Critical Minerals in CanadaCanada's minerals sector is an important global supplier of critical minerals and metals that are essential ingredients to our modern economies and emerging technologies. They have few substitutes in use and face high supply risks.

Canada's advanced mineral projects offer a secure, reliable source of supply.

the potential for economic development opportunities through chromite extraction, processing and production of ferrochromium, an ingredient used in stainless steel.

A company in Quebec is currently leading the way in the circular economy, extracting magnesium from mine tailings using clean technologies.

Tungsten

Aluminium

Molybdenum

Potash

Rare earth elements

Lithium

Indium

Uranium

Manganese

Aluminum

Vanadium

Niobium

LithiumNickel, cobalt

Nickel, cobalt

Tungsten

Graphite

Molybdenum

Graphite

FluorsparNiobium

Graphite

Nickel, cobalt, platinum group elements

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Mine

Advanced project

Smelter or refiner

Canada is the second largest producer and exporter of uranium in the world, with 22% of global production in 2017. Canada is host to 24 advanced uranium projects.

Nickel, cobalt, platinum group elements

Phosphate

Sources: Critical Commodities for a High-Tech World (2013), Australia’s Potential to Supply Global Demand (2013), USA Department of the Interior List (2018), European Commission Critical Raw Materials (2017), United States Geological Survey, S&P global market intelligence, Statistics Canada, company reports and websites.

ean Union, South Korea, USA and the UK) and that are found in Canada. Exports are for 2017 and includes values of ores, concentrates, semi-fabricated and fabricated metal and mineral products. Advanced projects contain at least Indicated mineral resources and have a completed technical study. Projects that involve multiple minerals are included in the project counts for each individual commodity. Global production rank is based on mine production.

For additional information on the Canadian mining industry, visit the Minerals and Metals Facts website, athttps://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mining-materials/facts/20507

Industrial minerals

Canada is a primary global supplier of potash and aluminum and has a variety of advanced industrial mineral projects, which offer great development potential.

2$46 M Magnesium

3$484 MGlobal rank: 5Titanium

1$17 M Fluorspar

$12 MGlobal rank: 5Selenium

1$13 M Zirconium

Global rank: 3Aluminum$13 B

7Global rank: 1Potash$5 B

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$ m i l l i o n s

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1

$ t h o u s a n d s

$600 K

3CaesiumN/A

2$40 K Barite

3$100 K Berylium

6$500 KGlobal rank: 6Bismuth

2N/A Scandium

Phosphate 4

Battery minerals

600

500

400

300

200

100

0

Expo

rts

Adva

nced

pro

ject

s Cobalt

$565 M

Global rank: 4

22

$72 M

Global rank: 4Graphite

14

Lithium

$7 M

17

$12 M

Manganese

40

Global rank: 3

$4 B

Nickel

48

$ m i l l i o n s

50

Technology minerals

Canada is the third largest global producer of platinum group metals. Natural Resources Canada is working alongside private industry to optimize the rare earth elements extraction processes.

Expo

rts

$813 M$3 M1800

1500

1200$900 K

900

600

$200 K300

N/A0

Platinum Tantalum Antimony Rare Earth IndiumGroup Metals

s Global rank: 3 Elements Global rank: 4

t Global rank: 3

ecj 0

or 2

p 4

ed 7

cn 16

vaAd 40 35

Steel minerals

Canada is a leading supplier of niobium and has a large number of advanced steel mineral projects.

$12 M

Chromium

6

600

500

400

300

200

100

0

Expo

rts

Adva

nced

pro

ject

s

Vanadium

$522 M

3

N/A

Tellurium

3

$22 M

Tungsten

11

Global rank: 2

$271 M

Niobium

15

0

$135 M

Global rank: 8Molybdenum

3940

$ m i l l i o n s