It appears that "access fees" will be the mode of payment for "all industrial users other than Cliffs" based on the notion that the road will be built by a partnership of government and Cliffs. Junior miners do not have the kind of capital or cash flow to fund such a massive project, without outrageous dilution, so this seems like a good deal for Noront and other small companies in the Ring, to "pay as you go" once in production.

That is my take on it anyway. Is there is a more plausible explanation?