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Area covered by mining claims in Ontario’s ‘Ring of Fire’ increased by 30 per cent in one year – Canada News

Dec. 04, 2023

The so-called ‘Ring of Fire’ in Ontario’s far north is expanding in size as mining claims spike in the area.

More than 31,000 mining claims have been registered to date, an increase of 28 per cent in a year, according to analysis by Wildlands League, a non-profit conservation group.

The rise in the number of mining claims coincides with more land being taken up by surface rights owners.

The claims now cover 626,000 hectares of the remote northern landscape, up 30 per cent from September 2022. The area is now nearly 10 times the size of the City of Toronto or double the Greater Sudbury area, the group says.

Read More: https://canada-news.ca/ottawa/area-covered-by-mining-claims-in-ontarios-ring-of-fire-increased-by-30-per-cent-in-one-year/

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