Mining News Update: Generation Mining Moves Marathon Toward Construction as Critical-Minerals Race Accelerates

THUNDER BAY – MINING NEWS – September 21, 2026 – Northwestern Ontario is at the centre of Canada’s critical-minerals push this week as Generation Mining moves closer to building the Marathon Copper-Palladium Project near the Town of Marathon.
The company says it has assembled an approximately C$1.3-billion construction financing package. Ontario has also agreed to a non-binding term sheet for up to C$11 million through the province’s Critical Minerals Processing Fun