Divisional court allows AGO/MNDM to intervene in Cliffs’ RoF appeal
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Ring of Fire- (RoF-) focused chromite project developer KWG Resources on Tuesday reported that the Divisional Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario had granted an order permitting the provincial Minister of the Attorney General to intervene on behalf of the Minister of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) for 30 minutes in diversified miner Cliffs Natural Resources’ appeal of the decision of the Ontario Mining and Lands Commissioner released last September.
Cliffs had last year become embroiled in a legal battle for access to mining claims held by KWG subsidiary Canada Chrome in the RoF, over which the only viable access route to the chromite deposits could be constructed.
While KWG proposed a rail route connecting at Exton to transport chromite to consumers, Cliffs proposes an all-weather road south, connecting with existing infrastructure to Capreol, in the Sudbury area, where it had proposed to build a chromite beneficiation facility.
The battle over a much-sought after corridor played itself out last year in front of the Ontario Mining and Land Commissioner, which, in the end, denied Cliffs access to KWG Resources’ staked mining claims to construct its proposed road. Despite Cliffs appealing the decision, it had suspended operations in the area, citing, among other reasons, uncertainty about developing the necessary infrastructure to bring its project on line.
The appeal would be heard in mid-June.
Divisional Court Justice Thomas Lederer ordered that the Attorney General, on behalf of the MNDM, should be granted leave to address the Divisional Court panel to be convened to hear the Cliffs appeal, provided the representations are concluded within 30 minutes.
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