....If he hasn't already.  However, I am sure this is on his mind.

One: Call the U.S. Department of the Interior and arrange a meeting to discuss the "Critical Minerals List" that they've put together.  Outlining the need to find a domestic source of chromite.

Two: Call the Mayor of Timmins and request a meeting with him to put together a Plan B for when the First Nations of the Sault Ste. Marie area shoot down any chance of a FPF being built on the shores of Lake Superior.

I know this sounds like common sense, but it would be nice for once to hear such plans, or proactive measures, coming from the lips of our leader.  Instead of being kept hanging for months on end, wondering if the company has any alternate plans to avoid all these delays. 

Time is ticking...It is now time to put things in motion in order to meet the coming market.  We have no time for talk anymore.  We need to side step those not willing to do business and move on with those who are.  Alan needs to make an announcement to this effect...Q1 2020 would be nice.

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City waits for smelter study: MAYOR

• BY BRIAN KELLY

Noront Resources CEO Alan Coutts and Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Christian Provenzano get ready to make the formal announcement.../ SunMedia

City of Sault Ste. Marie will wait for an environmental study before deciding whether or not to back Noront’s ferrochrome smelter in Sault Ste. Marie.

Batchewana First Nation, in a release dated Dec. 20, announced its opposition to the proposed site citing concerns for the well-being of area residents and the environment.

The municipality wants Noront to demonstrate its smelter “will not have an adverse effect” on the health of people or the environment, said Mayor Christian Provenzano in a statement. “There is a multi-year assessment and engagement process that has not started,” he said. “If the project is not supported by the community-at-large or our Indigenous partners at the end of the process, the project will not proceed.”

The municipality’s relationships with Batchewana First Nation, Garden River First Nation, Missanabie Cree First Nation and Metis is “important” to the city, said Provenzano.

“We respect the importance of their engagement and we will continue to work with them for the betterment of our relationship and the quality of life in our communities,” he said.