Blockade over; Moonias aiming for good jobs

The Marten Falls Ring of Fire blockade has been called off.
“It closed Friday (March 11),” said Marten Falls Chief Eli Moonias. “We didn’t get any support from the communities. Nobody showed up there.”
Moonias said the blasting and the advanced stage of development are now beginning on the Ring of Fire.
“This rock (being blasted out of the Ring of Fire) is going to tell them if they are going to go ahead with the mine,” Moonias said.
Moonias said his community is focused on long-term issues to achieve a good deal for the future.
“We don’t just want to be shovellers of snow or burners of excrement,” Moonias said. “We want our people to work in the mines, to be miners, operators of big machines that you’re going to need there for the open-pit mine, truckers, operators, drivers, cooks, camp maintenance.”
“I’m in the long run here — what I want is for (our) people to have real work, good jobs they are proud to have.”