MICA

Funded Projects

CFP 1

Aposys
Aposys

Underground Positioning System and its Application for Autonomous, Automation and Mining Safety.

Funding

$648,883.00

Extract Energy
Extract Energy

Capture and conversion of Mining Low-Grade Waste Heat.

Funding

$1,099,348.00

Mira Geoscience Ltd.
Mira Geoscience Ltd.

4D Data Integration for Mining.

Funding

$476,643.00

Ambra Solution Inc
Ambra Solution Inc

Intelligent Positioning System.

Funding

$521,544.00

ABCDust Technologies Corp
ABCDust Technologies Corp

Smart Customized Dust Control & Soil Stabilization Solutions Pilot Plant and Industrialization facility.

Funding

$726,948.00

H2nanO Incorporated
H2nanO Incorporated

Passive Sunlight Treatment for Managing Mining Process Water Risks.

Funding

$315,780.00

WaterStrider Treatment Inc.
WaterStrider Treatment Inc.

Amprey Removal of Dissolved Metals from Mine Water.

Funding

$1,263,861.00

Copperstone Technologies Ltd
Copperstone Technologies Ltd

HELIX Saturn: Amphibious Rover for Geotechnical Surveying of Tailings Storage Facilities.

Funding

$1,194,568.00

Cheetah Networks Inc
Cheetah Networks Inc

Visualization of Network Analytics in a Mine.

Funding

$456,914.00

NTWIST Inc
NTWIST Inc

Smart Comminution in Mineral Processing.

Funding

$487,123.00

Destiny Copper Inc
Destiny Copper Inc

Destiny Code Green.

Funding

$835,579.00

Rithmik Solutions Ltd.
Rithmik Solutions Ltd.

Equipment Doctor.

Funding

$577,834.00

EnviroMetal Technologies Inc.
EnviroMetal Technologies Inc.

Gold Recovery Circuit Pilot.

Funding

$1,743,000.00

Goldspot Discoveries Corp (Earth Labs Inc.)
Goldspot Discoveries Corp (Earth Labs Inc.)

Machine Vision for Geological Knowledge Extraction.

Funding

$862,670.04

Centre for Innovation in Mineral Resource Engineering
Centre for Innovation in Mineral Resource Engineering

Multimodal Sensing System for Improved Productivity and Safety in Cave Mines.

Funding

$108,158.00

EnviroMetal Technologies Inc.
EnviroMetal Technologies Inc.

Mining In-Shift Management (M-ISM) Software Package.

Funding

$279,940.00

CFP 2

Expeto Wireless Inc.
Expeto Wireless Inc.

Seamless Handover Between Disparate Networks for Autonomous Vehicles.

Funding

$1,032,294.00

Telescope Innovations
Telescope Innovations

Carbon-negative production of lithium carbonate from continental brine.

Funding

$292,333.00

KorrAI Technologies Ltd
KorrAI Technologies Ltd

Satellite-based subsidence monitoring solution to Measure Structural Displacement and Support Engineering Decisions.

Funding

$329,400

Baie Minerals Inc.
Baie Minerals Inc.

Sustainable Extraction of Industrial Minerals and Decontamination of Toxic Waste from Abandoned Asbestos Tailings in Baie Verte.

Funding

$500,000

Maclean Engineering
Maclean Engineering

A fully automated bolter for underground mining (985 Abi Bolter).

Funding

$900,000

RockMass Technologies Inc.
RockMass Technologies Inc.

Automated Geological and Geotechnical Mapping with LiDAR, machine learning, and computer vision.

Funding

$579,696

Litus Inc.
Litus Inc.

Ultra lithium DLE Portable Demonstration Plant.

Funding

$400,000

KORE Geosystems Inc.
KORE Geosystems Inc.

Core Logging Accelerated: Continuous Learning AI Platform.

Funding

$1,000,000

ELEMISSION Inc.
ELEMISSION Inc.

ECORE mobile laboratory.

Funding

$686,000

Red Paramount Iron Ltd.
Red Paramount Iron Ltd.

Lac Virot Project – Phase 1 and 2 Pilot Plant.

Funding

$1,400,000

MIRARCO Mining Innovation
MIRARCO Mining Innovation

Battery mineral recovery and waste reduction through bioleaching of pyrrhotite tailings.

Funding

$280,027

Rockburst Technologies Inc.
Rockburst Technologies Inc.

Transcritical CO2 Pulverization Core Advancement Upgrades.

Funding

$360,000

DMT Geosciences Ltd
DMT Geosciences Ltd

Continuous Automous Tomographic Monitoring for Tailings Dams and Embankments.

Funding

$289,000

LoopX Innovation Inc.
LoopX Innovation Inc.

Reliable 5G-enabled Autonomous Driving for Underground Mining.

Funding

$333,333

GRi Simulations Inc.
GRi Simulations Inc.

Dynamic Operations Simulation and Digital Twin Platform Development for Autonomous Mining Operations.

Funding

$621,249

Novamera Inc
Novamera Inc

Surgical Mining – Rumbullion Vein – Hammerdown Mine Site – Newfoundland.

Funding

$850,005

KPI Digital
KPI Digital

KPI-COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Software Suite

Funding

$1,150,000

SafetyScan Technologies, A Division of 1695482 Alberta Ltd.
SafetyScan Technologies, A Division of 1695482 Alberta Ltd.

SafetyScan 2.0 Cloud Software Development/Mine Implementation Project.

Funding

$213,639

Emily Thorn Corthay Inc. (operating as Thorn Associates)
Emily Thorn Corthay Inc. (operating as Thorn Associates)

Artificial Intelligence-enabled (AI) Energy Management Information System (EMIS).

Funding

$284,241

Prairie Clean Energy
Prairie Clean Energy

Reducing the carbon intensity of heat consumption in Saskatchewan’s potash sector up to 80% using local biomass resources.

Funding

$1,100,000

RIINO Inc.
RIINO Inc.

RIINO – Zero Emission Monorail Haulage.

Funding

$780,000

SightPower Inc.
SightPower Inc.

Mineshaft Inspection Automated System (MIAS).

Funding

$612,150

Destiny Copper Inc. (between Elemission and Emily)
Destiny Copper Inc. (between Elemission and Emily)

Destiny Code Blue.

Funding

$350,000

Symboticware
Symboticware

First integrated IoT+AI software solution for mining powered by satellite connectivity such as SpaceX.

Funding

$1,000,000

CFP 3

MineSense
MineSense

ShovelSense Ore Analysis Technology Demonstration

Funding

$250,000

LoopX
LoopX

AI-powered Interoperable Collision Avoidance System for Underground Mining

Funding

$250,000

Symboticware
Symboticware

Development and testing of the IIoT platform to connect the industrial fleets with satellite-to-cellular technology

Funding

$250,000

pH7 Technologies
pH7 Technologies

Sustainable electrochemical copper extraction with on-site hydrogen production

Funding

$250,000

FREDsense Technologies
FREDsense Technologies

Refinement and Pilot of a Portable Selenium Sensor for the Mining Sector

Funding

$187,000

Tersa Earth
Tersa Earth

TersaClean

Funding

$250,000

ElectroKinetics Solutions
ElectroKinetics Solutions

Commercial Demonstration of the EKS-DT Technology

Funding

$250,000

H2nan0
H2nan0

Passive Sunlight-Driven Mine Water Management

Funding

$250,000

Enviro Integration Strategies
Enviro Integration Strategies

All-in-one Risk Governance Platform for Tailings and Minewaste Facilities

Funding

$234,010

Glacies Technologies
Glacies Technologies

Decarbonization of ventilation heating for underground mines

Funding

$250,000