Canada strengthens critical minerals supply chains in Quebec

This funding is part of an CAN$80.3 million investment announced by Prime Minister Carney on the margins of the 2025 G7 Leaders' Summit to build reliable critical minerals supply chains in Canada.

This investment will support Arianne Phosphate Inc.'s work to process phosphate rock from its Lac à Paul deposit and optimise the phosphoric acid purification process. If commercialised, this project could establish a source of Canadian phosphorus, a key ingredient in phosphoric acid which is essential for fertilizers.

Critical minerals, including phosphorus, are the essential building blocks for the technologies necessary to the global economic and industrial transition. By investing in a resilient and sustainable Canadian mining and mineral processing sector, the Government of Canada is creating Canadian jobs, securing Canadian sovereignty and seizing the opportunity of the clean energy transition.

"By investing in projects like Arianne Phosphate's Technology Centre, we are strengthening Canada's leadership in critical minerals and building a cleaner, more secure future – furthering the goals spelled out at the G7 in Kananaskis. This investment not only supports innovation, supply chain security and good jobs here at home, it also ensures we are leveraging our natural resources to stay at the forefront of the global shift to clean technologies." Said Tim Hodgson.

Read the article online at: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/phosphates/06102025/canada-strengthens-critical-minerals-supply-chains-in-quebec/