{"id":9900,"date":"2025-03-03T17:38:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/getting-critical-on-critical-minerals-the-five-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:24:11","slug":"getting-critical-on-critical-minerals-the-five-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"rbc_tl","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/the-trade-hub\/getting-critical-on-critical-minerals-the-five-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Critical on Critical Minerals: The Five to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the world races to secure the critical minerals essential to a modern economy, Canada has a crucial decision to make: what role can it play in de-risking a critical mineral supply chain that is overwhelmingly dominated by China?<\/p>\n<p>At PDAC 2025, this question is top of mind for industry leaders, policymakers, and global investors. Building on our <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtleadership.rbc.com\/pdac-2025-getting-critical-on-critical-minerals\/\">Getting Critical on Critical Minerals<\/a> briefing, we\u2019re diving deeper into five minerals increasingly vital to the economy of the future.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these minerals are vital inputs across five key focus areas: artificial intelligence, border security, healthcare, energy and defense. But supply chains are vulnerable, international competition is fierce, and Canada must navigate complex policy, investment, and processing challenges to establish itself as a global leader.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sub-title\">Explore the briefings:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. Gallium<\/strong>: the most critical of critical minerals. Key Focus: Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/pdf-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66420 pdf-icon\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/Critical-Minerals-Gallium.pdf\">Critical Minerals &#8211; Gallium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Germanium<\/strong>: vitally important to border security: Key Focus: Border Security<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/pdf-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66420 pdf-icon\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/Critical-Minerals-Germanium.pdf\">Critical Minerals &#8211; Germanium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Graphite<\/strong>: the Swiss Army Knife of critical minerals. Key Focus: Defense<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/pdf-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66420 pdf-icon\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/Critical-Minerals-Graphite.pdf\">Critical Minerals &#8211; Graphite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Helium<\/strong>: tomorrow\u2019s critical mineral. Key Focus: Healthcare<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/pdf-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66420 pdf-icon\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/Critical-Minerals-Helium.pdf\">Critical Minerals &#8211; Helium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Rare Earth Elements<\/strong>: a needed alternative to China. Key Focus: Energy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/03\/pdf-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66420 pdf-icon\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/Critical-Minerals-Rare-Earths.pdf\">Critical Minerals &#8211; Rare Earths<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to get critical on critical minerals.<\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">h2.sp-title {font-weight: 600;color: #00427A;text-align: left;margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}h3.sub-title{font-size:27px;font-weight: 400;}.critical-list li{margin-left:20px;}.accordion .accordion-panel, .accordion .panel {margin: 0 !important;}p.no-mar{margin-bottom:0;}.pdf-icon{width:3%!important;}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deeper dives into five minerals increasingly vital to the economy of the 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