Accelerate is national non-for-profit organization that represents stakeholders from across Canada in mining, batteries, R&D, vehicle assembly and ZEV research. Convened in 2022 by a coalition of industry, academia, labour and civil society, Accelerate’s mission is to build and execute an integrated strategy that ensures a ZEV supply chain, including a battery supply chain, flourishes in Canada.
Appia is a publicly-traded Canadian company in the rare earth element and uranium sectors. The company is currently focusing on delineating high-grade critical rare earth elements and gallium on the Alces Lake property, as well as exploring for high-grade uranium in the prolific Athabasca Basin. The company holds the surface rights to exploration for 113,000 hectares in Saskatchewan. Appia also has a 100% interest in rare earth element and uranium deposits in the Elliot Lake Camp, Ontario. Lastly, the Company holds the right to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Cachoeirinha Project Ionic Clay project located within the Goiás State of Brazil.
Avalon Advanced Materials is a Canadian company headquartered in Toronto, focused on developing the Ontario lithium supply chain to meet the growing demand for critical minerals. Avalon is cementing its role in North America’s strategic minerals sector through a strong portfolio that includes Separation Rapids Ltd (SRL), a joint venture company with SCR-Sibelco NV, to advance its upstream lithium portfolio in Northwestern Ontario. In addition, Avalon is setting up a leading, sustainable lithium hydroxide processing facility in the strategic port city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, to develop the end-to-end solution currently missing between the province’s considerable lithium resources in the north and the growing battery manufacturing base in the south. This connection is essential as a pivotal foundation for the clean-energy sector across North America, ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future in the green economy.
The Battery Metals Association of Canada (BMAC) is a non-profit industry association representing the entire battery value chain in Canada – right from mineral exploration and extraction, through materials processing, battery and component production, and ultimately recycling of batteries at end-of-life. BMAC focuses on supporting the development of a robust and enduring battery ecosystem within Canada to facilitate a successful energy transition. We accomplish this by connecting, resourcing and engaging organizations from across the value chain to identify the significant economic, environmental and social opportunities the sector represents for Canada, and determine pathways to capture and maximize this potential.
Baymag is Canada’s sole producer of magnesium oxide with its headquarter in Calgary, Alberta, a mine site near Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, and a production facility located in Exshaw, Alberta. Baymag is a member of the Refratechnik Group of companies. Baymag’s products are utilized for various markets including environmental waste/wastewater treatment, building products, fertilizers, various industrial applications, and animal feed. The company is focused on supporting critical minerals development in Canada in battery manufacturing and recycling as well as rare earth processing, all of which are important to accelerate Canada’s industrial transition to a low-carbon economy. To further support the critical minerals development in Canada, Baymag has recently acquired ownership in, PMAP Inc., which specifically addresses mine tailing pond water treatment while recovering critical minerals.
The Canada Cleantech Alliance (CCTA) is the national voice of Canada’s cleantech sector. It was created in 2016 following a recognition that the cleantech sector needed a national voice to represent its interests. Its mission is to accelerate the growth and development of Canada’s cleantech sector into an economic powerhouse of investment, innovation, and job creation, and to help build a strong low-carbon economy. Since its inception it has delivered on several initiatives with partners as well as been the “go to source” for national cleantech advocacy, policy input and information. The CCTA focuses on activities and advocacy that accelerate the scale-up of cleantech companies, drive innovation across all sectors while stimulating economic growth, create jobs and leverage regional strengths.
Commerce Resources is an exploration and development company with a particular focus on deposits of rare earth elements and rare metals. The Company is specifically focused on the development of its Ashram Rare Earth Project at the Eldor Property in Quebec, and its Upper Fir Tantalum and Niobium Deposit at the Blue River Project in British Columbia.
Cyclic Materials is creating a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other materials critical to electrification. We are helping the world transition to an environmentally responsible future by recovering rare earth elements from the difficult-to-recycle products of the modern world.
We have developed an innovative process to recover the critical rare earth elements used in high performance magnets and re-circulate them back into the manufacturing process, reducing the environmental impact of the global energy transition. From smartphones to electric vehicles to green energy, these critical metals play a key role in the modernization and greening of our global economy.
We help businesses recycle, provide the market with a secure and regional supply of critical metals, and do so in an economic and sustainable way.
Defense Metals Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition of mineral deposits containing metals and elements commonly used in the electric power market, military, national security and the production of “GREEN” energy technologies, such as, high strength alloys and rare earth magnets. Defense Metals has an option to acquire 100% of the 1,708 hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Property located near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
Green Graphite Technologies (GGT) is commercializing its patented, cost-effective, and sustainable purification technology to transform mined and recycled graphite into lithium-ion battery (LiB) grade graphite (i.e. anode active material) for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS).
