The Honourable Siobhan Coady, Minister of Natural Resources, will be announcing government’s investment in the Mineral Incentive Program in St. John’s tomorrow (Thursday, May 10), at 12:00 p.m. in the Matty Mitchell Prospectors Resource Room on the main floor of the Natural Resources Building, 50 Elizabeth Avenue.

Minister Coady will be joined by Ed Moriarity of Mining Industry NL and Norm Mercer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Prospectors Association.

The Mineral Incentive Program provides funding to both the Junior Exploration Assistance Program and the Prospectors Assistance Program as a way to support and encourage mineral exploration in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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