Ring of Fire: High-Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness
Virginia Heffernan
Mar 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Nikki Zakocs
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A valuable discovery under the world's second-largest temperate wetland and in the traditional lands of the Cree and Ojibway casts light on the growing conflict among resource development, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous rights When prospectors discovered a gigantic crescent of metal deposits under the James Bay Lowlands of northern Canada in 2007, the find touched off a mining rush, lured a major American company to spend fortunes in the remote swamp, and forced politicians to confront their legal duty to consult Indigenous Peoples about development on their traditional territories. But the multibillion-dollar Ring of Fire was all but abandoned when stakeholders failed to reach a consensus on how to develop the cache despite years of negotiations and hundreds of millions of dollars in spending. Now plans for an all-weather road to connect the region to the highway network are reigniting the fireworks. In this colorful tale, Virginia Heffernan draws on her bush and newsroom experiences to illustrate the complexities of resource development at a time when Indigenous rights are becoming enshrined globally. The Ring of Fire presents an opportunity for Canada to leave behind centuries of plunder and set the global standard for responsible development of minerals critical to the green energy revolution.
About the author
Virginia Heffernan is a former geoscientist with an Master of Science from the University of Toronto's School of the Environment and an MFA from the University of King's College. Her articles appear in publications such as CIM Magazine, Explore, and the Globe and Mail. She lives in Toronto.
Nikki Zakocs lives in sunny Arizona, where she records in her professional home studio. A love of learning, reading, and the arts has created her passion for narrating books. When she is not a party of one in a small padded room, she enjoys travel, photography, and a good cup of coffee with a piece of cake.
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