Yukon Hardrock Mining Activity and Expenditures for 2023

147 million dollars were spent on mineral exploration in Yukon in 2023, an 18% increase from 2022. This dataset, published by the Yukon Geological Survey, provides an overview of mining development, production revenue, and exploration projects in the territory for that year. It includes estimates for expenditures, production values, commodity breakdowns, and the number of active claims.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional mining investment trends based on exploration and development expenditure estimates
• Model commodity market influence on exploration spending based on the breakdown of expenditures by mineral
• Assess the impact of external events on production revenue based on mentions of mine closures due to wildfires
• Track claim activity and company participation based on the number of staked quartz claims and active companies

Strengths

• Provides specific expenditure estimates: $147M for exploration, $95M for development, and $495M for production
• Includes detailed commodity breakdowns for exploration spending, such as gold representing 55% ($80.5M)
• Reports concrete counts: 82 active exploration projects and 5119 quartz claims staked in 2023

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on 2023

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Collection Method

Estimates based on company press releases, SEDAR postings, and conversations with industry clients

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:44:00.071201; freshness should be verified

Geography

Yukon, Canada