About Exploration Maps

Exploration Maps is a browser-based tool for turning claim boundaries, drill collars and other exploration data into clear project maps.

Who makes Exploration Maps

Exploration Maps operates the application and publishes the guides on this site. We build for exploration geologists, junior mining companies and communications teams that need to prepare and update figures from their own data or published registry records.

Questions about the product or a guide can be sent directly to support@explorationmaps.com. Product guidance is published under the Exploration Maps name; it is not an independent review or a Qualified Person sign-off.

What you can make

Search supported public claim datasets or upload Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML/KMZ and collar CSV data. Assign layer roles, style boundaries and points, add labels and a layout, then export a map. Save a project to return for the next update.

• Find and map claims by registered holder
• Create a map from your own GIS files
• Build a drill collar and results figure

Examples you can check yourself

Our boundary import guide and drill-results guide include downloadable data that matches the Cedar Ridge gallery maps. Cedar Ridge, Aurora Ridge Minerals and their results are fictional examples. Dated registry searches are identified separately so a sample map cannot be mistaken for a verified company land position.

How we prepare the guides

We compare updated instructions with the current editor, use reproducible files for import examples, and identify the source and date for public-data observations. We check the generated pages and relevant editor flows before publishing. A reviewed date applies to that content change; it does not make an older government dataset current.

Read our Data Coverage & Methodology reference for supported jurisdictions, search limits, update timing and file formats.

What still needs your review

A readable map does not establish ownership, survey accuracy or the validity of exploration results. Check important title details in the official registry, verify coordinates and labels against your source data, and obtain the appropriate technical review for the document in which the figure will appear.

Help improve the product

If a workflow fails or a guide is unclear, send the page link and the step you were trying. Feedback from people preparing actual exploration maps helps us choose the next improvements.