CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories (MMSL) is the key player on mining and mineral technology for NRCan. It provides quality research and sound scientific advice to the mining and minerals industries, and to provincial/territorial and federal government departments involved in promoting or regulating these industries.

CANMET-MMSL conducts R&D on a wide range of processes and technologies involved in extracting ore from the ground and transforming it into a concentrate, mineral product or metal. CANMET-MMSL has a long-standing international reputation for technical excellence in mining and mineral processing, and is a recognized leader in developing technological solutions to reduce environmental liabilities and to improve mine workers' health and safety.