NWT Diamonds Project, Report of the Environmental Assessment Panel (Environmental Assessment Panel, June 1996)
This is the June 1996 Report of the Environmental Assessment Panel reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc. and the Blackwater Group's proposed NWT Diamonds Project, a 25-year diamond mining operation near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories involving open-pit and underground mining of five kimberlite pipes. The Panel recommends approval of the Project subject to numerous conditions addressing environmental management, Aboriginal consultation, land claims, traditional knowledge integration, monitoring programs, and socio-economic considerations.