How-to Guides
Step-by-step guides for creating professional mining exploration maps — claims maps, drill results maps, investor presentations, and more.
Search BC mineral claims by company or claimholder, import the tenures, style them and export an investor-ready map. Includes MTO verification steps.
Read guide →Track BC mineral claim good-to-dates without a spreadsheet: what moves them, and email reminders at 90, 30 and 1 day. Free for 10 claims.
Read guide →Make a mining claims map: import registry data, shapefiles, KML or GeoJSON, style your claims and export an investor-ready map in minutes.
Read guide →Turn a drill collar CSV into a drill hole map for a news release: required columns, coordinate fixes, assay intercept callouts and export settings.
Read guide →Build exploration maps for investor decks and news releases: a branded theme, 16:9 layout, clean legend, callouts, and sharp PNG and PDF exports.
Read guide →Import GeoJSON, zipped Shapefiles or KML into a mining map. Try a downloadable boundary, style claims, and fix missing projection or coordinate problems.
Read guide →Create a target generation map: dashed target outlines over claims, labelled rationale per target, disclosure-safe wording, and an investor-ready export.
Read guide →Create a mining infrastructure map: roads, power, rail and facilities over your property, distance rings to ports and towns, and a clean export.
Read guide →Import drill collars, soil and rock samples from a CSV: required columns, fixing UTM and lat/long issues, labelling points and exporting a clean map.
Read guide →Prepare map figures for an NI 43-101 technical report: figure elements, coordinate system and datum labels, captions and numbering, for QP review.
Read guide →Search Ontario mining claims by company or claim number from public MLAS data, map and style them, and export an investor-ready figure.
Read guide →Search Saskatchewan mineral dispositions by company or claim number and turn them into a styled, investor-ready map in minutes — then verify in MARS.
Read guide →Map Manitoba mining claims by claim number: find numbers in iMaQs, pull boundaries into a styled map and export, with notes on what the data covers.
Read guide →Search Newfoundland and Labrador mineral licences by company or licence number from GeoAtlas data, map the project area and export a clean figure.
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 and data coverage.
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 convert between them free.
Read guide →The elements of a competent exploration map: basemap, scale bar, north arrow, distance rings, title block, and export settings for slides and reports.
Read guide →Step-by-step guide to BC Mineral Titles Online (MTO): search claims, check owners and good-to dates, and map tenures.
Read guide →Search BC mineral claims by registered owner to see a company's land position, for competitor research, due diligence and neighbour checks. Verify in MTO.
Read guide →The official mineral tenure registry for each Canadian jurisdiction we support, what each lets you search, and which can be mapped and monitored directly.
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