http://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/02/25/appeal-court-upholds-roff-ruling

Panel discussion participants from left, Josh Hjartarson, Ontario Chamber of Commerce; George Darling, SNC-Lavalin; Paul Semple, CEO of Noront Resources; Moe Lavigne, Vice president of KWG Resources; and Martin Bayer, lawyer with Weaver Simmons. They spoke at the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Ring of Fire report card launch on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Gino Donato/Sudbury Star/QMI Agency

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld a divisional court decision in the matter of mining claims staked by KWG Resources along a north-south corridor of Eskers to the Ring of Fire.

The decision allows a proponent to apply for an easement along the corridor without requiring the consent of the claim holder KWG. Noront inherited the case as part of its Cliffs acquisition in April 2015.

Cliffs Natural Resources and KWG Resources fought a bitter battle over the corridor. Cliffs wanted to build an east-west road to its claims in the Ring of Fire and KWG preferred, and is still lobbying for, a rail transportation system to transport ore in the mineral rich area.