Programme d’aide aux petites sociétés d’exploration minière

À propos du programme

Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) aims to grow the mineral inventory of the province through the discovery of new mineral districts, occurrences, prospects, and deposits.

Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) aims to grow the mineral inventory of the province through the discovery of new mineral districts, occurrences, prospects, and deposits. JEA also aims to advance mineral discoveries through the stage of defining NI 43-101 compliant mineral resources and to enhance Newfoundland and Labrador’s competitiveness as a world-class mineral exploration destination. Companies primarily engaged in mineral exploration and/or mining may be eligible and can be in receipt of direct or indirect revenues from mineral/mining operations. JEA is a combination of $1.3 million from Provincial Grant funds, $1.3 million from Critical Mineral Assistance (CMA), and $1.3 million in Provincial Critical Mineral Assistance (PCMA). Funding is provided in the form of rebates for eligible exploration activities and will be applied to projects in the following order: CMA (if eligible); PCMA (if eligible); and Provincial Grant funds. As is the case each year, JEA is pending budget approval. CMA and PCMA funding will help provide larger rebates to companies who undertake eligible critical mineral exploration activities in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.