Ontario invests $10M to support junior mining companies – July 3, 2025

Ontario invests $10M to support junior mining companies – July 3, 2025

July 3, 2025 at 8:31 am  Federal, Politics, Video



Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s minister of energy and mines, holds a news conference in Thunder Bay to announce an investment of $10 million to launch the Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP). The program will support smaller, early-stage mining companies and licensed prospectors by covering early development costs.

He is joined by Jack Milne (founder of Milne Aggregates Inc.), Kevin Holland (MPP for Thunder Bay – Atikokan), and William MacRae (president/interim executive director, Ontario Prospectors Association).

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