Thunder Bay

Jeff Walters visits the Ring of Fire

CBC reporter Jeff Walters visited the NorOnt Resources Esker camp which stands to be affected by further investment in the Ring of Fire, the mineral-rich deposit in northwestern Ontario that for the last dozen years has occupied the imagination of the resource sector.

The Ring of Fire—nearly 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, holds vast amounts of nickle, copper and chromite

The welcome sign to the Noront Resources Esker Camp in the Ring of Fire. (Jeff Walters/CBC)

CBC reporter Jeff Walters visited the NorOnt Resources Esker camp which stands to be affected by further investment in the Ring of Fire, the mineral-rich deposit in northwestern Ontario that for the last dozen years has occupied the imagination of the resource sector.