by tundric | May 27, 2026 | Mining News
When the federal government moves to accelerate a mine — the largest graphite project in the G7, no less — it sends a signal that echoes well beyond the borders of Quebec. It says, plainly, that Canada has decided to compete seriously in the global critical minerals...
by tundric | May 27, 2026 | Mining News
In the mines and open pits of Northern Ontario, where rock must be broken before anything of value can move — before ore flows, before jobs are sustained, before communities thrive — the tools and partnerships that make blasting safer, smarter, and more efficient...
by tundric | May 27, 2026 | Mining News
Deep beneath the Canadian Shield — the same ancient rock that has yielded gold, nickel, copper, and now the critical minerals powering the energy transition — scientists say they have found something that nobody was quite expecting: a massive natural hydrogen source....
by tundric | May 27, 2026 | Mining News
When one of the world’s great gold companies quietly doubles its stake in a junior explorer, it’s worth pausing to ask what they know — and what it means for the ground beneath our feet here in Northern Ontario. Agnico Eagle Mines has increased its...
by tundric | May 27, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a moment in every commodity cycle when the numbers stop being abstract and start meaning something to real people — geologists dusting off old drill logs, junior companies suddenly getting callbacks from investors, and communities that have been waiting...
by tundric | May 15, 2026 | Mining News
When hundreds of millions of dollars start moving toward lithium projects in Canada, it’s worth paying attention — not just in Quebec, but in every community across the Shield that’s sitting on critical mineral potential and wondering when the investment...
by tundric | May 15, 2026 | Mining News
There are announcements, and then there are moments that reshape a region’s trajectory for a generation. The unveiling of a $14-billion mining plan between the Province of Ontario and Agnico Eagle — one of the world’s most respected gold producers and a...
by tundric | May 15, 2026 | Mining News
When the world’s appetite for copper grows, the tremors are felt all the way to the Canadian Shield. In 2025, copper had one of its strongest years in recent memory — driven by the clean energy transition, the threat of U.S. tariffs, and its increasingly...
by tundric | May 15, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a certain poetry in the idea that one of the most strategically significant mineral deposits on the continent sits close enough to Sudbury that you could have a pizza delivered to the drill site. While governments in Ottawa and Washington scramble to...
by tundric | May 15, 2026 | Mining News
Picture a map on a Washington strategist’s wall, covered in pins marking where the world’s critical minerals lie — and the growing unease about how many of those pins sit in Chinese-controlled territory. That unease is now driving American foreign policy...
