10 Ont ari O Mining and expl O ra ti O n direct O r y and res O urce guide 20 20 As C anada s No 1 miner al pr o ducer Ontario gener a t ed 101 billion w or t h of miner als in 2018 The miner al w ealth and associa ted economic ac tivities ar e a funda mental building block and k e y sour ce of liv eliho o d f or man y communities in Nor thern Ontario The mining in dustry cr ea tes mor e than 26000 dir ec t jobs and appr o xi ma tely 50000 indir ec t jobs in miner al manuf ac turing and pr ocessing in Ontario The pr o vince s a bundant miner al r esour ces sta ble fi nancial clima te and competitiv e mining tax r egime a ttr ac t s a w ealth of e xplor a tion and mining companies including some of the w orlds largest and most accomplished such as Barrick Ne wmont Glencor e Kirkland Lak e G old and Vale Since June 2018 se v er al ne w mines ha v e opened acr oss Ontario Ne wmont opened Borden gold mine in C hapleau t he w orlds first allelec tric undergr ound gold mine and the C ochenour g old mine in Red Lak e H ar te G old opened the Sugar Z one gold mine near White Riv er In addition Kirkland Lak e G old Ne wmont Vale Alamos Glencor e and Pur e G old ar e all ad vancing mine e xpansion or ne w mine constr uc tion pr ojec ts acr oss Ontario Pr om ising e xplor a tion pr ojec ts continue to ad vance acr oss the pr o vince as w ell such as Gr ea t Bears Dixie gold pr ojec t F r ont ier Lit hium s P AK lithium pr ojec t Gr eenstone G olds H ardr ock gold pr ojec t and Moneta P or cupine s G olden High w a y gold pr ojec t Our go v ernment will continue to w ork hard to incr ease competitiv eness and suppor t an a ttr ac tiv e in v estment cli ma te The mining sec tor is an impor tant contributor to the local and pr o vincial econom y cr ea tes go o d pa ying jobs and a b etter qualit y of lif e f or all f amilies acr oss the pr o vince By w orking together w e will continue to send a clear message to the w orld tha t Ontario is open f or business and open f or jobs l T he Honour a ble Greg Rickford Minister of Energy Nor thern D e v elopment and Mines Gr ound VLF Sur veys Pr ospecting Data Pr ocessing Interpretation Modeling Historical VLF Data Pr ocessing Modeling P 7059466054 l C 705 9439399 E yvlfcagmailcom l W www yvlfca 4 1 6 M a i n S t G e r a l d t o n O N P 0 T 1 M 0 P H O N E 8 0 7 8 5 4 2 2 8 3 F A X 8 0 7 8 5 4 0 5 5 4 E M A I L i n f o i m e x k o c a C U S T O M W O R K I N S T A L L A T I O N F E N C I N G S U P P L I E S D E L I V E R Y C O R E R A C K S B O X E S 4 1 6 M a i n S t G e r a l d t o n O N P 0 T 1 M 0 P H O N E 8 0 7 8 5 4 2 2 8 3 F A X 8 0 7 8 5 4 0 5 5 4 E M A I L i n f o i m e x k o c a C U S T O M W O R K I N S T A L L A T I O N F E N C I N G S U P P L I E S D E L I V E R Y C O R E R A C K S B O X E S PHONE 807 8542283 F AX 807 8540554 Em A il st ephaneg otw oodcastleca 124 Ar ena Rd Ger aldt on ON P0T 1 m 0 Co v e r in g t he e n t ir e ex pl o r a t i o n pr o c e s s P r o u d l y ba s ed in N o r t he r n O n t a r i o 8 7 7 504 2345 i n f o c x s l t d c o m www cxsltdcom