Discovery Mining Services
Yellowknife, CA · 1 known investors
Discovery Mining Services provides support services for mining and remote operations, including camp rentals and construction, environmental cleanup, logistical support, expediting, and dangerous goods documentation and packaging.
Also known as Discovery Mining Services Ltd · DMS
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Discovery Mining Services (DMS) is a Yellowknife, Northwest Territories-based company that supplies and services remote exploration camps for mining and mineral exploration projects. Its core offering is camp rentals and camp construction, ranging from small grassroots programs to advanced exploration projects, with camps sized from 2 to 200 people. Alongside camps, the company provides expediting, logistical support, environmental clean-up support, equipment rentals, custom services, and dangerous goods documentation and packaging.
The company positions its work as turn-key support for field programs, adapting to changes in project scope so that programs stay on schedule and on budget without compromising safety. DMS also markets fabric drive-through COVID-19 testing shelters in Canada through a tie-up with Alaska Structures; the shelters require no foundational support and are described as deployable within roughly 30 minutes.
Founding story
Discovery Mining Services was founded in 1992 by co-founders including Rod Brown and Malcolm McLean. Rod Brown began his expediting career with the Geological Survey of Canada, then worked as an expeditor with PCL Construction during construction of the Colomac Mine in the Northwest Territories, and subsequently served as Head of Logistics and Expediting for Neptune Resources, managing supply and passenger transportation for a 500-person operation before starting DMS.
Business model
DMS rents and sells remote exploration camps and provides associated field services on a project basis, including camp construction, expediting, equipment rentals, logistics, environmental cleanup and dangerous goods handling for exploration and mining operators.
Revenue is generated from camp rentals and camp sales, camp construction, equipment rentals, and fee-based services such as expediting, logistical support, environmental cleanup and dangerous goods documentation and packaging.
Latest developments
The company partnered with Alaska Structures to supply fabric drive-through COVID-19 testing shelters in Canada. Its site materials reference over 32 years of operations since the 1992 founding.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Listed under Contracting / Camp Services in the MINING.com Buyers Guide alongside other Canadian camp and site services providers; the company describes itself as a long-established remote exploration camp provider with over 32 years of operating experience.
The company cites more than three decades of continuous work in remote northern locations, an integrated set of services spanning camps, expediting, logistics, equipment rentals, environmental cleanup and dangerous goods handling, and a management team with backgrounds in northern airlift, mine construction and exploration logistics.
Technology
Offerings include prefabricated and assembled remote camp structures and, through Alaska Structures, fabric drive-through COVID-19 testing shelters that need no foundations and can be set up in about 30 minutes.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly through its website and industry directories such as the MINING.com Buyers Guide, and reaches customers from its Yellowknife, NT and Prince Albert, SK offices.
Mining and mineral exploration companies running remote field programs in North America, from grassroots exploration through advanced exploration, with camp requirements ranging from 2 to 200 people.
Geography
Head office at 487 Range Lake Road, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, with a second location in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It serves mining and exploration companies operating in remote locations across North America, and its COVID-19 testing shelters are marketed for deployment anywhere in Canada.
History
The company was established in 1992 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Co-founder Rod Brown served as president from founding until 2010, and co-founder Malcolm McLean became president in 2013; both later held vice-president roles. Kevin Vickers joined as Operations Manager in 2012, and Jennifer Ryden, who joined in 2010 as a runner/expeditor, became Logistics Manager in 2013. Trevor Wever is listed as President. In addition to its Yellowknife head office, the company operates a location in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. During the COVID-19 pandemic period the company added drive-through testing shelters to its offering through a partnership with Alaska Structures.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsDiscovery Mining Services teamed with Alaska Structures to supply fabric drive-through COVID-19 testing shelters that can be deployed across Canada without foundational support and set up in about 30 minutes.
Jennifer Ryden, who joined DMS in 2010 as a runner/expeditor, took on the role of Logistics Manager in 2013.
Co-founder Malcolm McLean, with the company since its 1992 inception, became President in 2013.
Co-founder Rod Brown served as president of DMS from its founding in 1992 until 2010.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Discovery Mining Servicesdiscoverymining.ca · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Discovery Mining Services do?
- Canadian provider of remote exploration camps, expediting and logistics services for the mining and mineral exploration industry.
- Who founded Discovery Mining Services?
- Discovery Mining Services was founded by Malcolm McLean, Rod Brown.
- Who are Discovery Mining Services's investors?
- Discovery Mining Services's investors include Clairvest Group Inc.
- Where is Discovery Mining Services headquartered?
- Discovery Mining Services is headquartered in Yellowknife, CA.