"In spite of Cliff's other perceived shortcomings, I don't think that they were the ones who started this confrontation."

My understanding is that the staking of this corridor was initiated at the will of both KWG and (then new partner) Cliff. CCC was created for this very purposes, in the expectation of mining the Big Daddy joint property. And if "KWG was in breach of the regulations of Ontario's Mining Act from the very beginning on this matter", the question is why did the AGO choose not to intervene in the case before the Mining Commissioner (at the surprise of the latter) and decided to stay idle and let the process go? Probably linked to the secret agreements between Cliff and the provincial government that were talked about many times... Now that the Commissioner ruled that this battle was a mere private matter between private parties, the AGO wants to intervene to protect public interest which he did not see at the start... He finally earned a ticket for a 30 minutes speech, but will Cliff earn more than a one-line ruling: "Sorry sirs, no disguised expropriation" !!!

GLTA.