All wages are very competitive. There are operating mines in the Kitikmeot region, Baffin region, and North Slave region. Most mineral exploration field work is done between May and October. The number of people in a camp varies from as little as 2 in a prospecting camp to over 100 in an advanced exploration project. Diamond drilling and bulk sampling are usually done in winter.
Workers live in tents and work out on the land.
People who like working outdoors tend to be found in the prospecting and exploration side of the mining industry. It teaches you about the whole mining industry, safety for working in mines, and mining terms you need to know. It also gives you two weeks of working at a mine site on different jobs. This is a good introduction to any job in mining but some of the jobs need other training as well. This is a course that community organizations could help set up and hire Aurora College or Nunavut Arctic College to run in their community.