加拿大的勘探者们已经在争先恐后地争夺先前被人忽略的北部地区。

Canada's prospectors have fanned out to stake claims in northern areas that were previously overlooked.

这些勘探者虽然满腔热忱，但也面临诸多障碍比如开采许可规章和环境因素。

For all their enthusiasm, however, the prospectors face obstacles, among them regulation and environmental concerns.

这纳米大小的金砖是附属于黄铁矿的，极其少量的金子对于早期勘探者来说是根本上难以发现的，因此卡林黄金矿床的开采也一直到1961年才启动。

The nanometer sized nuggets of gold are attached to pyrite. The tiny grains of gold were too small to be noticed by early prospectors, so mining of the Carlin gold didn't start until 1961.