The Ring of Fire may be get all of the attention, but Ontario's Mine's Minister says he has a good sense of the other mining projects that could be in production well before that in the remote north.
Among them, New Gold's project north of Barwick which the company says is prepared to start construction next year.
Michael Gravelle says the Ministry's not ignoring those other projects.
Gravelle adds his Ministry is working well with New Gold and shares in the excitement of the economic opportunities.