Ontario’s Critical Minerals: Paving the Future With Provincial Support
Hon. Minister Pirie, alongside the CEOs of Generation Mining, Canada Nickel and Frontier Lithium, delve into how Ontario, Canada, is positioning itself to be a global leader in critical minerals. This event explores the challenges these companies face, how the province is responding to meet those challenges and how Ontario compares to other jurisdictions. Gain insights into what’s driving the future of mining in Ontario and why federal and provincial backings are crucial.
Minister of Mines & MPP Timmins at Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Minister George Pirie was appointed as Minister of Mines by Premier Ford in June 2022. George’s family roots began in the Porcupine over 100 years ago. He is a graduate of Laurentian University and is happily married with two children and three grandchildren. Prior to entering politics, George was a senior mining executive with over thirty-five years of experience in the industry both domestically and internationally. He has held senior positions in the industry for over seventeen years and also has a long history of involvement in the local community. As Mayor of Timmins, George oversaw the largest mining boom in fifty years. He has served on the Mining Association of Canada, the Ontario Mining Association and was also the co-chairman of the Ontario Mineral Industry Cluster Initiative. Locally, in Timmins, he has made a positive impact in his community by serving on the Porcupine Health Unit and as Chairman of the Timmins Police Service. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors with Northern College, co-chaired local United Way campaigns, and served on local hospital boards as well as community associations.
25 years in financing and management of Canadian mining companies. Was CEO of Pine Point Mining which was acquired by Osisko Metals. Formerly Vice President of Pinetree Capital.
Mark was formerly President & CEO of RNC Minerals (Royal Nickel Corporation) where he led a team that successfully raised over $100 million and advanced the Dumont nickel-cobalt project from initial resource to a fully permitted, construction-ready project.
He has held a number of senior management roles with Quadra Mining, Inco, and Purolator Courier, and was a partner at Mercer Management Consulting. Since 2001, Mr. Selby has been recognized as one of the leading authorities on the nickel market. He graduated from Queen's University with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and has also served on the boards of multiple junior mining companies.
Trevor R. Walker is the President and CEO of Frontier Lithium. Walker joined Frontier Lithium in 2010, and since then he has played a key strategic role in focusing the company on its PAK Lithium deposit in Northwestern Ontario. Under his leadership he has increased the company’s overall readiness to develop its world-class lithium deposit, advanced global-minded marketing activities, and bridged partnerships to bring Canada’s newest lithium mine project on line. Prior to joining the company, Walker was Vice President of the Consbec Group of Companies where he accumulated 10 years of experience in mining and construction industry. During his tenure at Consbec, he worked closely with companies such as GoldCorp, Rio Tinto, Westdome, Barrick, Noranda, Agrium and Unimin as well as other major companies. Walker holds an honours BA from the University of Western Ontario, and an MBA from Webster University Geneva, Switzerland.
Replay transcript excerpt
Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for this live event. Today's event is titled Ontario's Critical Minerals, Paving the Future with provincial support. We are joined by the Honourable Minister George Peary alongside 3 mining CEOs with critical mineral projects within Ontario. We have President and CEO of Generation Mining, Jamie Levy, CEO of Canada Nickel, Mr. Mark Selby, and President and CEO of Frontier Lithium, Mr. Trevor Walker. Now, just a couple of housekeeping items before we get started. First, this event is being recorded and the replay will be available after the discussion on our YouTube channel. Second, there is a live Q and this is a live event rather and it will be an interactive event. We do want you to submit questions in the chat in the bottom right corner of your screen at any point during the conversation. However, as the moderator, I will only bring questions to the panelists that are on topic. If you have any company specific questions, my team will be sure to pass them along to the respected companies for them to reach out to you directly. With all that out of the way, gentlemen, thank you for joining us today. So let's talk about Ontario's critical mineral strategy. Minister Peery, we'll start with you. Are all critical minerals created equal and what role does the province play in rolling out the critical mineral strategy? Well, good morning, gentlemen. It's glad to see everybody here attending this panel discussion. Kyle, that's an interesting question. Are critical minerals created equal? Quite frankly, from our point of view in the ministry, we're agnostic in relation to that list of critical minerals, we've got a critical mineral strategy that we invested $50 million into, $55 million into, to promote in the development of all cri...
