Canada's First Diamond Mine One Step Closer, News Release & Backgrounders on the NWT Diamonds Project (DIAND, August 1996)
Government of Canada announces approval of BHP Diamonds Inc.'s NWT Diamonds Project (Ekati mine) following Environmental Assessment Review Panel recommendations, contingent on environmental and impact benefit agreements. The news release and accompanying backgrounders detail the project's economic benefits (projected $6.2 billion GDP contribution), environmental conditions, land claims considerations, monitoring requirements, and regulatory framework for Canada's first diamond mine.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Government of Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ronald A. Irwin, BHP Diamonds Inc., Environmental Assessment Review Panel (EARP), Dogrib Treaty 11, Yellowknives Dene, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Department of Environment (DOE), Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), West Kitikmeot Slave Study (WKSS), Dia Met Mineral Ltd., Kennecott, Aber, Southernera, Lytton Minerals, Tanqueray Resources Ltd.
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Canada, Lac de Gras, Point Lake, Leslie, Fox, Koala, Panda, Misery, Ranch Lake, Tli Kwi Cho, A154, Behcho Ko (Rae-Edzo), Wha Ti (Lac La Martre), Gameti (Rae Lakes), Wekweti (Snare Lake), Ndilo, Yellowknife, Dettah, Coppermine, Great Slave Lake, Coronation Gulf, Slave Geological Province, Echo Bay, Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Paul Lake, Long Lake
- Parameters
- diamond mining, environmental assessment, water quality, caribou monitoring and management, fish habitat, air quality, tailings management, spill contingency, bird surveys, employment, socio-economic monitoring, compensation policy, archaeological and heritage sites, subsistence fishing, firearm policy, closure and reclamation, protected areas, waste rock acid generation, kimberlite toxicity, nitrogen contamination
- Pages
- 31
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