" local natives are already feeling so betrayed they have set up blockades to stop exploration."

"Any hope for that, though, rests on the government getting comprehensive land use plans in place – with First Nations support – before it is too late."

Sounds like the kind of language that gets used to scare some out of an investment to make more room for others that are more informed. The ROF is a dot on the landscape but would be far more than a dot in the economy of the people involved. $ talks..... this mining area will happen ultimately.