Three critical minerals mines and three energy projects are among a second round of projects to receive federal support.
All six are part of a second round of projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney is deeming nation-building and will be referred to the government’s Major Projects Office to help navigate the approval process and provide access to funding.
The three mines include Canada Nickel’s Crawford Project near Timmins that will produce high-quality, low-carbon nickel essential for batteries and green steel.
Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Mine at Saint Michel des Saints, Québec is an open-pit mine, with its mineral important to military applications and battery supply chains.
Northcliff Resources’ Sisson Mine at Sisson Brook, New Brunswick, is a tungsten mine that is essential for steel production, defence, and industrial applications.
Carey is also approving the North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL) and Ksi Lisims LNG, two projects in British Columbia.
The transmission line intends to provide electricity to communities along the West Coast.
It will allow for new industrial projects, including the Ksi Lisims LNG facility and critical minerals developments in the Golden Triangle.
Ksi Lisims LNG intends to export lower-carbon LNG to markets in Asia.
The project includes an 800-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project to supply feed gas for liquefaction, and a 95-kilometre electrical transmission line to supply electricity to the facility.
Support is also being given to the Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Hydro Project in Iqaluit, a 100% Inuit-owned hydro energy project intended to replace Iqaluit’s reliance on diesel-powered electricity.
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