By Liam Casey THE CANADIAN PRESS An organization supporting all First Nations in Ontario is calling on the province to implement a one-year moratorium on staking mining claims. The Chiefs of Ontario says there has been a 30 per cent increase in such claims on their territories over the past year. The organization says there have been more than 35,000 claims since May alone. Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare says the sheer number of claims outstrips First Nations’ abilities to respond to them. The organization says the switch to virtual stake-claiming in 2018 has exponentially increased the number of claims to a point where there are now more than 160,000 claims in total on their territories. The province did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Prospectors can stake mining…
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