Canada Announces Over $15 million to Support Canadian Mining Sector at the 2024 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention
And as the world moves toward net zero by 2050, demand for Canada's mineral resources, especially critical minerals, will only increase.
- And as the world moves toward net zero by 2050, demand for Canada's mineral resources, especially critical minerals, will only increase.
- That is why, yesterday at the 2024 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced federal investments of over $15 million in projects to increase Indigenous participation and support the development of Canada's critical minerals sector.
- Minister Wilkinson also announced the launch of the first call for proposals for Indigenous grants under the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF).
- At least $25 million of this funding is dedicated to Indigenous communities' capacity building to support their participation in critical minerals development.