The new restrictions, however, do not affect the God's Lake Resources Sherman Lake Gold Project located about 400 kilometres north of Red Lake Ontario. The gold mining company wants to drill in an area where the First Nation says its ancestors are buried. The company is expected to begin their prospecting this month and have hired a security firm to protect its workers when entering KI territory.

KI leaders were in Toronto March 6, 2012 to rally outside the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention - the largest mining industry event of its type in the world.

KI Chief Donny Morris travelled to the Sherman Lake site March 7, 2012 to guard against trespass by mining exploration company Gods Lake Resources (GLR).

"I cannot allow our graves to be desecrated by a company that is hiring guns to block us on our own land. That is no way to do business," said KI Chief Donny Morris

Seven years ago KI was in a similar situation with Toronto-based mining company Platinex. During that struggle, six KI leaders were jailed for six months after protesting Platinex.

In 2009 the company withdrew its plans after it reached an agreement with the Ontario government to receive $5 million and a royalty stake in any future developments in the region.