Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, I'm not aware of any studies, but perhaps my colleague would like to comment.

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, if Canada needs certain rare earths that are not produced in Canada, there will be a need to import those. I would say that the majority of rare earth elements produced in Canada would be partially used for Canadian industries but would also be exported to countri

Natural Resources committee  Environmental assessments are basically the same process for any mine, and the onus is on the proponent to do their studies and propose environmental mitigation measures that are appropriate for the types of mines they are looking to exploit.

Natural Resources committee  There are additional regulations that would need to be met when there is radioactivity.

Natural Resources committee  Unfortunately, Mr. Chair, we don't have the answer to this question. We would need to look it up.

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, currently the amount of tonnage from hardrock mining is minimal. China is producing over 90% of the world's production from its clay deposits. This is why Canadian industry is looking at solutions to S and T challenges, to be able to extract rare earth from differ

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, I believe there are some projects along those lines. Pele Mountain, in Ontario, was a former producer of uranium. This mine has tailings that can be reassessed to extract rare earth. There's another project that is also on the list that we provided to the commit

Natural Resources committee  Yes. That's a rough order of magnitude per project.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. On the revenues as projected, and this is really dependent on the deposit, we are looking at half a billion dollars—sometimes a bit less, sometimes a bit more—in annual revenues, not net original revenues. I'm talking about gross revenue. How do you say that? Gross revenu

Natural Resources committee  It's the—

Natural Resources committee  They are annual revenues.

Natural Resources committee  They are projected annual revenues. The construction costs are one-time costs.

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, this is a question that will be discussed before ministers, and it's information that I cannot provide.

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, there is very little information on that aspect. Experts and analysts suspect that some material is leaked out of China. When we look at supply, demand, and production reported by various countries, some experts suspect that some rare earth are being exported illega

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely, yes.