Proven out at the pilot scale, GGT has launched a equity fundraising effort, seeking CAD$15 million (expected closing – June 2025) to build a graphite purification demonstration plant to showcase the technology’s scalability and cost-effectiveness, along with product performance from multiple graphite feedstocks (natural flake graphite, spent LiB graphite, battery manufacturing waste).
This demo plant will lay the foundation for the first of multiple commercial manufacturing plants starting in 2028-29, addressing the massive supply gap of locally sourced, high purity graphite to serve Western battery manufacturers in this rapidly evolving EV market.
GGT’s head office is in Montreal, with pilot operations in both Montreal, QC, and in Kingston, ON.
Kingston Process Metallurgy is a privately owned Canadian company located in Kingston, Ontario. Its interdisciplinary team includes engineers, scientists, chemists, technicians and modellers, led by co-owners Boyd Davis and Alain Roy. Clients include large multi-national mining and metallurgical companies, as well as companies specialized in industrial chemistry, advanced materials and energy.
Neo Performance Materials (Neo) manufactures advanced industrial materials that serve as the building blocks of many modern technologies that deliver enhanced efficiency and sustainability. The company’s products – magnetic powders and magnets, specialty chemicals, metals and alloys – are critical to the performance of many everyday products as well as emerging technologies. Neo’s advanced industrial materials are key to some of the world’s sought-after and environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles, pollution control systems, high-efficiency appliances and pumps, energy-efficient lighting, water purification, and many more. Neo’s products help to deliver the technologies of tomorrow to consumers today.
Founded in 2013, North American Helium Inc. (NAH) is focused on exploration and production of helium from underground fields of inert nitrogen. The Company’s mission is to grow its reliable and geopolitically secure non-hydrocarbon-based helium supply to replace declining supplies of helium in North America that currently come from legacy hydrocarbon projects. NAH currently produces approximately 5% of helium supply in North America and is actively advancing new projects.
The Company currently has producing facilities Saskatchewan, Canada, including Canada’s largest facility (Battle Creek), selling gaseous and liquid helium on long-term contracts to some of the largest global industrial gas companies. NAH has exploration assets in Saskatchewan, Utah, Arizona, and Montana. The company is working to rapidly grow its production to meet the increasing helium demand from semiconductor manufacturing, space exploration, and emerging applications like small modular reactors (SMR) and nuclear fusion.
PearTree is a Canadian Securities Dealer and Investment Fund Manager advancing over (CAD) $500 million annually for resource exploration and mine development in a uniquely Canadian structure which results in as much as $2.00 of capital deployed for every $1.00 invested by global institutions and family offices.
PearTree’s platform and investor capital results in the triple benefit of reduced issuer dilution, reduced cost of share ownership, and enhanced governance within a Canadian regulatory environment ensuring that invested capital is deployed on site and for no other purpose.
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is Canada’s second largest research and technology organization and recently, an important midstream player in the Rare Earth Elements (REE) value chain in Canada. With more than 300 employees, $91 million in annual revenue and nearly 75 years of experience, SRC provides products and services to its 1,500 clients in 27 countries around the world. We help clients from across the world solve technology problems, make improvements, seize opportunities, maintain competitiveness, increase productivity, and develop new markets. SRC’s Rare Earth Element Division supports a growing REE industry in Saskatchewan, Canada and around the world with processing and separation technology development and commercialization for both heavy and light REEs, helping clients have the potential to maximize the value of their rare earth projects. A key element of this Division is SRC’s Rare Earth Processing Facility, which will produce an intermediate concentrate of mixed rare earth carbonates to then be separated into individual rare earth oxides and sold, as the market requires, providing a secure route to market for Canadian Rare Earth suppliers. In addition to Rare Earths, through its Mining and Energy Division, SRC has also focused on the technological challenges of other critical metals such as Lithium, Niobium and Tantalum, for example.
Scandium Canada Ltd. is a Canadian “junior” currently developing the only hard-rock primary scandium project in the world with a vision to contribute to society’s goal to reduce carbon emissions to net zero. Scandium Canada completed a PEA in 2022 with robust economics, and is currently advancing a pre-feasibility for the project. It plans to produce scandium oxide and aluminum-scandium (2%) Master Alloy for use in the automotive, aerospace, space and SOFC markets. It is listed on the TSXV (TSX-V: SCD), and the OTCQB under “SCDCF”.
SGS Minerals (SGS) offers an extensive range of services that covers exploration, plant design and engineering, production, industrial applications and decommissioning and closure. They provide testing, technology, trade services and consulting to help deliver more growth and lean efficiencies, improve speed to market and reduce risk. Their industry experts can help you make the most of market developments and advances in technology, enabling their customers to maximize opportunities and stay ahead of competitors.