85 Page 83 Gravelle responds by saying that is not good enough Safe to say that except for the ongo ing exploration that has mapped the economic potential not much concrete has happened in the Ring of Fire a 5000squarekilometre semicircle containing a wide range of metals and minerals including nickel cop per zinc chromite and precious met als like gold and silver in the boggy James Bay lowlands 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay Nothing con crete will happen in the Ring of Fire until a transportation route is built and electricity is brought into the area for mining and mine production opera tions Despite the recent spate of negative stories a persistent band of mining exploration companies is still muck ing around the Ring of Fire waiting for action Among them are Frank mine in the Ring of Fire Noront Re sources is the company whose 2007 discovery of nickel and chromite ig tential of the Ring of Fire lndeed the very naming of the region the Ring of Fire originated with Nemis who at the time was president and CEO of Noront Resources Nemis a big John ny Cash fan gave the area its name after listening to a geologist describe the mineral potential falling within a ring shaped areafrom that it was a short leap for Nemis into the burning Ring of Fire Recently Noront Resources was also named the Prospectors and Develop 2015 award winner for environmental and social responsibility for its ef forts As the old biblical saying goes the race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong Clif fs Natural Resources may have been the rabbit out of the gate pursuing and taking over Free Thor and Big Daddy chromite depos race there are many skilled juniors out there who can reignite the Ring of Fire Much will depend on the build ing of transportation and ener gy infra structure and also the inclusion of the into the partnering and sharing of the vast wealth the project will generate Contd from pg 82