Our Services

Bugden Exploration Inc. prides itself on providing the mining and exploration industry with professional and dependable exploration services in challenging environments at a great value. We deliver safe, environmentally, and socially responsible projects, on time, and on budget with an added focus on producing high quality compliant exploration data that our clients can rely on.

A red helicopter on a rocky terrain surrounded by lush green hills and trees under a blue sky.

  • Turn-key design and management of surface exploration & exploration drilling programs

  • Exploration project planning, permitting, implementation

  • Bedrock field mapping

  • Diamond and RC drilling program execution and management

  • NI 43-101 technical reporting

  • Independent and confidential project evaluations

  • GIS & database population and management

  • Historical and current data compilation

  • Data validation

  • Data interpretation and statistical analysis

  • Exploration targeting

  • QA/QC protocol workflow design, implementation, and management

  • Assessment reporting writing and filing

  • Drill core logging and data capture

  • Prospectively mapping and exploration project generation

  • Aggregate source materials exploration and identification

Person in a high-visibility jacket handling wooden planks wrapped in a cargo net with a forested mountain background.

  • Exploration program permitting and regulatory document management

  • Program cost estimating and budget reporting

  • Project workflow timeline estimating and scheduling

  • Sub -contractor sourcing, and contract management (drilling, geophysics, specialized consultants, and services etc.)

  • Sample chain of custody plans, implementation, and document management

  • Occupational Health and Safety, risk assessments, program design & compliance

  • Project expediting

  • Emergency response plans

  • Environmental & spill response plans

  • Bulk fuel storage and transportation of dangerous goods (TDG), logistics and permitting. (diesel and Jet-A)

  • Potable water supply and Sewer disposal - approved designs and permits

  • Environmental assessment registrations - project registration documents, plans, and approvals

  • Aggregate quarry water management plans

  • Water use permit, applications and approvals

  • Permit to alter a body of water -streams and other waterbody crossings, bridges, culvert installations, and Fording permits

  • Crown lands applications and approvals

  • Claim good standing management and reporting

Partially constructed wooden platform in a forest with a chainsaw and safety gear visible. Surrounded by trees and rough terrain.

Exploration Camps & Construction Services

  • Camp design and construction

  • Exploration camp equipment rentals

  • Transportation and supply logistics

  • Camp operations and maintenance personnel (handy person, cooks etc.)

  • Exploration camp permitting

  • Access roads and trails permitting

  • Water supply & sewage disposal plan and permitting

  • Solid waste management plans

  • Onsite bulk fuel and fuel barrel storage and containment areas (diesel and Jet A)

  • Specializing in 2-12 person temporary remote and/or helicopter fly in exploration camps.

  • Road accessible industrial camps of 20 people or more.

  • Access roads and trails

  • Drilling access and drill pads

  • Bridge and culvert installations

  • Septic system installations

  • helicopter pads & remote refueling stations

  • Onsite core logging and cutting shelters, accommodations, and related infrastructure

  • Wharves and docks

Two men working in a workspace with core samples on tables. One man is writing on large plastic sheets, and the other is standing nearby. There are cardboard boxes, a laptop, and various tools on the table. The tent is lit with overhead lights and has a fan mounted on one wall.

Mineral Exploration Technical Services

  • Geotechnical drill core logging

  • Drill core cutting and sample preparation

  • Drill core photography

  • Drill hole collar location, pre-drill rig placement, and rig alignment confirmation

  • Professional Prospecting

  • Field program logistics and expediting

  • Claim staking

  • Geochemical surveys

  • (Till, soil, heavy mineral concentrates, stream sediment, lake bottom, water, tree bark and other plant-based sampling)

  • Stripping and trenching

  • Bedrock washing and channel sampling

  • Secure sample shipping and assay lab delivery

  • Drill pad and helicopter pad construction

  • Grid line establishment cutting/vegetation removal, and station picketing

  • Drill access and general project access roads and trails establishment and construction

Snow-covered mountainside with trees, construction container, and crane in foggy weather
Two people in winter gear set up equipment in a snowy landscape, with a green tent and two off-road vehicles nearby.

Exploration Equipment Rentals

  • Soil augers, hammers, chisels, shovels, classifiers, gold pans, sample bags and tags

  • Portable rock saw and blades (channel cuts etc.)

  • Water pumps and hoses (camp supply, rock saw supply, bedrock/trench washing etc.)

  • Drill core saws and equipment

  • Drill core logging equipment

    • (Weigh scales and Specific Gravity apparatus, Magnetic Susceptibility meters, etc.)

  • Drill core photography equipment

  • Mobile temporary (off grid or on) diamond drill core cutting shelters.

  • Mobile temporary (off grid or on) drill core logging shelter.

  • 4x4 trucks

  • Trailers

  • Flyable (helicopter portable) overnight emergency shelters.

  • Spill kits and fuel berms

  • Communications equipment (starlink, VHF, Satellite communicators etc.)