CEDC gets mining expertise with addition of John Mason

The Community Economic Development Commission announced Monday the addition of John Mason as project manager for mining exploration.

Mason said during an afternoon news conference that he's excited about the growth potential and job creation opportunities that lie ahead.

“The activity is monumental right now, both exploration activity and mining activity,” Mason said. “Those are really the two related disciplines that will be my target audience. Those companies bring tremendous wealth and economic development in general to Northwestern Ontario.”

The Community Economic Development Commission’s CEO, Steve Demmings, said Mason’s mining expertise adds dramatic strength toe the CEDC as a whole.

“We’re in a position where everything in the ground, or on top of the ground, is in demand by India and China,” he said. “They are the developing countries, they have 33 per cent of the world’s population and things like chromium, silver, iron and ore are all very important to developing economies.”



-- with files from CKPR Radio.