Nova Prospector

Nova Prospector is the only native mapping app built specifically for gold prospecting and mineral exploration in Nova Scotia.

See live, up-to-date mining claim boundaries with colour-coded expiry status, browse historic gold occurrences and drill hole records, and explore bedrock geology, fault lines, and stream sediment data — all on one fast, easy-to-use map.

FREE FEATURES:

- Live claim boundaries with expiry colour-coding (active, expiring soon, inactive)

- 23 data layers spanning geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and historic mining

- Save favourites and points of interest with notes

- Satellite imagery, layer toggles, and detailed occurrence data in one tap

23 FREE DATA LAYERS:

Staking — Claims (colour-coded by expiry), Available Claims (400m staking grid)

Land & Restrictions — Restricted & Protected Areas, Crown Land, Property Parcels, Oak Island Treasure Licence

Historic Mining — Abandoned Mines, Historic Mining Areas, Mine Tailings, Coal Seams & Workings

Geology — Bedrock Formations, Surficial Geology, Faults, Anticlines, Ice Flow (Striations & Drumlins)

Geochemistry & Exploration — Mineral Occurrences, Gold Geochemistry, Drill Holes

Elevation — LiDAR Hillshade

Geophysics — Aeromagnetics, Radiometrics, Gravity, VLF-EM

PRO UNLOCKS:

- Claim Assessment — multi-layer prospectivity scoring for any claim in one tap

- Assessment Work Tracker — log fieldwork, track credits, export Form 10/11 PDFs

- Faribault 1898–1919 Survey — exclusive digitised shafts, veins, faults, and anticlines not on the government viewer

- Prospecting Targets — convergence analysis ranking locations where multiple data sources agree, with filtering by commodity and minimum source count

- Staking Calculator — select cells for a live fee and area total, then generate a ready-to-copy NovaROC Tract Description

- Claim Watch & Notifications — expiry alerts at 90, 30, 7, and 1 day, plus instant status-change push notifications

- Expiring Claims — province-wide expiry list, recently released licences, and your watchlist in one view

- Staking History — full chain of title for any cell, sourced from the provincial inactive licences registry

- Full What Is Here Analysis — tap anywhere for nearby occurrences, geochemistry, drill holes, abandoned mines, and ice flow data

- Near Me Search — occurrences, abandoned mines, drill holes, and more within a chosen radius of your GPS

- Export to KML, GeoJSON, or CSV for use in Google Earth and other GIS tools

- Offline Field Mode — search and the bundled data layers work with no connection (LiDAR and Geophysics stream live tiles and need a connection)

- Unlimited saves and field notes — no cap on favourites, pins, samples, or waypoints

Built by a Nova Scotian for Nova Scotians — whether you're staking your first claim or doing desktop research before a field trip.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/