Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. Thank you for inviting me and my colleague, Jeff Killeen, to appear today on behalf of Canada's mineral exploration and development industry. First, I acknowledge that I come to you today from Toronto on the traditiona

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, Chair and committee members. Thank you for inviting PDAC to appear today on behalf of Canada's mineral exploration industry. I first want to acknowledge that I come to you from Toronto, on the traditional lands of the Huron, the Chippew

International Trade committee  Yes, I can confirm that on behalf of PDAC.

International Trade committee  Thank you. Certainly Canadian mining companies are operating in extremely complex environments around the world. I'll pass it over to Jeff Killeen, my colleague, to elaborate.

International Trade committee  Certainly, as you say, we see that there is ever-increasing demand for these kinds of minerals with that switch to the lower-carbon energy sources. Jeff, can you elaborate a bit more on the complexity of critical mineral exploration development?