NWT Diamonds Project Description Report (BHP Billiton, December 1994)
BHP Diamonds Inc.'s project description report for the proposed NWT Diamonds project outlines plans to develop Canada's first diamond mine in the Lac de Gras area, approximately 300 km northeast of Yellowknife. The report details the mining of five kimberlite pipes (Panda, Misery, Koala, Fox, and Leslie) through open pit and underground mining methods, with processing operations, infrastructure, environmental baseline conditions, and anticipated impacts on aquatic, terrestrial, and socioeconomic environments.