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Burgundy Diamond Mines' February 2025 Surveillance Network Program monthly report for Water Licence W2022L2-0001, submitted to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, documenting water volumes, quality parameters, and operational metrics from the Ekati Diamond Mine with accompanying laboratory analysis certificates from Bureau Veritas.
Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. submits the 2024 Annual Closure and Reclamation Plan Progress Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine to meet Water Licence W2022L2-0001 requirements, detailing reclamation research, monitoring activities, engagement with Indigenous communities and government, and proposed security adjustments including winter road construction costs totaling $5,479,275.70.
Water Licence Inspection Report for Ekati Diamond Mine (W2022L2-0001) conducted January 13-14, 2025 by GNWT Environment and Climate Change, documenting compliance with water licence requirements across refueling stations, waste management, aviation fuel storage, underground operations, and emergency spill response capacity, with minor maintenance issues identified and addressed.
Burgundy Diamond Mines submits Version 13.0 of the Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board for approval under Water Licence W2022L2-0001, incorporating revisions from prior board decisions and addressing seepage management, geochemical characterization, and monitoring protocols for multiple waste rock storage areas.
Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. submits the 2024 Water Licence Annual Report for Ekati Diamond Mine covering 2023 operations, detailing compliance with Type A Water Licence W2022L2-0001 and the Environmental Agreement, including water management, waste disposal, kimberlite processing, waste rock storage, seepage monitoring, and aquatic effects monitoring.
The Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board issued a decision on March 1, 2024, rejecting Version 10 of the Wastewater and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan (WPKMP) submitted by Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd. and requiring revised versions to address uncaptured runoff from the Point Lake Development, contingency planning for wastewater management at the King Pond Settling Facility, and various technical clarifications.
The Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board approved Version 12.0 of the Waste Rock and Ore Management Plan (WROMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine on January 31, 2024, with conditions requiring submission of Version 13.0 within 90 days of Seepage Response Framework approval and increased seep screening frequency until the framework is implemented.
The Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board approved Arctic Canadian Diamond Company's 2022 3-Year Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey Report on January 31, 2024, with requirements for future improvements and development of a Seepage Response Framework to address concerns about seep screening criteria, adaptive management responses, and EQC exceedances.
Burgundy Diamond Mines submits Version 10.0 of the Ekati Diamond Mine Wastewater and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, addressing requirements of water licence W2022L2-0001 and incorporating Point Lake Development as a new mining operation. The plan describes management of minewater, sewage, and fine processed kimberlite across multiple containment facilities and operational sites, with updated monitoring and adaptive management procedures.
Burgundy Diamond Mines submits Version 12.0 of the Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board for approval under Water Licence W2020L2-0004. The submission incorporates the Point Lake Project, addresses Board decisions from previous approvals, and includes updated geochemical characterization, seepage management protocols, and adaptive management procedures for waste rock storage areas.
Burgundy Diamond Mines' November 2023 Surveillance Network Program (SNP) monthly report for water licence W2022L2-0001, submitted to the Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, documenting water volumes, flow measurements, lake elevations, minewater management, sewage treatment, waste rock disposal, and comprehensive water quality analytical results from five sampling events.
Burgundy Diamond Mines submits the 2023 Annual Geotechnical Inspection Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board as required by Water Licence W2020L2-0004. Tetra Tech inspected 14 water control structures from July 14-16, 2023, finding no visible signs of cracking or distress indicating instability, with recommendations for maintenance and monitoring of specific structures including Intermediate Dike C erosion repairs and King Pond Dam water elevation management.
Burgundy Diamond Mines' October 2023 monthly Surveillance Network Program (SNP) report for water licence W2020L2-0004, submitted to the Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, documenting water quality monitoring, flow measurements, and operational data from the Ekati Diamond Mine including field parameters, analytical results from 14 water samples, and certificates of analysis from Bureau Veritas.
Burgundy Diamond Mines' September 2023 Surveillance Network Program monthly report for Water Licence W2020L2-0004 documents water quality monitoring, discharge volumes, and non-compliance issues including exceedance of King Pond discharge limits and Falcon Lake withdrawal restrictions. The report includes detailed field parameters, analytical results, and bioassay data from 20 water samples collected across multiple monitoring stations at the Ekati Diamond Mine.
This 2022 three-year Waste Rock and Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents monitoring of seepage quality and waste rock geochemistry as required by Water Licence W2020L2-0004. The report identifies 13 seeps of potential concern in 2022 across multiple waste rock storage areas and provides detailed interpretation of temporal trends in seepage chemistry and waste rock characteristics since project inception.
Burgundy Diamond Mines' August 2023 Surveillance Network Program monthly report for water licence W2020L2-0004, documenting water quality sampling results, flow measurements, and operational data. The report identifies exceedances of total suspended solids and total copper at station 1616-43 on August 22, 2023, with notification sent to GNWT Lands Inspector.
Burgundy Diamond Mines' Surveillance Network Program (SNP) monthly report for June 2023 under Water Licence W2020L2-0004, submitted to the Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board. The report documents water quality monitoring, flow measurements, discharge volumes, and analytical results from 22 samples collected at various monitoring stations around the Ekati Diamond Mine, including an incident of elevated turbidity in King Pond that resulted in temporary suspension of discharge to Cujo Lake.
The Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board approved the 2022 AEMP Re-evaluation Report and AEMP Design Plan Version 8.0 with required revisions, and approved the Point Lake AEMP Design Plan Version 1.0 for integration into the site-wide plan. The Board rejected Arctic's recommendations to remove zinc from water and sediment quality monitoring, required expanded non-lethal Slimy Sculpin sampling, and directed clarifications on uranium benchmarks and Response Framework procedures.
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company's May 2023 Surveillance Network Program monthly report for Water Licence W2020L2-0004, submitted to the Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, documenting water sampling results, flow measurements, containment facility volumes, minewater pumping quantities, and comprehensive analytical data for multiple monitoring stations across the Ekati Diamond Mine.
IEMA Board of Directors meeting held February 13-14, 2023 in Yellowknife covering agency business, officer appointments, financial reports, policy updates, and presentations from Tlicho Government on caribou monitoring and Arctic Canadian on Ekati mine operations. Directors reviewed ongoing monitoring plans, water licence renewal preparations, and communications initiatives.