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In general the BC Government quotes the
current year and sometimes the last two years of spending from B.C.
Provincial Geoscience Statistics and the historical record prior to that, from the National Exploration Survey. |
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The National Exploration Survey
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Completed twice annually by Natural
Resources Canada (NRCan). |
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Surveys are rigorously conducted
and documented to Statistics Canada’s standard and NRCan’s
General Model of Resource Development and Mining Process. |
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Results are submitted to Statistics
Canada as the official record of exploration spending for Canada’s Chart
of Accounts. |
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Survey terms are
rigorously defined. |
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The B.C. Provincial Geoscience Statistics
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Updated estimates are ongoing from
February to December through B.C.’s Mineral Development Office in
Vancouver and the Regional Geologists. |
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MEMPR staff monitor the pulse of
exploration from verbal reports, company geologists, site visits and
permit applications. |
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| Mineral Exploration
Expenditures |
| 1947 to 2007 (C$
millions) |
| Year |
National Exploration |
B.C. Provincial |
| Survey a |
Geoscience Statistics
b |
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2008 |
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N/A |
| 2007 |
--- |
416 |
| 2006 |
344.2 |
265 |
| 2005 |
218.1 |
220 |
| 2004 |
151.9 |
130 |
| 2003 |
62.5 |
55 |
| 2002 |
39.2 |
40 |
| 2001 |
29.1 |
32 |
| 2000 |
35.9 |
30 |
| 1999 |
41.3 |
25 |
| 1998 |
54.5 |
38 |
| 1997 |
115.2 |
80 |
| 1996 |
104.9 |
105 |
| 1995 |
79.4 |
78 |
| 1994 |
85.0 |
98 |
| 1993 |
66.0 |
66 |
| 1992 |
71.6 |
72 |
| 1991 |
135.7 |
136 |
| 1990 |
226.5 |
227 |
| 1989 |
186.6 |
187 |
| 1988 |
227.6 |
230 |
| 1987 |
151.9 |
143 |
| 1986 |
84.3 |
84 |
| 1985 |
99.6 |
100 |
| 1984 |
123.5 |
124 |
| 1983 |
107.8 |
108 |
| 1982 |
106.4 |
106 |
| 1981 |
188.7 |
189 |
| 1980 |
157.5 |
158 |
| 1979 |
81.9 |
82 |
| 1978 |
57.7 |
58 |
| 1977 |
43.9 |
83 |
| 1976 |
38.5 |
50 |
| 1975 |
37.3 |
42 |
| 1974 |
34.9 |
34 |
| 1973 |
42.6 |
42 |
| 1972 |
38.2 |
42 |
| 1971 |
40.4 |
44 |
| 1970 |
52.4 |
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| 1969 |
43.0 |
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| 1968 |
35.2 |
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| 1967 |
32.9 |
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| 1966 |
23.7 |
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| 1965 |
24 |
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| 1964 |
13.2 |
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| 1963 |
10.9 |
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| 1962 |
7.9 |
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| 1961 |
5.1 |
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| 1960 |
4.9 |
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| 1959 |
3.3 |
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| 1958 |
3.4 |
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| 1957 |
4.3 |
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| 1956 |
4.7 |
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| 1955 |
1.7 |
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| 1954 |
1.6 |
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| 1953 |
1.9 |
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| 1952 |
1.9 |
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| 1951 |
1.3 |
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| 1950 |
1.0 |
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| 1949 |
1.3 |
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| 1948 |
0.8 |
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| 1947 |
0.9 |
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Source: |
Natural Resources Canada, Ministry of Energy,
Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) |
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Details of exploration expenditures covered in the
National Exploration Survey. |
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Source:
Natural Resources Canada, Ministry
of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) |
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Comment:
Graph compares all nominal $
expenditures from table above. Note current upward trend in
exploration expenditures. |
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Source:
Natural Resources Canada, Ministry
of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources |
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Comment:
Consumer Price Index available
from 1954. |
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Symbols: |
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a |
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National Exploration Survey - fieldwork & overheads & engineering, economic & pre- or production feasibility studies, environment & land access |
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b |
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exploration expenditure estimates by MEMPR geoscientists |
Last Updated
February 19, 2008
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