The map

The queue is northern. of Ontario's pending mineral-exploration files, roughly in every hundred, sit in just two districts: ( files) and (). The map below places each file at the centre of its claim area, coloured by whether its clock is running, it is paused while the Ministry consults affected Indigenous communities, or it is stalled with no clock at all.

Where the files sit

District by district

Geography says where a file sits, not how it will fare. Which files carry the most timing risk is on the risk board; every file, row by row, is in the permit table. How often ranges like the ones in the hovers have contained the actual decision date is tracked on the track record page.