By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com RED LAKE — The Great Bear gold mine project 24 kilometres southeast of Red Lake is getting fast-tracked under the province’s “One Project, One Process” framework. “Ontario is proud to designate this project under ‘One Project, One Process,’ unlocking one of Canada’s largest mines that will create over 1,000 good-paying jobs,” Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce told reporters Tuesday in Mississauga. Toronto-headquartered Kinross Gold Corporation wants to develop its Great Bear property into a combination open-pit and underground mine that could produce more than 5 million ounces of gold over a 12-year period. Great Bear is the second Northwestern Ontario mine project to get the fast-tracking “1P1P” treatment, after Lecce announced in October that Frontier Lithium’s PAK project north of Red…
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