The provincial government is giving the go-ahead to plans that could lead to a rehabilitation of the former Steep Rock Mine site in Atikokan.
Bending Lake Iron Ore Group proposes an iron ore processing facility while Brett Resources wants to dump tailings there from a planned gold mine.
Henry Wetalainen of Bending Lake Iron Ore says approval allows their plans to now enter the environmental assessment process.
"Under this we're going to be a year under the Environmental (E.A.)," says Wetalainen. "I would properly look at construction sometime next fall."
Wetaliainen says development of his facility and mine at Bending Lake will cost about $900-million and will create about 700 construction jobs and 300 when up and running.
