MineralMarket

A small exploration company has found something promising. Its shares are climbing, more drilling results are coming, and you have money on the line.
Do you take the profit, buy more, or hold for a bigger discovery?
Mineral Market is a single-player stock market simulation where you invest in mineral exploration companies. Follow their progress, work out which opportunities deserve your money and build a portfolio you can afford to hold.
Find a reason to buy
Look beyond the share price. Read company announcements, examine exploration maps and study survey and drilling results. Use the 3D drill viewer to see where holes have intersected mineralisation and where questions remain.
Decide whether the evidence supports the excitement, or whether the market is getting carried away.
Follow the company behind the shares
Companies choose their own exploration targets, fund their programs and respond to what they find. A promising project still needs money, and raising more capital can change the value of your investment.
Follow the next round of work and decide whether the company still deserves your backing.
Know when to sell
Place market and limit orders as discoveries, disappointing results and economic news change the market.
Take a profit now or keep holding. Cut a loss or give the company another chance. Keep cash ready for a new opportunity or commit more to the one you believe in.
Your living expenses and loan repayments keep coming while you wait.
Choose your challenge
Start with the guided first-trade tutorial, tackle scenarios with different starting conditions and goals, or build your portfolio in sandbox play.
Generated companies and geology give you fresh opportunities to assess across campaigns. Optional rival investors add competition as you work to grow your wealth.

Under the surface
Behind the announcements and price charts, several connected simulations shape each campaign:
Procedurally generated geology. Rock units, geological structures and mineralisation create the hidden ground beneath exploration projects. Drilling and surveys gradually reveal evidence about what is there.

Exploration with uncertainty. Companies must interpret incomplete information. A geophysical anomaly can have several explanations, and a promising drill intercept still needs follow-up work.

Companies that think for themselves. Autonomous companies assess results, rank exploration targets, allocate budgets and revise their plans as new information arrives.

Separate knowledge for companies and investors. Companies work from the evidence they have gathered. Investors assess what has been publicly disclosed. The complete underground picture remains hidden.

An order-driven stock market. Different simulated investors place buy and sell orders. Liquidity, spreads and available buyers and sellers affect how trades execute.

A shared exploration economy. Companies compete for limited drilling rigs, survey crews and laboratory capacity. Availability, costs and waiting times influence how quickly projects progress.

Financial pressures that connect. Exploration spending, capital raisings, shareholder dilution, economic events and your own living costs all feed into the investment decisions you make.