Funded Projects
CFP #1
Pytheas AI
Project Description: Underground Positioning System and its Application for Autonomous, Automation and Mining Safety.
Approved MICA Funding: $648,883.00
Extract Energy
Project Description: Capture and conversion of Mining Low-Grade Waste Heat.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,099,348.00
Mira Geoscience Ltd.
Project Description: 4D Data Integration for Mining.
Approved MICA Funding: $476,643.00
Ambra Solution Inc
Project Description: Intelligent Positioning System.
Approved MICA Funding: $521,544.00
ABCDust Technologies Corp
Project Description: Smart Customized Dust Control & Soil Stabilization Solutions Pilot Plant and Industrialization facility.
Approved MICA Funding: $726,948.00
H2nanO Incorporated
Project Description: Passive Sunlight Treatment for Managing Mining Process Water Risks.
Approved MICA Funding: $315,780.00
WaterStrider Treatment Inc.
Project Description: Amprey Removal of Dissolved Metals from Mine Water.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,263,861.00
Copperstone Technologies Ltd
Project Description: HELIX Saturn: Amphibious Rover for Geotechnical Surveying of Tailings Storage Facilities.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,194,568.00
Cheetah Networks Inc
Project Description: Visualization of Network Analytics in a Mine.
Approved MICA Funding: $456,914.00
NTWIST Inc
Project Description: Smart Comminution in Mineral Processing.
Approved MICA Funding: $487,123.00
Destiny Copper Inc
Project Description: Destiny Code Green.
Approved MICA Funding: $835,579.00
Rithmik Solutions Ltd.
Project Description: Equipment Doctor.
Approved MICA Funding: $577,834.00
EnviroMetal Technologies Inc.
Project Description: Gold Recovery Circuit Pilot.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,743,000.00
Goldspot Discoveries Corp (Earth Labs Inc.)
Project Description: Machine Vision for Geological Knowledge Extraction.
Approved MICA Funding: $862,670.04
Centre for Innovation in Mineral Resource Engineering
Project Description: Multimodal Sensing System for Improved Productivity and Safety in Cave Mines.
Approved MICA Funding: $108,158.00
EnviroMetal Technologies Inc.
Project Description: Mining In-Shift Management (M-ISM) Software Package.
Approved MICA Funding: $279,940.00
CFP #2
Expeto Wireless Inc.
Project Description: Seamless Handover Between Disparate Networks for Autonomous Vehicles.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,032,294.00
Telescope Innovations
Project Description: Carbon-negative production of lithium carbonate from continental brine.
Approved MICA Funding: $292,333.00
KorrAI Technologies Ltd
Project Description: Satellite-based subsidence monitoring solution to Measure Structural Displacement and Support Engineering Decisions.
Approved MICA Funding: $329,400
Baie Minerals Inc.
Project Description: Sustainable Extraction of Industrial Minerals and Decontamination of Toxic Waste from Abandoned Asbestos Tailings in Baie Verte.
Approved MICA Funding: $500,000
Maclean Engineering
Project Description: A fully automated bolter for underground mining (985 Abi Bolter).
Approved MICA Funding: $900,000
RockMass Technologies Inc.
Project Description: Automated Geological and Geotechnical Mapping with LiDAR, machine learning, and computer vision.
Approved MICA Funding: $579,696
Litus Inc.
Project Description: Ultra lithium DLE Portable Demonstration Plant.
Approved MICA Funding: $400,000
KORE Geosystems Inc.
Project Description: Core Logging Accelerated: Continuous Learning AI Platform.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,000,000
ELEMISSION Inc.
Project Description: ECORE mobile laboratory.
Approved MICA Funding: $686,000
Red Paramount Iron Ltd.
Project Description: Lac Virot Project – Phase 1 and 2 Pilot Plant.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,400,000
MIRARCO Mining Innovation
Project Description: Battery mineral recovery and waste reduction through bioleaching of pyrrhotite tailings.
Approved MICA Funding: $280,027
Rockburst Technologies Inc.
Project Description: Transcritical CO2 Pulverization Core Advancement Upgrades.
Approved MICA Funding: $360,000
DMT Geosciences Ltd
Project Description: Continuous Automous Tomographic Monitoring for Tailings Dams and Embankments.
Approved MICA Funding: $289,000
LoopX Innovation Inc.
Project Description: Reliable 5G-enabled Autonomous Driving for Underground Mining.
Approved MICA Funding: $333,333
GRi Simulations Inc.
Project Description: Dynamic Operations Simulation and Digital Twin Platform Development for Autonomous Mining Operations.
Approved MICA Funding: $621,249
Novamera Inc
Project Description: Surgical Mining – Rumbullion Vein – Hammerdown Mine Site – Newfoundland.
Approved MICA Funding: $850,005
KPI Digital
Project Description: KPI-COSMO Stochastic Mine Planning Software Suite
Approved MICA Funding: $1,150,000
SafetyScan Technologies, A Division of 1695482 Alberta Ltd.
Project Description: SafetyScan 2.0 Cloud Software Development/Mine Implementation Project.
Approved MICA Funding: $213,639
Emily Thorn Corthay Inc. (operating as Thorn Associates)
Project Description: Artificial Intelligence-enabled (AI) Energy Management Information System (EMIS).
Approved MICA Funding: $284,241
Prairie Clean Energy
Project Description: Reducing the carbon intensity of heat consumption in Saskatchewan’s potash sector up to 80% using local biomass resources.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,100,000
RIINO Inc.
Project Description: RIINO – Zero Emission Monorail Haulage.
Approved MICA Funding: $780,000
SightPower Inc.
Project Description: Mineshaft Inspection Automated System (MIAS).
Approved MICA Funding: $612,150
Destiny Copper Inc. (between Elemission and Emily)
Project Description: Destiny Code Blue.
Approved MICA Funding: $350,000
Symboticware
Project Description: First integrated IoT+AI software solution for mining powered by satellite connectivity such as SpaceX.
Approved MICA Funding: $1,000,000