{"id":781,"date":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amq-inc.com\/what-is-mineral-exploration\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"what-is-mineral-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amq-inc.com\/en\/what-is-mineral-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"What is mineral exploration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"qu-est-ce-que-l-exploration-miniere-intro\" class=\"fiche-intro-ctn\">\n<p>Le Qu\u00e9bec b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d\u2019une g\u00e9ologie particuli\u00e8rement favorable \u00e0 la d\u00e9couverte de gisements. De nouveaux territoires s\u2019ouvrent \u00e0 l\u2019exploration mini\u00e8re et les territoires exploit\u00e9s rec\u00e8lent toujours un potentiel appr\u00e9ciable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"qu-est-ce-que-l-exploration-miniere-texte-1\" class=\"fiche-paragraphe-ctn\">\n<p>Notre province est reconnue pour son immense potentiel min\u00e9ral, son soutien au d\u00e9veloppement min\u00e9ral et l\u2019accessibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 une information g\u00e9oscientifique de grande qualit\u00e9. Ce sont des atouts \u00e0 faire valoir. Toutefois, de nombreuses questions peuvent survenir lorsqu\u2019il est question d\u2019exploration mini\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Est-ce que l&#8217;exploration mini\u00e8re est soumise \u00e0 des lois?<\/strong><br \/>\nUn cadre l\u00e9gal et r\u00e8glementaire existe au Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 propos des activit\u00e9s d\u2019exploration et d\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re sur le territoire de la province. Au total, 6 lois et r\u00e8glements assujettissent les activit\u00e9s mini\u00e8res :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loi sur les mines;<\/li>\n<li>Loi sur les terres du domaine de l\u2019\u00c9tat;<\/li>\n<li>Loi sur les for\u00eats;<\/li>\n<li>R\u00e8glement sur les normes d\u2019intervention dans les for\u00eats du domaine de l\u2019\u00c9tat;<\/li>\n<li>Loi sur la conservation et la mise en valeur de la faune;<\/li>\n<li>Loi sur la qualit\u00e9 de l\u2019environnement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mern.gouv.qc.ca\/mines\/restauration\/restauration-dispositions.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ce cadre l\u00e9gal et r\u00e8glementaire est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 sur le site du minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;\u00c9nergie et des Ressources naturelles du Qu\u00e9bec (MERN)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quels sont les diff\u00e9rents stades lors de l&#8217;exploration?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Il y a 4 \u00e9tapes lors de l\u2019exploration, soit la reconnaissance r\u00e9gionale, la prospection au sol, la v\u00e9rification des anomalies, qui m\u00e8nent \u00e0 la d\u00e9couverte d\u2019un g\u00eete minier. Pour en savoir davantage, le minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;\u00c9nergie et des Ressources naturelles du Qu\u00e9bec a pr\u00e9par\u00e9 un<a href=\"https:\/\/mern.gouv.qc.ca\/publications\/mines\/processus-developpement-mineral.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0tableau qui explique les diff\u00e9rents stades de l\u2019exploration mini\u00e8re, compris dans le processus de d\u00e9veloppement min\u00e9ral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Est-ce qu&#8217;il est co\u00fbteux de faire de l&#8217;exploration mini\u00e8re?<\/strong><br \/>\nLes co\u00fbts d\u2019exploration sont d\u2019environ 1 \u00e0 2 millions de dollars par ann\u00e9e et la dur\u00e9e des travaux d\u2019exploration est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement de 4 \u00e0 10 ans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Est-ce qu&#8217;il y a beaucoup d&#8217;exploration mini\u00e8re au Qu\u00e9bec actuellement?<\/strong><br \/>\nDepuis les 10 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, le nombre de titres d\u2019exploration (claims) actifs a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 en croissance. En 2012, 242 460 titres miniers couvraient 6,7 % du territoire du Qu\u00e9bec. Les 3 r\u00e9gions o\u00f9 il y a le plus d\u2019exploration sont le Nord-du-Qu\u00e9bec, l\u2019Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue et la C\u00f4te-Nord. Le site GESTIM (Gestion des titres miniers) propose diff\u00e9rentes cartes pour conna\u00eetre l&#8217;emplacement actuel des titres miniers et les contraintes aux activit\u00e9s mini\u00e8res.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Que trouve-t-on dans le sous-sol du Qu\u00e9bec?<\/strong><br \/>\nIl existe de nombreux min\u00e9raux dans le sous-sol qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, et 46 substances min\u00e9rales ont \u00e9t\u00e9 ou sont exploit\u00e9s au Qu\u00e9bec. Dans les min\u00e9raux m\u00e9talliques, il y a l\u2019or, l\u2019argent, le cuivre, le nickel, le zinc, le fer, le titane, le niobium, les terres rares, etc. Du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des min\u00e9raux non m\u00e9talliques, il y a l\u2019apatite, le feldspath, le chrysotile, le diamant, le sel, le mica, le sable, le gravier, le granite, le marbre, l\u2019ardoise, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"qu-est-ce-que-l-exploration-miniere-image-2\" class=\"fiche-image-ctn\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Qu\u00e9bec b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d\u2019une g\u00e9ologie particuli\u00e8rement favorable \u00e0 la d\u00e9couverte de gisements. 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