The dispute risks a repeat of the 2008 imprisonment of KI Chief Donny Morris and five other Council members, who were imprisoned for protesting mineral development and exploration on their traditional lands by Platinex Inc.

"God's Lake recklessly and deliberately ignored our advice and entered the land," said KI Chief Donny Morris.

KI issued a letter to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, and an eviction notice to GLR at the end of September 2011.

KI has asked the Ontario Government to suspend the project, apologize to the community, agree that no further work will be undertaken, and honour a 2008 promise by the McGuinty government to create a joint review panel to address consultation protocols in the region before issues get to the point of direct action.

GLR has said it will ignore the eviction notice issued by KI, claiming requests to identify cultural sites have not been answered by KI, but agrees better consultation standards are required.

"We recognize that KI and GLR may have one goal in common: Ontario First Nations and all claimholders in Ontario need to have guidelines that help us to interact respectfully," said Edward Ludwig, GLR President & CEO.