Manitoba Mining Information

Manitoba Mining

The province of Manitoba has a wealth of untapped mineral resources combined with top notch exploration knowledge and a secure political climate. Mining has a bright future within the province due to the existence of a vast under explored treasure chest of exploration opportunities combined with a high level of cooperation among industry and government. These and other factors help to make Manitoba a premier location of the world in which to explore for minerals. Indeed, a recent Fraser Institute survey rated Manitoba as having the best policy environment in the world for mining.

This favorable mining destination is home to some of the most productive and best run mines in the world that operate around the clock to produce gold, nickel, copper, zinc and other metals. Many mine and quarry operations also produce a host of industrial minerals and materials such as limestone, granite, gypsum, cement agents, aggregates, peat and others.

Mining is the second largest primary resource industry in Manitoba generating $2.1 billion in mineral production for 2006. Manitoba’s mining industry employs approximately 3,500 people directly and another 14,000 in indirect spin-off business.

What do Manitoba mines produce?

• Metals, such as nickel, copper, zinc and gold. metals industry.
• Specialty minerals like tantalum, lithium and cesium.
• Plus industrial minerals such as dolomite, spodumene, gypsum, salt, granite, limestone, peat, lime, sand and gravel.
• Manitoba mineral resources with potential for future economic development include diamonds, platinum-group metals (PGM), rare earth elements (REE), titanium, vanadium, chromite, silica and potash.

Further Reading: Mining Information Investing In Gold and Metals