Andean Drilling Services

An independent underground mining contracting company specializing in long hole drilling & blasting and deep ground support in Canada, Latin America and Africa.

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Currently, Ontario has approximately 130 early exploration projects targeting critical minerals and an additional 16 advanced-stage projects. Ontario remains a premier destination of choice for exploration companies.

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Northern Ontario consists largely of the Canadian Shield which is roughly three billion years old. The Canadian Shield is one of the world's richest areas in terms of mineral ores, such as nickel, gold, silver, and copper.

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Did you know amethyst was adopted as Ontario's official mineral in 1975 to represent the mineral wealth of the province. A form of quartz, amethyst is found in clusters throughout northern Ontario, concentrating around the area of Thunder Bay.

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Sectors that depend on critical minerals include:

✨ information and communications technology
✨ clean technology
✨ energy
✨ transportation (industrial, commercial and passenger)
✨ aerospace and defence
✨ health and life sciences

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What are critical minerals?

Critical minerals are a subset of the raw materials needed to produce many products and specialized technologies. The minerals that a jurisdiction deems “critical” depends on its geology, as well as its own domestic and economic priorities.

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Vale's Sudbury Op's have been in operation for more than 100 years. With 5 mines, a mill, a smelter, a refinery & nearly 4k employees it's also one of the largest integrated mining complexes in the world.

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Canada is the largest supplier of nickel is Canada with a huge deposit of mixed nickel and copper sulphide in Sudbury, Ontario.

If we had a nickel for all its uses, in things like:
Healthcare
Electric car batteries
Food processing
Aerospace
Electronics
Home appliances

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The world’s largest and Canada’s only uranium refinery is located at Blind River, Ontario, where uranium ore concentrates from Canada and abroad are refined to produce uranium trioxide.

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Canada is the world's second largest producer of uranium, with 13% of global production in 2018.

We use uranium in modern tech for things like:
Clean energy
Food disinfection
Medical isotopes
Medical equipment sterilization
Cancer treatments
Aerospace

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Canada is one of the world's major copper producers, with the highest concentration of the metal being sourced in Ontario and B.C. We use Copper for things like:
Plumbing
Circuit board
Elecrtical wiring
Housewares
Instruments
Hospital surfaces

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Have a safe and Happy Labour Day Long Weekend!

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We use Iron to build things like:
Cities
Public transportation
Appliances
Roads & bridges
Manufacturing
Cars & trucks

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The Rainy River Gold Project is located in Ontario. It is owned by New Gold and produced an estimated 1,115 Thousand Ounces of silver in 2020. The mine will operate until 2028.