Labrador Uranium’s Moran Lake and Central Mineral Belt projects in central Labrador have undergone extensive explo ration, but its Notakwanon uranium project in northern Labrador is largely unexplored. Courtesy of Labrador Uranium

Canada’s Atlantic region is experiencing a mining exploration rush the likes of which has not been seen in the area since the 1990s boom that followed the discovery of the nickel-bearing deposit at Newfoundland’s Voisey’s Bay.