Currently, both Cliffs Resources and Noront are driving toward a production timeline of 2015-16, for their respective mines.

For that to happen, all the permits and environmental assessments will need to be processed and moved forward seamlessly.

imo the timelines quite problematic and just a tad unrealistic given the fact that we have yet to enter the all encompassing zone that is "Environmental" quicksand. I have a hard time believing that they can get the enironmental permitting on this Polymetallic 20km Mining zone done in time to afford the engineers, architects and design build entities the upfront time to effect plans and submissions for approval to allow for construction to begin. Just the environmental on the road will be a time consuming hurdle.

I see a functional all weather road within 3-4 years with winter roads each season.

Cliffs...Can you say 2020

Question is... can NAN council get the dude off the lake out of the way of the planes? More importantly, do they want to?

Treaty 9 a real good read.

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/al/hts/tgu/pubs/t9/trty9-eng.asp#chp1