The MRDF is designed to assist prospectors, exploration companies, and researchers, employ post-secondary students, and support projects in the mining sector that attract investment and grow Nova Scotia's economy and create jobs, especially in rural areas. The data published includes the file number, the Grant recipient, the applicant, the Company, the Project Name, the Commodity and the Amount awarded.

The MRDF is designed to assist prospectors, exploration companies, and researchers, employ post-secondary students, and support projects in the mining sector that attract investment and grow Nova Scotia's economy and create jobs, especially in rural areas. The data published includes the file number, the Grant recipient, the applicant, the Company, the Project Name, the Commodity and the Amount awarded.

This digital product is developed from the NovaROC database of mineral rights information for the province of Nova Scotia. The database is maintained by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, Geoscience and Mines Branch. The digital product was developed from information contained in the NovaROC database and is updated every night at around 2:00 AM. The digital product contains layers for entities such as: exploration licences; special licences (coal, salt and potash, geothermal and minerals in a closure area); leases; hydrocarbon storage-area licences and leases; and non-mineral registrations. The extraction date-time field (EXTRCT_DT) identifies the date and time that the information was extracted from NovaROC.

The Departments of Natural Resources and Renewables and Nova Scotia Environment (NSE) maintains an electronic Well Log Database, which contains water well construction and location information for water wells in the province of Nova Scotia. Information in the database is entered from original paper copies of well logs that are submitted by certified well drillers and well diggers to NSE. The database currently contains approximately 115,500 well logs constructed between 1940 and 2012, inclusive.

Forest stands identified under the Nova Scotia Old Growth Forest Policy.

Forest stands identified under the Nova Scotia Old Growth Forest Policy.

This data was created to graphically illustrate where petroleum exploration and production tenure areas are located onshore Nova Scotia.

This data was created to graphically illustrate where petroleum exploration and production tenure areas are located onshore Nova Scotia.

Listing of petroleum wells drilled onshore in NS as of February 1, 2016.

Listing of petroleum wells drilled onshore in NS as of February 1, 2016.