Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund

Advancing clean energy and transportation infrastructure projects

The Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF) will provide up to $1.5 billion in federal funding until 2030 for clean energy and transportation infrastructure projects necessary to enable the sustainable development and expansion of critical minerals in Canada. The CMIF currently offers two avenues for support:

1. Grants to support Indigenous engagement, participation and capacity building related to infrastructure projects that would enable critical minerals development
2. Contribution funding for preconstruction activities and shovel-ready infrastructure projects

Conditionally approved projects

The following announced projects have been conditionally approved for contribution funding, pending due diligence that must be completed prior to establishing a contribution agreement.

Northwest B.C. Highway Corridor Improvements Project

Organization: Province of British Columbia
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $75,000,000
Critical minerals: Copper, molybdenum, nickel, cobalt and zinc
Funding stream: Infrastructure deployment
Location: Northwestern British Columbia

Galore Creek Access Road

Organization: Galore Creek Mining Corporation
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $20,000,000
Critical minerals: Copper
Funding stream: Infrastructure deployment
Location: Northwestern British Columbia

Yukon–British Columbia Grid Connect Project

Organization: Government of Yukon
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $39,970,743
Critical minerals: Cobalt, copper, molybdenum, nickel, platinum group metals, tungsten and zinc
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: British Columbia and Yukon

Unlocking Fairloch Access Road

Organization: Rock Tech Lithium Inc.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $1,402,706
Critical minerals: Lithium
Funding stream: Infrastructure deployment
Location: Beardmore, Ontario

Jackfish and Armstrong Bypass Roads Upgrades

Organization: Green Technology Metals Ltd.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $5,470,000
Critical minerals: Lithium
Funding stream: Infrastructure deployment
Location: Armstrong, Ontario

Marathon Palladium-Copper Project

Organization:Generation PGM Inc.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $771,100
Critical minerals: Palladium and copper
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Marathon, Ontario

Electrical Transmission Distribution Network Pre-Construction Studies

Organization: Transmission Infrastructure Partnerships 1 Limited
Amount conditionally approved:Up to $2,374,925
Critical minerals: Chromium, cobalt, nickel and platinum group metals
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Timmins, Ontario

Pre-Implementation Studies for Electrical Infrastructure

Organization: Canada Nickel Company Ltd.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $4,376,230
Critical minerals: Nickel, chromium, cobalt and platinum group metals
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Timmins, Ontario

Shakespeare Mine Connection to Grid Power

Organization:Magna Mining Inc.
Amount conditionally approved:Up to $964,100
Critical minerals: Nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Sudbury, Ontario

Shakespeare Mine Road Upgrade

Organization: Magna Mining Inc.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $521,854
Critical minerals: Nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Sudbury, Ontario

Crean Hill Transmission Line Development

Organization: Magna Mining Inc.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $109,430
Critical minerals: Nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Sudbury, Ontario

Frontier Lithium All-Season Road Engineering and Design Project

Organization: Frontier Lithium Inc.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $2,904,513
Critical minerals:Lithium
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Northwestern Ontario

Frontier PAK Lithium Clean Energy Project

Organization: Frontier Lithium Inc.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $3,206,344
Critical minerals: Lithium
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Northwestern Ontario

Taltson Expansion Project

Organization: Government of the Northwest Territories
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $25,000,000
Critical minerals: Bismuth, cobalt, copper, lithium, rare earth elements and zinc
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: North and South Slave regions of the Northwest Territories

McIlvenna Bay – Transmission Line, Substation, and Battery Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Implementation

Organization: McIlvenna Bay Operating Ltd.
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $20,000,000
Critical Minerals: Copper and zinc
Funding stream: Infrastructure deployment
Location: Pelican Narrows to McIlvenna Bay, Saskatchewan

Strange Lake Northern Transportation Infrastructure Project

Organization: Torngat Metals
Amount conditionally approved: Up to $10,000,000
Critical Minerals: Rare earth elements
Funding stream: Pre-construction and project development
Location: Northern Quebec and Labrador