Nelly Albérola - Radio-Canada - 4 juin 2024
Le coup est dur pour les opposants au projet minier La Loutre, en Outaouais, après la nouvelle de son financement par l’armée américaine et le gouvernement canadien. L’annonce est accueillie avec consternation et colère. Le co-porte-parole de la coalition Québec meilleure mine (QMM) et coresponsable du programme national chez Mining Watch Canada, Rodrigue Turgeon, n’en revient pas. L’avocat de profession dénonce le détournement de la transition énergétique à des fins militaires américaines. C'est un projet minier qui, depuis plusieurs années, est présenté comme une soi-disant solution à la crise climatique. Or, aujourd'hui, on apprend que l'intérêt manifeste envers ce projet est dédié à soutenir la course aux armements et finalement le soutien de la guerre dans le monde.
Joe Bongiorno · The Canadian Press (CBC)· Posted: Jun 09, 2024
In Quebec's Laurentians region, a few kilometres from a wildlife reserve and just outside the town of Duhamel, lies a source of one of the world's most sought after minerals for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries: graphite. Since Lomiko Metals Inc., a mining company based in Surrey, B.C., announced plans to build a graphite mine in the area, some residents living nearby have protested the project, fearing the potential harm to the environment. But opposition has only gained steam after locals found out last month that the Pentagon is involved in the project.
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Joe Bongiorno · Presse Canadienne (La Presse) - 9 juin
Des résidants des régions de l’Outaouais et des Laurentides craignent qu’un projet minier près de la municipalité de Duhamel cause des torts à l’environnement. L’opposition a même pris de l’ampleur après qu’on eut appris l’implication possible du Pentagone américain.
Mining Watch Canada - 3 June 2024
Never before seen in Quebec: Funding for Lomiko Metals by the U.S. Department of Defense provokes consternation among local residents opposed to the La Loutre project. On May 16, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it is providing US$8.35 million to Lomiko Metals Inc. (Lomiko) towards developing its open-pit graphite mine in the Petite-Nation region of Quebec. This project lies within the heart of the recreational tourism triangle between Montreal, Ottawa, and Mont-Tremblant. The Canadian federal Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources is also providing a C$4.9 million subsidy.
Natural Resources Canada - May 16, 2024
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced the first co-investment with the U.S. in two Canadian companies developing deposits of critical minerals — Fortune Minerals Limited located in the Northwest Territories and Lomiko Metals, Inc. in Quebec. The two companies are receiving funding from both Canada and the U.S. to accelerate their projects towards production. Canada’s investment of C$4.9 million in Lomiko will fund pilot plant testing to convert flake graphite into battery-grade material and is joined by an American investment of US$8.4 million through the Defense Production Act Investments (DPAI) office.
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Lomiko Metals - May 2023
Lomiko has mineral rights to the La Loutre Project, located in the Laurentides administrative region (also known as the Laurentians) in the province of Québec, Canada. It is approximately 30 km west-southwest of the city of Mont-Tremblant (about 45 km by road). The nearest community is Duhamel, 5 km to the west.
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Jean-Sébastien Cloutier Radio-Canada - 18 août 2022
L’électrification des transports passe par l’accès au graphite et au lithium dont le sud-ouest du Québec regorge. Mais ses habitants appréhendent l'apparition de mines et demandent un moratoire alors que l’exploration minière bat son plein dans la région.
