainable manner throughout the province.