Rockshare – Geology Learning Game for Aspiring Junior Miners
A bite-size mobile game that teaches the basics of mineral exploration, ore grades, and drill results so retail investors can understand what they are buying in a mining IPO.
Newer retail investors curious about mining stocks who don't know what a drill core or PEA means
- Visual drills where you tap promising core samples and learn what assays mean
- Mini-cases that walk through real simplified drill result tables
- Glossary of mining terms translated from prospectus jargon to plain English
- Quiz mode that scores how well you would have done picking past IPO winners
Mining IPOs keep drawing retail flows, but most new investors don't understand the technical claims in the prospectus and lose money because of it.
Established demand signals exist: Geology for Investors and Mining Stock Education (podcast/YouTube) already serve retail mining investors, and Google Trends shows 500+ searches for junior mining tickers, but no direct indicator of demand for a bite-size game format.Geology for Investors | Make sense of mining company investments ↗Mining Stock Education ↗
Mine Evolution (CIM/Science North) is the closest educational mining game but targets school kids about 'modern mining' generally, not retail investors learning drill cores, ore grades, and PEAs — that specific investor-education niche appears open.The Game - Mine Evolution ↗Mine Evolution - Science North Education ↗
Niche educational games for a fragmented, often older retail-investor audience have weak monetization; existing education is given away free (Mine Evolution, GeologyforInvestors articles), and no evidence of paid willingness for this exact topic.Mine Evolution App - App Store ↗
Retail interest in mining IPOs is cyclical and tied to commodity supercycles and speculative waves, not evergreen — a 'junior miner education' game faces boom-bust engagement.
Mine Evolution demonstrates a real shipping mining-education game built by a science museum and CIM, proving the technical/art scope is tractable for a small team.Science North and CIM launch digital mining game across Canada ↗