Mineral Exploration

The Timmins region is known today as one of the richest gold districts in the world. In fact, Timmins lies at the heart of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, which contains some of the world’s largest deposits of gold, silver, copper and zinc. Additionally, other critical minerals, platinum group metals, and industrial minerals such as nickel and talc can also be found in the region. Timmins is also home to two (2) types of Rare Earth Element (REE) bearing deposits being: carbonatite and alkali intrusive suites.¹

Since gold was first mined in the area in 1910, Timmins has developed into a prominent global hub for metal and mineral mining. Today, with a regional population of 90,000, Timmins boasts a well-established and sophisticated infrastructure, an experienced labour pool and a broad base of technical and support services for the mineral exploration and mining industry.

Timmins features a mixture of underground and open-pit mining operations and projects in the advanced stage of development, and there are more than 50 mines in operation or under development within a four-hour drive. World-leading producers such as Newmont, Glencore Canada, and Pan American Silver have operations here, and confidence in Canadian mining is demonstrated by the $497 million investment in mineral exploration and deposit appraisals in 2019.²