"The DRC market has changed significantly in the last few years, becoming more fragmented and more Chinese-dominated, whereas the typical large-scale miners like Glencore have reduced capacity."
"We have been involved in several acquisitions of either companies or properties over the past year or two. This trend is continuing, with a lot of US and multinational corporations acquiring projects or mining companies in Québec."
"In 2019, we opened an office in Elko, Nevada, committing to our local presence and hiring people from the Elko community. We wanted to officially become part of this region."
"Our PAK lithium project is unique because it presents us with the ability to have both extraction and downstream lithium refining all within a relatively confined geographic area and near the end-users."
"Canada Nickel is currently undertaking the engineering and feasibility study of the Crawford project toward becoming the world’s first NetZero nickel mining operation."
"Remote projects may prefer to isolate and limit the number of external individuals visiting as a precaution to avoid the virus spreading, but they need to maintain their supply chain so drones are a perfect unmanned logistics solution."
2025 was a year of change for Ontario’s mining industry. Canada’s evolving international relationships heightened the focus on economic sovereignty, while federal and provincial elections brought critical minerals to the forefront of policy discussions. The provincial government’s ‘One Project, One Process’ framework aims to reduce permitting delays, as critical mineral prices show early signs of recovery from a prolonged weak cycle.