By Heather Scoffield | Jun 12, 2013 9:03 am |

...Treasury Board President Tony Clement, who has federal responsibility for the Ring of Fire file, said Wednesday he still has faith in the prospects for the area — if not through the Cliffs project then through another proposal spearheaded by junior mining company Noront Resources Ltd. (TSXV:NOT).

“We still have the Noront project which is onstream and is going through various stages of approval,” Clement told reporters...

In an interview earlier this year, Clement called it “a project of national significance for decades.” He said it will mean jobs, revenues, social development and the possibility of opening new markets for Canadian exports.

“I honestly believe this is in a class by itself,” he said.

http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/06/12/cliffs-suspends-work-in-ring-of-fire-2/