Interim Abandonment and Restoration Plan, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, September 1997)
BHP Diamonds Inc. submitted an Interim Abandonment and Restoration Plan for the NWT Diamonds Project on September 30, 1997, detailing comprehensive reclamation strategies for five kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Fox, Leslie, and Misery) over a projected 25-year mine life, including methods for stabilizing open pits, managing tailings, storing waste rock, and restoring vegetation and water resources.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., ABR inc., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Indian and Northern Affairs, NWT Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Koala Lake, Long Lake, Panda pit, Koala pit, Fox pit, Leslie pit, Misery pit, Lac de Gras watershed, Kodiak Lake, Moose Lake, Fox Lake, Larry Lake, Airstrip Lake, Nema Lake, Nero Lake, Hump Lake, Paul Lake, Duchess Lake, Echo Bay, Misery Esker, Airstrip Esker
- Parameters
- reclamation, abandonment, waste rock storage, tailings containment, open pits, underground mining, water management, permafrost, revegetation, landscape development units, acid rock drainage, water quality, fish habitat, caribou habitat, vegetation establishment, closure, environmental monitoring
- Pages
- 83
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