Canada Nickel is advancing the next generation of high quality, high potential nickel-cobalt projects to deliver the metals needed to power the electric vehicle revolution and feed the high growth stainless steel market.
The Company possesses industry leading nickel expertise and is focused on low risk well-established mining jurisdictions.
CRAWFORDNi-Co PROJECT
Canada Nickel is advancing the new Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide discovery with large scale potential located in the established Timmins mining camp adjacent to major infrastructure.
Canada Nickel owns 100% of Crawford
Highlights
Large bulk tonnage opportunity
(Crawford Ultramafic Complex is an 8 km long geophysical anomaly)
Nickel and Cobalt bearing minerals similar to that at Dumont Nickel Deposit.
Easy access to infrastructure
(Highway 655, rail, grid power, water, and established mining communities in Timmins and Cochrane)
NETZERO METALS
Canada Nickel has launched wholly-owned NetZero Metals Inc. to develop zero-carbon production of Nickel, Cobalt and Iron and applied for the trademarks NetZero NickelTM, NetZero CobaltTM and NetZero IronTM across several jurisdictions.
A number of key technologies are being explored to establish Crawford as a Zero-Carbon footprint operation:
MINING
- Deposition approaches for waste rock and tailings during mining to expose the serpentine rock to air to allow this material to absorb CO2 through natural mineral carbonation (exact amount and rate at which CO2 can be absorbed from materials mined at Crawford will be analyzed during upcoming phases of work).
- Utilization of electric rope shovels and trolley trucks which utilize electricity rather than diesel fuel as a power source wherever possible.
MILLING
- Large scale processing of lower grade sulphide ores utilizes a significant amount of electricity – local proximity to hydroelectricity provides the potential to minimize carbon emissions for this stage of production.
NETZERO
CONCENTRATE PROCESSING
- Existing pyrometallurgical processes such as roasting, sulphation roasting, and reduction using electric arc furnaces (utilizing natural gas rather than coke or coal as a reductant) with the off gases captured and re-routed to allow the CO2 to be captured by the waste rock and tailings.
- Existing hydrometallurgical processes to produce nickel and cobalt products such as the Albion or other similar processes, which generate minimal off-gases to produce nickel and cobalt products. The off-gases will again be captured and treated to ensure CO2 and SO2 emissions are minimized.
- Production of iron products utilizing existing direct reduced iron (DRI) processes or reduction in electric arc furnaces utilizing natural gas.
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OUR TEAM
Our experienced team is led by globally recognized nickel industry expert, Mark Selby
Mark Selby
CEO & Director
Mark was formerly President & CEO of RNC Minerals (Royal Nickel Corporation) where he led a team that successfully raised over $100 million and advanced the Dumont nickel-cobalt project from initial resource to a fully permitted, construction ready project. He has held...
Wendy Kaufman
Chief Financial Officer
Wendy brings more than twenty-five years of experience leading junior and mid-tier publicly-listed mining companies in project financing, capital structuring, capital markets, accounting and internal controls, tax, and financial reporting and public disclosure. Her skills and experience include the completion of a...
Steve Balch
VP Exploration
Steve is an Ontario registered geoscientist with 32 years experience in geophysics, specializing in the magnetic and electromagnetic methods, but also with experience in large exploration compilations. After working at Inco for six years in the Sudbury Basin and at Voisey’s Bay,...
Christian Brousseau
VP Innovation & Technical Services
Christian joined Canada Nickel in 2020. After completing the preliminary economic assessment for the Crawford Project, Christian launched the Feasibility Study and has been leading the development of the IPT process since 2022. In his new role as Vice-President Innovation and Technical Services he...
Pierre-Philippe Dupont
VP Sustainability
Pierre-Philippe has over fifteen years’ experience in leading efforts to successfully acquire environmental, community stakeholder and First Nation approvals for mining projects. For ten years he worked with RNC Minerals to successfully permit the large scale Dumont Nickel project with broad support...
Desmond Tranquilla
VP Projects
Prior to becoming Vice-President Projects, Desmond had been supporting the Crawford project on a part-time consulting basis through the feasibility study process since September 2021 and possesses hands-on knowledge of the Company’s projects. Desmond has more than 32 years of experience supporting...
Chris Chang
VP Corporate Development
Chris joins the Company as Vice-President Corporate Development, after supporting the Company’s Corporate Development activities on a part-time basis since 2022. Chris has had a 17-year career in Investment Banking and Capital Markets. From 2015 to 2021, he led the Institutional Equities...
David Smith
Chair
David assumed the role of Chairman of the Board in April 2023 and has served as a Board Member since 2019. He retired as Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in April 2023, having held the...
Francisca Quinn, MSc
Director
Francisca Quinn is the Co-founder and President of Quinn & Partners Inc., a recognized advisory firm whose mission is to advance sustainability in business and capital markets. It supports organizations to design and execute sustainability / ESG leadership strategies to enhance organizational...
