Canada's first rare earths projects underway in push to build new industry

Mark Lowey
June 30, 2021

A mine in the Northwest Territories, set to start Canada's first production of rare earth concentrate in July in Saskatchewan, will build a rare earths processing facility in Saskatoon, as the public and private sectors ramp up efforts to make Canada a supplier of choice for strategic critical minerals.

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Organizations: Alberta Mineral Advisory Council, Avalon Advanced Metals, Cheetah Resources Corp., Democratic Republic of the Congo, First Cobalt Corp., Geomega Resources Inc., Government of Alberta, Government of Ontario, Government of Quebec, Government of Saskatchewan, Lithion Recycling Inc., Northstar Innovative Developments, Ontario Minister of Energy Northern Development and Mines, REEtec, Saskatchewan Research Council, Sonya Savage, Vital Metals, and Yellowknives Dene First Nation
People: David Connelly, Drew Campbell, Francois Legault, Muhammad Imran, and Trent Mell
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