Canada Nickel Company has been selected for funding of $3.4 million from the Government of Canada to support the development of Canada Nickel’s proprietary In-Process Tailings (IPT) Carbonation process at the pilot plant level.

The IPT Carbonation process transforms nickel mining tailings into a permanent carbon storage solution and Canada Nickel has filed a patent application for this process. The IPT process utilizes tailings directly from the mineral processing circuit and conditions them with CO₂ for a brief period of time

The company’s flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project has been designed to be one of Canada’s largest carbon storage facilities and an industry leader in sustainable mining and carbon management.

Canada Nickel’s IPT carbonation technology uses ultramafic tailings as a geologically stable permanent cO₂ storage solution. Once operational, the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project has the potential to sequester up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂ annually during its peak production period and is expected to store 54 million tonnes over the 41-year life of the Project, positioning it as one of Canada’s largest, and Ontario’s largest, carbon storage facilities.

The funding will be provided through Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program – Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) call for proposal. The project aligns closely to the objectives of the call, which is to characterize and develop safe, permanent CO₂ storage, as well as supports Government of Canada’s broader goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering innovative clean energy technologies.