Published: April 7, 2026 |

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Frontier Lithium said ts PAK Lithium Project has been recognized as a strategic priority critical minerals development under the Critical Minerals Production Alliance. The project has been included on the G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance list announced by the Government of Canada under its 2025–2026 G7 Presidency, a list which highlights projects that can benefit from international cooperation and policy coordination to advance development and get more minerals from reliable, trusted allies to markets.

The non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Panasonic Energy (Japan) for future lithium offtake from the refinery, as well as the conditional approval of a $2.3 million investment through NRCan’s Global Partnerships Initiative to develop treatment options that support the valorization of its by-products, align well with G7 critical minerals priorities and highlight the importance of the PAK Lithium Project in helping develop a secure, localized North American battery supply chain.

“Canada has a unique opportunity to build a globally competitive critical minerals supply chain,” said Trevor Walker, president and chief executive officer of Frontier Lithium.

“The inclusion of our project in federal permitting coordination, alongside its recognition through the G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance and Ontario’s One Project, One Process initiative, reflects the strategic importance of developing secure, domestic lithium supply to support North American battery manufacturing,” added Walker.

In addition to this federal recognition, the PAK Lithium Project has also been approved as the first project under the Government of Canada’s Permitting Coordination for Clean Growth Projects initiative, which supports projects not designated under the Canadian Impact Assessment Act. The federal permitting coordination framework is administered by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and the Clean Growth Office and is subject to the cabinet directive on regulatory and permitting efficiency which sets out a service standard for issuing decisions on all Federal permits and authorizations of two years.

These platforms provide Frontier with coordinated federal permitting support through IAAC and the Clean Growth Office, including the development of a detailed permitting plan outlining federal authorization requirements, key milestones, and departmental responsibilities. The process also provides a single federal point of contact to facilitate collaboration among federal departments and agencies involved in project approvals, as well it can provide transparency allowing federal progress reporting through the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry.

Frontier’s PAK Lithium Project, located in northwestern Ontario within the traditional territories of local First Nations, is expected to produce high-purity lithium concentrates and chemicals to support electric vehicle batteries and advanced energy storage technologies.

The company continues to work closely with Indigenous partners, federal and provincial governments, and industry stakeholders as it advances development of a vertically integrated lithium supply chain in Canada.

The PAK Lithium Project is a fully integrated critical minerals initiative in Ontario, developing a high-grade, large scale lithium resource. Operated as a joint venture between Frontier (92.5 percent) and Mitsubishi Corporation (7.5 percent), the project is advancing in parallel with a mine and mill, north of Red Lake, Ontario and a downstream lithium conversion facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario, which are both key to supporting a secure domestic lithium supply for the clean energy transition. A 2025 mine and mill feasibility study outlines a 31-year project life.

Frontier Lithium is a pre-production mining company with an objective to become a strategic and integrated supplier of premium spodumene concentrates as well as battery-grade lithium salts to the growing electric vehicle, and energy storage markets in North America. The company’s PAK Lithium Project maintains the largest land position and resource in a premium lithium mineral district located in Ontario’s Great Lakes region.

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