Program for Nordic Mining Day 2026
DATE: Monday 2 March, 2026
TIME: 8:30 a.m. ‒ 1:30 p.m. EST, registration starts at 8:00 a.m.
VENUE: Kensington Ball Room, Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto – 75 Lower Simcoe St. Toronto, Canada
Time (EST) |
Session & Presenter |
Title of Talk |
| 8:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 8:30 | Therese Bejgarn, Geological Survey of Sweden
Signe Burgstaller, Ambassador of Sweden to Canada |
Welcome to Nordic Mining Day 2026 |
| 8:35 | Therese Bejgarn, Head of the Mineral Information and Mining Industry, Geological Survey of Sweden | Current Mineral Activities in the Nordic Countries |
| 8:45 | Tae-Yoon Kim, Head of Critical Minerals Division, IEA – International Energy Agency | Keynote: Global Critical Minerals Outlook – Challenges and Opportunities for a Resilient Energy Sector |
Session I – Nordic Mineral Politics and Preparedness |
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| Moderator: Therese Bejgarn, Head of the Mineral Information and Mining Industry, Geological Survey of Sweden |
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| 9:05 | Simon Westberg, State Secretary | Sweden |
| Cecilie Myrseth, Minister for Trade and Industry | Norway | |
| Petri Peltonen, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment | Finland | |
| Kerstin Jorna, Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission | EU Mineral Politics and Preparedness | |
| 9:45 | Coffee and networking | |
Session II – Investing in the Nordics |
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| Moderator: Caleb Chapman, Senior Advisor, Innovation Norway Canada |
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| 10:15 | Adam Webb, Benchmark Company | |
| Graham Dallas, TSX | ||
| TBC | ||
| Panel discussion | ||
Mining Authorities – Country Updates |
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| 10:55 | Ilkka Keskitalo, Senior Specialist, Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) | Finland |
| Bjarte Rambjør Heide, Director, Norwegian Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard | Norway | |
| Helena Kjellson, Chief Mining Inspector, Mining Inspectorate of Sweden | Sweden | |
| 11:15 | Break | |
Session III – Nordic Raw Materials Showcases |
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| Moderator: Hannu Lahtinen, Director, Availability of Raw Materials, Geological Survey of Finland | ||
| 11:25 | Hanne Ulrichsen, Ambassador of Norway to Canada | The Nordic Geological Potential |
| 11:30 | Juha-Matti Kekki, Project Geologist, Kupukka Graphite | Kupukka Graphite deposit in Finland – Increasing Western graphite resources |
| Pertti Lamberg, CEO, Anglo American Finland | Sakatti – The only Strategic Ni-Cu greenfield project in Europe | |
| Peder Dodds, Exploration Manager, Kingsrose | ||
| Finn Ivar Marum, CEO, Nordic Mining | ||
| Jörgen Olsson, CEO, Viscaria | ||
| Garrett Ainsworth, CEO, District Metals | ||
Session IV – Nordic Prospectivity Update: Battery, Magnets and Defence |
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| Moderator: Henrik Schiellerup, Director, Resources and Environment, Geological Survey of Norway | ||
| 12:00 | Ronald Arvidsson, Geological Survey of Sweden | Raw Materials for Battery Applications |
| Harri Kaikkonen, Geological Survey of Finland | Raw Materials for Magnet Applications | |
| Torkil Sørlie Røhr, Geological Survey of Norway | Raw Materials for Defence and Aeronautic Applications | |
| Benedicte Sognefest, Nordic Innovation and Mikael Johansson, Business Sweden | Nordic Critical Minerals Value Chain: Investment Conditions, Cross-Border Opportunities, and Scaling Up Sustainable Mining | |
| 12:30 | Jaakko Autere, Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Finland to Canada | Closing remarks |
| 12:35 | Apéritifs and networking | |
| 12:50 | Fennoscandian luncheon | |
Please note that we reserve the right to make changes to the program.
