Canada’s critical minerals research in building its future economy

Canada’s critical minerals research in building its future economy Mostafa Fayek, Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, discusses the significance of critical minerals (CMs) in modern technology and national security, highlighting their essential role in Canada’s economy and energy transition. When you pick up your smartphone or plug in your laptop, you’re holding the product of geology in your hands. Behind the screens and batteries are a group of little-known but incredibly important resources called critical minerals or metals (CMs). But what makes a mineral ‘critical’?