Mineral Resources Development Fund: Prospecting Grants
Prospecting grants provide up to $15,000 of support and are intended to help explorers carry out grass-roots exploration activities and find economical mineral resources in Nova Scotia.
Offered by Department of Natural Resources and Renewables
Amount
Up to $15,000
Up to $15,000 of support for grass-roots exploration activities in Nova Scotia
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Who can apply
Prospecting grants provide up to $15,000 of support and are intended to help explorers carry out grass-roots exploration activities and find economical mineral resources in Nova Scotia.
E) Exploration Plan The exploration plan must be well researched, achievable, and based on an idea or an approach that is worth testing. Proposals must explain how the approach will build on any previous work. Extra credit will be given to projects that have higher potential to successfully discover new mineral exploration targets or to use innovative techniques to enhance the economic potential of existing mineral occurrences. Please note that any proposed drilling, aerial surveys, and reclamation work must be applied under the updated Shared Funding Grant stream.
No proposed work may be conditional on the results of work described on this application. Follow-up activities can be considered under future applications.
About the funding
The total award may be increased by $2,500 if the applicant hires a Professional Geoscientist
(P.Geo) to assist with the exploration program.
- Applicants are permitted to apply for a grant on more than one exploration licence.
- A grant may be applied to several exploration properties, provided all properties are
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under licence to the applicant and that the work to be done on each property is
described separately on the application form.
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