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Table 1. Details of exploration and development activity in Nova Scotia, 1990-1999, from Mineral Exploration Activity in Nova Scotia, 1999

By P. D. McCulloch, mccullpd@gov.ns.ca

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
Report ME 2000-1

Table 1. Details of exploration and development activity in Nova Scotia, 1990-1999, from Mineral Exploration Activity in Nova Scotia, 1999
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 p1999
Total Field Exploration Expenditures ($) 11 025 000 4 532 000 3 300 000 2 300 000 1 400 000 2 843 000 5 752 000 6 700 000 5 600 000 4 500 000
Total Licences Issued (all categories) 753 642 507 593 671 698 1 126 967 700 652
Claims In Good Standing (new and reissued)
General 17 460 17 071 11 157 9 504 13 740 15 861 33 339 25 190 10 916 13 067
Special (Order in Council)
Salt and Potash 298 264 264 66 66 - 16 16 329 74
Coal 2 440 1 566 366 433 376 376 469 398 253 173
Tailings 116 116 94 146 146 146 146 146 - -
Other 331 448 348 452 255 130 254 254 621 623
Uranium* (1 200) (226) (226) (226) (226) (226) (226) (226)
Development 1 474 553 - - - - - - -  
Total (excluding closures and uranium licences) 22 119 20 018 12 229 10 601 14 583 16 513 34 284 26 004 12 119 13 937
Total Area Held Under Licence
ha
acres		 358 062
884 760		 324 051
800 720		 197 963
489 160		 171 609
424 040		 236 069
583 320		 267 312
660 520		 554 988
1 371 360		 420 952
1 040 160		 196 182
484 760		 225 612
557 480
Work Reported for Licence Renewals ($) 16 551 636 3 889 914 2 333 972 983 402 1 694 368 1 601 639 2 376 023 3 146 899 5 385 194 296 9047
Number of Assessment Reports Received 176 132 75 62 84 111 114 137 137 104
pPreliminary figures for 1999
*Parentheses around uranium claims indicate ground alienation due to the uranium moratorium
December 31, 1999

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