Ontario expedites Crawford Nickel Project under new 1P1P framework

The Province of Ontario successful Canada has officially selected Canada Nickel’s Crawford Nickel Project arsenic the 2nd inaugural to proceed nether its caller One Project, One Process (1P1P) framework.

The nickel-cobalt sulphide project, situated 42km northbound of Timmins, Ontario, is 100% owned by Canada Nickel.

The 1P1P model aims to streamline Ontario's permitting and reappraisal procedures for important mining ventures by synchronising timelines, responsibilities and accusation speech among provincial ministries.

Canada Nickel said that the designation of the Crawford Nickel Project highlights its precocious state, standard and strategical value wrong Ontario's Critical Minerals Strategy.

Canada Nickel CEO Mark Selby said: “Crawford is purpose-built to anchor a caller low-carbon mining and cleanable metals manufacturing corridor successful north-eastern Ontario – driving semipermanent economical growth, creating high-quality jobs and ensuring that worth procreation remains wrong the province.

“As the lone mining task successful Canada to unafraid this benignant of endorsement from some national and provincial governments, today's announcement strengthens our committedness to commencing operation by year-end.

“We look guardant to moving with the state done its recently announced Critical Minerals Processing Fund to assistance realise these ambitions.”

The task is designed to execute a excavation ore accumulation capableness of 240,000 tonnes per time (tpd) and a mill ore input capableness of 120,000tpd.

It is projected to run implicit a span of astir 41 years.

The institution has reaffirmed that portion the 1P1P model volition heighten authorities coordination and efficiency, it volition not regenerate existing commitments to indigenous nations oregon biology standards.

Canada Nickel has already submitted an interaction connection nether the amended Impact Assessment Act of 2019, positioning Crawford astatine the forefront of Canada's modernised regulatory framework.

The task was besides referred to the national Major Projects Office successful November 2025.

Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce said: “Ontario is moving astatine lightning velocity to unfastened this 100% Canadian-owned excavation to make 4,000 jobs for Canadian workers. In 2026, our authorities is going full-tilt to unlock 1 of the world's largest nickel deposits that volition supercharge our system and assistance extremity China's captious mineral dominance.

“'Made-in-Canada' from commencement to finish, arsenic we physique a home proviso concatenation that includes the Western world's largest nickel-sulphide mine, a caller nickel processing works and downstream alloy accumulation facility.”