E nc ouragi ng R in g o f F ir e Geo lo gy 18 In ad diti on to No ront s Ring of Fire disco ve ry there is good e vidence f or more met al to be discove red The Ri ng of Fi re is a t ruly extr aordi nary m in eral di scovery du e to the vario us types of de po sits the Ring of Fire cou ld ult imat ely produ ce between 30 bill io n to 5 0 bill ion wort h of these metal s and perhaps another K idd Cree k ore body whi ch has been in opera ti on since the mid 19 60 s in T immi ns James Franklin c hi ef geos c i enti s t at the G eol ogi c al Surv ey of Canada from 1993 to 1997 He i s one of the c ountry s top ex perts on the Canadi an Shi el d geol ogy underly i ng northw es tern O ntario i nc l udi ng the Ri ng of Fire Ex tracted from t he Huf fing ton Po st Ca na da Feb rua ry 18 20 15