The Yukon Mining, Development and Exploration Overview 2006 is a report published by the Government of Yukon. It details record-level mineral exploration spending of over $80 million, with breakdowns for gold, zinc, uranium, and other resources, and reports on development expenditures like the $107 million Minto mine project. The document covers activities of the Yukon Geological Survey and the Mining Incentives Program.
Use Cases
- Analyze mineral exploration investment trends based on the detailed spending breakdowns for gold, zinc, and uranium.
- Study mine development project costs and timelines based on the Minto mine expenditure and production schedule.
- Assess the scale and distribution of exploration activity based on the count of projects with expenditures over $100,000 and $1 million.
Strengths
- Report includes specific financial figures, such as $80 million in exploration spending and $107 million in Minto mine development costs.
- Provides detailed percentage breakdowns of exploration spending across seven mineral categories.
- Quantifies the scale of activity with counts of 70 projects spending >$100,000 and 21 projects spending >$1 million.
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, being focused on a single year.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Time Range
- 2006
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:46:54.091951; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Yukon, Canada