Welcome to the Battery Age

As more investors and companies seek greater clarity and confidence in accounting for long-term climate risks and opportunities, businesses are adapting to the “energy transition”

This energy transformation of the global energy sector from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources. Switching from non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas, and coal to renewable energy is made possible by technological advancements and a societal push toward sustainability. Spurred by structural, permanent changes to energy supply, demand, and prices, the energy transition also aims to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions through various forms of decarbonisation.

The Energy transition underpins the rapid advancement of The Battery Age. Batteries are one of a key component contributing to the energy transition and Battery Age Minerals is proud to be playing a part in the Battery Age.

What are Critical Minerals

Critical minerals are essential inputs for renewable energy and clean technology applications, such as advanced batteries, permanent magnets, solar panels, wind turbines, and small modular reactors, as well as advanced manufacturing applications, including defence and security technologies, semiconductors and consumer electronics, and critical infrastructure.

Global demand for critical minerals and the manufactured products they go into is forecast to increase significantly in the coming decades to enable transition to a green and digital economy. Production and processing of many critical minerals are geographically concentrated, making supply vulnerable to economic, geopolitical, environmental, and other risks.

Canada’s List of Critical Minerals

Canada has a list of minerals it considers to be “critical.” Developed in consultation with provincial, territorial, and industry experts, the list provides greater certainty and predictability to investors, developers, and trading partners on Canada’s priorities and capabilities to produce critical minerals.
To be deemed a “critical mineral” in Canada, it must be:

essential to Canada’s economic security and its supply is threatened; or,
required for Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy; or
a sustainable source of highly strategic critical minerals for our partners and allies.

Canada’s list of critical minerals currently consists of 31 minerals. The list is reviewed and, if necessary, revised every three years.

Canada already produces over 60 minerals and metals, is a leading global producer of many critical minerals, including nickel, potash, aluminum, and uranium, and has the potential to supply more to both domestic and international markets.

Critical Minerals as they relate to Battery Age Minerals

Critical Minerals	Value Chains	Energy Transition	Major Applications	Examples of Specific Products
Lithium	Clean technologies	Energy storage	Batteries, glassware, ceramics	Rechargeable batteries (phones, computers, cameras and EVs), hydrogen fuel storage, metal alloys (military ballistic armour, aircraft, bicycle, and train components), specialized glass and ceramics, drying and air conditioning systems.
Copper	Clean technologies and advanced manufacturing	Wind, solar photovoltaic, hydro, geothermal, energy storage, nuclear, concentrated solar power, coal, gas, CCS	Electrical and electronics products	Power transmission lines, electrical building wiring, vehicle wiring, telecommunication wiring, electronic components.
Germanium	Information and communications, clean technologies and advanced manufacturing	Wind, solar photovoltaic, hydro, energy storage, nuclear	Optical fibres, satellites, solar cells	Fibre-optic communication networks, camera and microscope lenses, infrared night vision systems, polymerisation catalysts.
Zinc	Clean technologies and advanced manufacturing	Wind, solar photovoltaic, hydro, geothermal, energy storage, nuclear	Galvanising	Rust proofing, manufacturing of automobiles, paints, rubber, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, inks, soaps, batteries, textiles, electronics, baby creams, sunscreen.