Sources and licences
The MCF Mining Index is compiled from government registers under their licences. Each edition also names its sources, with the date each was captured, on every record. Back to the MCF Mining Index.
Queensland
Resource authorities, the Environmental Protection Act public register (environmental authorities, estimated rehabilitation cost decisions and PRC plans) and Geological Survey of Queensland open data: © State of Queensland, CC BY 4.0, refreshed nightly.
Western Australia
© State of Western Australia: Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration (tenements, MINEDEX, WAMEX, mining proposals and mine closure plans); Mining Rehabilitation Fund annual data release; Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and Environmental Protection Authority records (SLIP). Each source and licence is named in the WA edition.
British Columbia
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia (Mineral Titles Online tenure, Notice of Work and permitted-area layers). Reclamation security and estimated liability: facts from the Chief Inspector of Mines and Chief Permitting Officer Annual Reports, Province of British Columbia (B.C. Crown copyright), cited and not reproduced; shortfalls are calculated by MCF. Mines Act permit documents: B.C. Crown copyright; conditions are summarised in MCF's words with links to BC's copies.
Quebec
Source: Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (MRNF), GESTIM mining-title digital data. Derived product; use is subject to the MRNF User Agreement for Digital Data. Not the official register of mining titles. GESTIM publishes the register as a weekly batch, so the Quebec edition is updated weekly.
SIGÉOM data (drill holes, mines, exploration properties, mineral occurrences and the assessment-report index), MRNF, CC BY 4.0. Restoration guarantees, closure cost estimates and provisions are taken from each company's own filings, cited on each figure.
Saskatchewan
Contains information licensed under the Government of Saskatchewan Standard Unrestricted Use Data Licence v2.0 (Mineral Administration Registry Saskatchewan dispositions, and Saskatchewan Geological Survey drill holes, assessment files and mineral deposits). Closure and reclamation figures are cited from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the province and company filings, each named on its record.
Across the editions
Power lines: Geoscience Australia, CC BY 4.0. Satellite imagery: Digital Earth Australia GeoMAD 2024, Geoscience Australia, CC BY 4.0; screens and past imagery: Esri World Imagery and World Imagery Wayback, Esri and its contributors. Parent groups are assigned by MCF from company reports, announcements and exchange listings. People who hold tenures or titles are shown as ‘a private holder’ on public pages and in emails.
About this information
Published by Mining Capital Funds Pty Ltd, ABN 72 689 736 641, a Brisbane-based investment business focused on Australian and Canadian mining. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Governments of Queensland, Western Australia, British Columbia, Quebec or Saskatchewan, or by the Government of Canada. Provided without warranty of accuracy or completeness; check the official register before relying on any record. Not financial or legal advice.