[news] Stakes are high as miners and natives square off

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

Stakes are high as miners and natives square off  
Remote site's platinum riches touch off fight over land rights 

JULIUS STRAUSS 

BIG TROUT LAKE, ONT. - It may not look like much: a white canvas tent, a five-kilowatt diesel generator throbbing on the frozen muskeg and two miners puffing in the winter air. In fact, the setup was so small that the men and their equipment had fit into the belly of a Twin Otter plane that landed on a nearby frozen lake the day before.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/4137