The provincial government is approving a plant that will breath new life into the former Steep Rock Mine near Atikokan. Bending Lake Iron Ore Group is proposing a processing facility for ore from a planned mine at Bending Lake while Brett Resources would use it to dump tailings from a nearby gold mine. Henry Wetalainen of Bending Lake Iron Ore says approval allows their plans to enter the environmental assessment process. Wetaliainen estimates the project will cost about 900-million dollars and create about 700 construction jobs and another 300 when up and running.
