New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- India is eager to invest in the mining of vital minerals within Canada and will dispatch a team shortly to negotiate mutual cooperation in the industry, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.

Speaking to the media following a meeting with visiting Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson during India Energy Week, Puri mentioned both parties pledged to intensify two-way energy commerce, involving the provision of Canadian LNG, LPG, and raw petroleum to India, alongside the shipment of processed fuel products from India to Canada.

"Canada has critical minerals... they also have four small modular reactors (SMRs) -- areas we are interested in," Puri said.

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