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BHPB Additional Information for the Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Hearing, filed June 2010 — includes the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA) Submission to the Wek'èezhii Land and Water Boar…
This document is a detailed response to a regulatory panel's information requests regarding waste management plans for the Ekati Diamond Mine, specifically addressing tailings management, water treatment facilities, nit…
This 1995 baseline fisheries and aquatic life study documents environmental conditions in the Koala watershed near the proposed Ekati Diamond Mine, establishing baseline data for long-term monitoring of four designated…
EBA Engineering Consultants prepared preliminary designs for tailings dams and associated earthworks at the NWT Diamonds Project located 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, featuring four perimeter dams around Long Lake us…
BHP outlines procedures for compensating commercial and subsistence land users affected by mine exploration activities, including a claims process with discussion, mitigation measures, and good-faith negotiation or inde…
This 1995 baseline study documents caribou occurrence, movements, and distribution within the Lac de Gras study area (1,900 km²) from spring through fall migration, providing baseline data prior to diamond mine developm…
BHP's response to the Review Panel's requests for additional information regarding corporate structure, environmental management systems, and spills during NWT Diamonds Project exploration operations. The document detai…
BHP Diamonds Inc. conducted a 1995 baseline small mammal inventory and habitat assessment at the NWT Diamonds Project area near Lac de Gras from August 14 to September 12, 1995, trapping 175 specimens across seven trapl…
BHP Diamonds Inc. responds to a Panel request regarding fish habitat management and compensation for the Ekati project by detailing negotiations with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on habitat loss from lake dewa…
This comprehensive tailings management plan prepared by EBA Engineering Consultants for BHP Diamonds describes the disposal strategy for 133 million tonnes of kimberlite tailings over 25 years of mine operation at the N…
This document is a response to panel questions regarding the assessment methodology for impact significance in the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Impact Statement. It explains how six impact attributes (geographic e…
This 1995 baseline study by BHP Diamonds Inc. predicts dissolved metal concentrations in waste rock drainage from the NWT Diamonds Project using static and kinetic geochemical tests. The study forecasts that most waste…
This technical report documents baseline information on eskers in the NWT Diamonds Project area, including their geologic features, physical effects of exploration activities, biological importance to wildlife (caribou,…
BHP Diamonds Inc. conducted a 1995 baseline ecological mapping study of the 190,000-hectare NWT Diamonds Project area near Lac de Gras, classifying 11 tundra ecosystem types and assessing their sensitivity to developmen…
This preliminary design report documents the planned sedimentation pond systems for four kimberlite pit mines (Panda/Koala, Misery, Fox, and Leslie) at the NWT Diamonds Project. The ponds are designed to impound turbid…
This document provides additional information on the significance of the land-based economy and traditional food harvesting in the Northwest Territories, responding to panel requests for baseline data on country food's…
This document responds to a regulatory panel request for baseline information on permafrost conditions at the BHP Diamonds (Ekati) project. It describes existing permafrost data collected since 1993 through boreholes, t…
BHP Diamonds Inc. submitted a 1995 baseline environmental study update documenting meteorology, hydrology, and water quality monitoring in the NWT Diamonds Project area. The report presents data from three weather stati…
Points West Heritage Consulting conducted archaeological investigations in the Lac de Gras area on behalf of BHP Diamonds Inc. under NWT Archaeologist's permit 95-813, discovering 12 new archaeological sites and conduct…
Archaeological investigations conducted for BHP Diamonds Inc. in the Lac de Gras area resulted in the discovery of 12 new archaeological sites and mitigation of 4 previously recorded sites. The work was conducted under…