ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes costs and rates of mineral discovery in Canada during the thirty-seven-year period following World War II. The analysis involves the roughly 900 Canadian discoveries that were made between January 1, 1946, and January 1, 1983, as a result of various mineral exploration activities. In conjunction with the findings presented, the chapter reappraises two questions of major significance in assessing the Canadian mineral experience since World War II: whether Canadian mineral deposits are being depleted faster than new ones are being discovered and whether Canadian ore has become more expensive to discover in constant dollar terms.
