Babjak passed this on from this evening.

BB

Unless a ferrochrome processing facility is built in Northwestern Ontario, a group of Northern chiefs are threatening to bring the Ring of Fire to its knees.

“We’re not going to allow anyone to take any of these minerals and process them somewhere where our communities are not going to benefit and our people are not going to benefit,” said Matawa CEO David Paul Achneepineskum on Friday, after his chiefs signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lake Nipigon First Nations detailing a commitment to work together on mining and energy infrastructure issues.

“And I believe the whole Northwestern Ontario, including Mayor Keith Hobbs, is onside with us, including other municipalities. And that’s why we want to build the relationship with the municipalities as well.” more http://ringoffiremonitor.blogspot.com/