Exploration Maps is mining exploration map software for building complete project maps — claim boundaries, access roads, targets, drillholes, and assay callouts — and exporting them for decks, reports, and investor updates.
What to include on a mineral exploration map
A useful mineral exploration map answers a few questions quickly: where is the project, what does the company control, how do you get there, and what has the exploration found so far. In practice that means claim boundaries, a project location reference, access roads and infrastructure, target areas, and drillholes or sample results. Not every map needs all of these — a location map keeps it simple, while a results map adds detail — but these are the standard building blocks.
Claim boundaries
Claim boundaries define the land position. Import them as a Shapefile, GeoJSON, or KML and tag the layer as claims to apply the conventional blue outline and light fill. Multiple claim blocks can be styled separately and labelled so a reader can tell optioned ground from staked ground.
Project location
A location reference places the property relative to towns, regional geography, and known deposits. This is what investors look for first: is the project in a recognized district, and how remote is it. A small inset or regional overview map provides this context.
Access roads
Roads and trails show how a property is reached and how advanced the infrastructure is. Add them as a context layer or import your own road data, then reduce the opacity so access lines support the map without competing with claims and results.
Targets
Target areas and anomalies show where the exploration thesis is focused. Draw target outlines or import them, then label each one. On a target generation map these become the visual centre of the story over the claim block.
Drillholes and assay callouts
Drill collars, intercepts, and assay highlights turn results into something a reader can interpret. Import collars from CSV or GeoJSON and add callouts for the best intervals. For a full walkthrough, see drill results map.
Nearby infrastructure
Power, rail, ports, mills, and nearby operating mines all affect how a project is valued. Showing them on an infrastructure map makes the development case concrete rather than abstract.
Export formats
Export PNG for slides, websites, and email updates, or PDF for print-ready report figures. Use a 16:9 landscape ratio for presentations and a letter or A4 page for technical reports. Maps export with a legend, scale bar, north arrow, and title block.
Investor communication use cases
Exploration maps carry a lot of the investor story: corporate presentations, fact sheets, website project pages, drill-result news releases, and internal reviews ahead of a financing or a deal. Building them in one place keeps the visual style consistent across every document a company puts out.
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