Pioneer Coal Limited is a Canadian mining company based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

It was founded in 1980 by John Chisholm, owner of Nova Construction Company Limited.

After surface mining has been completed, the land is reclaimed for other uses.

In 2014 the company began a feasibility study to evaluate an additional surface coal mine near Springhill, Nova Scotia.

[3] Pioneer Coal operated the Stellarton Surface Coal Mine, located in Stellarton, Nova Scotia until 2022 when the company ceased actively mining there and began reclamation work on the now former mine.