The demand for critical minerals to supply the energy transition presents British Columbia with “the greatest opportunity in a generation,” says a new report by PwC.
There are already 14 operating mines in B.C., and 17 proposed critical minerals mines that represent “extraordinary economic returns,” according to the report.
“For years, the B.C. mining industry has chosen to keep a low profile, even as it has quietly led on many environmental issues,” the PwC report states. “Miners in the province, for instance, have understood the value of attaining social licence from the communities in which they operate since well before environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns went mainstream.
“Now
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