Incentives

Manitoba Prospectors Assistance Program (MPAP)

MPAP offers $125,000 annually to encourage mineral prospecting in the province.

• MPAP provides grants to prospectors exploring on either their own properties or open Crown mineral land.
  
  
• Qualified applicants can receive 50% of approved eligible costs to a maximum of $7,500 per fiscal year, upon completion of the field projects and submission of an acceptable technical report.
  
  
• Qualified applicants with projects in remote areas can also receive 80% of approved charter air transportation in Manitoba to a maximum of $1,500.
  
  
• Maximum grant of $9,000 per applicant per year.
  
  
• Applicants must hold a Manitoba Prospecting Licence, be self-employed, experienced prospectors, and have a bona fide prospecting project within Manitoba.
  
  
• Applicants must have a prospecting target that includes rocks or minerals other than crushed rock for construction purposes, sand, gravel, natural gas and petroleum.

Applications for summer projects must be submitted between April 1 and May 15, or between November 1 and December 15 for winter projects.

For complete program details visit our MPAP Details page or contact:

Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines
Mineral Resources Division
360-1395 Ellice Avenue
Winnipeg MB R3G 3P2
Telephone: (204) 945-0729
Toll free: 1-800-223-5215
Fax: (204) 945-8427
E-mail: donna.dault@gov.mb.ca

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