Natural Resources Canada offers a wide range of publications and reports on minerals and mining. These include analyses, case studies, infographics, maps and policies.
Most recent publications
- Canadian mineral exploration infographic (published March 2025) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Canadian mining assets infographic (published March 2025) (PDF, 5 MB)
- Map of the top 100 mineral exploration projects (published March 2025) (PDF, 2 MB)
- Critical minerals interactive map (published March 2025)
- Minerals and mining interactive map (published March 2025)
- Canadian mining assets information bulletin (published January 2025)
- Mineral trade information bulletin (published December 2024)
- Capital expenditures information bulletin (published July 2024)
- Canadian mineral exploration information bulletin (published June 2024)
Publications by theme
Indigenous participation
- Local Procurement Checklist to Support Indigenous Procurement in Mining – The Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (published March 2024) (PDF, 17.8 MB)
- Community Guidance to Support Indigenous Procurement in Mining – The Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (published March 2024) (PDF, 5.6 MB)
- Good practices in community engagement and readiness, second edition (PDF, 9 MB)
- Agreements between mining companies and Aboriginal communities or governments (PDF, 1.15 MB)
- Exploration and mining guide for Aboriginal communities (PDF, 4.8 MB)
- Mining Essentials: Work Readiness Training for Indigenous Peoples (Mining Industry Human Resources Council)
- Aboriginal participation in mining newsletter (PDF, 1.05 MB)
- Indigenous mining agreements interactive map
- Trainer’s manual: Exploration and mining guide for Aboriginal communities (PDF, 4.57 MB)
- Wabun Tribal Council (PDF, 317.43 kB)
Infographics
- 10 key facts on Canada's minerals sector (published March 2025) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
- Canadian mineral exploration infographic (published March 2025) (PDF, 1 MB)
- Canadian mining assets infographic (published March 2025) (PDF, 5 MB)
Maps
- Map of the top 100 mineral exploration projects (published March 2025) (PDF, 2 MB)
- Critical minerals interactive map
- Minerals and mining interactive map
- Indigenous mining agreements interactive map
- Map 900A: Principal mineral areas, producing mines, and oil and gas fields in Canada
Minerals and metals sector analysis and statistics
- Canadian mining assets information bulletin (published January 2025)
- Mineral trade information bulletin (published December 2024)
- Capital expenditures information bulletin (published July 2024)
- Canadian mineral exploration information bulletin (published June 2024)
- Minerals and metals facts
- Critical minerals
- Mining data, statistics and analysis
- Mining and mineral resource development in Canada
- Enabling clean energy applications with Canadian minerals and metals information bulletin, March 2017 (published March 2017)
- Canadian reserves of selected major metals information bulletin, March 2014 (published May 2014)
- Historical commodity information (Minerals and metals facts books, Commodity reviews and Canadian minerals yearbooks)
Mining and mineral technology
- Assessment of laboratory performance with CCRMP certified reference materials (PDF, 164 kB)
- Documentation of key findings of the workshop on barriers to green mining innovation in Canada
- Evaluation of ecological risks and benefits of revegetation of the Thetford Mines - phase 1 - interim report 1 – literature review
- Evaluation of ecological risks and benefits of revegetation of the Thetford Mines - phase 1 - final report
- Mineralogical characterization of near-surface tailings materials produced from chrysotile mining in the Thetford Mines Area, Quebec
- Regulatory barrier identification and analysis
- Tailings management at NRCan (PDF, 382 kB)
- Compendium of tailings management (PDF, 988 kB)
- Literature review to assess the relevance of outcome-based regulations to innovation
- CanmetMINING research plan 2016-2021 (PDF, 1.94 MB) (published December 2016)
Mining sector performance reports
Partnership agreements case studies
- Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories
- Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories
- Musselwhite Mine, Ontario
- Orca Sand and Gravel Project, British Columbia
- Raglan Mine, Quebec
- Vale Inco, Newfoundland and Labrador
Policy
- Mining policy
- A federally coordinated review of federal environmental regulations (PDF, 768 kB)
- Exploration and mining in Canada: An investor’s brief (PDF, 2.06 MB)
- Facilitating responsible mineral and energy development: Compendium of case studies on building public confidence in the mineral and energy resource sectors (PDF, 1.7 MB) (published August 2016)
- Federal-provincial-territorial review of environmental regulations affecting mining in Canada (PDF, 642 kB)
- Key factors for environmental assessment/regulatory success in Canada’s mining and energy sectors (PDF, 411 kB)
- Mineral and metal policy issues: From mineral resources to manufactured products: Toward a value-added mineral and metal strategy for Canada (PDF, 737 kB)
- Mineral and metal policy issues: Value-added challenges in the minerals products industry: Government/industry partnerships, summary of consultations (PDF, 206 kB)
- National workshop on environmental regulations affecting the mining sector (PDF, 572 kB)
- Public confidence along the mineral development cycle (published August 2016)
- Regulatory improvement initiatives across Canada (PDF, 517 kB)
- Terms of reference: Mineral and energy resource assessment of proposed national parks in Northern Canada (PDF, 124 kB)
- The minerals and metals policy of the Government of Canada (PDF, 216 kB)
- The pan-Canadian mining research and innovation strategy: Strengthening the competitiveness of a responsible Canadian mining industry through excellence in research, innovation and commercialization (PDF, 362 kB)