Province Says Move Forward

The Provincial Government is giving the go-ahead for a plan that would lead to the rehabilitation of the former Steep Rock Mine site in Atikokan.
Bending Lake Iron Ore Group is proposing a processing facility for ore from a planned mine at Bending Lake, while Brett Resources would use it to dump tailings from a nearby gold mine.
Henry Wetalainen of Bending Lake Iron Ore says approval allows their plans to enter the environmental assessment process.
Wetalainen estimates development of the facility and mine will cost about $900-million and create about 700 construction jobs and 300 when up and running.
Both projects must now go through an Environmental Assessment.