“Embedded in this volume, as in that region, are the principal issues of our time, skillfully and invitingly rendered by a field geologist turned business and environmental writer.” — Literary Review of Canada

“A signal contribution to an important public policy debate … and great fun to read into the bargain.” — Ken McGoogan, award-winning Canadian author

“A valuable, well-researched, and provocative book about northern Ontario’s resources and their potential to impact all of our lives.” — Charlotte Gray, author of Murdered Midas

“Ring of Fire: High-Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness, a fast-paced, thoroughly researched, and ultimately hopeful account of a complex conflict between corporate interests and Indigenous rights.” — Queen's Alumni Review

“Anyone interested in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Ontario, or the economy and ecology of the North, or the volatility of the mining industry should read this book … Policymakers at all levels of government would do well to listen to Heffernan’s advice.” — Kathleen Wynne, former premier of Ontario

“A wide-ranging and complex story, a crossroads where Indigenous culture(s), biology, geography, geology, and corporate interests come together. Heffernan navigates the stories and perspectives with remarkable ease and fluency.” — Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Canadian poet, ethnographer, essayist

“Heffernan does a brilliant job teasing out the key issues and relationships in the Ring of Fire. In the end, no one comes out unscathed.” — Pierre Lassonde, leading gold investor and philanthropist