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Map of Canadian Mines & Mineral Projects
Canada holds the world's third-largest uranium reserves, significant lithium deposits in Quebec and the Northwest Territories, cobalt in Ontario's Cobalt Belt, and rare earth concentrations in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The Ring of Fire in northern Ontario holds one of the largest chromite deposits in the western hemisphere.
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Mine Permitting Tracker
Active federal and provincial environmental assessments for major Canadian critical mineral projects — stage, regulator, expected decision dates.
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Processing Gap Tracker
Where Canadian critical minerals go after extraction — existing domestic refining capacity, what's under development, and where the gaps remain.
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Indigenous Equity Tracker
Announced Indigenous equity positions, ownership structures, and major IBAs across Canadian critical minerals and mining.
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Why Canada
Uranium
Athabasca Basin: world's highest-grade deposits
Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin hosts uranium ore grades 10–100× higher than any other deposit globally. Cameco's McArthur River mine is the world's largest high-grade uranium operation. Canada supplies roughly 15% of global uranium output.
Lithium
Quebec spodumene belt and NWT brine potential
Patriot Battery Metals' Shaakichiuwaanaan deposit in Quebec holds one of the largest hard-rock lithium resources in the Americas. Standard Lithium's Arkansas and BC brine projects are advancing toward battery-grade output for North American gigafactories.
Cobalt
Ontario's Cobalt Belt and battery supply chain
The historic Cobalt camp in northeastern Ontario is being reassessed with modern techniques. First Cobalt's refinery near Temiskaming Shores is one of the only North American facilities capable of producing battery-grade cobalt sulphate outside China.
Rare Earths
Separation Rapids and Nechalacho advancing
Vital Metals' Nechalacho project in the NWT is Canada's first rare earth mine in production. Appia Rare Earths and Ucore Rare Metals are advancing processing technology to complete a non-Chinese rare earth value chain for allied supply needs.
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Spot price context
Uranium
$68.50
USD/lb U₃O₈
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Lithium
$9,200
USD/tonne
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Cobalt
$24,800
USD/tonne
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Neodymium
$58.50
USD/kg
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Prices: Trading Economics / market data, as of June 9, 2026. Updated weekly.
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