March 29, 2026 — TORONTO, ONTARIO — Capital is rapidly repositioning around critical minerals—but the question is no longer where to invest, it is who will control the supply chains.
At a moment when capital flows, industrial policy, and geopolitical strategy are converging around the same finite set of resources, the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) will convene its flagship annual gathering—CMI Summit 5: “The New Critical Minerals Economy”—on Wednesday and Thursday, May 13–14, 2026, at the Historic National Club in Toronto, Canada— a forum designed to shape the market, not follow it.
This is not simply a conference—it is a strategic forum where investment thesis meets execution reality. As institutional capital searches for scalable exposure to critical minerals, and governments accelerate efforts to secure domestic and allied supply chains, the market is entering a new phase—one defined less by discovery and more by control, processing capability, and downstream integration.
CMI Summit 5 is designed to address precisely this transition. Over two days, senior executives, policymakers, institutional investors, and technical experts will engage in a rigorously structured program of keynote addresses, deep-dive presentations, and high-level panel discussions. The focus is not theoretical—it is operational: how capital is deployed, how projects move into production, how bottlenecks in processing and permitting are resolved, and how durable, allied supply chains are constructed in a fragmented geopolitical landscape.
Well-known for its intellectually serious programming, CMI Summit 5 features an exceptional roster of confirmed speakers and participants who are actively shaping the evolution of the global critical minerals’ ecosystem. These include Lewis Black, President, CEO, and Director, Almonty Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: ALM | TSX: AII | ASX: AII); Constantine Karayannopoulos, former CEO of Neo Performance Materials Inc. (TSX: NEO | OTCQX: NOPMF); Pini Althaus, Managing Partner, Cove Capital LLC; Pat Ryan, CEO and Chairman, Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU | OTCQX: UURAF); Kamran M. Khozan, CEO and Chairman, CVMR Corporation; David Argyle, Partner, Arlington Innovation Partners (AIP); Ali Haji, CEO and Director, American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: TUNGF); Roy Bonnell, CEO & Director, Allied Critical Metals Inc. (CSE: ACM | OTCQB: ACMIF | FSE: 0VJ0); Feisal Somji, Founder, President & CEO, Sio Silica Corporation; Robin Dunbar, President, CEO, and Director, Grid Metals Corp. (TSXV: GRDM | OTCQB: MSMGF); Marcy Kiesman, CEO and Director, Quantum Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: LEAP | OTCQB: ATOXF); Denis Clement, President, CEO and Founder, Critical Minerals Americas Inc. (CMAI); Mark Wall, President & CEO, American Rare Earths Limited (ASX: ARR | OTCQX: ARRNF | ADR: AMRRY); Guy Bourassa, CEO and Director, Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSXV: SCD); Gary Lewis, CEO and Director, AE Fuels Corporation (TSXV: AEF | OTCQB: NRGFF); Michael Hargett, President, CVMR Corporation; Mark Tory, President, CEO, and Director, Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN | OTCQB: DFMTF); Tom Drivas, CEO and Director, Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (CSE: API | OTCQB: APAAF); Nicole Brewster, President, CEO, and Director, Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE: RFR); Brett Marsh, President, CEO, and Director, Spartan Metals Corp. (TSXV: W | OTCQB: SPRMF); Douglas Morrison, President & CEO, Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI); Christopher Berlet, President, CEO, and Director, Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC | OTCQB: SKHRF); …along with Jack Lifton and Melissa “Mel” Sanderson, Co-Chairs of the Critical Minerals Institute, and well-known moderators Peter Clausi, Director of the Critical Minerals Institute and VP Capital Markets and Director of Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI | OTCQB: SBMCF), and Tracy Hughes, CEO & Director of InvestorNews Inc. and Executive Director of CMI, among others..
This carefully curated speaker list reflects a deliberate emphasis on operators and decision-makers—those directly responsible for deploying capital, advancing projects, and building the infrastructure required to support a new era of industrial policy and supply chain resilience.
Jack Lifton, Co-Chairman of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), stated:
“Critical minerals are now the currency of industrial power. The global conversation has shifted from identifying deposits to mastering processing and control of the value chain. CMI Summit 5 brings together the capital and expertise required to confront the defining challenge of our time—the processing bottleneck.”
Melissa “Mel” Sanderson, Co-Chair of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), added:
“The ‘defining challenge’ of this moment is alignment between the relative strengths of each potential partner – governments, investors and industry. Shaping and defending reliable critical supply chains is the hurdle confronting us all in a time of unprecedented global flux. Whether this challenge can ultimately be achieved remains an open question.”
CMI also recognizes and extends its appreciation to the distinguished group of CMI Summit 5 Gold Sponsors, whose leadership underscores the increasing importance of collaboration across the critical minerals ecosystem: 47G.Org; AE Fuels Corporation (TSXV: AEF | OTCQB: NRGFF); Allied Critical Metals Inc. (CSE: ACM | OTCQB: ACMIF | FSE: 0VJ0); Almonty Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: ALM | TSX: AII | ASX: AII | FSE: ALI1); American Rare Earths Limited (ASX: ARR | OTCQX: ARRNF | ADR: AMRRY); American Tungsten Corp. (CSE: TUNG | OTCQB: TUNGF); Antimony Resources Corp. (CSE: ATMY); Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (CSE: API | OTCQX: APAAF); Ara Partners; Arlington Innovation Partners; Cove Capital LLC; Critical Minerals Americas Inc.; CVMR Corporation; Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN | OTCQB: DFMTF); Geophysx Jamaica Ltd.; Grid Metals Corp. (TSXV: GRDM | OTCQB: MSMGF); Power Metallic Mines Inc. (CSE: PNPN | OTCQB: PNPNF); Resolution Minerals Ltd. (ASX: RML); Quantum Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: LEAP | OTCQB: ATOXF | FSE: 86A1); Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSXV: SCD | OTCQB: SCDCF); Sio Silica Corporation; Spartan Metals Corp. (TSXV: W | OTCQB: SPRMF); Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU | OTCQX: UURAF); and USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAR).
About the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI):
The Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) is a global think tank for the critical minerals economy, serving as a central hub that connects companies, capital markets, and policymakers, and delivering actionable intelligence through its monthly CMI Masterclasses, weekly Critical Minerals Report (CMR), bespoke research, and board-level advisory services across exploration finance, supply chains, and geopolitics. CMI also organizes its flagship Annual Critical Minerals Institute Summit, a global gathering of government leaders, institutional investors, and industry executives, with the upcoming CMI Summit V— “The New Critical Minerals Economy”—scheduled for May 13–14 in Toronto, Canada. For more information, please contact Chrissy Hessam, Director, Membership Services, at [email protected] or +1 647 289 7714, or visit CriticalMineralsInstitute.com.
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