Jennifer Morais, BA, MBA CFA
Director
Jennifer Morais has over twenty years of experience as a senior executive in the global private equity and alternatives industry, complemented by a further decade of work experience in the global mining finance and management consulting fields. She is currently Co-Founder and...
Mike Cox
Director
Mike has over thirty years of experience in Base Metal operations with Inco Ltd and Vale SA. He has held a number of senior leadership positions in Europe, Canada and Asia including the oversight of operations which have delivered nickel products to...
Kulvir Singh Gill
Director
Kulvir Singh Gill has twenty years of experience working with innovation and sustainability within the global mining industry. He works with the strategy firm Clareo to lead innovation and growth projects for international Fortune 500 clients across multiple industries in the mining, oil...
John Leddy
Senior Advisor, Legal and Strategic Matters
John serves as Senior Advisor, Legal and Strategic Matters at Karora Resources Inc. (formerly Royal Nickel Corporation). Mr. Leddy has over 20 years’ experience as a business lawyer and in private equity, specializing in M&A, capital raising and structuring, and other strategic...
David Smith
Chair
David assumed the role of Chairman of the Board in April 2023 and has served as a Board Member since 2019. He retired as Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in April 2023, having held the...
Francisca Quinn, MSc
Director
Francisca Quinn is the Co-founder and President of Quinn & Partners Inc., a recognized advisory firm whose mission is to advance sustainability in business and capital markets. It supports organizations to design and execute sustainability / ESG leadership strategies to enhance organizational...
Kulvir Singh Gill
Director
Kulvir Singh Gill has twenty years of experience working with innovation and sustainability within the global mining industry. He works with the strategy firm Clareo to lead innovation and growth projects for international Fortune 500 clients across multiple industries in the mining, oil...
Mark Selby
CEO & Director
Mark was formerly President & CEO of RNC Minerals (Royal Nickel Corporation) where he led a team that successfully raised over $100 million and advanced the Dumont nickel-cobalt project from initial resource to a fully permitted, construction ready project. He has held...
Jennifer Morais, BA, MBA CFA
Director
Jennifer Morais has over twenty years of experience as a senior executive in the global private equity and alternatives industry, complemented by a further decade of work experience in the global mining finance and management consulting fields. She is currently Co-Founder and...
Mike Cox
Director
Mike has over thirty years of experience in Base Metal operations with Inco Ltd and Vale SA. He has held a number of senior leadership positions in Europe, Canada and Asia including the oversight of operations which have delivered nickel products to...
Mark Selby
CEO & Director
Mark was formerly President & CEO of RNC Minerals (Royal Nickel Corporation) where he led a team that successfully raised over $100 million and advanced the Dumont nickel-cobalt project from initial resource to a fully permitted, construction ready project. He has held...
John Leddy
Senior Advisor, Legal and Strategic Matters
John serves as Senior Advisor, Legal and Strategic Matters at Karora Resources Inc. (formerly Royal Nickel Corporation). Mr. Leddy has over 20 years’ experience as a business lawyer and in private equity, specializing in M&A, capital raising and structuring, and other strategic...
Christian Brousseau
VP Innovation & Technical Services
Christian joined Canada Nickel in 2020. After completing the preliminary economic assessment for the Crawford Project, Christian launched the Feasibility Study and has been leading the development of the IPT process since 2022. In his new role as Vice-President Innovation and Technical Services he...
Desmond Tranquilla
VP Projects
Prior to becoming Vice-President Projects, Desmond had been supporting the Crawford project on a part-time consulting basis through the feasibility study process since September 2021 and possesses hands-on knowledge of the Company’s projects. Desmond has more than 32 years of experience supporting...
Wendy Kaufman
Chief Financial Officer
Wendy brings more than twenty-five years of experience leading junior and mid-tier publicly-listed mining companies in project financing, capital structuring, capital markets, accounting and internal controls, tax, and financial reporting and public disclosure. Her skills and experience include the completion of a...
Steve Balch
VP Exploration
Steve is an Ontario registered geoscientist with 32 years experience in geophysics, specializing in the magnetic and electromagnetic methods, but also with experience in large exploration compilations. After working at Inco for six years in the Sudbury Basin and at Voisey’s Bay,...
Pierre-Philippe Dupont
VP Sustainability
Pierre-Philippe has over fifteen years’ experience in leading efforts to successfully acquire environmental, community stakeholder and First Nation approvals for mining projects. For ten years he worked with RNC Minerals to successfully permit the large scale Dumont Nickel project with broad support...
Chris Chang
VP Corporate Development
Chris joins the Company as Vice-President Corporate Development, after supporting the Company’s Corporate Development activities on a part-time basis since 2022. Chris has had a 17-year career in Investment Banking and Capital Markets. From 2015 to 2021, he led the Institutional Equities...
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