Prospecting Tool Kit
For prospectors wishing to look for mineral deposits in Alberta.
| Summary of Requirements |
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| Legislation |
- List of Acts and Regulations
- Key legislation includes:
-- Metallic & Industrial Minerals Tenure Regulation
-- Metallic & Industrial Minerals Exploration Regulation
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| Information Letters & Bulletins |
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Mineral Assessment Reporting
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| Maps |
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Online Maps
Mineral dispostion maps in colour PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Default print size 30 x 60 inch. Updated overnight.
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Interactive Maps
Mineral dispostition information available through an interactive mapping program. This program allows you to select location, scale and map features and to conduct basic searches. Updated overnight.
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| Alberta Township Survey System |
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| Map Coordinates Convertor |
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| Land Status Automated System (LSAS) |
- LSAS searches - Information on requesting and conducting searches.
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Alberta Geosciences
Information
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- Alberta Geological Survey (AGS)
Can buy or view public geoscience information such as AGS geoscience reports, Mineral Assessment Reports, geology maps and drill core samples.
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| Contacts & Other Resources |
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Activities
Prospect With or Without
Crown Mineral Rights
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- Limited prospecting and geophysical surveying is permitted if mineral rights are available and there will be no significant disturbance.
- Obtain consent from any leaseholder or landowner.
- As a safety precaution, inform the local forestry or public lands office of your presence and purpose on Crown Land.
- Ammonite shell collecting,placer mining and recreational gold panningare not considered prospecting activities in Alberta.
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| Prospect with Crown Mineral Rights |
- Apply to Coal and Mineral Development, Alberta Energy, for a Crown Metallic and Industrial Mineral Permit tp explore in a specified area.
- Contact Land Administration, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, for approval to use mechanized equipment and/or disturb land surface during prospecting.
- Meet work expenditure and assessment reporting requirements to maintain Metallic and Industrial Mineral Permits.
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