Guides
Practical guides for finding mineral claims, tracking tenure deadlines, and turning exploration data into maps people can actually read.
Finding and mapping mineral claims from public registry data, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
Search BC mineral claims by company or claimholder, import the tenures, style them and export an investor-ready map. Includes MTO …
Read guide →Make a mining claims map: import registry data, shapefiles, KML or GeoJSON, style your claims and export an investor-ready map in …
Read guide →Search Ontario mining claims by company or claim number from public MLAS data, map and style them, and export an investor-ready fi…
Read guide →Search Saskatchewan mineral dispositions by company or claim number and turn them into a styled, investor-ready map in minutes — t…
Read guide →Map Manitoba mining claims by claim number: find numbers in iMaQs, pull boundaries into a styled map and export, with notes on wha…
Read guide →Search Newfoundland and Labrador mineral licences by company or licence number from GeoAtlas data, map the project area and export…
Read guide →How to search Quebec mining claims in GESTIM: find titles by owner or area, check expiry dates, and export claims to a map.…
Read guide →Search Yukon quartz claims by owner or grant number, pull the boundaries into a styled map and export, with notes on placer claims…
Read guide →What MTO is, what it is authoritative for, and how to search, map and monitor BC mineral claims around it.…
Read guide →Search by registered owner to see a company's BC land position — competitor research, project generation and due diligence.…
Read guide →Official registry, searchable fields and Exploration Maps support for each Canadian jurisdiction — with links to the province-spec…
Read guide →Tracking good-to-dates, expiry deadlines and changes to the government record.
How BC good-to-dates work, what moves them, and how to get reminders before a claim lapses.…
Read guide →Building maps that hold up in an investor deck, a news release or a technical report.
Build exploration maps for investor decks and news releases: a branded theme, 16:9 layout, clean legend, callouts, and sharp PNG a…
Read guide →Create a target generation map: dashed target outlines over claims, labelled rationale per target, disclosure-safe wording, and an…
Read guide →Create a mining infrastructure map: roads, power, rail and facilities over your property, distance rings to ports and towns, and a…
Read guide →Figure elements, datum labelling, captions and numbering for technical report maps — and why no software can make a map "compliant…
Read guide →Basemap choice, scale bar, north arrow, distance rings, title block and export settings — the elements that separate a figure from…
Read guide →An honest comparison of mining map tools for junior explorers: Exploration Maps, QGIS, ArcGIS, MapInfo and Illustrator for investo…
Read guide →Turning collars, assays and intercepts into a figure people can read.
Collar CSV to finished drill hole map: columns, coordinate fixes, intercept callouts, target and claims context, and news-release …
Read guide →File formats, imports, and where a full desktop GIS is still the right tool.
Import GeoJSON, zipped Shapefiles or KML into a mining map. Try a downloadable boundary, style claims, and fix missing projection …
Read guide →Import drill collars, soil and rock samples from a CSV: required columns, fixing UTM and lat/long issues, labelling points and exp…
Read guide →Shapefile vs GeoJSON vs KML vs CSV for exploration mapping: what each format is for, gotchas like a missing .prj, and how to conve…
Read guide →Enterprise GIS against a focused figure builder — what each is actually for.…
Read guide →QGIS for analysis and projection management, Exploration Maps for presentation figures. Most teams use both.…
Read guide →Comparing Exploration Maps and MapInfo Pro for mining exploration maps: which tool is faster and more practical for junior mining …
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