"We help mining companies become more diversified, but the number of graduates from mining schools is shrinking, and the number of women entering mining is tiny."
"The headline is that Lac des Iles now has long-term potential, which is exciting and key to our strategy of being a long-term, sustainable player in the mine-to-battery market for graphite."
"Mines have been collecting data for approximately 20 years, but it has not been fully exploited and there is so much both low-hanging and higher-hanging fruit embedded in that data."
"Ontario needs decisive action on creating an enabling regulatory environment, and we are encouraged to see momentum building on modernizing regulations."
"We believe in the goal of growing a rare earth industry in Canada, which means multiple projects need to get into production here within the next few years."
"If we are successful with the lithium project, at some time, we will look at making the story simpler and create a critical minerals company and gold company separate from each other."
ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR (KG) AND TEAM LEADER WATER TREATMENT (JG), GCM CONSULTANTS
"Water treatment has been an evolving sector for GCM, with increasingly more mining companies having issues with water quality and requiring specialized solutions to solve their problems."
"With provincial and federal support for critical minerals, Québec is the place to be in the lithium space, and Sayona has the potential to be a leader in North America with over 30% of total hard rock lithium resources on the continent."
The pre-release edition of Africa Energy 2024 comprises analysis based on over 80 interviews with ministers and leading executives from IOCs, NOCs, independents, associations, investors and service providers, to provide an in-depth and holistic view of sub-Saharan Africa’s ever-evolving energy sector.