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This document is a compilation of meeting minutes, agendas, and reports from the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency's October 1998 board retreat and meetings, including discussions on environmental monitoring a…
Minutes from the 10th Board of Directors Meeting of the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (October 30 - November 1, 1998) documenting discussions on Ekati mine environmental monitoring, tailings management iss…
This special newspaper edition celebrates the grand opening of Ekati Diamond Mine on October 14, 1998, Canada's first operational diamond mine, highlighting its construction completion on budget at $700 million, employm…
A special newspaper edition celebrating the grand opening of Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine, on October 14, 1998, operated by BHP Diamonds Inc. and Dia Met Minerals. The document contains extensive congratulatory me…
A research proposal submitted to the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society in October 1998 to develop an information management system combining scientific and traditional ecological knowledge for monitoring the Bathurst C…
This is a formal submission by Innu Nation to an environmental assessment panel hearing on the proposed Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine, critiquing the adequacy of environmental impact prediction, assessment of alternatives, a…
The NWT Protected Areas Strategy (Draft 4) is a comprehensive framework document outlining the process for identifying, evaluating, and establishing protected areas in the Northwest Territories. It establishes goals, pr…
A critical technical review by Chris Mills of BHP Diamonds Inc.'s tailings characterization study and wastewater/tailings management plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine, prepared for IEMA in September 1998. The review exami…
HydroQual Laboratories conducted a comprehensive toxicity characterization of Fox and Panda kimberlite from BHP Diamonds Inc.'s diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories, testing effects on multiple freshwa…
British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines guidelines for predicting, preventing, and mitigating metal leaching and acid rock drainage (ML/ARD) at minesites, establishing a phased approach to characterization, predic…
British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines guidelines document providing comprehensive requirements and best practices for predicting, preventing, and mitigating metal leaching and acid rock drainage at mining sites,…
BHP Diamonds' August 1998 company newsletter reports on the imminent operational startup of Canada's first diamond mine at Ekati, including the construction of a Yellowknife sorting facility, hiring achievements exceedi…
BHP Diamonds Inc. submitted a Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine detailing geochemical characterization, testing methodologies, water quality predictions, and mitigation strategies for…
BHP Diamonds Inc.'s comprehensive Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (Revision 2, July 31, 1998) for the Ekati Diamond Mine details geochemical sampling methodology, predictive and operational testing programs,…
Diamond Watch newsletter reports on diamond exploration developments in the Northwest Territories, including the Diavik Project environmental assessment timeline and BHP's potential restructuring of its World Minerals d…
This multi-part final report documents a dose-response study of rainbow trout exposed to kimberlite ore tailings at 50 and 500 mg/L concentrations over 15 and 30 days, assessing histopathological changes in gills, liver…
This working paper examines the constitutional validity of free entry mining regimes in Yukon and the Northwest Territories under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, arguing that such regimes may be inconsistent w…
This British Columbia policy establishes regulatory requirements and guiding principles for managing metal leaching and acid rock drainage (ML/ARD) at minesites. It prescribes a three-step prediction and mitigation proc…
A hydrological study commissioned by DIAND and conducted in July 1997 with Lutsel K'e and Yellowknives Dene First Nations to investigate whether water flows from Lac de Gras southward into the Aylmer Lake-Lockhart River…
This is the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (Bill C-6), assented to June 18, 1998, which establishes an integrated co-management system for land and water in the Mackenzie Valley, implementing obligations under…