"Graphite is key to any battery supply chain as it represents almost 50% by weight of the materials needs, no matter what the chemistry of the battery."
CEO (AB) & MANAGING DIRECTOR - CANADA (DA), XCALIBUR MULTIPHYSICS
"One of our big wins was conducting a large survey over the Ring of Fire for the Ontario Geological Survey. That is public domain data, and a lot of mining companies have used that when deciding where to stake claims."
PRESIDENT, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, MAESTRO DIGITAL MINE
"Maestro is not interested in incremental improvement. We are looking at step change, and we typically do that by disruption. The type of disruption we pursue is about simplifying our products."
"We are investing in safety and moving from reactionary safety to predictive and preventative safety. The mining industry is extremely careful around safety culture compared to different industries, and I am proud to play a part in helping to improve mine safety."
"Our view is that you want to be aggressive when capital is scarce. When you get to a stage in the market where everybody is putting capital in, that is the point where you want to pull back."
"Our successful exploration programs are feeding high-quality prospects into an already bulging pipeline and we expect to grow our reserves net of depletion again this year."
"Being able to have demonstrable technology in an operating environment does indeed expedite potential procurement, adoption and deployment of these technologies."
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, RESOURCE CAPITAL FUNDS
"We want to be capable of investing across the mining development lifecycle, from exploration all the way through to operating assets, but also through the capital stack. Our goal is to be able to support equity all the way through to senior credit."
VP OF MINING AND METALS (PT) & ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR (MS), GCM CONSULTANTS
“The world is changing quickly, and we want to be on the frontline in taking on energy efficiencies issues, environmental issues, and manpower issues.”
Ontario Mining and Toronto’s Finance Hub 2026 - Pre-Release
2025 was a year of change for Ontario’s mining industry. Canada’s evolving international relationships heightened the focus on economic sovereignty, while federal and provincial elections brought critical minerals to the forefront of policy discussions. The provincial government’s ‘One Project, One Process’ framework aims to reduce permitting delays, as critical mineral prices show early signs of recovery from a prolonged weak cycle.