So far, the program distributed about CAD40 million in funding. But this is not the whole story… Focus on Canada's Leading Critical Minerals Producers Investing in the mining space can be risky. This is why investors who are new to the Canadian mining industry may want to focus on the...
Although this pivot on critical minerals denies companies access to Chinese investments — historically a significant source of funding — it is unlikely to impede most Canadian miners and explorers from financing their activities. Experts noted that Ca...
As Canada seeks to drastically increase its output of 31 critical minerals, the government is also funding an infrastructure expansion to address the supply chain challenges the energy transition has faced. To be eligible for up to C$50M per project for non-governmental applicants and C$100M ...
Canada has proposed to create a Critical Battery Minerals Centre of Excellence at Natural Resources Canada with $36.8m of funding over three years for federal research and development to advance critical battery mineral processing and refining expertise.¹² Canada also joined the Global Battery ...
Wilkinson said Canada’s final critical mineral strategy will be published in the fall, but noted the government already budgeted $4 billion towards it. Funding a strategy that isn’t yet complete isn’t the usual course of action, said Wilkinson, but the government knew it couldn...
Foreign participation in critical minerals projects in Canada raises questions about why Canadians aren't providing the funding, says the head of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. A planned sale of stockpiled rare earths mined in the Northwest Territories to a Chinese miner for...
Canada recently added an additional three minerals—high-purity iron, phosphorous and silicon metal—to its Critical Minerals List, bringing the total to 34. Canada released its first Critical Minerals List in March 2021 with a commitment to review the minerals identified as critical every three yea...
Renewable energy stimulates the global demand for critical minerals, which in turn revives public interest in the mining sector. Amid this rise in attention, more country-level and disaggregated databases are needed to research the complexities of social, economic, and environmental impacts of this in...
But we’ll get there eventually, and governments then have good intentions around critical minerals strategies, critical minerals policies. What we need, of course, is those good intentions to be converted into real action and activity. You know, the one you'll hear cited all the time, of ...
critical minerals, critical infrastructure, critical goods and services, and sensitive technology such as artificial intelligence, among others. It is possible that certain interactive digital media companies could also be caught. For foreign investments into Canada that will require such pre-closing filin...