Cat Lake and Lac Seul First Nations give conditional green light to First Mining Gold’s Springpole project on June 16

The Cat Lake and Lac Seul First Nations in northwestern Ontario have granted conditional approval for First Mining Gold’s Springpole gold-and-silver project after completing a four-year, Indigenous-led impact assessment process known as ALIA. The project sits 40 kilometres east of Cat Lake and is in the final stages of coordinated federal and provincial environmental reviews. The communities also reached a permanent, all-season road agreement, with First Mining Gold committing $4 million to start early engineering and permitting work this summer.