An aerial view of Canada Nickel’s Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project. Credit: Canada Nickel.
Ontario has introduced rules designed to cut mine approval times by half – a move that Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce insisted will make the province more competitive in the global race to extract critical minerals.
Dubbed “One Project, One Process” (1P1P), the framework creates a centralized permitting and authorization model that aims to approve advanced exploration and mine development projects in a maximum of two years, Lecce said Friday. The reform will give investors and developers the confidence to build mines and create jobs across northern Ontario, he said.
“The imposition of a maximum 24 months to approve a mine in this province is now the law of the land. This is fundamental to transforming Ontario as a true energy superpower,” Lecce said during a news conference at the Toronto…
