The on-shoring of mining, production, and successful processing of REEs and other critical metals is key to securing North American supply chains and the necessary electrification of western societies. Given intensifying climate warming, urgency is involved. This session aims to highlight a selection of leading projects in North America and cap off with an overview of current and future REE processing capabilities.
REE and other critical metals in alkaline intrusions, carbonatites and unconventional sources
Session Details
2 p.m. - 2:18 p.m.
Mountain Pass: Past, present and future challenges
Presenter(s):
Todd Ririe, Unocal (Molycorp)
2:18 p.m. - 2:36 p.m.
Radioactive (REE-Th-U) abyssal pegmatites (& associated rocks) of the Alces Lake high-grade gneiss terrain, Saskatchewan: Geophysics, geology, and critical mineral potential
Presenter(s):
Irvine Annesley, U of SK - Geological Sciences
2:36 p.m. - 2:54 p.m.
An update on the Trans-Hudson alkaline-carbonatite igneous province and its critical-metal potential
Presenter(s):
Tania Martins, Manitoba Geological Survey
2:54 p.m. - 3:12 p.m.
Genesis, mineralogy, and extreme rare earth and high field strength element enrichment of the Strange Lake deposit, Quebec-Labrador border
Presenter(s):
Nadia Mohammadi, Natural Resources Canada
3:12 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Western phosphorite as a critical minerals source?
Presenter(s):
Adrian VanRythoven, MBMG
3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Canadian rare earth element processing capabilities
Presenter(s):
Muhammad Imran, Saskatchewan Research Council