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Barite Mud Services Inc.

Metallurgical Evaluation and Recovery Testing of Critical Minerals

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CAD 67,394.00

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Agreement start
Oct. 21, 2025
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Record type
Federal grant or contribution

Receipt

agreement 172-2025-2026-Q3-1036853, amendment 1

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Reported address: country: CA; province: NL; city: St. John's|St. John's; postal code: A1C 5W1.

How counted: latest of 2 rows (department reports running totals). Start: 2025-10-21; end: 2026-03-31; reported: not stated. Amount: published value.

    Full source fields
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    35938761
    ref_number
    172-2025-2026-Q3-1036853
    amendment_number
    1
    amendment_date
    2026-03-16
    agreement_type
    C
    recipient_type
    F
    recipient_business_number
    823894738
    recipient_legal_name
    Barite Mud Services Inc.
    recipient_operating_name
    research_organization_name
    recipient_country
    CA
    recipient_province
    NL
    recipient_city
    St. John's|St. John's
    recipient_postal_code
    A1C 5W1
    federal_riding_name_en
    St. John's East
    federal_riding_name_fr
    St. John's-Est
    federal_riding_number
    10006
    prog_name_en
    Industrial Research Assistance Program
    prog_name_fr
    Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle
    prog_purpose_en
    The purpose of Industrial Research Assistance Program Contributions to Firms is to provide support that assists small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to advance their innovation knowledge and ability to innovate, grow through innovation and stimulate wealth creation for Canada.
    prog_purpose_fr
    Les contributions versées aux entreprises en vertu du Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle ont pour objectif d’apporter un soutien aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) afin qu’elles puissent approfondir leurs connaissances en matière d’innovation et renforcer leur capacité d’innovation, de croissance et de création de richesse pour le Canada.
    agreement_title_en
    Metallurgical Evaluation and Recovery Testing of Critical Minerals
    agreement_title_fr
    Évaluation métallurgique et tests de récupération des minéraux critiques
    agreement_number
    1036853
    agreement_value
    67394.0
    foreign_currency_type
    foreign_currency_value
    agreement_start_date
    2025-10-21
    agreement_end_date
    2026-03-31
    coverage
    Industrial Research Assistance Program projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation and strengthen Canadian innovation ecosystem by creating new industrial capacity. | Les projets du Programme d'aide à la recherche industrielle favorisent la création de richesse au Canada grâce à l'innovation technologique et renforcent l'écosystème canadien de l'innovation en créant de nouvelles capacités industrielles.
    description_en
    Barite Mud Services Inc. (BMSI) is a Newfoundland and Labrador–based small and medium-sized enterprise advancing a clean-technology approach to reprocess historic tailings from the former Buchans Cu-Pb-Zn operation. The project seeks to characterize and improve recovery pathways for barite and potential critical minerals contained in legacy tailings, transforming an environmental liability into economic and ecological value consistent with Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy and net-zero objectives. Building on prior work that advanced elements of the operation toward higher technology readiness, the current effort addresses remaining technical gaps—particularly in grinding, flotation, and leaching—needed to support a future pilot-scale dem
    description_fr
    Barite Mud Services Inc. (BMSI) est une petite et moyenne entreprise basée à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador qui promeut une approche technologique propre pour retraiter les résidus historiques de l’ancienne exploitation de cuivre, de plomb et de zinc de Buchans. Le projet vise à caractériser et à améliorer les voies de récupération de la barytine et des minéraux critiques potentiels contenus dans les résidus miniers hérités, transformant ainsi un passif environnemental en valeur économique et écologique conforme à la stratégie canadienne sur les minéraux critiques et aux objectifs de carboneutralité. S’appuyant sur des travaux antérieurs qui ont fait progresser certains éléments de l’exploitation vers une plus grande maturité technologique, l’effort actuel vise à combler les lacunes techniques restantes, en particulier dans les domaines du broyage, de la flottation et de la lixiviation, nécessaires pour soutenir un projet pilote à l’échelle industrielle.
    naics_identifier
    212398
    expected_results_en
    The expected results and outcomes of NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program is focused on growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through innovation and wealth creation for Canada.
    expected_results_fr
    Les résultats attendus du Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle du CNRC sont axés sur la croissance des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) grâce à l’innovation et à la création de richesse pour le Canada.
    additional_information_en
    This agreement has been amended 1 time(s). The end date of this agreements has been modified by 43 days. The total amended value is 17,394 dollars.
    additional_information_fr
    Cet accord a été modifié 1 fois La date de fin du présent accord a été changé de 43 jours. La valeur totale des modifications est de 17 394 dollars.
    owner_org
    nrc-cnrc
    owner_org_title
    National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada

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