EJQ4 - Spring 2025 - Journal - Page 4
For anyone who attended the recent PDAC Convention, the world’s largest mining and mineral exploration event, you know that the mining sector
is mammoth, and that minerals are a substantial part of the equation when it
comes to the energy transition at home and around the world.
With great power comes great responsibility, as the proverb goes, and there is
an increasing array of new strategies for sustainable mining. There’s the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and its Strategy Action Plan
for 2025+ and the Mining Association of Canada’s Toward Sustainable Mining
Excellence Awards. But there is still a lack of standardization around the globe
and that is hurting responsible mining projects in Canada.
Yes, we need more nickel to support the energy transition at home, and internationally, to support battery grade products and support the electric vehicle
(EV) sector. But no, it should not be at the cost of causing environmental devastation and addressing critical social issues. Over-production abroad is keeping good Canadian mining companies down and impacting the ability to support the energy transition in a conscientious way.
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Case in point. The multi-billion-dollar Turnagain Project, located in northern
British Columbia on the traditional territory of the Tahltan and Kaska Dena, is
among the largest undeveloped sulphide nickel deposits in the world. Turnagain
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