BJ, the RoF is one h*** of swamp, have read it is the size of France....I flew geological surveys over the entire area from Moosene to Churchill....it is an empty fly infested swamp....even the FN, rejected the land in the days of the treaty signing, stating that the land was worthless to them, no timber to harvest, no fish....and so on.....even the British thought the area was worthless...the only reason the British moved into the area, was head off the French, who were moving west down south....even then the Brits packed up and sailed home in October....

IMHO, Cliffs thought they had it made when they took out SPQ/Freewest....I think they figured just across the lake from the their home territory, they could move their equipment across the lake easily; and as well fly there in less than a hour....then Cliffs thought we can ship the raw ore back across the lake to Upper Michigan, and refine there.....well, well, they didn't count on the FN, the socialist government of Ontario, and the current anti-mining bloc, that is building around the world.....I could go on, but you the picture...

Today, I see the only hope rapid advancement in the RoF, is the great labour unrest in South Africa....each week exposes more trouble....and Xstarta, could well look for a "safe" source of Chromite....