From Firearms Safety Courses to Conservation Outdoor Recreation Education and Mineral Prospecting Courses, we offer the most Comprehensive Package for Outdoors Enthusiasts

After successfully operating in the Southern BC for over a decade, this year we moved our operations to Prince George. Located in the BC Central Interior, we are not far from some of the most prolific Canadian gold placer mines. From commercial miners and geologists to recreational prospectors and mining equipment dealers, for many years we have trained the next generations of modern mineral prospectors. A prospector rarely handles more than 1 cubic yard of gravel in 10 hours using a gold pan. Using a sluice, up to 4 cubic yards of dirt may be processed every hour. In contrast, by using a metal detector, an operator is able to detect the same 4 yards of dirt in minutes commensurate with the operator's skill and if the conditions are right, like the size of gold, gold particle abundance and soil condition. Join us and learn what are the best grounds to prospect for gold with a metal detector, how to find them, what gold particle characteristics are the make or brake deal when nugget hunting, and learn about the different types of ground found across BC, including the dreaded mafic and ultramafic bedrock which wreck havoc with some types of metal detectors. For the more adventurous individuals, we offer mineral prospecting courses at a more advanced level, however, even if you are a beginner, you won't be left behind as we start our classes with basic knowledge before expanding into more advanced subjects. A new set of courses for this year are the mining camps, where clients stay overnight and learn how to set up a camp, how to prospect and how to use a metal detector in real life conditions.

While most recreational miners enjoy the outdoors, we also offer CORE, or Conservation Outdoor Recreation Education course. Passing a written and practical test is a requirement if you want to obtain a FWID or Fish and Wildlife ID. A FWID is required to buy a hunting license in BC.

In Canada, buying and possessing firearms or ammunition requires a firearms license. Legislated at a federal level, any person wishing to apply for a firearms license must take a Non-restricted Firearms Safety Course or CFSC. If you want to buy or possess a restricted firearm, normally pistols, a Restricted Firearms Safety courses or CRFSC is also required. To avoid confusion, many people like to call the non-restricted firearms license PAL or Possession and Acquisition License, and RPAL or Restricted Possession and Acquisition License for restricted firearms. Suffice it to say, if you work alone or in a small group in remote areas, we strongly suggest you have a firearm handy for self defense against wild animals. There are many stories where pepper spray or bear spray was successfully used to stop a charging bear, but have no illusion that you will be able to deter or stop a determined bear or cougar from attacking you without using a firearm. Foreign visitors, non-residents and exchange students can register to our firearms safety courses and apply for a Canadian federal firearms license once they graduate; the process is similar to the one in place for Canadian residents. We do not charge extra for foreigners like other schools do.