Noront Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:NOT) is pleased to acknowledge the regional framework agreement reached today between the nine Matawa-member First Nations and the Province of Ontario.
 

“We are encouraged that a framework agreement has now been signed by the Matawa First Nations and the Province of Ontario,” said Noront President and CEO Alan Coutts. “We’ve always felt that having the right conversations is essential for progress in the Ring of Fire, and we expect that development will now be able move ahead in a timely fashion.”
 

Noront recently completed a coordinated Federal/Provincial Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Assessment Report (“EIS/EA”) for its Eagle’s Nest Project and submitted a draft copy for comments to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE).
 

About Noront

Noront Resources Ltd. is focused on development of the high-grade Eagle’s Nest nickel, copper, platinum and palladium deposit and the high-grade Blackbird chromite deposit, both of which are located in the James Bay Lowlands of Ontario in an emerging metals camp known as the Ring of Fire.