14 Ont ari O Mining and expl O ra ti O n direct O r y and res O urce guide 20 20 T her e w as and is a lot going on in the Shebando w an Gr eenstone Belt The Shebando w an Gr eenstone Belt is par t of the Wa w a Abitibi Subpr o v ince the w orlds secondlargest historic gold pr o ducing terr ane According to the Tr ojan G old Inc w ebsite tr ojangoldcom r ecent studies ha v e r ecognized tha t the man y sho w ings and deposits in this ar ea ar e lik el y par t of an e xtensiv e IOCG ir on or e cop per gold miner alized system IOCG or e deposits ar e impor tant and highly valu a ble concentr a tions of copper gold and ur anium or es hosted within ir on o xide dominant gangue assemblages which shar e a common genetic origin Tr em endous size r ela tiv ely simple metallurgy and r ela tiv ely high gr ade of IOCG deposits can pr o duce e xtr emely pr ofta ble mines G old w as frst mined in the Nor th w estern Ontario Shebando w an ar ea in 1871 Shebando w an b ecame v ery ac tiv e fr om 2003 thr ough 2008 and then y ears la ter star ting in 2012 thr oug h 2019 Shebando w an has once again b ecome the target of a staking and ac quisition r ush Shebandowan and Hemlo Past present future s heband O w an g reens t O ne b el t