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advantage of it.

mals for food and have inherent rights to the land.

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Ring of Fire Fast Facts

500 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont., in James Bay lowlands. 330 kilometres north of road and rail

5,120 square kilometres

21 companies hold about 9,000 claims, each 16-256 hectares.

railway corridor.

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region.

and boggy lowland.

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What is Chromite...?

Ore:

Supply:

Demand:

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Pickle Lake

Thunder Bay

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Nibinamik FN

Mishkeegogamang FN

Ontario

Northern Ontario

The rest remain questions...

One thing is certain ab to develop it successfully, a way must !rst be found to tr

What route?

Who pays?

Who gets access?

What impacts?

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Attawapiskat

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Albany

Victor Mine

Nakina

James Bay

Lake Superior

Cli! sBlack Thor

Marten Falls FN

Kaschechewan FN

Fort Albany FN

Attawapiskat FN

Neskantaga FN

Fort Hope FN

Webequie FN

Nibinamik FN

Aroland FN

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RING OF FIRE

tain about the Ring of Fire:

Sketch map only, for illustrative purposes

Communities

Mining claims

~100km

Mines & proposed

ound to transport ore from the isolated mining area to markets.

E-W road

N-S railway

N-S road

Highways

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the public - and the process

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