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Canada's Critical Mineral Corridor

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Eight sites, coast to coast — power heavy, rail-and-marine connected, fully serviced, ready now.

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Value for Project Developers

When your clients co-locate at a BMI hub, they plug in to infrastructure rather than building it:

  • Reduced CAPEX: Plug into existing power, water, and rail rather than constructing dedicated systems.
  • Compressed Timelines: Avoid years of zoning, grid negotiations, and infrastructure construction.
  • Lower Risk Profiles: Deployment-ready sites with pre-cleared environmental and industrial zoning in place.
  • Simplified Financing: Projects with lower capital requirements and faster paths to revenue are easier to fund.

Services We Offer

  • Site Selection Support: Matching project requirements to available BMI locations.
  • Infrastructure Integration: Engineering coordination to connect new facilities to existing power, water, and logistics systems.
  • Permitting Assistance: Leveraging existing permits and relationships to accelerate regulatory approvals.
  • Logistic Support Services: NPS Connex—BMI’s logistics partner—offering full logistic support. niagaraportservices.com
  • Industrial Build Services: BMI Industrial offers end-to-end construction: PM, GC, engineering, fabrication, welding, millwrighting, gas fitting, heavy rigging. bmiindustrial.com
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Red Rock, ON

Red Rock Critical Mineral Hub

The Red Rock Critical Mineral Hub is positioned within the Nipigon–Red Rock corridor, a road and marine gateway to the Ring of Fire. The hub will support Rock Tech Lithium's planned lithium hydroxide facility with plans to develop a deep-water port.

  • Outdoor Area: 337 acres onsite, 1,700 acres offsite
  • Power: 4 MW available, 120 MW installed
  • Transmission: IESO-connected 230 kV and 115 kV
  • Natural Gas:Enbridge terminal 0.5 km from site
  • Water Intake:Lake Superior, ponds, and municipal water
  • Waste Water Treatment: Onsite
  • Rail: Direct spur to CPKC Rail transcontinental mainline

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Prince Albert, SK

Tellentia

This strategic node for resource logistics sits at the gateway the Athabasca Basin, the world's second-largest uranium mining region. This industrial platform is positioned to serve defence procurement, mining, and manufacturing markets.

  • Outdoor Area: 2,352 acres
  • Indoor Area: 903,542 sq. ft.
  • Power: 67 MW available, 67 MW installed
  • Transmission: SaskPower 138 kV and 72 kV
  • Natural Gas:Yes
  • Water Intake:Two ponds and river
  • Rail: OmniTRAX connection to CN and CP main lines

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Baie-Comeau, QC

Norderra

Configured for high-energy, resource-based industries: advanced metallurgy, critical minerals and batteries, green energy and hydrogen etc. This industrial platform is located on the St. Lawrence, next to Port of Baie Comeau with direct marine access to European markets.

  • Outdoor Area: 3,048 acres
  • Indoor Area: 773,204 sq. ft.
  • Power: 5 MW available, 120 MW installed
  • Transmission: 735 kV and 315 kV Hydro-Québec-connected
  • Water Intake:Two lakes and river source
  • Waste Water Treatment: Onsite
  • Rail: CN connected via shortline; railcar ferry to Matane.

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Espanola, ON

Bioveld North

Deployment-ready industrial infrastructure platform for next-gen growth opportunities. Located in Northern Ontario's fibre basket near some of the most versatile, low-carbon feedstocks available.

  • Outdoor Area: 662 acres onsite, 8,161 acres offsite
  • Indoor Area: 936,450 sq. ft.
  • Power: 38MW available, 60MW installed
  • Transmission: 115 kV (IESO‑connected)
  • Water Intake:Spanish River on-site intake
  • Waste Water Treatment: Onsite
  • Rail: CP Connected via spur & Huron Central Railway; indoor rail-served warehouse

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Iroquois Falls, ON

Abitibi Connex

Multimodal industrial hub serving Ontario's Far North and James Bay corridor. Positioned on Highway 11–655 near Canada Nickel, Abitibi is in proximity to world-scale critical minerals operations.

  • Outdoor Area: 103 acres
  • Indoor Area: 180,000 sq. ft.
  • Power: 24kW available, 1MW contracted
  • Transmission: IESO‑connected 115 kV and 230 kV transmission
  • Natural Gas: Yes
  • Rail: Onsite transloading and rail operations with direct spur to Ontario Northland Railway (ONR).

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Port Colborne, ON

Greenfield

Positioned at the heart of Niagara's emerging EV battery and advanced manufacturing ecosystem. Located adjacent to the Asahi Kasei Lithium-Ion Battery Separator Plant, the site offers immediate co-location and industrial benefits.

  • Outdoor Area: 183 acres
  • Transmission: IESO‑connected 115 kV and 230 kV transmission
  • Natural Gas: Available
  • Water Intake:Welland Canal
  • Water Processing: New water and sewer connections with dedicated pumping station
  • Rail: Potential future connection to CN network

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Thorold, ON

Bioveld Niagara

Master-planned industrial and energy innovation enterprise park on the Welland Canal, jointly operated by BMI Group and HOPA Ports as a key node within the Critical Mineral Corridor.

  • Outdoor Area: 422 acres
  • Indoor Area: 1,190,521 sq. ft.
  • Power: 5MW available, 224MW installed
  • Transmission: IESO 115 kV and 230 kV (IESO‑connected)
  • Natural Gas: Yes
  • Process Water:Welland Canal on-site intake
  • Rail: CN connection, on-site rail switching, rail transloading
  • Marine: Seaway-size vessel access via Welland Canal

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Mackenzie, BC

Willmarck Mackenzie

Located on Williston Lake, in a resource-rich district with established forestry and mining infrastructure. The site’s scale and connectivity position it for use across a range of industrial and logistics applications.

  • Outdoor Area: 701 acres onsite, 183 acres offsite
  • Indoor Area: 344,936 sq. ft.
  • Power: 2.5MW available, 30MW installed
  • Transmission: BC Hydro 138 kV
  • Water Intake:River and three ponds
  • Natural Gas: Yes. High-pressure pipeline (5,000 psig)
  • Waste Water Treatment: Onsite
  • Rail: On-site rail adjacent to CN main line

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Canada has the critical minerals the world needs

We're closing the midstream gap to unlock and accelerate paths from deposit to production.

BMI is locking in Canada’s Critical Mineral Corridor by unlocking the billions of embedded CAPEX within Canada's offline pulp and paper mills— the fastest, lowest risk way to stand up midstream solutions.

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