EY CANADA & EY AMERICAS MINING AND METALS LEADER, ERNST & YOUNG
"The most recent trend is on inflation control and recession proofing operations. As a result, right sizing operations, reducing costs, and changing the structure of organizations have been on the rise in recent quarters."
"Northern Graphite found in Namibia a permitted project that can easily expand into a world-class operation. Using our experience as the only graphite producers in Canada, we want to get there first, be the quickest to reach the market and capture the high growth in graphite prices."
"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."
"The local talent in mining engineers, tailing engineers, and hydrogeologists in Peru is fantastic and we believe we can deploy this talent on projects right across our project portfolio."
"More recently, we have had success executing projects for both Anglo American and Glencore, demonstrating our capacity to deliver, breaking out of our mid-tier niche into the majors."
"Mali remains our strongest market with the biggest growth opportunities moving forward. New mining companies who are just entering the country trust us to assist them in recruiting and managing their human resources."
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."
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.