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Canadian Mining Assets (CMAs), by Country and Region, 2020 and 2021 (p)

Location 2020 2021 (p)
Value
($ millions)
Number of companies Value
($ millions)
Number of companies
AFRICA 36,343 108 37,099 100
Eastern Africa 11,663 27 11,910 27
Burundi x 1 x 1
Ethiopia x 2 21 3
Kenya 9 4 21 4
Madagascar 3 3 x 3
Malawi x 1 x 1
Mozambique x 1
Tanzania 2,232 10 2,368 8
Uganda x 2 x 1
Zambia 9,398 6 9,480 6
Zimbabwe x 1 x 1
Middle Africa 6,470 9 7,008 8
Central African Republic x 1 x 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo x 8 x 7
Northern Africa 44 8 63 8
Algeria x 2 x 1
Egypt x 2 x 2
Morocco x 3 x 4
Sudan x 1 x 1
Southern Africa 2,501 40 2,445 35
Botswana 462 9 355 8
Namibia 851 16 799 13
South Africa 1,188 17 1,292 16
Western Africa 15,665 48 15,672 44
Burkina Faso 2,544 17 1,925 15
Côte d’Ivoire 464 9 1,320 9
Ghana 1,020 11 1,146 10
Guinea 4 3 x 3
Liberia x 2 x 2
Mali 7,576 12 7,694 13
Mauritania x 4 3,163 5
Niger x 3 x 2
Nigeria x 2 x 2
Senegal 849 5 x 3
AMERICAS (EXCLUDING CANADA) 126,489 595 133,084 576
Caribbean 6,216 9 6,806 10
Cuba x 1 x 1
Dominican Republic 5,611 7 6,156 8
Jamaica x 1 x 1
Central America 16,250 21 16,100 19
Costa Rica x 1 x 1
Guatemala 382 6 398 6
Honduras 22 5 24 3
Nicaragua 475 6 557 6
Panama x 3 x 3
North America (excluding Canada) 49,246 419 51,270 398
Mexico 9,214 148 9,840 132
United States 40,032 312 41,430 300
South America 54,776 225 58,907 222
Argentina 8,682 57 8,688 53
Bolivia 200 6 222 7
Brazil 10,775 33 10,911 40
Chile 21,175 60 24,867 62
Colombia 905 27 1,081 25
Ecuador 1,948 15 1,995 12
French Guiana x 5 x 4
Guyana 28 10 373 11
Paraguay x 1 x 1
Peru 10,123 79 9,979 73
Suriname 898 4 753 5
Venezuela x 1 x 1
ASIA 12,327 58 11,074 59
Central Asia 1,006 6 239 6
Kazakhstan x 2 x 3
Kyrgyzstan x 4 x 3
Eastern Asia 4,287 24 4,323 25
China 4,011 8 4,017 9
Japan x 3 x 3
Mongolia 177 11 163 11
South Korea x 2 x 2
Southeastern Asia 1,143 14 921 14
Cambodia x 2 x 2
Indonesia 6 6 x 5
Malaysia x 1 x 1
Philippines x 5 843 6
Southern Asia x 2 x 2
Pakistan x 1 x 1
Sri Lanka x 1 x 1
Western Asia 5,888 17 5,587 16
Armenia x 2 x 1
Saudi Arabia x 1 x 2
Turkey 5,400 13 5,086 12
Yemen x 1 x 1
EUROPE 9,199 83 9,206 85
Eastern Europe 1,888 21 1,908 19
Bulgaria 563 6 526 6
Czech Republic x 2 x 2
Poland x 1 x 1
Romania 531 3 544 3
Russia 791 4 827 4
Slovakia x 2 x 1
Ukraine x 3 x 2
Northern Europe 2,883 42 2,899 44
Finland 2,093 14 2,144 17
Greenland 64 4 47 4
Iceland x 1 x 1
Ireland 18 10 18 9
Norway x 5 x 6
Sweden 664 15 624 15
United Kingdom 39 3 56 3
Southern Europe 4,427 25 4,396 26
Albania x 1 x 1
Greece x 2 x 3
Kosovo x 1 x 1
Macedonia x 1 x 1
Portugal 1,665 6 1,629 6
Serbia 15 8 10 9
Spain 81 9 107 8
Western Europe 1 6 4 6
Austria x 1 x 1
Germany x 3 3 3
Switzerland x 2 x 2
OCEANIA 5,351 59 5,477 62
Australia 4,558 52 4,659 57
Melanesia 793 9 x 8
Fiji x 3 82 3
Papua New Guinea 720 5 735 4
Solomon Islands x 1 x 1
New Zealand x 1
TOTAL FOR CANADIAN MINING ASSETS ABROAD 189,709 766 195,939 748
Canada 85,074 1,088 89,882 1,075
TOTAL FOR CANADIAN MINING ASSETS 274,783 1,405 285,821 1,412

Source: Natural Resources Canada.
– nil, (p) preliminary, x confidential.
(1) Company counts are non-additive since companies can be active in multiple jurisdictions.
(2) Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
(3) Values are those reported in financial reports nearest to December 31, 2021, for public companies headquartered in Canada that are not under foreign control.
(4) Mining assets, in this context, are non-current assets, including mineral properties, deferred mineral exploration expenses, royalties, investments in non-Canadian mining companies and other non-current assets related to mining that can be reconciled geographically.
(5) Although all efforts have been made to accurately assemble the data, it has been necessary at times for the authors to make estimates. Natural Resources Canada does not assume responsibility for errors or omissions.

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