"I anticipate greater support for North American supply chains. For example, Ontario is investing over C$40 billion in midstream and downstream EV development."
"In the current gold price environment, when operators have the capital to spend on putting new mines into production and expanding existing mines, there is tremendous organic growth."
"If you are able to build a great relationship with a company while expediting and providing quality work, it will set you apart as an engineering firm to be trusted in the industry."
"Our largest policy initiative currently is the ‘One Project, One Process’ initiative, which aims to break down the confusion and delays Indigenous communities and mining companies encounter."
"So far, 2024 is proving to be excellent, headlined by our record-breaking C$100 million deal with Skeena Resources in June, the largest Structured Flow-Through deal in our sector’s history."
PRESIDENT (CANADA) AND EXECUTIVE CHAIR (NORTH AMERICA), SRK CONSULTING
"Across mining as a whole, digitalization has become important, from underground operational control rooms to data handling and the onset of machine learning and AI."
"MineConnect will continue to host and attend events and foster partnerships with other provinces, domestically and internationally, to connect our suppliers and help them grow their businesses."
MACIG 2025 - Mining in Africa Country Investment Guide
It is said that mining is a patient industry. Current demand projections are not. Demand for minerals deemed ‘critical’ is set to increase almost fourfold by 2030, according to the UN. Demand for nickel, cobalt and lithium is predicted to double, triple and rise ten-fold, respectively, between 2022 and 2050. The world will need to mine more copper between 2018 and 2050 than it has mined throughout history. 2050 is also the deadline to curb emissions before reaching a point of ‘no return.’ The pace of mineral demand and the consequences of not meeting it force the industry to act fast and take more risks. Mining cannot afford to be a patient industry anymore. The scramble for supply drives miners back to geological credentials, and therefore to places like the African Central Copperbelt.