Mining commissioner investigates Ring of Fire road

A dispute is brewing between two mining companies in the Ring of Fire over a proposed road.    

KWG Resources said Cliffs Natural Resources has applied to the government for an easement for a road under the Public Lands Act. But KWG said the biggest part of the easement would overlap its own mining claims. The road would be a transportation corridor for the minerals — chromite in particular — that would be mined in the James Bay lowlands.

KWG noted it has first claim on the surface rights as well and has opposed Cliffs’ application.

The matter is now in the hands of the Mining Commissioner.