Deals and financing (4)

1. 2026-03-02 · Government grant · announced · CAD 36.5

   Natural Resources Canada → E3 Lithium Ltd. · Clearwater lithium project (Alberta)

   NRCan conditionally committed up to CAD 36.5 million to E3 Lithium's Clearwater brine lithium project near Olds, Alberta.

   official release

2. 2026-03-02 · Government grant · announced · CAD 18.9

   Natural Resources Canada → Rio Tinto · Gallium extraction R&D, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

   NRCan conditionally committed CAD 18.9 million to Rio Tinto's gallium extraction research and development in Québec's Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.

   official release

3. 2025-10-31 · Government grant · announced · CAD 36.3

   Natural Resources Canada; FedDev Ontario → Ucore Rare Metals Inc. · Kingston rare earth separation facility (samarium, gadolinium)

   Canada conditionally approved up to CAD 26.3 million from NRCan plus up to CAD 10 million from FedDev Ontario for Ucore's Kingston rare earth separation facility producing samarium and gadolinium.

   official release

4. 2024-12-13 · Government grant · announced · CAD 12.9

   Government of Canada (Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund) → Fireweed Metals Corp. · Macmillan Pass road and power infrastructure

   Canada's Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund offered up to CAD 12.9 million, subject to due diligence, for planning road and power upgrades serving Fireweed's Macmillan Pass critical-minerals district in Yukon.

   official release